The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has averred that the introduction of the free Senior High School policy, has led to the shortage of female house helps.
He said the era where families had to allow their daughters to serve as house helps for affluent families mostly in the cities, due to their inability to pay their fees was over.
“In fact, when we implemented free SHS, a lot of middle class families in Accra and other cities were finding it difficult to find house helps because the parents of the girls came for them and took them to school” he stated.
According to the Vice President, out of the 400,000 increase in SHS enrollment since the introduction of the free SHS policy, half of that number are young girls.
“Free SHS has been beneficial especially to the girl child” he said.
He was speaking as the guest at the launch of the Konkomba Education Endowment Fund- KEEF, at the University of Ghana Business School, Dr. Bawumia.
The economist said the government’s investment in the education sector is borne out of a deliberate effort to build a wealth of human resource.
“Africa is the continent with the fastest growing youth population and they are the potential of the future”.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana