A Deputy Ranking Member on the Education Committee of Parliament Dr. Clement Apaak, has reiterated that no one is against the free Senior High School policy as claimed by Preside3nt Akufo-Addo.
The lawmaker who represents constituents of Builsa South said persons who have criticised the policy do so from the point of view of having it run more efficiently than what is being done today.
Delivering an address at the 70th Anniversary Celebration of Opoku Ware Senior High School, on Saturday, 3rd December 2022, the President noted that the 2022 WASSCE results of the third batch of the “Akufo-Addo graduates” shows 60.39% of students recording A1-C6 in English, as opposed to 51.6% in 2016.”
The President continued, “The 2022 results are the best of the last eight (8) years. Surely, there can no longer be any controversy about the validity of the Free SHS policy and its consequential measures. It is working, and working well.
Reacting to the comments, Dr., Apaak stated that the policy is bedevilled with serious challenges and that should be the focus of the government in addressing them.
He stressed that there was a need for a national conversation on the best way to review the policy to make it better.
He went on to say that the results could have been better if the policy’s challenges had been addressed.
”No one is against the policy, the call is for a comprehensive plan to address the implementation challenges, aimed at making FSHS work even better. The results could have been better but for the challenges. A national conversation/review is long overdue.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
