Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, held engagements with the National Executive of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) on Monday, April 22, 2024.
The second gentleman of the land described the engagements as fruitful.
In a post on his official Facebook page, the Vice President said CHASS made excellent contributions to improving the free senior high school policy and general aspects of education.
Dr. Bawumia used the opportunity to explain his vision of leveraging the private sector and an enhanced credit system to expand educational infrastructure and support teaching and non-teaching staff to improve the quality of education and educational outcomes.
He reiterated his proposal (which he mentioned during the February 7th speech at UPSA) that the private sector will be encouraged to build infrastructure (such as dormitories, classrooms, etc.), which the government will rent over a period of years and own after a period of time.
He further assured CHASS that the government will also lease buses for schools.
This new mode of financing, the Vice President explained, will avoid huge initial government outlays (through the GETFUND) and delays in the completion of infrastructure projects in our senior high schools.
“Like me, CHASS is excited about the prospects of this policy proposal as it will reduce the educational infrastructure deficit, improve maintenance, enhance the quality of education and at the same time improve the management of Government expenditure.
I am grateful to the leadership of CHASS for the honest and fruitful discussions. It is possible,” he wrote.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
