President John Dramani Mahama has stated categorically that the free senior school policy will not be cancelled as claimed by his critics.
He gave the assurance when he delivered his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Thursday, February 27, 2025.
President Mahama asserted that because his administration recognises the urgency for national dialogue on education and in the spirit of inclusive governance, he launched the National Education Consultative Forum on February 18 in Ho.
According to him, he looks forward to the recommendations, which we will incorporate into our sectoral policies.
‘’Mr Speaker, once again for emphasis, and for the record, I, John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana, will not cancel the free SHS program. I am determined to make it better by improving its implementation.
He added that’also, for the record, students who have benefitted from the free SHS since its inception are about 3.4 million. The figure of 5.1 million beneficiaries, as previously put out by the Akufo-Addo government, was an exaggerated and false narrative calculated to achieve political credit.
‘’While it has improved access, the implementation of free SHS leaves much to be desired. The outcomes of the ongoing National Education Forum will guide our reforms in this sector.’’
On the double-track system, the President posited that’the double-track system remains a challenge, and we are committed to eliminating it by accelerating school infrastructure expansion and completing stalled projects. To fund this, the Education and Finance Ministries are working to uncap the GETFund for secondary school projects”.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
