President Akufo-Addo says Ghana can be like the United States of America after the successful implementation of his flagship education policy – Free SHS. The President made the comment during the unveiling of the logo for the policy, which begins … Read more →
The government has announced its much touted Free Senior High School policy will be enjoyed by only students who pass their Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Outlining the master plan for the flagship Free SHS policy expected to be rolled … Read more →
The World Bank has approved two International Development Association credits of $85.7 million for the Secondary Education Improvement Project (SEIP) and the Sustainable Rural Water and Sanitation Project (SRWSP). Specifically, the Secondary Education Improvement Project (SEIP) received additional financing of … Read more →
President Akufo-Addo has said his flagship educational policy -Free SHS – is not a political gimmick. According to him, education and skills training are the most important source of empowering and providing opportunities to the youth to help drive Ghana’s development, … Read more →
The planned free senior high school (SHS) programme scheduled to take off from September 2017 will be financed from the Annual Budget Funding Amount (ABFA), the Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta has said. Presenting the 2017 Budget Statement and Economic Policy … Read more →
Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Marfo has hinted that the government’s Free Senior High School policy will be funded by the Heritage Fund. The Akufo-Addo government plans to fully implement the policy from September. President Akufo-Addo over the weekend said the … Read more →
The much talked-about Free Senior High School (SHS) education promised by the New Patriotic Party (NPP), led by then candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo during the 2008, 2012 and 2016 electioneering campaigns, is set to kick-start in September, this year. … Read more →
FRESH day students, who would be entering Senior High School in September, 2017, would not only be the first beneficiaries of the full implementation of the much-touted free SHS policy but also have a rare opportunity to have a free … Read more →
There is no better means of determining the impact or otherwise of the so-called free SHS as announced by government than listening to the lamentations of parents as they amass on the corridors of the administration blocks of senior high … Read more →
The Minister of Education, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang says the programme to make second cycle education more accessible, especially in underserved areas, is on course. To give greater meaning to the programme, the government initiated a project to build 200 … Read more →