The New Patriotic Party government may have shifted the goal posts on its free Senior High School promise, the MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has suggested.
Mr. Ablakwa, a former deputy Education Minister believes government would have shortchanged Ghanaians if it fails to implement the Free SHS policy across the board for fresh and continuing students.
According to him, government, from recent indications intends to roll out the policy with students entering high school at the start of the 2017/18 academic year; a move which he says is at variance with the manifesto promise of the NPP.
President Nana Akufo-Addo himself noted that government would fund the free SHS for all those who qualify for entry from the 2017/2018 academic year onwards.
But speaking to the press, Mr. Ablakwa noted that, “even as recently as 11th February, you [governent] said all students in SHS. That is why you were voted for; because you know most of the SHS students are 18 years and above so they were looking forward to the free SHS and voted for you but now you are backtracking.”
Thus, Mr. Ablakwa warned that the Minority in Parliament will resist any attempt by government to sideline continuing students in the implementation of the free SHS policy.
“That is why we are stating clearly today that we would hold him accountable to his promises,” the MP said.
Under the free SHS policy, beneficiaries will not have to pay admission fees, library fees, science centre fees, no computer lab fees, no examination fees and no utility fees, President Akufo-Addo has said.
He also assured that there will be free textbooks, free boarding facilities and free meals for boarders whilst day students will get a meal at school for free.
The free SHS policy will also cover agricultural, vocational and technical institutions at the high school level.
Source: Citifmonline
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I laugh enter Muntaka's office
Honourable Ablakwa, Leave President Nana Addo alone. I know the implementation of free SHS will relief a lot of parents who find it difficult to pay their wards fees under the previous (NDC) government. You took this out of the NPP manifesto in 2012 and did it your own way. Let This current government concentrate and do its own thing. We are tired of you guys. Aaba.
The Technical University did u start with continuous students or new ENTRANT. ***barred word***... masa stop that HYPOCRITICAL BEHAVIOUR
In fact this creature with the water -melon head is becoming too big for his breeches.This is a policy initiative of the new government so who are you to dictate how it should be implemented?Besides after rats like you and many of the same ilk in the NDC had st0l3n billions and built filling stations all over the country where do you expect the money to come from?You and your friends have signed dubious contracts that will cost the Ghanaian taxpayer decades to repay.Then those of us who passed through the SHS system years ago ought to be paid the monies our parents spent on our education.Stop wasting our ears.
President Akufo-Addo decides not you Ablakwa!Clear off.
White man will be at one corner laughing at we blacks. People who have billions of debt to pay, can not employ their people to work, struggling with energy sector e.t.c yet are promising everything free free free? what a nation!
Is Okudzeto not a Member of Parliament? Are we allowed to make laws that are back dated? In fact we have some people in parliament collecting money from our consolidated funds for nothing. In their so called progressive free education, how many students did they cater for
***barred word*** you can not determine from which level the present government will start from. you can go to court...
Honourable, why don't you also ask them to pay back to those of us who have graduated so that you can also go for your change; after all we are all Ghanaians.
YOU ARE A F0OL. wHEN YOU STARTED WITH YOU ST.UPID PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION DID YOU PAY FOR CONTINOUS STUDENTS, DIDN'T YOU EVEN STARTED WITH DAY STUDENTS? NON.SENSE