With President Nana Akufo-Addo assuring Ghanaians that his administration will fund the cost of public Senior High Schools, a member of the Progressive People’s Party, has warned that parents wouldn’t expect to see their wards go through an educational system that wouldn’t bring the best out of them.
For all those who qualify for entry from the 2017/2018 academic year onwards, the president assured that his administration would cater for the cost of their tuition.
But Mr. John Sterling, who once contested the KEEA parliamentary seat on the ticket of the PPP registered his displeasure at the way government plans to roll out the ‘2-by-4’ policy.
According to him, second and third year students should also stand a chance to benefit from the policy which looks to benefit only 2017/2018 academic year entrants.
In his view, when it the free SHS plan the NPP administration has for Ghanaians, it is half baked and not encouraging.
“The way this government is going about the free SHS programme is nerve-racking…So where do they expect parents whose children are in the second and third year to get money from to school them?”
In addition to tuition which is already free, President Nana Akufo-Addo noted that there will be “no admission fees, no library fees, no science centre fees, no computer lab fees, no examination fees, no utility fees; there will be free textbooks, free boarding and free meals, and day students will get a meal at school for free.”
The President maintained that he is willing to take Ghana to the stage where public Senior High School education will be free for every Ghanaian child.
But for John Sterling and the PPP, he claims “this isn’t the right way to tackle the education sector. It must be done to cover everybody. The moneys must be used in the right way else, parents would suffer.”
Source: ATV
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lack of knowledge will make this guy perish one day, why are u expecting the students are given a gold medal to know it is not 2 by 4 policy. Grow up master or u will forever loose
THERE IS ALWAYS A BEGINNING TO SOMETHING GOOD. IT IS THE END THAT JUSTIFIES THE MEANS. LET US GIVE THIS POLICY A CHANCE!
Smfh!
Who said the free high school is for Mr. Sterling? its for the poor hard working Ghanians who the politicians has taken them for granted. For those selling enso, tomatoes, market sellers, farmers, fishermen, just the ordinary Ghanaian who can't afford paying the fees.
GO BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM, SO-CALLED STERLING!!!!!YOU ARE NOT A GHANAIAN BUT RATHER A PATHETIC POLITICAL OPPORTUNIST!!! YOU AND YOUR NDUOUM MUST FIND SOMETHING BETTER TO DO!!! HIS UNIVERSITY HAS IT BEEN LAUNCHED WITH EVERY FACILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE???? F-CKING ***barred word*** AND IMPUDENT BRAGGART!!!!
This guy always make Bogus statement. Dr Nduom did your campaign for you but nothing good came out of it. I can't figure out the head and tail of your contribution please come Again. Long live Ghana and Long live KEEA.
You are better off not saying anything at all mr Sterling. What a joke?
He has talk for Dr Nduom to pay him. But for Dr Nduom he was jobless.
U guys said it is not feasible. He has told u all that will be free n still u are agitating. What don't you understand.u ain't seen anything yet.
A new policy is roll out and definite it is not all the students who will enjoy from its beginning "simple fact" why should such a caliber of person make such comments. then i will also say that those who just left should be paid back their money and all Ghanaians who passed through SHS should be settled because they paid school fees in their time and it is now free. aaaaaba. please some of us our learning from you so teach is wisdom. Thank u