The managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr has asked the Akufo-Addo-led government to explain to parents that the free SHS policy being implemented now is only for new entrants because the promise was free SHS and not free ‘first year SHS’.
“What the NPP promised was free education for all students of the senior high school not the 1st year and not the second years but all students of the senior high school. It is possible that this is the beginning and that subsequently, second years and third years will be added on. But as at now the promise of making education free for all students of senior high school has not been achieved...it’s in the interest of government to state this because some parents of second and third year believe that their children are going to enjoy free education and if it is not explained, it will create problems for the headmasters and headmistresses. What is being implemented now is free education for only new entrants of the senior high schools” he said during a panel discussion on Radio Gold’s Alhaji and Alhaji.
The governing New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) much touted free Senior High School policy will be fully rolled out on Tuesday, September 12, 2017.
President Akufo-Addo delivering a speech at the 60th Anniversary celebration and the Speech and Prize Giving Day of Okuapeman School in Akropong in the Eastern Region said: “by free SHS we mean that in addition to tuition which is already free, there will be no admission fee, no library fee, no science centre fee, no computer lab fee, no examination fee, and no utility fee; there will be free text books, free boarding and free meals, and day students will get a meal at school for free. Free SHS will also cover agricultural, vocational and technical institutions at the high school level. I also want to state clearly again that we have a well-thought out plan that involves the building of new public senior high schools and cluster public senior high schools.”
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Nana crafted too many lies to win the elections and now all the false promises are hooking him up. He will jump to one place and echo free factories, jump to another place and echo free SHS, jump to another place and echo free dams, then jump to another place and echo free millions for constituencies, and jump to Zongos to promise free moneys and funds for Zongos and the list goes on. So far no single dam is build out the nearly 3000 villages in the north, no single factory is build out to really the 200 districts, the so called free education is in a mess cost of living is unbearable and things getting worse for Ghanaians except Nana and his family.
The NPP is delivering what it promised, people like Kwasi Pratt can twist it to whatever they understood it for, that is their problem . The mandate given to the NPP is for 4 years and by the time the 4 years is up the entire SHS will be free. They said its not possible, NPP is lying to the people its only for votes and now they are trying to tell us what the NPP should do based on what they understood the promise. They should ***barred word***. Why not everybody who went to SHS and paid fees should go for a refund because free SHS is for every Ghanaian.
Mr. Pratt or whatever you call urself, I still don't seem to know what you want to achieve .Every individual in Ghana knows that this policy is starting with the fresh students in 2017 nd not continuing students so why do u want to drag us back.Hypocrite Pratt chameleon Pratt this is the only thing you are good at.Please let us think wai.
You see why i call npp people uncivilized, if kwesi pratt id telling the truth you tend out to insult him l.we all know truth is bitter so you have no rightto insulta man who can take care of you ok.I REST MY CASE.
That is good some parents don't konw some of this things so they need to tall for them to be aware so that they will not say that the masters are taking money from them I mind the pre shs students
Even starting with first years, the NDC people say there will not be enough money for it, now you are saying it should have covered everyone from the go. Why? Indeed, Nana could have decided to wait until the 3rd year of his government and then make it cover everyone. What would have been the difference? Afterall he did not say free SHS for all in the first year, he said free SHS when voted into power for 4 years.
BRA PRATT PLEASE IF U ARE NOT TOO COMFORTABLE WITH THE GOVERNMENT PLEASE DUBAI IS A VISA FREE COUNTRY YOU CAN SEEK REFUGE THERE FOR 16YEARS BECAUSE THIS GOVERNMENT IS GOING FOR 4 TERMS . AFTER ALL YOUR KWAME NKRUMA FORCED PEOPLE TO RUN AWAY . REMEMBER TO SEE YOUR MAHAMA BEFORE GOING HE MAY DASH YOU ANOTHER CAR
Akwesi where is the GHS 2000 u collected from Woyome u will oneday vomit it
I am afraid some of us don't think at all. Nana did not say he will give free SHS in only one year. he has a four year mandate. He is starting with the first years now and upgrade to the second and third year. Simple calculations, by 2019 all students will be enjoying FREE SHS. this one too Kwesi Pratt and his apologies do not understand? When Mahama promised 200 SHS in four years, how many was he able to provide. His propaganda machinery kept telling us that they are various stages of completion and when Ametor Quarme was tasked by Kwame Sefa Kayi to provide evidence so it could be cross checked we only had most of the schools on ground zero with cattle grazing on them. Of the two Mahama and Nana who is a lair? Whatever policy there is, we should start from somewhere. You can only take Nana and Bawumia to task if after four years, all students or even some in SHS are still paying fees. This one too Kwesi doesn't understand? Aaaaaba Massa, Massa Kwesi as for this one adabrakaaaa!!!
Oh, 'Akoko desa se den ara a ........' Massaaaaaa, Kwasi when your Mahama was using state funds on you and people like Akua Donkor? It will NEVER happen again!