President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has chided pessimists of the double track education system and gave the assurance that the policy would be implemented in September this year.
He expressed confidence about the successful implementation of the policy and called on Ghanaians to embrace it saying “I am confident that the end result of the system would lead to increase in quality of our Senior High School structure”.
“The free Senior High School (SHS) policy has come to stay. Contrary to what the motivated propagandists and the professional naysayers would have you believe, free SHS is going to be a permanent feature of the educational architecture of our country”, the President added.
Speaking at the 70th Speech and Prize Giving Day Celebration of the Ghana National College in the central region on Saturday, July 28, 2018, the President said one of the objectives of the double track system was to create room to accommodate the increase in the free SHS enrolment.
Why double track system
He said the government could not wait to address all the issues of infrastructure before continuing with the free SHS policy adding that “despite providing 96,403 mono desks, 33,171 pieces of dining hall furniture, 3,033 tables and chairs for teachers, 12,953 bunk beds, 4,335 student mattresses and 5,135 computer laboratory chairs to address the infrastructural deficit over the year, it has not been enough to address all issues of infrastructure”.
“In the 2018/19 academic year which begins in September, 472,000 new students, that is an increase of 31 per cent that will be admitted into senior high schools”, he added.
Benefit
President Akufo-Addo said with the existing infrastructure, the double track system would help reduce class sizes, increase contact hours between teachers and students and increase the number of holidays.
He said the government would recruit over 8,000 more teachers in 2018 than it did in 2017 to ensure the success of the system.
The president therefore, urged teachers, administrators, Parent-Teacher Associations (PTA) and all Regional and District Directors of Education across the country to embrace the system and work to ensure its success.
Patriotism
President Akufo-Addo said rekindling patriotism in the future leaders imposed a duty on all to embrace the essence of what it meant to be Ghanaian and to love Ghana.
He said Ghanaians must believe that the nation could make its own contribution in the growth of world civilization and be able to generate wealth and prosperity for the masses of its people and build a Ghana beyond aid.
“All of us gathered here and millions out there inside our borders and outside must share this love for the place where all of us feel completely at home”, the President said.
Students and teachers
The President called on students to cease the opportunities technology had to offer saying “you live in more interesting times than your predecessors where technology has made life much easier."
He implored them to study hard and refrain from doing anything that could hinder their prospects of a bright future.
“Under the same time try and make the best use of your recreation and leisure time in order to become well-rounded .
President Akufo-Addo commended management and staff of the college for their efforts at ensuring the success of the school and implored them to rise to the challenge of rekindling the spirit of patriotism.
The President said he would see to the regularization of the school’s title to its land to prevent encroachment as it was long overdue.
Source: Graphic.com
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Ndc has nothing to do so calculating wrongly about the end of the first term of my president papabi, a president I'm proud if, a president with wisdom and knowledge. Listen ndc, it will be easier for a camel to enter the eye of a needle than ndc coming back to power. Eeiii! you talking about spare parts dealers ndc, how many over there vote for the ndc and how many do you think will vote for the ndc in 2020? Listen, the evil of the NPP is the angel of the ndc so the spare parts dealers will choose the lesser evil to the ndc wicked evil, so do you think the complains of the spare parts dealers mean they are for the ndc? I now have a proper understanding of ndc st*pidity which is beyond any reasoning. When did the spare parts dealers became ndc friends? are their complains ndc message? what about the government solving that, will it be ndc message? mo'agyimi dodo! How can somebody who is not your friend cry about something they are not satisfied with your enemy and you take that as love to you are you alright? Stop using the spare parts dealers as your message for they will never contribute to the ndc to come back and insult and show of power and disrespect. are they not living in Ghana, didn't they see ndc government in power before 2016? ask them if they voted for the ndc in 2016 and what shows they will vote for you on what? If you think voter apathy can hit NPP then fins a mat and sleep in 2020 because NPP is an attractive party, thousands go, ten thousand will come "FREE SHS IS HERE TO STAY" 'ALLAWA' ETUATUA is working papabi ! ndc bring your policy/policies "NIL" HAHA NO SHOW! @ Barred word and all ndc !
@***Barred Word***: You have come here to repeat that campaign slogan of the NDC which is "Go to the Spare Parts Dealers" Eiiii NDC what a pitiful party. You are not even skillful with your propaganda. Whenever you are told to go out and say something you just carry the message without checking if it still works or not. This spare parts dealers campaign slogan was started by your NDC after the 2017 budget had been read and the dealers were promised in the budget that some of the import duties on spare parts were going to be taken off. While the policy was going through the necessary legislation approval, the NDC mischievously were playing on the intelligence of the spare parts dealers telling them that the government had failed them. I can tell you on authority that all the necessary approvals has been completed and the taxes has been removed and the spare parts dealers have stated seeing the benefits since January 2018. Since you are not current on issues you are here repeating that old campaign slogan. Shame on you. You should rather go to the spare parts dealers now and try to repeat that mischievous slogan and you will see how they would hoot at you. Anyway, Nana Addo was voted for to rule for 4 years wai not 3 years as per your calculations. He is left with 29 months in his first term not 18 months as you wrote. Your Mathematics is even poor. Chaiiii.
Go to businesses and spare parts dealers and mention this name Nana Ado and hear what thy will tell you. You will even be lucky if they don't beat you up. This is a clueless try me too old man who has no idea about how to govern a nation. He came with lies of factories and dams and millions for constituencies among other lofty promises, today when the reality is catching up with him and people try to advice him for the sake of Ghana he calls them pessimists. Note that you have only 18 months left in office because the las one year is only for campaign. You will come and Ghanaians pessimists? we are waiting for you, keep beating about the ***barred word***.
What a president! Highly resilient and results oriented! Kudos Mr. president, you are the president Ghana really need..
@Pat: Tell me if not the NPP, which party in Ghana today have solutions for our contemporary development? So far the NDC has had 27 years out of our 61year post independence governance, as against 9years 6 month NPP governments( Kufuor-8years and Nana Addo 1 year 6 months) . Past wasteful governance by the NDC , in particular had made our problems outgrown the solutions. We need vigorous pragmatic and prudent development agenda to catch up with the mess and meet the needs of our over increasing population.
Good ideas with bad policies i think is not the way. Widen the tax net and stop increasing taxes against what this same NPP promised during campaign. For me increasing taxes rather than widening it is good enough for me NOT to vote for this administration again. I feel betrayed.
Fact be told: NDC, argues about the NPP, merely on tribal hatred borne out of petty jealousy and enviness.
@Rog Tee. You were a kid or even not yet born when Rawlings started a joke with the future of your life not even your children by then. Every good person in this country knows that your ndc will come someday and scatter whatever NPP will do for the country as you have don all these since 1979. You alone how many are your votes to let the president exist office in 2020?
look at this old man, he doesn't understand what he is talking about. He thinks he can joke with the future of our children. he is talking as if he going to be president forever. When he exits office in 2020 then he will know.