The New Patriotic Party has reiterated its stance to make Senior High School free in Ghana should it come to power after the 2012 presidential elections.
In a statement issued by Nana Akomea, the Communications Director of the main opposition party, it emphasised that �free SHS is doable.�
This follows mixed reactions to Nana Addo�s recent interview with the BBC where he insisted that the policy was so fundamental that he would prefer to lay the parameters including the costing and the finance �formally before the Ghanaian people.�
The statement said: �The NPP has the track record of introducing the seminal National Health Insurance in 2003/4. This country has also maintained free education policy for the three Northern regions for over 50 years.
�We are confident that when the details of the nationwide free SHS policy are announced, Ghanaians shall surely appreciate that it is feasible.�
A policy think-tank, IMANI-Ghana, puts the cost of the policy at about $350 million a year, however, the NPP has categorically stated that Ghana is more than equipped to pay the said amount to �ensure every Ghanaian child gets secondary school education.�
NPP has also promised that Nana Addo will soon make public his exact approach to making secondary school education free.
Source: Citifmonline.com
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