Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has announced that the government plans to build a new public university in the Eastern Region. So far it is the only region without a state funded public university.
He said the government has also secured 10 million dollars to begin the construction of permanent facilities for the University of Health and Allied Sciences in Ho.
The Vice President announced this at the 44th Congregation of the University of Cape Coast.
Vice President Amissah-Arthur said the prime focus on Senior High Schools, SHS must be access, equity and quality in order to make it progressively free. He said the government is going to build 200 community day SHS next year.
He said more than two thousand schools under trees have been turned into brick and mortar.
He said the welfare of the teacher remains paramount in the government�s drive for quality education.
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