Govt prepares towards free secondary education in 2015/2016 academic year



Govt prepares towards free secondary education in 2015/2016 academic year


The president, John Mahama, in the annual State of the Nation address has announced that Senior High schools would be made free in accordance with the 1992 constitution.


He said “the Ministry of Education, following consultations with stakeholders has prepared a report on the roadmap for a progressive introduction of free secondary education in Ghana as required under the 1992 constitution”.

According to him, roadmap will be presented to cabinet for approval and subsequent implementation.

The president indicated that under the guidance of the roadmap, government anticipate that fees for day students will be abolished at an estimated cost of GHȻ71 million in 2015/2016 academic year.

In pursuit of his promise of constructing 200 community day schools, the President said architectural drawings, designs and quantities have been completed. Sites for the schools have been selected and the procurement process for the first batch of schools is ongoing.

In effort to improve public basic education in the country, he stated that infrastructure had been put up in 1600 communities across the country to enhance teaching and learning.

Speaking on upgrading ten polytechnics in the country to technical universities, he said the technical committee set up by the Ministry of Education has completed its work and various stakeholder consultations are currently taking place leading to the final conversation.

He noted that education must be made a priority again, saying, “the students of this nation deserve to have the confidence that comes from knowing that the education they are receiving will adequately prepare them to navigate this competitive global workplace”.

Joshua Kweikuma Quaye

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