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“No child left behind in Free SHS,” Prez Akufo-Addo declares 
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“No child left behind in Free SHS,” Prez Akufo-Addo declares 

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the successful implementation of the Free Senior High School policy has benefitted the entirety of Ghanaian children.  “The programme ensured access to quality secondary education in Ghana; no child under the programme was left behind due to financial challenges,” the President said.  In a speech delivered on his behalf by Mr. Mustapha Ussif, the Minister of Youth and Sports, President Akufo-Addo reiterated that the government placed education at the core of the nation’s development agenda through the Free-SHS programme.  The President made the observation at the 30th anniversary celebration of Sandema Senior High School (SANSEC), at Sandema in the Builsa ...
NPP has no solution to double track crises- NDC
Politics

NPP has no solution to double track crises- NDC

The vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, says the government has no solution to the multiple crises facing thedouble track secondary education system. Education Minister Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum at a recent meeting with the clergy cautioned against the immediate abolition of the double-track system, stressing that such a move could jeopardise the educational future of many students. His remarks come on the back of the NDC’s pledge to end the double-track system when it wins the 2024 elections. Addressing NDC supporters at Gbiniyiri in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba Constituency on Friday to kick start her campaign tour of the Savannah Region, Prof Opoku-Agyemang, wondered howthe abolition of the double track would affect the edu...