Student with grade 9 on hunger strike over SHS snub
A Junior High School graduate in the Eastern region has embarked on a hunger strike over her failure to secure admission into Senior High School.
Rachael Achia who completed school in 2016 and got aggregate...
Allow girls to stay in school – Mahama
Former President John Mahama says girls must be made to stay in school as long as they have the ability to.
“Girls must not only be made to go to school but must also stay...
Free SHS: Over 400 students turned away at Mamfe SHS
Over 400 students have been turned away by authorities at the Mamfe Methodist Girls Senior High School in the Eastern region.
According to authorities, the school has the capacity to accommodate only 400 students but...
Oil money to fund Free SHS – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo has revealed his government will resort to “proceeds from natural resources” to fund the free Senior High School policy.
The policy is to ensure that every student eligible to enter second cycle institution...
Free SHS won’t affect quality – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured that the highly talked about Free Senior High School policy will not compromise on quality.
Launching the policy at the West Africa Secondary School in Accra Tuesday, Nana...
Free SHS won’t fail – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has served notice to his opponents that his government’s flagship programme – the Free SHS policy – will never fail.The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has hailed the policy,...
Free SHS: I was ridiculed and called a liar – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the commencement of the Free SHS policy has put his doubters to shame after he was labelled a “liar” by his opponents.
According to him, his government will do...
“Noble” Free SHS needs sustainable financing – Haruna Iddrisu
The Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, has charged government not to implement what he described as “noble” educational policy - the Free SHS - with experimental financing.
Mr. Iddrisu, who warned at a press...
Akufo-Addo launches free SHS today
Government’s flagship program, the Free Senior High School policy, will be launched today, Tuesday, 12 September 2017 at the West African Secondary School (WASS) at Adenta in Accra.
President Nana Akufo-Addo will launch the programme...
Free SHS: Govt threatening school heads with dismissals – Minority
The Minority in Parliament has claimed that government is threatening school heads with dismissals if they publicly complain about the challenges confronting its flagship education program – Free SHS.
The minority argues that the government...