Tag: Free SHS
Gushegu: Father reportedly dies by suicide amid SHS admission-cost concerns
A man identified as Alhaji Abdulai has reportedly died by suicide at Macheleyili, a farming community in Kpatinga in the Gushegu Municipality of the N [...]
Mahama reiterates commitment to end double-track system by 2027
President John Dramani Mahama has set the end of 2027 as the deadline for completely phasing out the Double-Track System in senior high schools across [...]
Free SHS in danger – CPS warns
The Free Senior High School (Free SHS) programme has reached a critical point where expanding access alone is no longer enough to guarantee its long-t [...]
Ghana to end ‘Double-Track’ System by 2027 with World Bank Support
Ghana’s Ministry of Education has announced a landmark initiative to phase out the double-track system in senior high schools by 2027, backed by a US$ [...]
Kwame A Plus urges parents to cut their girls’ hair low to enjoy Free SHS
The outspoken Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central Constituency, Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A Plus, has criticised parents who are compla [...]
Free SHS: Government extends to private schools, set to cover tuition fee of GHC1,500 per semester for students
Probably the biggest and most beneficial policy that Ghanaians have enjoyed from the government in the last four decades is the Free Senior [...]
Cancel Free SHS if you can’t feed students – Otumfuo to government
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has issued a stern warning to the government, urging them to reconsider the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy [...]
Mahama sets up eight-member team to plan National Education Forum
In keeping with his pledge to develop Ghana's educational system, President John Dramani Mahama has appointed an eight-member team to organize the Nat [...]
“Free SHS cannot continue; parents must pay for feeding and accommodation” – Angel Carbonu
Angel Carbonu, President of NAGRAT, suggests that parents of senior high school students should pay for their feeding and accommodation.
Per GNAT p [...]
PTAs urge government to close SHSs to address feeding, other issues
The National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (NCPTAs) has called for the closure of Senior High Schools (SHSs) until issues regarding feeding a [...]