“Implementation of the Free Senior High School policy should be done progressively and not an all-at-once approach as adopted by government to prevent the incidence of corruption in the schools”, leading member of the opposition NDC Alhaji Bature Iddrisu has said.
According to Alhaji Bature although the government initiative is a worthy one, it will breed more corruption than good.
The Managing Editor of the Al Hajj Newspaper argued that introducing the policy to only first years and relegating the continuing students was discriminatory in the first place.
He noted that a number of the public Senior High Schools were already admitting students beyond their regular capacity and as a result could promote the incidence of head teachers making undue gains on the side.
“Government boarding houses can only admit less than 100, 000 students despite the over 400, 000 qualified ones. Where will the remaining unallocated go”, he quizzed Adom TV’s Omanhene Kwabena Asante on Badwam.
“It will breed corruption in the country! Because if my ward will be schooled for free without me paying fees and the school can only admit 500 or 600 students; if the headteacher demands payment of about GHC300 in order to admit your ward won’t you pay”, Alhaji Bature further asked.
The Akufo-Addo led administration introduced the Free SHS policy in fulfilment of the latter’s main campaign message ahead of the 2016 elections.
The promise eventually came to fruition on September 4, 2017 when the academic year started.
The policy has however received a lot of backlash from the minority in Parliament and some other opposition parties.
Source: Ghanaweb.com
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Bature is a walking contradiction! “Implementation of the Free Senior High School policy should be done progressively and not an all-at-once approach as adopted by government to prevent the incidence of corruption in the schools”, "The Managing Editor of the Al Hajj Newspaper argued that introducing the policy to only first years and relegating the continuing students was discriminatory in the first place." How do we reconcile these two statements, Bature?
The 3 Northern Regions and Northern section of Volta were enjoying Free SHS even though some of the parents were rich Alhajis, Business men and women. The Ex-president and many of the opposition MPs enjoyed the free SHS without corruption and collapse. Now a President with broader vision want to expand this privilege to te remaining 7 regions and surprisingly, we are having so-called intellectuals ,some from these 7 regions saying, it will not be sustained. GOD go punish All of you. When it comes to creating dubious contacts in dollars to share-there is sustainability, but when these loopholes are being plugged by His Excellency Vice Pee Alhaji Bawumia so that the money come be used for this important educational programme, you are prophesying doom and failure from one radio station to another TV station. Fire Burn you all and your cronies.
Are we experiencing corruption in the North since free SHS has been practice since Nkrumah's time Ghanaians have had enough of you. The system must be practice even if all our moneys are going to be used
You are getting too old
ALL NEW YORK STATE AND CITY UNIVERSITIES ARE FREE, ARE GOING TO BREED CORRUPTION? WHAT IS EVEN SAD IS THEY HAVE NO GOLD, TIMBER, BAUXITE, OIL, MANGANESE and COCOA not to mention numerous cash crops but some people crying for just FREE SHS, Ghana needs free university education because we can afford it if politicians stop paying someone like you and channel the money true proper social interventions. this is a capitalist country as we all know but social programs are too much. Politicinas are not th
So because of your myopic analysis, should we halt the free shs program? How low is your IQ Alhaji Bature?
Is Alhaji Bature a Ghanaian at all?
Has this man lost his brain? He needs help.
MAY ALL THE PROPHETS OF DOOM FOR THE FREE SHS FACE DOOM IN EVERYTHING THAT CONCERNS THEM.
This free shs things has bothered ndc paa ooo...the timing is a worry for them because they thought was going to do that in 2019 so they could say its because of votes...shame on you people,you so devilish