FORMER President John Dramani Mahama has revealed his deep contempt for government’s flagship programme – Free Senior High School (SHS) – which is aimed at reducing the number of children that drop out of school annually.
Mr. Mahama, who ended his presidential term 22 months ago, derided the Akufo-Addo government for introducing what he described as a “green-gold traffic” secondary school education. He is embarking on a campaign to be elected as the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the Sekyere Afram Plains Constituency of the Ashanti Region.
He believes the double-track system of the Free SHS policy has inflicted ‘savage repression’ on parents by putting them under undue pressure to raise additional money to pay for remedial classes for their children.
Addressing delegates and supporters of the NDC in the constituency, Mr. Mahama wondered why SHS students are now being made to spend 41 days in the classroom under the new arrangement.
According to him, the double-track system of the free SHS has the potential to derail academic work of students, and stressed his decision to review it if NDC is voted back to power in the 2020 general elections.
The former president said part of the solution to address the double-track system would be the construction of new dormitories, classroom blocks, and the completion of all the 200 community day school buildings started by his government.
Education at the secondary school level is now free courtesy President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who made it a campaign promise. For him, the programme is a necessary investment in the future workforce of the nation.
Ghana introduced free compulsory education at the primary and junior high school levels in 1995 as required by the 1992 Constitution, but it took the Kufuor administration to resource the schools through the introduction of capitation grant.
Source: Daily Guide
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Mr. mahama, There is no double track system in the free Shs programme. The is an temporary double track system only because the were not enough classrooms to accommodate the students, because you lied about building many classroom blocks. get you facts right!
This dude has not learnt one single lesson. It is just unbelievable that a norther who benefited from free education is consistently fighting against same policy for all ghanaians. Is free education only fit for the northerners? Do all schools in the north have adequate classrooms and facilities? Another evidence that Mahama mounts platforms to speak while drunk.
Mr former president since free education was started in the north over sixty years ago have the gall the past government been able to slove all the infrastructure problems.what is going on with the free high school is better than shareing v8 cars to chifes and people like Madam Akua Donkor and John Domelo.
this man is bitter
While the children wait for new classrooms, what happens? If JDM has nothing better to tell citizens of the great country called Ghana, he should keep quiet and retain the little the dignity left.
John mahama has set out clear his wickedness and bad intentions about this country and he can never be president again in Ghana! what is his policy,he should bring out his policy fir Ghanaians to see and stop that noise making, he will weep not cry in 2020, he should make it on the wall, okronfuo takyiamoa s33 to come back where, they are just making a joke of that Gonja conman ,akronfuo nkoaa atwa ne ho ahyia ! and they think Ghanaians are f000**00ls to bring them to power. If noise making wins elections ndc wold have been in power by now!
If you see someone fighting education pls 🏃♀️ away from himLet God choose our leader with the true heart leading us.Maintain those doing well and keep away the nation wreckers.Me too I am a Ghanaian.I am speaking my mind