Deputy Ranking Member of the Education Committee of Parliament, Clement Apaak, has said that former President John Dramani Mahama will continue to encourage the NPP government to consider a stakeholder conference to review the implementation of the Free Senior High School (FSHS) policy to resolve the implementation challenges bedeviling the policy.
He says this will only help to the make the policy better.
Speaking on Okay FM's 'Ade Akye Abia' programme, he stated that the NDC government will continue to see to the continuation of the FSHS policy because at every opportunity given, John Mahama has stated that the "FSHS education has come to stay".
"The programme is challenged and it is self evident that's why stakeholders, including former VCs, Teacher Unions, CSOs, NGOs, Religious Organisations, Media Personnel, Traditional Leaders, Parents and even some Government Officials, are all advocating for a review, the review is to make the programme better," he added.
He noted that the decision not to accept the call for a review and to sanction same because John Mahama, like any well meaning stakeholder, has called for it is unaccountable, and cannot be justified by Nana Akufo-Addo.
"It's not about John Mahama, it is about the students, teachers, parents and Ghana at large. The students are suffering, teachers are struggling and parents are agonising. This is not right. The calls for a review are justified and long overdue."
Former President John Dramani Mahama has chided President Nana Akufo-Addo for the continuous refusal of his government to review the flagship free Senior High School program.
According to Mr Mahama, government’s politicization of education, and sacrificing quality for quantity, has degenerated into inadequate feeding of boarding students.
He said President Akufo-Addo could have saved parents from psychological trauma if his government had engaged private schools in reviewing the free Senior High School program.
Addressing delegates at the 8th Biennial Delegate Conference of the Ghana National Association of Private School (GNAPS) in Koforidua, former President John Mahama who indicated that free senior high school has come to stay, called on government to consider a national stakeholders’ conference to review its implementation.
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Is he going to review the cost or which aspect of the FSHS programme he want to review aimlessss, visionlesssss, Block headd, incompetennt, ***barred word***, and indecisive Ex-president.
Ghana destroyers party is Ndc, they never wished the people of Ghana good from the military rule to democracy rule, they’re our problem.
The minister has already spoken candidly on the issue, and I do believe the NDC is deliberately being diabolic just to defame the hardworking minister of education. What I strongly believe is that the NDC feels very uncomfortable with hardworking ministers in the Akufo-Addo administration, like how they are treating Ofori-Atta. They become unnecessary attacking-tagets so as to demoralize them in an attempt to derail them from their performance tagets. Ghanaians do appreciate the competence of Mr. Adutwum and what he has so far achieved as education minister. The results are there for everyone to see across the whole country, Ghana. I say if the NDC is set to cripple the government of the Akufo-Addo administration, I say it is totally an attempt at futility. Then, breaking the 8 is inevitable.
even with no free shs JDM couldn't pay for feeding for schools up north when he was president cos he's simply incompetent so schools had to be shut down. leave AKUFO ADDO to do what he has to do for the children of GH. what is your problem.
Our abled president said he is not reviewing it, what is your problem. Kindly wait, when your Mhama comes so that you review it, after all, he said FSHS will be possible only after 20 years.