About 60 per cent of JHS graduates cannot enter SHS - Mould Iddrissu

Accra, Jan. 19, GNA - Mrs Betty Mould-Iddrissu, Minister of Education on Wednesday said about 60 per cent of graduates from Junior High Schools (JHS) could not enter into Senior High Schools (SHS) while five per cent out of the 60 per cent continued in formal technical and vocational education.

She noted that most of the JHS graduates who did not get the opportunity to further their education were neither in training nor any employment but were into petty trading on the streets. Mrs Mould-Iddrissu made the observation at the presentation of National Apprenticeship Programme Tools donated by the Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET) to the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council in Accra.