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• Haphazard Government 9 months ago

  If not for the stupidity of former President Nana Akufo-Ado and the low IQ behaviour of the Ghanaian voters how could this empty guy John Mahama become president again to indulge in this kind of nonsense to the detriment of G ...
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  If not for the stupidity of former President Nana Akufo-Ado and the low IQ behaviour of the Ghanaian voters how could this empty guy John Mahama become president again to indulge in this kind of nonsense to the detriment of Ghanaian children? How can some people be doing their private business and the government help them to make profit from the public funds? If they like they should first of all turn their schools to public ones before receiving the tax payers monies to run their for profit businesses. What a wasted mandate.

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• Shen 9 months ago

  100 facts.

  100 facts.

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• FRANKIE 9 months ago

  Another promise fulfilled. So my suspicion is that whatever amount government allocates to public SHS students will be the same for private school students. Parents will then have to pay the difference if the private school c ...
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  Another promise fulfilled. So my suspicion is that whatever amount government allocates to public SHS students will be the same for private school students. Parents will then have to pay the difference if the private school charges more than the government allocation, which is obvious. Great idea. Parents must definitely be involved in funding for FREE SHS to be sustainable. Parents must also pay for the boarding and lodging components of FREE SHS while government takes care of tuition and the rest. In that case day SHS will be completely FREE to accommodate students who cannot afford the boarding fees.

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• FRANKIE 9 months ago

  Another promise fulfilled. So my suspicion is that whatever amount government allocates to public SHS students will be the same for private school students. Parents will then have to pay the difference if the private school c ...
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  Another promise fulfilled. So my suspicion is that whatever amount government allocates to public SHS students will be the same for private school students. Parents will then have to pay the difference if the private school charges more than the government allocation, which is obvious. Great idea. Parents must definitely be involved in funding for FREE SHS to be sustainable. Parents must also pay for the boarding and lodging components of FREE SHS while government takes care of tuition and the rest. In that case day SHS will be completely FREE to accommodate students who cannot afford the boarding fees.

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• SIGMA, LONDON 9 months ago

  Private has always been private. Solution is to devote more money towards building of student accommodation and classrooms as well recruitment of qualified teachers to sustain the Free SHS programme. In the past, Ghana minist ...
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  Private has always been private. Solution is to devote more money towards building of student accommodation and classrooms as well recruitment of qualified teachers to sustain the Free SHS programme. In the past, Ghana ministers and top government employees have diverted huge sums of money into corrupt avenues and thereby causing financial waste. I do not know how easily the government can combine private schools with the public schools. If the government was to turn private into public schools every parent would want their ward to attend private school because of better amenities and perhaps quality teaching due to close supervision of staff by management. Also, most of these private schools would be easily be categorised as A schools.

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• R9 Phenomenon 9 months ago

  I don't agree with you. For 8 years the issues of congestion in schools were never solved. Truthbis quality of education has not been the same since free shs. Good policy but serious implementation issues. If u have a ward in ...
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  I don't agree with you. For 8 years the issues of congestion in schools were never solved. Truthbis quality of education has not been the same since free shs. Good policy but serious implementation issues. If u have a ward in school you will understand the issues better.
  Economy is built by both private and public institutions.
  If private sector school grows they can absorb most of the teachers who are still waiting for postings. Also private sector pays tax, employs Ghanaians, have Ghanaian children and family's they also feed. In fact it is the growth of private sector that a nation should put more emphasis on. Public sectors not usually profit oriented.
  This decision has arisen bcos of a need.
  
  Please let's put politics aside and implement policies that will save our education. The previous government I supported before failed to listen.
  
  Also those who can pay should be allowed to pay.
  
  Free shs shd be targeted to the poor.

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• Johnny,Oyarifa -Madina 9 months ago

  @ R9 Phenomenon
  The quality of secondary education dropped massively in Ghana when PNDC introduced SSS in 1989(ref check the reactions of all Western Countries to admissions of Ghanaian degrees).The issue of congestion of s ...
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  @ R9 Phenomenon
  The quality of secondary education dropped massively in Ghana when PNDC introduced SSS in 1989(ref check the reactions of all Western Countries to admissions of Ghanaian degrees).The issue of congestion of secondary was on the plans of the past govt,serious govt don't shift their responsibilities in such social programmes to the private businessman/woman.The current govt plans is to collapse the scheme.The NDC shd know that you put off the light of your enemy to make yours brighter they have the chance to also bring another social programme to make their party popular to the masses.

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• FRANKIE 9 months ago

  Johnny of Oyarifa, so what research was carried out by the erstwhile government before the implementation of FREE SHS? Where is their blueprint for the policy? Must congestion be an issue in the first place, when secondary ed ...
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  Johnny of Oyarifa, so what research was carried out by the erstwhile government before the implementation of FREE SHS? Where is their blueprint for the policy? Must congestion be an issue in the first place, when secondary education has been ongoing in Ghana for decades? For eight bloomy years what were they doing about about complainrs from parents and other stakeholders? Did they listen to anyone? The issue of congestion shouldn't even have come up at all since the only component that was new to SHS education was the FREE aspect of it. The past government simply failed to deliver. They didn't listen to any advise. They deliberately defined REVIEW as CANCELLATION and they paid the price for it. Not all Ghanaians are idiots.

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• Kwaku 9 months ago

  I said it John Mahama and NDC would wish to stop FSHS programme if they come to power but they are now afraid of many Ghanaians reactions. What they are now planning to do is to destroy it by some of these decisions. Why add ...
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  I said it John Mahama and NDC would wish to stop FSHS programme if they come to power but they are now afraid of many Ghanaians reactions. What they are now planning to do is to destroy it by some of these decisions. Why add private schools(private business) to the programme to make it management cumbersome?

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• Life 9 months ago

  I just barst into laughter. Which school did u attend?? U r daft papa. So do u assist kids with their homework?? Ei?There r congestions in the public schools explaining why some go for "green and yellow" or something. To addr ...
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  I just barst into laughter. Which school did u attend?? U r daft papa. So do u assist kids with their homework?? Ei?There r congestions in the public schools explaining why some go for "green and yellow" or something. To address that the government wants to transfer such students to the private schools. The monies to be paid the private schools is just wat the govt wud have spent on them had they been in the public schools. How hard is this for a human being to comprehend?

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• NPP will get 18.2% in 2028 9 months ago

  This is a smart initiative. Every aspect of the economy needs a reset. Get your infrastructure, staff and security ready to handle the large numbers of students for excellent academic performance. As for NPP and its criminal ...
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  This is a smart initiative. Every aspect of the economy needs a reset. Get your infrastructure, staff and security ready to handle the large numbers of students for excellent academic performance. As for NPP and its criminal members, it will take them more than 50 years to get near to the presidency. Congratulations JM and Haruna Iddrisu.

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• Eric 9 months ago

  Ithis is impossible how can a broken economy pay private SHS fees?

  Ithis is impossible how can a broken economy pay private SHS fees?

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• Nana 9 months ago

  Idiotic Foolish NDC Followers would never understand your comment.How can a broken economy be dishing monies to private businesses from a social programme?

  Idiotic Foolish NDC Followers would never understand your comment.How can a broken economy be dishing monies to private businesses from a social programme?

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• TETTEH WONDER 9 months ago

  The same amount paid per student is what will be send to the private schools. Instead of this simple method your NPP govt that claim their capitalist and believe in private sector growth rather chose to introduce a bogus syst ...
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  The same amount paid per student is what will be send to the private schools. Instead of this simple method your NPP govt that claim their capitalist and believe in private sector growth rather chose to introduce a bogus system called double track just to collapse the private schools. So shut up and allow people who care and listen to the cry of the people do what the citizens want.
  Your defeat is making you guys crazy.

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• Kwasi 9 months ago

  Most of these private schools engage in the leakage of exams question papers and other exam malpractices (apor) to sustain their businesses.

  Most of these private schools engage in the leakage of exams question papers and other exam malpractices (apor) to sustain their businesses.

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• Kwaku Tee 9 months ago

  Education is a social service (product) that is primarily the responsibility of States/Govts to provide to their citizens to make them literate.The private business only comes in to make it an economic product to make profit ...
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  Education is a social service (product) that is primarily the responsibility of States/Govts to provide to their citizens to make them literate.The private business only comes in to make it an economic product to make profit from it.This normally happens when the state is not able to meet the demands of its citizens due to many factors such as quality,space or distance etc.What has happened to Ghana's education is the private businesses are trying to take advantage of the citizens (Ghanaians) bcoz they have realised the profit margin in this industry is good.The introduction of FSHS hurt their businesses and they are trying to put undeserve pressure on our politicians to make their businesses survive.Foolishly John Mahama and NDC have fallen to this pressure to destroy this good social policy brought in by Akuffo Addo and NPP.

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• Citizen Vigilante 9 months ago

  So in a situation where Govt allocates a lesser number of student total population of the school , will some be regarded as fee paying? Or the private or profit-making aspect of the Private Schools will be over ? Govt will re ...
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  So in a situation where Govt allocates a lesser number of student total population of the school , will some be regarded as fee paying? Or the private or profit-making aspect of the Private Schools will be over ? Govt will rent or pay the badic salaries of the schools? What about Teacher quality and qualifications issues ? Same standards as applied to the Public Schools ( Trained & Certified) ? Won’t there be eminent redundancies because most of the Teachers and other Saff are not certified though they deliver some good results?

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• Akwasi 9 months ago

  The operator of St Andrews school at Assin Fosu is a financial of the NDC. The school involves in serious examination malpractices and it's a common knowledge but the WAEC officials are always quiet.

  The operator of St Andrews school at Assin Fosu is a financial of the NDC. The school involves in serious examination malpractices and it's a common knowledge but the WAEC officials are always quiet.

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• J.C.A 9 months ago

  Because they have stated in their manifesto, it must be fulfilled. Oh, Ghana. So now govt is going to finance private schools with tax payers money. That your manifesto will breed a lot of corruption

  Because they have stated in their manifesto, it must be fulfilled. Oh, Ghana. So now govt is going to finance private schools with tax payers money. That your manifesto will breed a lot of corruption

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• MOG 9 months ago

  Confused government
  Is that the resetting and review you promised Ghanaians. Recipe for corruption.
  Waste of resources and time.
  Come again. Shame on you. Your propaganda against FSHS is biting you hard.
  There's no magic ...
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  Confused government
  Is that the resetting and review you promised Ghanaians. Recipe for corruption.
  Waste of resources and time.
  Come again. Shame on you. Your propaganda against FSHS is biting you hard.
  There's no magic anywhere. No quick fix. Take your time and complete Nana's educational infrastructure and build new ones.
  Put your pride aside and do the right thing. Eat the humble pie. Don't worsen the situation and don't go and destroy private school with government delay payments.

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• Papa Sey 9 months ago

  How are you going to recoup the investment you have made in establishing these schools?

  How are you going to recoup the investment you have made in establishing these schools?

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• matthew 9 months ago

  this doesn`t look like cancelling the free shs to me, as yaanom would want us believe!! a full professor telling us review means cancellation!!

  this doesn`t look like cancelling the free shs to me, as yaanom would want us believe!! a full professor telling us review means cancellation!!

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• PAULO 9 months ago

  This is simply a crazy idea. The government is definitely going to pay fees in respect of the number of students allocated to private schools. What is the idea behind this? Private schools are strictly profit-oriented investm ...
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  This is simply a crazy idea. The government is definitely going to pay fees in respect of the number of students allocated to private schools. What is the idea behind this? Private schools are strictly profit-oriented investments, and what business does the government have forging a linkage between public schools and private schools? I foresee corruption and nepotism in this whole spurious arrangement.

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• Tony 9 months ago

  I find it difficult to understand the logic in this policy! government absorbing private schools?we must not only consider political prudence
  against economic wisdom as nation, in every society the rich help the poor, I thi ...
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  I find it difficult to understand the logic in this policy! government absorbing private schools?we must not only consider political prudence
  against economic wisdom as nation, in every society the rich help the poor, I think it's in this spirit that the free SHS policy was introduced, if so why don't we target the poor? Already we segmented our society whenever we doing selections into senior high schools, we category A, B, up to the last letter, the poor goes to the last letter in the rural areas, why don't we start from the poor schoold first

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• Ato apinyah 9 months ago

  But how is government going to place some 15,000 students to the private schools,bcos we have the school placement system that place students in various schools,so how is the government going to do that

  But how is government going to place some 15,000 students to the private schools,bcos we have the school placement system that place students in various schools,so how is the government going to do that

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• Enyan Bridget 9 months ago

  Mahama has started joking again.
  Common cut-off point you can't implement.Lots of these students don't merit secondary education.

  Mahama has started joking again.
  Common cut-off point you can't implement.Lots of these students don't merit secondary education.

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• TETTEH WONDER 9 months ago

  Brilliant idea, most private SHS have better facilities as compare to our public ones.
  As we speak the 1st years of double track schools who some attended class for less than a month in first semester are on vacation and wi ...
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  Brilliant idea, most private SHS have better facilities as compare to our public ones.
  As we speak the 1st years of double track schools who some attended class for less than a month in first semester are on vacation and will resume in May ending. Almost 4 months vacation why? If this initiative can eliminate that nonsense called Double track system so be it. This is what we call THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX. Kudos to the the new gov't

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