‘Mahama’s free SHS is discriminatory’

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Ghanaman 8 years ago

The northern tribes are his only priority.

The northern tribes are his only priority.
Neutral Zone 8 years ago

Fortunately they are Ghanaians too.

Fortunately they are Ghanaians too.
insight to the bone 8 years ago

Lets not beat around the bush and call a spade a spade , since the so called fake revolution of JJ we now have his legacy of the islamization of the country , tribal politics camouflaged by so called fake socialism , corrupti ...
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Lets not beat around the bush and call a spade a spade , since the so called fake revolution of JJ we now have his legacy of the islamization of the country , tribal politics camouflaged by so called fake socialism , corruption fueled by the desire to undermine the Akan economy , brother hate and despise brother because of pepeni/ayigbe anti Akan agendas. Travel around the country and you will notice in every town village or hamlet a mosque and NDC banners / billboards all over the place. In some hamlets there are not even toilets , schools , clinics but yet a mosque has been placed there like a quiet insidious malignant cancer spreading all over the country through the pro Palestinian , pro Taliban politics of JJ and his ayigbe idiots, so we know why after establishing relations with Israel was Mills murdered .These same Israelis then turn around and with their computer engineering rig the elections for the enemy all because of a few million dollars they earned. Our country has become a breeding ground for the worst kind of fanatical terrorists , our judiciary a sham , our institutions of state non functional , our economy in less than 7 years now rated junk , our oil blocks sold by pepeni/ ayigbe criminals , our industry destroyed , and them parading useless houseboys like Kofi Adams , Ahwois , PVs, Nketia etc as leaders of the Akans? We are on a roller coaster ride to political violence that will end up in ethnic war and conflict with the NDC hoping that the Fantis will join them to kill their brothers the TWI speakers but they forget war breeds new leaders and are led by intellectuals will can never allow that to happen , For centuries our fathers rejected this Islam (and their desire to enslave the blackman) as though originally God's word has now become so perverse by the interpretations of the wicked Arabs and pepeni. Today we have a pepeni president who claims to be a christian but intimately remains a muslim with 17 children and 11 wives , his children have Muslim names and choose to go to be educated in Dubai as every weekend their Alajihs carry their loot there. We have a cabinet heavily lopsided in favor of Muslims northerners , ewes and other non Akans yet they ask we trust them and accept them . The few Akans they have are cowards and wimps who would sell their own mothers for glorified titles and monies but are totally corrupt incompetent empty barrels. Yes they have brought war unto our heads but its a blessing in disguise as it now gives us the opportunity to clean up this mess and form our own new country without this pepeni/ayigbe evil bmenace
Abontua ooo Abontua 8 years ago

Free education means free tuition. U want Mahama to use government to money to pay for dormitory fees and food and other stuff as well? Lazy entitled Ghanaians never cease to amaze. Tuition is free if u want to go to a boardi ...
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Free education means free tuition. U want Mahama to use government to money to pay for dormitory fees and food and other stuff as well? Lazy entitled Ghanaians never cease to amaze. Tuition is free if u want to go to a boarding school u pay ur own thing. Stop depending on government to do everything for u. That's why the country is broke
CORNEY 8 years ago

Well,before some people talk they don't examine their brains well,this free education although is a good idea like anything else it has its bad side too.
My question to this Siaw guy is,if the government begins to pay for th ...
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Well,before some people talk they don't examine their brains well,this free education although is a good idea like anything else it has its bad side too.
My question to this Siaw guy is,if the government begins to pay for the boarders now how are they going to decide who goes to the boarding houses,is it not also a discrimination for government to house a section of the students giving the free food,enjoying free facilities while a section of the students remain in their homes spending money to take transport to school while others walk to school,did he ask himself this question before opening his mouth to attack the government?

The moment government decides to cancel boarding fees it will create more problems than they are trying to solve,it will now be a struggle for the few boarding houses because everyone will like to be in the free house with free food and the Headteachers especially will become more corrupt taking money from the parents who are rich to admit more students in the boarding houses,it will be chaos.

Either we build more boarding houses to accommodate everyone or we abolish the boarding school system which may even hurt some more especially people who have to travel away from their hometowns to other areas to attend school.
KWADWO NKANSA,USA 8 years ago

In the US tuition is free for all public high schools.All students across the country enjoy tuition free education as well as those in the elementary schools.I have not seen a public boarding school yet,those that exist may b ...
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In the US tuition is free for all public high schools.All students across the country enjoy tuition free education as well as those in the elementary schools.I have not seen a public boarding school yet,those that exist may be private and parents are prepared to pay for their wards.The same should be implemented in Ghana. Make tuition free across the board,but those in boarding schools need to pay for their stay there-meals,etc. Government I'd not supposed to pay for room and board for students. That should be the responsibility of parents period!
Neutral Zone 8 years ago

We r an entitlement society. That's why everybody wants n wants from the govt.

We r an entitlement society. That's why everybody wants n wants from the govt.
CORNEY 8 years ago

Ok I hear you.

Ok I hear you.
ADANKO 8 years ago

Mahama introduced the SHS because he found out that Akuffo Addo was gaining popularity therefore he has to do something. But my question is, "how is he going to manage it since he is taking Ghana to HIPIC?

Mahama introduced the SHS because he found out that Akuffo Addo was gaining popularity therefore he has to do something. But my question is, "how is he going to manage it since he is taking Ghana to HIPIC?
KWAA 8 years ago

Fact is,NDC is doing this only for political expediency,the plan isn't well thought through,they don't even have the money to implement it.But they are doing it,so NPP don't come again in 2016 and pick it up again as their pa ...
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Fact is,NDC is doing this only for political expediency,the plan isn't well thought through,they don't even have the money to implement it.But they are doing it,so NPP don't come again in 2016 and pick it up again as their party message.Even if they have good intentions for this Country,they don't plan it well they do everything hazardously,so in the end it turns out to be a unless program.All because somebody up there wants to get his or her cut.Look at how they are managing our oil money,upon all the income we are collecting from our commodities,not to talk about taxes,we are always going around the World either borrowing or begging for donations.And what can we show for all this monies,some interchange at Kwame Njrumah circle and some few school blocks.We don't even have a regular electricity,I wonder which computer the free SHS students will use,in the absence of power.
Ibn Batuta 8 years ago

Silly academic argument. I don't. See anyone. lining up to get free education.

Silly academic argument. I don't. See anyone. lining up to get free education.
Kojo 8 years ago

Cant you walk and chew gum

Cant you walk and chew gum
MATTHEW 8 years ago

Do PPP understand piloting? Nationwide policies are not just initiated like that. It is first piloted to identify and amend the possible problems.NIH was piloted in Ashanti region for one year,where were PPP by then?

Do PPP understand piloting? Nationwide policies are not just initiated like that. It is first piloted to identify and amend the possible problems.NIH was piloted in Ashanti region for one year,where were PPP by then?
Big mouth 8 years ago

The Nhis has not been piloted for one year, rather it has been active from January 2012- now October 2015

The Nhis has not been piloted for one year, rather it has been active from January 2012- now October 2015
George Nutsugah 8 years ago

This is a ridiculous policy. Government is paying GH38 per day student and the parents are paying GH325. Is this free SHS? I don't think so. Moreover, if you have a ward in SHS and you want him /her to enjoy John Mahama's fr ...
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This is a ridiculous policy. Government is paying GH38 per day student and the parents are paying GH325. Is this free SHS? I don't think so. Moreover, if you have a ward in SHS and you want him /her to enjoy John Mahama's free SHS, then you will have to withdraw him /her from the boarding house to become a day student. What a deception. Perhaps this idea was suggested to John Mahama by the government special advisor on finance, agriculture and education, madam Ekua Donkor.
CORNEY 8 years ago

"Perhaps this idea was suggested to John Mahama by the government special advisor on finance,agriculture and education,madam Ekua Donkor"

Lol!

"Perhaps this idea was suggested to John Mahama by the government special advisor on finance,agriculture and education,madam Ekua Donkor"

Lol!
Efo Kwaaku Canada 8 years ago

You said chief adviser Akua DonkorLOL

You said chief adviser Akua DonkorLOL
jan. 8 years ago

Instead of focusing on how to win the election, you are litigating. Don't you guys have better things to do than to mitigate; at the end if you don't win don't blame the government.

Instead of focusing on how to win the election, you are litigating. Don't you guys have better things to do than to mitigate; at the end if you don't win don't blame the government.
sid 8 years ago

where is the free education whilst teachers are not even being paid this is Window dressing n cheap propaganda. stop toying with the nation

where is the free education whilst teachers are not even being paid this is Window dressing n cheap propaganda. stop toying with the nation
Joe Turkey 8 years ago

You see, this is what happens when idiots have no ideas on their own but plagiarize other people's work without proper understanding. The illiterate PNDC foolishly copied the Junior Secondary System started by Dr. Busia in th ...
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You see, this is what happens when idiots have no ideas on their own but plagiarize other people's work without proper understanding. The illiterate PNDC foolishly copied the Junior Secondary System started by Dr. Busia in the early 70s. Dr Busia and the Progressive Party never meant to screw up the High School system the way the cadres did. In Fact, the Junior Secondary schools existed alongside the Senior for a purpose. It sorted out the academically strong and the weak. It was never meant to be a holistic change from a 7 to 3-year system that produce uneducated and unemployable graduates like Okudjeto Ablakwa. The same bunch of Ahwois and Tsikatas, from behind the veils, are doing the same with the fee-free SHS.
CORNEY 8 years ago

Get your facts right,the Junior Secondary School started during Acheampong's time with the establishment of one Experimental Junior Secondary School in each existing district in the country which started around 1977/78 acad ...
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Get your facts right,the Junior Secondary School started during Acheampong's time with the establishment of one Experimental Junior Secondary School in each existing district in the country which started around 1977/78 academic year,even if it was Busia who started the process he did not implement it.
Kofi 8 years ago

Why the president always open his hands when talking?

Why the president always open his hands when talking?
Kwaku Yeboah 8 years ago

Corney, you miss the point completely. Mr Siaw is talking about covering only day students for items that are coming to both day and boarding students

Corney, you miss the point completely. Mr Siaw is talking about covering only day students for items that are coming to both day and boarding students
Prince. USA 8 years ago

What about the nurse's and teachers salary?

What about the nurse's and teachers salary?
Ali Mahama 8 years ago

Ghanaians must reject this half-baked Free SHS. Policy.Mahama thinks he is wiser than everybody. Nana Addo has a better Plan so let's give him a chance to come and help us.

Ghanaians must reject this half-baked Free SHS. Policy.Mahama thinks he is wiser than everybody. Nana Addo has a better Plan so let's give him a chance to come and help us.
Skeptic 8 years ago

News Flash to the Progressive People's Party: Secondary School does not necessarily include housing. The free part only relates to the education process not the housing. If you want free housing as well, that is a differen ...
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News Flash to the Progressive People's Party: Secondary School does not necessarily include housing. The free part only relates to the education process not the housing. If you want free housing as well, that is a different issue. In many, if not most, instances secondary school is considered exclusive of housing. Stop it, guys!!
DDT 8 years ago

What is discriminatory about this when those in boarding house are paying for what they use. The maintainance of their beds, light , food etc. If that is discriminatory ,then every day students will also come to boarding h ...
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What is discriminatory about this when those in boarding house are paying for what they use. The maintainance of their beds, light , food etc. If that is discriminatory ,then every day students will also come to boarding houses. If you don't have anything to say on air , keep quiet .
Kwaku 8 years ago

Shame skin pain. He said with time boarding students will also enjoy it

Shame skin pain. He said with time boarding students will also enjoy it
Essum 8 years ago

If boarders are paying the where is the free education? Tuition fee has always been free under previous governments, so where is Mahama's free education? This president thinks also Ghanaians are fools. How do you maintain the ...
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If boarders are paying the where is the free education? Tuition fee has always been free under previous governments, so where is Mahama's free education? This president thinks also Ghanaians are fools. How do you maintain the status quo and call it a new thing? That is what he did with the Kumasi airport.
I remember the sort of arguments ndc propaganda team put up during the 2012 campaign. That education can never be free. That the initial amount of over Ghc70 mln earmarked for the first year was inadequate. Mahama must realise Ghanaians are more intelligent than he thinks. He will surely pay dearly for everything he has done
Efo Kwaaku Canada 8 years ago

So do Mahama call this free education? Ghanaians should know ndc crooks and criminals by now, schools feeding program is dead, nurses and teacher training allowances is dead, I had paid over 40 million cedis for my first year ...
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So do Mahama call this free education? Ghanaians should know ndc crooks and criminals by now, schools feeding program is dead, nurses and teacher training allowances is dead, I had paid over 40 million cedis for my first year son in Legon, ndc fools and idiots criminals are mentally sick
MRS. REBECCA AKUFO-ADDO 8 years ago

Kofi Asamoah Siaw is policy-developmentally sick. Good developmental policies are usually piloted. PPP simply have not vibrant policies for Ghana, period

Kofi Asamoah Siaw is policy-developmentally sick. Good developmental policies are usually piloted. PPP simply have not vibrant policies for Ghana, period
KYG 8 years ago

wooooowww. Wat a political brain and smart ideas. haaaahaha. is it only day students huuu pay tuition fees.haaahahahAaaaA

wooooowww. Wat a political brain and smart ideas. haaaahaha. is it only day students huuu pay tuition fees.haaahahahAaaaA
brenda Emelia cobbinah 8 years ago

Noise are northers not ghanaians,n.p.p will continue to be in opposition with this foolish comments,kwasea why do you then need their vote,infact they will not vote for you .mahama all the way.is he developing kejetia for the ...
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Noise are northers not ghanaians,n.p.p will continue to be in opposition with this foolish comments,kwasea why do you then need their vote,infact they will not vote for you .mahama all the way.is he developing kejetia for the north noise
Talook 8 years ago

Mr. Siaw This is not Akufo Addo free S H S Na Mahama own, which is progressive free (step by step /one after the other)

Mr. Siaw This is not Akufo Addo free S H S Na Mahama own, which is progressive free (step by step /one after the other)
KWADWO NKANSA,USA 8 years ago

I have not seen any high school student enjoying room and board in any public school in the US.Tuition is free across the board in all the country. If a parent wants educate their ward in a noerding school they do so in a pri ...
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I have not seen any high school student enjoying room and board in any public school in the US.Tuition is free across the board in all the country. If a parent wants educate their ward in a noerding school they do so in a private institution which offers that.Ghana government is not supposed to cater for free boarding for students. Tuition however, must be free for all high school and elementary schools. Tuition only,and nothing else!
mr amin 8 years ago

Mahama is decieving ghanians with this free shs, i think is time to send him paking 2016.

Mahama is decieving ghanians with this free shs, i think is time to send him paking 2016.
ERICUS. 8 years ago

Common sense working. Papa Kwesi Nduom's PPP and the NPP are all the same. That is right decision gvt has taken. I'm sure the policy is here to help the poor who can not send their wards to boarding schools.And gvt said the p ...
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Common sense working. Papa Kwesi Nduom's PPP and the NPP are all the same. That is right decision gvt has taken. I'm sure the policy is here to help the poor who can not send their wards to boarding schools.And gvt said the policy is "progressively " being fulfilled.. JDM please don't be push..
yahaya haki 8 years ago

ppp sec, please it is not always compulsory to comments on policies that u do not understand. Let us try to embrace good things for the benefit of mother ghana. in fact u are a disappointment to Mother Ghana.

ppp sec, please it is not always compulsory to comments on policies that u do not understand. Let us try to embrace good things for the benefit of mother ghana. in fact u are a disappointment to Mother Ghana.
aaa 8 years ago

If this is so in all ouir regions then it is not discriminatory.Otherwise the Govt must correct this without fail

If this is so in all ouir regions then it is not discriminatory.Otherwise the Govt must correct this without fail
Mr Shortman 8 years ago

Does Siaw really understand progressive at all?

Does Siaw really understand progressive at all?
Nunkaawaa 8 years ago

I think the PPP does not understand what PROGRESSIVELY FREE means. This is not meant to be an event but a process.

I think the PPP does not understand what PROGRESSIVELY FREE means. This is not meant to be an event but a process.
CONGO SPANNER 8 years ago

NDC IS USING THIS MOVE TO BUY VOTES IN THE 2016 ELECTIONS. THE PARTY WILL STILL LOSE 2016 ELECTIONS TO MAKE WAY FOR A COMPETENT LEADER .

NDC IS USING THIS MOVE TO BUY VOTES IN THE 2016 ELECTIONS. THE PARTY WILL STILL LOSE 2016 ELECTIONS TO MAKE WAY FOR A COMPETENT LEADER .
Duut philip 8 years ago

The government don't know what he is doing .Today students in Kintampo senior high school has been sac school fees due to lack of development and money in the schools. And almost 99.5% students failed their in WASSCE in Kinta ...
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The government don't know what he is doing .Today students in Kintampo senior high school has been sac school fees due to lack of development and money in the schools. And almost 99.5% students failed their in WASSCE in Kintampo south (Jena senior high) due to lack of teacher's
nokor3 y3 8 years ago

3hen fa na free SHS 3koso panin b3n na oy3 ne biribaa s3 akodaa yi sei nkoaa deaa anka m3kas3 Despite group of companies mpo betumi ay3 aboro so we have ten regions in the country and you choose some three or four schools ou ...
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3hen fa na free SHS 3koso panin b3n na oy3 ne biribaa s3 akodaa yi sei nkoaa deaa anka m3kas3 Despite group of companies mpo betumi ay3 aboro so we have ten regions in the country and you choose some three or four schools out of it telling as you are doing free SHS 3ny3 woa efiri s3 efirs3 you have no aim wonni botae3 biara si woani so ,wa'awia obi dae3so someones dream enti wonhunu s3de3 wonsi 3ny3 no shame on you ,you are acting like a baby without a teeth but want to chew bones ,wote s3 akodaa a onni se nso op3 s3 owe kas33 hahaha
john mahama 8 years ago

do not be happy. this is the old vision of akuff addo.

do not be happy. this is the old vision of akuff addo.

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