Don’t come to us with free education this time - Anis Haffer

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Omanhene 7 years ago

another paid idiot of Atopahene to confuse Ghanains. We know your paid lies..... confuse the masses.

another paid idiot of Atopahene to confuse Ghanains. We know your paid lies..... confuse the masses.
facts 7 years ago

Quality and free are not synonymous but they do not antonyms either. It can be free and qualitative as well, so lets welcome the promises. Good for the goose is good for the geese

Quality and free are not synonymous but they do not antonyms either. It can be free and qualitative as well, so lets welcome the promises. Good for the goose is good for the geese
OSEI TUTU TAWIAH 7 years ago

There is no other way to search for talents in any country than to make education free. There are very talented people in the hinterland who will sure be exposed once education becomes free for all.

There is no other way to search for talents in any country than to make education free. There are very talented people in the hinterland who will sure be exposed once education becomes free for all.
OLD SOLDIER 7 years ago

Author:- Malam Garba......
The Courts will educate these persons before pronouncing judgement. First, it has humbled them in today's appearances. They will know until next week who is in charge of discipline in Ghana. They w ...
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Author:- Malam Garba......
The Courts will educate these persons before pronouncing judgement. First, it has humbled them in today's appearances. They will know until next week who is in charge of discipline in Ghana. They will see their managers and Chief Executives in the same dock...Man Pass Man...
OLD SOLDIER 7 years ago

Author:- Malam Garba......
The Courts will educate these persons before pronouncing judgement. First, it has humbled them in today's appearances. They will know until next week who is in charge of discipline in Ghana. They w ...
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Author:- Malam Garba......
The Courts will educate these persons before pronouncing judgement. First, it has humbled them in today's appearances. They will know until next week who is in charge of discipline in Ghana. They will see their managers and Chief Executives in the same dock...Man Pass Man...
NUNA 7 years ago

They now say free factory for each district, that is more than 200 factories and yet they did not abandon the free SHS. How are all these things going to be funded only them know.

They now say free factory for each district, that is more than 200 factories and yet they did not abandon the free SHS. How are all these things going to be funded only them know.
eric 7 years ago

ask mahama where our taxes are draining to and tell him to stop the massive borrowing and corruption

ask mahama where our taxes are draining to and tell him to stop the massive borrowing and corruption
PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 7 years ago

What's the difference between "for free" and "for nothing"
I went to school for free, you went to school for nothing.

What's the difference between "for free" and "for nothing"
I went to school for free, you went to school for nothing.
MR OBJECTIVE 7 years ago

USELESS MAN(anis haffer) talks USELESSLY.DON'T FOLLOW HIM for he is USELESS FOOL.

USELESS MAN(anis haffer) talks USELESSLY.DON'T FOLLOW HIM for he is USELESS FOOL.
Nana Addo 7 years ago

Well said.The exposure is necessary.My niece who did her one year Masters program in Coventry University traveled to France, Holland and Austria,all arranged by the school as part of the course programme during the course dur ...
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Well said.The exposure is necessary.My niece who did her one year Masters program in Coventry University traveled to France, Holland and Austria,all arranged by the school as part of the course programme during the course duration.
Kojo Bonsu 7 years ago

People talk by heart in this country. Everybody wants to be heard. Everyone now expert in everything. You are talking about exposure to where? Foolish ideas are our problem. You think by busing the over 200,000 students to ne ...
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People talk by heart in this country. Everybody wants to be heard. Everyone now expert in everything. You are talking about exposure to where? Foolish ideas are our problem. You think by busing the over 200,000 students to neighboring countries will give them better education?
If we are making a case for excursion as we use to call it, even local tour are sensible than the so called west African whatever. Let the teachers dedicate to teaching and stop the Sakarya way of becoming rich over night.
Ritewing 7 years ago

Anis Haffar does not seem to know the country he is writing about. He needs not to travel far out of Accra, to learn the difficulties parents face in putting their kids through even basic education. Out there in the known har ...
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Anis Haffar does not seem to know the country he is writing about. He needs not to travel far out of Accra, to learn the difficulties parents face in putting their kids through even basic education. Out there in the known hard pressed rural areas, could be worse. As a matter of fact, real free education is what will be needed to take some households out of poverty. We have an example to learn from. The many northern men with doctorate degrees we now have in the country did not come as a matter of course. A free and good educational system opened the way for them. We need not reinvent the wheel, it is right here, we only have to take hold of it.
Sankofa 7 years ago

Where is the money going to come from to finance free education?

The Northern policy was to address a particular colonial problem of keeping the North uneducated and backward. It so happens that governments have continued ...
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Where is the money going to come from to finance free education?

The Northern policy was to address a particular colonial problem of keeping the North uneducated and backward. It so happens that governments have continued with it for purely political reasons.

It would be very expensive to extend it to the rest of the country. Better to stick with the present policy of targetting free education at the most deprived communities around the country. This is affordable and progressive.
Big John @uwr 7 years ago

Well said , education is the wholesome training of the mind through learning, acquiring the knowledge of this world of wonder created by an all knowing and mysterious God whose ways are not our ways.infrastructure is a vital ...
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Well said , education is the wholesome training of the mind through learning, acquiring the knowledge of this world of wonder created by an all knowing and mysterious God whose ways are not our ways.infrastructure is a vital component in the delivery of quality education and in fact the very basic component. What we lack in Ghana to complement infrastructure is patriotism and hard work. Too many hypocrites are occupying sensitive positions in this country both in industry academia and in fact in the society generally. The fact that one is highly educated does not mean one is a patriot. I was surprised to learn that a former British Prime Minister's wife never had a car and had just recently bought an old used car. I also read some where and actually saw a picture of Bill Gates wife carrying a bucket of water from the river side in Uganda with the rural folks. In Ghana it was only Dr Nkrumah who be came president without a house and left the presidency without a house. So also was president Hilla Limann who became a president without a house and left the presidency without one. We need such people to rule us.
Create,loot and share 7 years ago

Blame Rawlings for all our educational problems.

Blame Rawlings for all our educational problems.
Oboy Kwasi 7 years ago

Some of you old citizens don't have foresight, what is wrong with free education which all of you guys enjoyed. You guys makes some of us sick and its time you guys shut up.

Some of you old citizens don't have foresight, what is wrong with free education which all of you guys enjoyed. You guys makes some of us sick and its time you guys shut up.
GALBANUM 7 years ago

YOUR WILL KNOW THEIR BAD INTENTIONS ABOUT FREE EDUCATION FOR ALL REGIONS THROUGH THEIR COMMENTS.IF THEY SHOULN'T COME TO US WITH FREE EDUCATION AT THIS TIME THEN THE NORTH FREE EDUCATION SCHEME SHOULD BE ABOLISHED.WHAT A HYPO ...
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YOUR WILL KNOW THEIR BAD INTENTIONS ABOUT FREE EDUCATION FOR ALL REGIONS THROUGH THEIR COMMENTS.IF THEY SHOULN'T COME TO US WITH FREE EDUCATION AT THIS TIME THEN THE NORTH FREE EDUCATION SCHEME SHOULD BE ABOLISHED.WHAT A HYPOCRITE AND NOISY UTTERANCE IS THIS?.MAKE A RESEARCH NOW AND YOU WILL OUT THAT THERE ARE MORE POOR PARENTS IN THE SOUTHERN OF GHANA WHO CANNOT PAY THEIR CHILDREN'S SCHOOL FEES SO WHY IS THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS AGAINST FREE EDUCATION FOR ALL.THOSE WHO SPOKE AGAINST IT FOUR YEARS AGO AND LATER ON TOOK IT ARE NOW STRUGGLING THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT IDEA BUT JUST PICK IT AND HAVE MISUSED IT.THEIR FREE DAY SGHOOL IS NOT FREE BECAUSE PARENTS ARE PAYING ALMOST FOUR HUNDRED CEDIS A TERM WHICH IS MORE THAN ONE'S MONTHLY SALARY.OKAY,WE HAVE HEARD YOU.ARE YOU FRIGHTENED ABOUT NANA'S ONE DISTRICT ONE FACTORY.IT IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THEY WON'T BE WOYOME,SADA,ISOFOTON,SUBA NO INFLATED PROJECTS FOR FORD AND ETC.
PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 7 years ago

Two couples are playing cards. John accidentally drops some cards on the floor. When he bends down under the table to pick them up, he notices that Bill's wife isn't wearing any underwear. Later, John goes into the kitchen t ...
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Two couples are playing cards. John accidentally drops some cards on the floor. When he bends down under the table to pick them up, he notices that Bill's wife isn't wearing any underwear. Later, John goes into the kitchen to get some refreshments. Bill's wife follows him and asks, "Did you see anything that you liked under there?" John admits that he did. She says, "You can have it, but it will cost you $100." They decide that John should come to her house around 2 p.m. on Friday while Bill is at work. On Friday, John arrives at 2 p.m. He pays Bill's wife $100. They go to the bedroom, have sex and then John leaves. When Bill comes home at 6 p.m., he asks his wife, "Did John come by this afternoon?" Reluctantly, she replies, "Yes, he did stop by for a few minutes." Next Bill asks, "Did he give you $100?" She thinks, "Oh hell, he knows!" Finally she says, "Well, yes, he did give me $100." "Good," Bill says. "John came by the office this morning and borrowed $100 from me. He said that he would stop by our house on his way home and pay me back."
Simon O'brien 7 years ago

Look at an old man making such a comment. One can't tell whether its greed, foolishness, recklessness, etc etc . If an old man could be that depressingly wicked, then Africa has no future.

Look at an old man making such a comment. One can't tell whether its greed, foolishness, recklessness, etc etc . If an old man could be that depressingly wicked, then Africa has no future.
eric@ chicago 7 years ago

what you said has no link with free shs.the government is to blame for not resourcing the schools in Ghana.in Norway,schooling is free and we usually embark on educational trips because of support from government

what you said has no link with free shs.the government is to blame for not resourcing the schools in Ghana.in Norway,schooling is free and we usually embark on educational trips because of support from government
JEKMo 7 years ago

My fellow Ghanaian education can never be free.

My fellow Ghanaian education can never be free.
mr amin 7 years ago

@JEKMo, education can be free, vote nana addo.

@JEKMo, education can be free, vote nana addo.
K Mensah 7 years ago

Mr. Do you expect the poor parents to pay for the educational trip on top of the astronomical fees being charged by this inept NDC government. The government can not even buy common chalk for the schools

Mr. Do you expect the poor parents to pay for the educational trip on top of the astronomical fees being charged by this inept NDC government. The government can not even buy common chalk for the schools
Kwame 7 years ago

Education and private schools is problematic we have more private schools in the country more than state ones and we were told sometime ago that the private schools will give us better knowledge and skills than the state ones ...
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Education and private schools is problematic we have more private schools in the country more than state ones and we were told sometime ago that the private schools will give us better knowledge and skills than the state ones.
Now we are been told by owners of private schools that they fail to give knowledge and skills to our children. I am of the view that we should all march to those schools and collect the fees we paid to them for wasting the time, money and resources of the citizen with the lie of educating our children. It looks like some of our intellectuals including those who run those private schools have what we shall call political swing syndrome, that when their party is in power they see nothing wrong with education, but when their party is out of power education is bad, even the children we paid them to educate are rotten eggs to them.
Kombonyun Sampson k 7 years ago

gyiimi what do you know? education is the backbone of this country and you dont want education .no wonder you are part of Ndc fools

gyiimi what do you know? education is the backbone of this country and you dont want education .no wonder you are part of Ndc fools
No Mercy 7 years ago

Senseless Speech.what is the benefit of Ghana University.nothing.no Researchers.no development.Stupid man ???? Speaking like (Anis Haffer) think before he Speaks

Senseless Speech.what is the benefit of Ghana University.nothing.no Researchers.no development.Stupid man ???? Speaking like (Anis Haffer) think before he Speaks
DAY 7 years ago

IT IS CLEAR THAT ALL FORIEGNERS ARE NDC.. NOW DOUBT THEY DONT HAVE LOVE FOR GHANA--THIS SHOULD END

IT IS CLEAR THAT ALL FORIEGNERS ARE NDC.. NOW DOUBT THEY DONT HAVE LOVE FOR GHANA--THIS SHOULD END
DAY 7 years ago

NONSENSE,, INFRASTYRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE WITHOUT LIGHT OR POWER ..HOW CAN IT WORK? LITTLE MINDS AT THE HELM OF AFFAIRS ...NDC MUST GO ..MAHAMA MUST GO PERIOD .

NONSENSE,, INFRASTYRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE WITHOUT LIGHT OR POWER ..HOW CAN IT WORK? LITTLE MINDS AT THE HELM OF AFFAIRS ...NDC MUST GO ..MAHAMA MUST GO PERIOD .
NPP = NANA PROMISES PARTY 7 years ago

Nana is promising people taller heights. He doesn't have it himself.

Nana is promising people taller heights. He doesn't have it himself.
OPNINPA 7 years ago

THE GHANAIAN CHILD IS BEING EDUCATED IN A CULTURAL LIMBO. HIS TRADITIOAL VALUES ARE ERODED AND BEING REPLACED BY FOREIGN RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL VALUES. HOW CAN HE HAVE CONFIDENCE TO FEND FOR HIMSELF? THE CURRENT ONSLAUGHT BY ...
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THE GHANAIAN CHILD IS BEING EDUCATED IN A CULTURAL LIMBO. HIS TRADITIOAL VALUES ARE ERODED AND BEING REPLACED BY FOREIGN RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL VALUES. HOW CAN HE HAVE CONFIDENCE TO FEND FOR HIMSELF? THE CURRENT ONSLAUGHT BY CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM PROPAGANDA,MISTAKENLY CALLED EDUCATION SERVES NO PURPOSE, FREE OR PAID FOR. WE NEED TO RETHINK WHAT WE CALL EDUCATION.
CONTEMNOR 7 years ago

In Europe they do the Socrates, Erasmus exchange programs at University level and work experience at junior level. Sometime I wonder whether our politicians really lived in these countries.

In Europe they do the Socrates, Erasmus exchange programs at University level and work experience at junior level. Sometime I wonder whether our politicians really lived in these countries.
RUTH 7 years ago

Experts in the various fields are supposed to make statements on issues for national brainstorming..... They make more sense..... Ghanaians should closely listen to people like this...... NOT THE EMPTY HEADED JOURNALISTS LIKE ...
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Experts in the various fields are supposed to make statements on issues for national brainstorming..... They make more sense..... Ghanaians should closely listen to people like this...... NOT THE EMPTY HEADED JOURNALISTS LIKE KWASI PRATT, BEN EPHSON, ETC ETC..... they only do propaganda and cause confusion and encourage politicians to perpetrate more thievery and corruption........
mr amin 7 years ago

There is unemployment because we have poor purchasing power un able to buy our needs, we need strong cedi to create jobs, also its the same money problem parents can not afford the journey u are talking about. Give the econom ...
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There is unemployment because we have poor purchasing power un able to buy our needs, we need strong cedi to create jobs, also its the same money problem parents can not afford the journey u are talking about. Give the economy to Nana n Bawumia to manage n vote ndc out.
Michel 7 years ago

Mr amin or whatever you're call wise up and stop the ignorance I respect you so much only to hear you speak empty.

Mr amin or whatever you're call wise up and stop the ignorance I respect you so much only to hear you speak empty.
Citizen 7 years ago

I'm very shocked to hear anyone opposing free education. Let's get our priorities right. Every Ghanaian child deserves free quality education at least up to Senior High School. Please free and high quality education are not m ...
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I'm very shocked to hear anyone opposing free education. Let's get our priorities right. Every Ghanaian child deserves free quality education at least up to Senior High School. Please free and high quality education are not mutually exclusive if we are committed to both. It can and must be done.
Expect in education 7 years ago

If free education is good then ask yourself how are the children of those preaching free in school where education is free? Why do they send to schools where they pay and not to the government free school? Are the children of ...
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If free education is good then ask yourself how are the children of those preaching free in school where education is free? Why do they send to schools where they pay and not to the government free school? Are the children of Mahama & Akuffo Addo or even their grandchildren in the free schools? If yes then free education is good. If no then they have a hidden motive. They want their descendants to always be in top position while ours remain their servants. It is a calculated plan watch out
Expect in education 7 years ago

If free education is good then ask yourself whether the children of those preaching free education in schools where education is free? Why do they send thrm to schools where they pay and not to the government free school? Are ...
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If free education is good then ask yourself whether the children of those preaching free education in schools where education is free? Why do they send thrm to schools where they pay and not to the government free school? Are the children of Mahama & Akuffo Addo or even their grandchildren in the free schools? If yes then free education is good. If no then they have a hidden motive. They want their descendants to always be in top position while ours remain their servants. It is a calculated plan watch out
fje 7 years ago

the dbe trainees are kill children the more

the dbe trainees are kill children the more
Gbagbladza Amuzuga 7 years ago

Voltaians,our papa,efo Rawlings has endorsed Nana Akuffo Addo.Let's vote for him en mass and throw away that confused, clueless,novice,incompetent Mahama.

Voltaians,our papa,efo Rawlings has endorsed Nana Akuffo Addo.Let's vote for him en mass and throw away that confused, clueless,novice,incompetent Mahama.
Gbagbladza Amuzuga 7 years ago

Away ! Atopahene,Ford Mahama

Away ! Atopahene,Ford Mahama
THE CRUSADER 7 years ago

Thanks a lot as you have made a good point and a very fruitful good for thaught .it is over to you politicos

Thanks a lot as you have made a good point and a very fruitful good for thaught .it is over to you politicos
Omanba. 7 years ago

Good. It's a fact. A country survives only through infrastructure. Unemployment is solved thro'this. Presidents are not magicians that can congiure jobs. They are nation builders, and being a nation builder means all constru ...
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Good. It's a fact. A country survives only through infrastructure. Unemployment is solved thro'this. Presidents are not magicians that can congiure jobs. They are nation builders, and being a nation builder means all construction neccessary for the betterness of the same. Our president is highly on his move. Hospitals, schools, good roads,factories and even construction of affordable houses for the Nation.After completion unemployment will be totally reduced. God bless our Nation Ghana and God bless our President. Even in developed countries there's no free education , no free health, no free utility so please fellow countrymen dont be deceived
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kwesi 7 years ago

When you don't have a good points that when you insult.
How could you insult someone's Father like that?
Calling him a fool tells me you have no point contrary to what he said.
HOW WILL YOU FEEL AS A SUPPORTER OF NPP( NANA ...
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When you don't have a good points that when you insult.
How could you insult someone's Father like that?
Calling him a fool tells me you have no point contrary to what he said.
HOW WILL YOU FEEL AS A SUPPORTER OF NPP( NANA ADDO) IF SOMEONE SAYS NANA ADDO IS THE MOST FOOLISH PERSON IN GHANA? I BELIEVE YOU WILL FEEL OFFENDED BY THAT, WHY THEN ARE YOU INSULTING SOMEONE'S FATHER FOR SAYING WHAT HE BELIEVES IN?

SHAME ON YOU
Abdulai 7 years ago

the blame of teachers all the time when it comes to pupils performance without considering the environment of students these days will always make us produce poor.because the educationist has no knowledge of sakawa which take ...
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the blame of teachers all the time when it comes to pupils performance without considering the environment of students these days will always make us produce poor.because the educationist has no knowledge of sakawa which taken control the students and sometimes the sudden introduction of policies without broader consultation are what I was expecting the educationist talked about and not beating about bush for some cheap popularity. people like him should start to respect the teacher like they do politician and whether the trend will not.
Shedrack nana addo 7 years ago

Aaaa nana addo dis time will be your tim no more mahama again

Aaaa nana addo dis time will be your tim no more mahama again

Don’t come to us with free education this time - Anis Haffer

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