{"id":443221,"date":"2017-12-03T08:41:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T08:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/03\/free-shs-wont-fail-akufo-addo\/"},"modified":"2017-12-03T08:41:07","modified_gmt":"2017-12-03T08:41:07","slug":"free-shs-wont-fail-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/03\/free-shs-wont-fail-akufo-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"Free SHS won\u2019t fail \u2013 Akufo-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Sunday,  3 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-03<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/68440149.295.jpg\" alt=\"President Akufo Addo Cutting The 60th\" title=\"President Akufo Addo Cutting The 60th\" width=\"295\" height=\"169\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President Akufo-Addo cutting the 60th anniversary cake of Kumasi Academy<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512290467_607_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated that the Free Senior High School Policy will be sustained and is here to stay.<\/p>\n<p>According to President Akufo-Addo, \u201cI know, and I am sure I am not the only one who has heard, the people who are mounting political platforms, speaking on television and radio, and putting up posts on social media, hoping and praying for this policy to collapse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cWe know those who have a record for scrapping pro-poor policies \u2013 nursing and teacher trainees will bear testimony. I wish to assure them that Free SHS will be sustained, that Free SHS is here to stay. The overwhelming majority of Ghanaians support the choice that I have made in implementing Free SHS\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo made this known on Saturday, 2nd December, 2017, when he delivered a speech at the 60th Anniversary Celebrations of the Kumasi Academy, in Kumasi.<\/p>\n<p>The President stressed that there is no part of Ghana that does not recognise the importance of education, adding that \u201cwe have all accepted that education is the best route to moving out of poverty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is for this reason that, on 12th September, 2017, he launched the Free Senior High School policy, to ensure that one of the biggest obstacles that stood in the way of access to secondary education, and that is cost, is removed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has already led to an increase of over 90,000 children, who have entered secondary school this academic year, who would otherwise have dropped out at this stage. Free SHS has lifted the financial burden off parents, and the heart-rending anxiety that accompanies the beginning of every school term,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo was, thus, surprised that, because of political expediency, some would wish and pray for this policy to fail.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, the President reiterated that \u201cmy government believes that we have a sacred duty to our children, and the generations beyond in ensuring that, irrespective of their circumstances, whether of birth, status, class, ethnic or religious affiliations, their right to an education is preserved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the teething challenges confronting the Free SHS policy, the President acknowledged that \u201cthere would be with any new, bold initiative\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He told the gathering that he was inspired by the famous Chinese adage which says \u201ca journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step\u201d, explaining that \u201cwe have taken that first step in Ghana, and we shall deal with the challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In dealing with the teething challenges, President Akufo-Addo stated that \u201cGovernment has ordered thousands of mono-desks and bunk beds, as well as furniture for dining halls, staff rooms, computer labs and markers for classroom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In commemoration of Kumasi Academy\u2019s 60th Anniversary, the President announced that, through the Ministry of Education, the construction of a vocational centre, and the completion of the Library and ICT Centre, will be done.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: -1 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Sunday, 3 December 2017 Source: Starrfmonline.com 2017-12-03 President Akufo-Addo cutting the 60th anniversary cake of Kumasi Academy President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated that the Free Senior High School Policy will be sustained and is here to stay. 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