{"id":443293,"date":"2017-12-03T16:00:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T16:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/03\/sustaining-free-shs-requires-commitment-not-law-bawumia\/"},"modified":"2017-12-03T16:00:39","modified_gmt":"2017-12-03T16:00:39","slug":"sustaining-free-shs-requires-commitment-not-law-bawumia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/03\/sustaining-free-shs-requires-commitment-not-law-bawumia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustaining Free SHS requires commitment not law \u2013 Bawumia"},"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>classfmonline.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\/07\/14683461.295.jpg\" alt=\"Bawumia Bawu\" title=\"Bawumia Bawu\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia<\/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=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512316839_613_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said any government committed to the development of its citizens does not need a law to make education accessible to them.<\/p>\n<p>His comment comes on the back of suggestions that legislation be passed to make the Free Senior High School policy binding on subsequent government.<\/p>\n<p>A Senior Law lecturer at the University of Ghana Law School, Dr. Raymond Atuguba, asked the Akufo-Addo government to pass a legislation making the Free SHS policy binding on future administrations. He expressed fears that if such legislation is not passed, the policy may collapse as it could be abandoned by a different political party that assumes power.<\/p>\n<p>But speaking at the 23rd Speech and Prize Giving Day of Tamale Senior High School (Tamasco) on Saturday, 2 December 2017, Dr Bawumia said: \u201cFree SHS requires a commitment to the people, not a law, to be available for the present and future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reiterated that the Free SHS Policy, launched this year, on 12th September, will be sustained and is here to stay.<\/p>\n<p>According to Nana 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>Nana 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>He 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><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/meNmQ4M6Y_s\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 50 updated by: 50 --><\/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: classfmonline.com 2017-12-03 Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said any government committed to the development of its citizens does not need a law to make education accessible to them. 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