{"id":443543,"date":"2017-12-04T16:07:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T16:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/04\/ive-never-kicked-against-free-shs-ucc-pro-vice-chancellor\/"},"modified":"2017-12-04T16:07:49","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T16:07:49","slug":"ive-never-kicked-against-free-shs-ucc-pro-vice-chancellor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/04\/ive-never-kicked-against-free-shs-ucc-pro-vice-chancellor\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I\u2019ve never kicked against Free SHS&#8217; &#8211; UCC Pro Vice-Chancellor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday,  4 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-04<\/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\/32474347.295.jpg\" alt=\"Professor George Kweku Oduro\" title=\"Professor George Kweku Oduro\" width=\"295\" height=\"177\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Professor George Kwaku Toku Oduro, Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast<\/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\/1512403669_115_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Professor George Kwaku Toku Oduro, has denied claims that he opposed the government\u2019s fee-free education policy \u2013 Free SHS.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, he explained in an interview with Starr News\u2019 Central region correspondent Kwaku Baa-Acheamfour, that he would not support a free education policy which is inept in quality.<\/p>\n<p>The Pro Vice-Chancellor, in March this year, predicted disaster for the free Senior High School policy if government did not take steps to ensure quality.<\/p>\n<p>The comment elicited an angry reaction from  Education Minister Mathew Opoku Prempeh who said the criticism by the Pro- Vice-Chancellor was without basis.<\/p>\n<p>He found it hypocritical that the Pro Vice-Chancellor would criticize a policy which was in practice some 50 years back and had benefited many Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the minister\u2019s comment, the pro Vice-Chancellor advised government to welcome suggestions from stakeholders of education and not take such contributions as a vote against the policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have never kicked against free SHS [but] I have always kicked against free education that is not indexed with quality,\u201d he told Baa-Acheamfour.<\/p>\n<p>Prof K.T Oduro advised the Ministry of Education to hold a stakeholders\u2019 forum to critically assess and implement the free SHS Policy.<\/p>\n<p>He suggested that the free SHS policy should be seen as a national challenge devoid of any political interference.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 33 updated by: 33 --><\/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 Monday, 4 December 2017 Source: Starrfmonline.com 2017-12-04 Professor George Kwaku Toku Oduro, Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast The Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Professor George Kwaku Toku Oduro, has denied claims that he opposed the government\u2019s fee-free education policy \u2013 Free SHS. 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