{"id":443870,"date":"2017-12-05T11:00:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T11:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/05\/ablakwas-free-shs-pregnancy-claim-laughable-deputy-education-minister\/"},"modified":"2017-12-05T11:00:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T11:00:35","slug":"ablakwas-free-shs-pregnancy-claim-laughable-deputy-education-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/05\/ablakwas-free-shs-pregnancy-claim-laughable-deputy-education-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Ablakwa&#8217;s &#8216;Free SHS pregnancy&#8217; claim laughable &#8211; Deputy Education Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday,  5 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-05<\/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\/78338077.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ablakwa0 New2\" title=\"Ablakwa0 New2\" width=\"295\" height=\"165\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa<\/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\/1512471635_219_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> A claim by Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa that students are getting pregnant as a result of the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme, is laughable, Dr Yaw Adutwum, Deputy Minister of Education, has said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, comments of this kind should be treated with the contempt they deserve.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ablakwa told Accra-based Asempa FM on Monday, 4 December that he had confidential information to the effect that some female SHS students have been impregnated as a result of the lack of accommodation in their schools due to the poor implementation of the Free SHS policy.<\/p>\n<p>However, speaking in an interview with Chief Jerry Forson, host of Ghana Yensom on Accra100.5FM on Tuesday, 5 December, Dr Adutwum said: \u201cIt is laughable that anybody will attribute the teenage pregnancy among the student to the Free SHS prgramme.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeenage pregnancy has been a problem in Ghana for years, it didn\u2019t start today, and, so, why will anybody make such a comment. 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