{"id":680461,"date":"2019-08-13T23:07:35","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T23:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201c<\/span>I know that there are people in this country who don\u2019t want this policy, who have been campaigning against this policy. They are dreaming that they are going to come back to power to cancel the policy.<span lang=\"EN"},"modified":"2019-08-13T23:07:35","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T23:07:35","slug":"ndc-living-in-another-world-free-shs-here-to-stay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/13\/ndc-living-in-another-world-free-shs-here-to-stay\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;NDC living in another world, free SHS here to stay&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201c<\/span>I know that there are people in this country who don\u2019t want this policy, who have been campaigning against this policy. They are dreaming that they are going to come back to power to cancel the policy.<span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201c<\/span>I want them to know that they are not coming back to power<span lang=\"EN-US\">,\u00a0<\/span>and the Free Senior High School policy has come to stay. They still haven\u2019t woken up from their dreams<span lang=\"EN-US\">;<\/span> they dreamt in 2016 that they were on course for victory. They did not know that the Ghanaian people were no longer interested in entrusting them with power. They still haven\u2019t woken up from their dreams,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The President made this known when he addressed staff and students of the Bolgatanga Senior High School, Bolgatanga, in the Upper West Region, as part of his 2-day working visit to that region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The 2020 election, President Akufo-Addo stressed, is going to give the Ghanaian people another opportunity to tell the opposition NDC that \u201c<\/span>they live in another world and we the people of Ghana also live in another world.<span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">To the critics of the policy, he stated that t<\/span>he most effective answer\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">would be for SHS 3 students, who would be sitting for next year\u2019s WASSCE, to put up a stellar performance in their examination.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201c<\/span>I am confident that the results of those exams next year are going to show that this policy is a good policy for our development. The policy is in your hands and you can demonstrate the quality of the education that you have received by the quality of the results of next year\u2019s exams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have confidence that the result will be positive and everyone will say<span lang=\"EN-US\">,<\/span>\u00a0\u2018Yes!<span lang=\"EN-US\">,<\/span>\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">i<\/span>t was a good idea to go down this road. Our young men and women are benefiting<span lang=\"EN-US\">,<\/span>\u00a0and this is the way to go for progress and development<span lang=\"EN-US\">,\u201d President Akufo-Addo added<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">A<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">ddressing the concerns of the school, the President indicated that, w<\/span>ithin the next two weeks, the award of the contract for a new dormitory block and a new classroom<span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0will be awarded<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201c<\/span>Some of the things that he wants to have done are going to be the responsibility of the Minister for Education<span lang=\"EN-US\">,<\/span> and that is why he came down today. The bus is the concern of Mr. President and that is my personal commitment. Big Boss, very soon, you will get a new bus<span lang=\"EN-US\">,\u201d the President said, to a rapturous applause from the students<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">With students from SHS 1 to SHS 3\u00a0<\/span>all going to be beneficiaries of the Free Senior High School policy across Ghana<span lang=\"EN-US\">, the President indicated that, for<\/span>\u00a0the first time in\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">the nation\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0history, over 1.2 million students will be enrolled in Free Senior High school education in Ghana.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201c<\/span>These figures have never ever been attained in the history of our country. The Minister for Education has said that enrolment in our senior high schools has gone up by 50% since the policy was introduced and this policy has come to stay<span lang=\"EN-US\">,\u201d he added<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">On why he is spending a lot of resources on education, President Akufo-Addo explained that \u201c<\/span>it is better that we spend the money on the future of Ghana, rather than just consuming it and\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">\u2018<\/span>chopping<span lang=\"EN-US\">\u2019<\/span>\u00a0the money amongst ourselves. Before I became President, in my campaign I said that I was prepared to use the oil money to educate our children and not to allow it to go into the pockets of politicians and civil servants, and that is exactly what I am doing.<span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI know that there are people in this country who don\u2019t want this policy, who have been campaigning against this policy. 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