{"id":778670,"date":"2020-01-08T17:16:06","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T17:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2020\/01\/08\/akufo-addos-free-shs-policy-implementation-very-bad-political-scientist\/"},"modified":"2020-01-08T17:16:06","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T17:16:06","slug":"akufo-addos-free-shs-policy-implementation-very-bad-political-scientist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/08\/akufo-addos-free-shs-policy-implementation-very-bad-political-scientist\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo&#8217;s free SHS policy implementation very bad \u2013 Political Scientist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Politics of Wednesday,  8 January 2020<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>mypurefmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2020-01-08<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/74881978.295.jpg\" alt=\"File photo; Free SHS students\" title=\"File photo; Free SHS students\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>File photo; Free SHS students<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\" id=\"article-123\">A political Science lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Amakye Boateng is not happy with the implementation of the Free Senior High School (FSHS) policy under the Akufo-Addo led government.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the people in charge of the policy are mishandling the implementation process, making the whole policy which is a \u2018good one\u2019 look terrible.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Amakye Boateng made the comment while reacting to questions from Kwame Adinkrah, host of \u2018Pure Morning Drive\u2019 as to whether the policy has served its beneficial purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Amakye Boateng said the government is doing its best in terms of education but has failed to implement comprehensive programmes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is good that the government rolled out the policy at the time it did, yet it is badly implemented and unnecessarily wasting scarce resources\u201d He added.<\/p>\n<p>The Political Science lecturer revealed that, not only is the implementation of free SHS terrible but also planting for food and jobs and other policies.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Amakye Boateng cautioned the government to create initiatives that will solve problems rather than those that create more problems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politics of Wednesday, 8 January 2020 Source: mypurefmonline.com 2020-01-08 File photo; Free SHS students A political Science lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Amakye Boateng is not happy with the implementation of the Free Senior High School (FSHS) policy under the Akufo-Addo led government. 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