Professor Stephen Adei who is a Ghanaian academician has cautioned politicians against putting a strain on the national budget by making tertiary education free.
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According to him, such a move will hinder development and make government abandon other important projects.
“I think that the politicians have the tendency of promising things. Nobody should think about making tertiary education free. Because when we do that, you will find out that you can’t pay teachers because already money will be going in there. You can’t pay teachers, you can’t feed them, there will be no roads and other things,” he said on Asaase radio.
On the Free SHS and basic level, he said they are essential in the modern world and therefore he has no issues with it being free.
“When it comes to secondary school and below, when it comes to this modern world it is a necessary condition for anyone to participate in a modern society and for that I support the free education to that level,” he stated.
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