The beautiful wife of Ghanaian rapper, Michael Owusu Addo who is widely known as Sarkodie, Tracy Owusu Addo who is widely known as Tracy Sarkcess has shared her candid opinion about one of the government\u2019s flagship policies, Free SHS education.<\/h2>\n
She gave her opinion in a recent post she made on her verified social media handle on the popular social media platform, Twitter.<\/p>\n
According to her, she feels the policy should be a needs-based policy because there are many people in Ghana who are willing and are in the position to pay for the fees of their kids.<\/p>\n
that she made reads;<\/p>\n
\u201c#CitiCBS<\/a> #FreeSHS<\/a> should be a needs-based approach.\u201d<\/p>\n Some reactions the post got are;<\/p>\n @75Laylow<\/strong> \u2013 You are going to have problems with your husband if you keep tweeting like this ooo. Thanks anyway. That\u2019s just common sense.<\/p>\n @SarkCessLivingg<\/strong> \u2013 Even thought it\u2019s a Gov Initiative, I think a private institution needs to handle the the allocation of funds. @ablrash25 <\/strong>\u2013 FreeSHS should be for day students only. You don\u2019t pay for someone\u2019s boarding & feeding fees.<\/p>\n @CharlesEtornam<\/strong> \u2013 It\u2019s about time we develop a new module for FreeSHS. A module devoid of politics<\/p>\n @Queen_guide1<\/strong> \u2013 needs-based approach wont work in Ghana. Middle men would start requesting monies before they sign up truly needy students. It will become accessible to only rich men kids.<\/p>\n @mynameis_kofi<\/strong> \u2013 The only thing we need is your husband to approach this government with the same critic energy he approached previous governments with \u2026 when the money comes , his reality fades.<\/p>\n We tend to agree with her because the policy is really draining the economy. Tracy is not the only one who has shared these sentiments because there have been countless people who have said they really want to pay for the fees of their kids.<\/p>\n Even with the Free SHS, parents are sending foodstuffs to the kids in school because the policy is really facing some severe problems.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-17-at-11.13.43-AM-1024x278.png\")
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Definitely the module needs a restructure, some parents can genuinely afford paying of fees.
But with the current template, I don\u2019t see free SHS been feasible long term.<\/p>\n