{"id":265809,"date":"2024-12-15T10:16:30","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T10:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/15\/mahama-vows-to-maintain-free-shs-with-dedicated-funding\/"},"modified":"2024-12-15T10:16:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T10:16:30","slug":"mahama-vows-to-maintain-free-shs-with-dedicated-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/15\/mahama-vows-to-maintain-free-shs-with-dedicated-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama vows to maintain Free SHS with dedicated funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                       \n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President-elect John Mahama has reiterated his commitment to maintaining the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He stressed that the social intervention pprogramme is here to stay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an interview with Voice of America (VOA), Mahama dismissed claims that his administration intended to scrap the program as baseless political propaganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFree SHS has come to stay, and it is not going anywhere,\u201d Mahama said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Nobody is going to scrap Free SHS. What was said was political talk and gimmickry. We are going to maintain it. 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