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Professor Kwasi Opoku Amankwaah, Acting Director General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), has revealed that the National Buffer Stock Company has been contracted to supply food to the various senior high schools (SHSs) across the country.This he said, formed part of the implementation of the Free Senior High School …

Owners of private Senior High Schools in Tamale have made a passionate appeal to the government to outsource the “Free SHS” placement to them. According to them, outsourcing the placement and extending scholarship packages to the beneficiaries will sustain private schools. The Proprietor of City Senior High School at Target, …

The first batch of Junior High School graduates to benefit from the government’s Free SHS program will report to their various schools today [Monday] to begin the processes for their enrollment. This is despite the fact that some prospective students are yet to confirm the schools they have been placed …

The General Secretary of National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Mr Angel Kabonu, has urged both parents and the general public to hold onto their criticisms on the implementation of ‘Free SHS’ and wait to see the outcome of the policy. Free SHS education has been one of the top …

An Educationist, Samuel Zigah, has advised the Education Ministry to suspend the computerized system in order to curb the nightmare prospective students are facing. Zigah told Starr News the poor manner in which the computer placement is being handled will deny many students from enjoying the Free SHS program by …

The Deputy Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has debunked media assertions that the free SHS policy is a political mischief. He emphasised that the program is meant to benefit every student who qualified to be placed in the Senior High School irrespective of their status. Mr. Adutwum was …

Some 200 BECE candidates who were unable to write the English and Religious and Moral Education (RME) papers will be admitted into various senior high schools under a special arrangement.According to the Head of Public Affairs at the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, the arrangement follows an agreement …

The 2016 Flagbearer of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Ivor Greenstreet, has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to ensure free university education for Ghanaians.He said: “Free university education would guarantee the nation quality citizenship and workforce, a responsible and knowledgeable populace and accountable and sensitive governments.”He made these remarks at …

Government has been urged to make the study of Information Communication Technology (ICT) an examinable subject in Senior High Schools (SHS) across the country.According to an ICT company, TECHAiDE, students do not take ICT lessons at SHS level serious, because, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) does not recognise ICT …

The Eastern Regional Minister, Mr. Eric Kwakye Darfour, has called for people to overcome doubts about the successful implementation of the government’s free senior high school (SHS) policy. He indicated that the government thought the policy through and was convinced that it could be done. He was speaking at the …