Free SHS suffering under NDC gov’t – Bawumia
New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has accused the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) of mismanaging the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme, citing concerns over students’ meals, school placements and the continued operation of the double-track system. Addressing the NPP’s National Delegates Conference at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi on […]
Former Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has criticized the current National Democratic Congress (NDC) government's handling of the Free Senior High School (SHS) program in Ghana. During the NPP's National Delegates Conference at Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi on October 3, Bawumia highlighted issues with students' meals, school placements, and the continuation of the double-track system.
He argued that the government had failed to improve the promised meal arrangements, which had actually deteriorated. Bawumia also expressed concern over the school placement process, where parents found out their children were not eligible for placement, leading to frustration. He further faulted the NDC for retaining the double-track system, which he claimed was introduced to manage increased enrollment under the Free SHS program.
Bawumia suggested that the NPP, the original initiator of the Free SHS initiative, would manage it better. This program, launched in 2017, aimed to increase accessibility to public senior high school education nationwide.
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