[ 2017-05-16 ]

Mathew Opoku Prempeh, Education Minister

Only brilliant students will enjoy Free SHS – Napo
Only students who pass their examination will have
the opportunity to enjoy the government’s Free
SHS policy in September, the Education Minister
has revealed.

According to Mathew Opoku Prempeh, students who
fail at the basic education level will not benefit
from the policy as government readies to roll it
out.
The Free SHS policy was a major campaign promise
of the Akufo-Addo-led NPP in the 2016 polls.

The government had given the indication that every
Ghanaian student at the secondary level will
benefit from the Policy.

But speaking to Morning Starr host Francis Abban,
the Manhyia MP, who failed to mention what will
constitute a pass mark for students, noted that
the policy will be merit-based and not wholesale
for students.

“Since people want to benefit, they will employ
their students to study very hard to pass the
exams, because there is still a pass there. It is
not how the free will be to enjoy, but you have to
pass an exam and indeed to study, so let’s get
that one done first.

“If you fail an exam how can you benefit from
something free; I am surprised. Even now it’s
not everyone that gets the chance to go in even
with what they pay because if you fail, you fail.
How can somebody who has failed progress.

Even when COCOBOD is giving scholarships, don’t
you have to pass to benefit, for those whose
children don’t pass, do they get
scholarships?” he said.

Meanwhile, the minister also revealed that the
government will explore other creative means to
fund the policy since they believe education is
key for the development of the country’s human
resource.

Source - Starrfmonline.com

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