Free SHS: Every sensible person will opt for a review – Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng

Former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has underscored the need for the government to review the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) programme.

According to the renowned surgeon, the programme must only be reviewed after over seven years of implementation to address the various challenges it faces in improving Ghana's education sector.

"This our educational system is faulty. That is how I take it to be. So the Free SHS, if there are challenges, we have to sit down and say, how do we resolve these challenges? A review may be necessary or change certain things…" he stated during an interview on Joynews.

Asked whether he believes the policy, which offers free education to students across the various public secondary and technical schools, is having challenges, the former minister responded in the affirmative, noting the need to address such issues through a review process.

"I think so; I mean, every sensible person will have to review your activities and not say that what I started seven years ago is still the best because if you look at the feeding, even one can talk about it…" he said.

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A promise by the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, former President John Dramani Mahama, to review the Free SHS policy if he regains power has become an issue of contention, with the ruling New Patriotic Party issuing heavy criticism.

According to the ruling government, the NDC's promise to review the policy implies a clear intent to cancel the flagship programme of the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo-led government.

Despite criticizing the opposition's promise, the government has noted the need for a review of the policy, which has been fraught with various challenges, including feeding and infrastructure deficits.

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