Free SHS undoubtedly one of the best social intervention programs - Justice Dotse

Justice Jones Dotse, a retired justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana, has touted the introduction and implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) Programme.

According to a report by myjoyonline.com, the retired Supreme Court justice described the policy as one of the best things to have happened to Ghana.

"The introduction of the free SHS is undoubtedly one of the best social intervention programs we have had in the 4th Republic,” he is quoted to have said at the 72nd anniversary celebration of Kpando Senior High School in the Volta Region.

Justice Dotse, however, noted that the implementation of the policy must be relooked at by the government.

He asserted that the implementation of the policy in its current state would not be feasible in the future.

"But looking at our numbers, with the population growth and our economic growth, I don't think it is sustainable in the long run. So, the stakeholders should start thinking about remodelling it," he added.

The retired judge suggested that only a few well-furnished schools in the area should be converted to a fee-paying boarding system for parents who can afford it.

He said that the remaining schools should be day schools which would be operated under the Free SHS programme.

“You eat in the morning, you go to school, you will have a hot meal in the afternoon, you continue up to 2 or 3, you break.

“Then the dormitories can be converted into classrooms because there is no boarding. Then students from that locality will go there," he added.

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