Here's how much students in private schools under Free SHS programme will receive

The Ministry of Education has reaffirmed its commitment to pay GH¢994 per student annually to support private schools participating in the 2025 Free Senior High School (SHS) programme.

According to a report by citinewsroom.com, the Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, made this known during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the ministry and the Conference of Heads of Private Second Cycle Schools, formalising the inclusion of selected private SHSs in the Free SHS policy, on Thursday, October 16, 2025.

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Haruna Iddrisu explained that the support, expected to benefit about 25,000 students, forms part of the government’s efforts to eliminate the double-track system in public schools.

“The government is committed to providing a stipend to support the transition of that category of students moving into private schools—that’s negotiable, we’ll still discuss as and when.

“But for a start, that’s the commitment we make to the Ghana National Council of Private Schools for this pilot inclusion of selected private schools in the provision of Free Senior High School education, as part of the government’s effort to end double track,” he stated.

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President of the Conference of Heads of Private Second Cycle Schools, I K Mensah, commended the government for the initiative and clarified the terms of the pilot programme.

“And the caveat is that, for now, during this pilot system, he’s going to place only day students with us by the payment of GH¢994 per child in private second-cycle schools,” he explained.

The programme was introduced by the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government to improve access to senior high school education.

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