A viewpoint from overseas; Demystifying the Free SHS voodoo

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• Kweku 8 years ago

  Couldn't you have digested your main points into a few paragraphs? Why go on and on and on?

  Couldn't you have digested your main points into a few paragraphs? Why go on and on and on?

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• So woada 8 years ago

  He does not even understand the argument.

  He does not even understand the argument.

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• So woada 8 years ago

  Nobody is against free tuition . That is being offered already. All that little extra fees could be eliminated. Fine.
  
  It is the free boarding and lodging that is the issue of contention. Come back and give us the example o ...
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  Nobody is against free tuition . That is being offered already. All that little extra fees could be eliminated. Fine.
  
  It is the free boarding and lodging that is the issue of contention. Come back and give us the example of that from the US.

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• Kweku 8 years ago

  Many people do not understand the argument around the free SHS. They just assume that some people are against it when they are only discussing the nitty-gritty and the practicalities.
  
  The government does not pay for free b ...
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  Many people do not understand the argument around the free SHS. They just assume that some people are against it when they are only discussing the nitty-gritty and the practicalities.
  
  The government does not pay for free boarding and lodging in the USA or any other advanced country.

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• Prof Lungu 8 years ago

  Sure, Ghana needs to expand educational opportunities and ensure students come out of those institutions with skills that are aligned with the Ghana's strategic/development plan for socio-economic advancement.
  
  You do not ...
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  Sure, Ghana needs to expand educational opportunities and ensure students come out of those institutions with skills that are aligned with the Ghana's strategic/development plan for socio-economic advancement.
  
  You do not get there with speeches, even SONA speeches.
  
  From our neck of the woods, it is not a "dare" to "question...how much free Senior High School will cost...". On the contrary, that is the smart thing to do. Other wise, it would be just "clueless", surely, a failure of epic proportion managing a fundamental policy space.
  
  Then, you would never know when you get there!
  
  The difficulty with the SHS Plan is related to the fact that there is no "Plan" people can actually review to make intelligent points, critiques, contributions. And so, the author who comes out in defense without their own data typically appears over-stretched, all over the place, unfortunately.
  
  Clearly, the government will not "sink 50 percent of our GDP into free SHS" because Larsen himself says we need to start at bottom. SHS is certainly not at "the bottom".
  
  NOW THIS:
  "...the last time I checked, the U.S treasury Department isn’t broke because of basically free education from elementary to college level...".
  
  WE MUST ASK:
  Which one?
  
  Which country?
  
  Which state in "the U.S."?
  
  What Department?

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• BOY KOFI 8 years ago

  The so called Free SHS is just a political ball game.From the author's own statement,some people have enjoyed free shs over the years.I'm sure he is refering to the Northerners.Therefore,the whole country should enjoy free sh ...
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  The so called Free SHS is just a political ball game.From the author's own statement,some people have enjoyed free shs over the years.I'm sure he is refering to the Northerners.Therefore,the whole country should enjoy free shs no matter what.
  Nobody is against free shs but there must be some kind of proper planning.
  You see,Kwame Nkrumah was Lucky to have an American Educationist,Dr W.E.B.Dubois to help him engineer good educational Policy.
  Today in Ghana,we don't know who are our best educationists,everything goes,from 3 to 4 shs academic years without specific reason.
  We do things as if Ghana is divided into 2 political parties,which is very wrong.I have not heard any govt's plans to engage educationists in shaping the free shs.I think that's why many people are worried.Thank you.

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• Boanu isaac 8 years ago

  free shs is possible no matter which means Ghana has to go. education is the key to Ghana's growth. Nana do it to put the opposition to shame. no curve no bent.

  free shs is possible no matter which means Ghana has to go. education is the key to Ghana's growth. Nana do it to put the opposition to shame. no curve no bent.

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