Senior High School Enrolment Increased By 50 Per Cent After The Introduction Of Free SHS – Dr Bawumia Reveals

The Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has revealed the impact that the Free Senior High School has made following its introduction.

According to him, enrolment in Senior High Schools has increased by 50 per cent because of the Free SHS initiative.

He made this statement during a ceremony at the premises of the Accra High School, where he handed over some 75 buses and five pickup trucks to selected public schools.

“In the last 5 years, our government has committed to increasing access to quality education and providing vehicles to Secondary Schools to support the transportation of our growing population in these schools.

“This government, since 2017, resulting from the President’s Free Senior High School policy, has increased secondary school enrolment to an excess of 1.2 million students,” Dr Mahamudu Bawumia said.

“Indeed, the introduction of Free SHS has increased the senior high enrolment in Ghana by 50% and this is massive,” the Vice President disclosed.

His statement comes after recent calls that the Free SHS policy should be reviewed.

The Free SHS, which is one of President Akufo-Addo led government’s main policies, was started in 2017.

“Every child in Ghana who qualifies for, and is placed in a public Senior High School for his secondary education will have his/her fees absorbed by the government,” the website of the Free SHS secretariat stipulated.

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