President John Dramani Mahama don confirm say he go still support Free Senior High School (SHS) policy, he clear say no be true say him wan scrap am. E talk this one when e dey give him first State of the Nation Address (SONA) for Thursday, February 27, 2025, inside Parliament. The President talk say instead of cancel am, him government dey focus on how to make am better so every Ghana student fit enjoy quality education. “Make I clear am, I no get any plan to cancel Free SHS program. My aim na to make am beta by improving how e dey run,” he talk. Mahama Dispute NPP Free SHS Number. As he dey talk about how di program dey run, President Mahama challenge di number wey di former NPP government give about di students wey don benefit from di policy. E talk say 3.4 million students don actually benefit from Free SHS, not di 5.1 million wey di former administration dey talk.
He call di NPP figures wahala wey dem dey use for political credit. “For di records, people wey benefit from di Free SHS policy na about 3.4 million, no be 5.1 million like NPP dey hype,” he clarifies. Commitment to Improve Free SHS. President Mahama emphasize say him government dey serious to boost quality and effectiveness of Free SHS by fixing infrastructure wahala, crowd matter, feeding issues, and resource allocation. Him statement come as dey dey argue about how di policy fit last and how dem dey manage am, wey don be big political issue since dem introduce am.
As di country dey expect more changes for di education sector under Mahama, him talk say di Free SHS program go continue and go see beta improvements for di coming years.
