General News of Friday, 22 July 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comFree SHS is not under review - Ministry of Education clarifiesGovernment introduces Free SHSFree SHS will be relinquished by the government and transferred to parents to pay, GES DGSpokesperson for Ministry of Education reacts to news on review of Free SHS policyThe Ministry of Education has shot down claims that the Ghana Education Service is reviewing the government’s flagship project, the Free Senior High School policy. Earlier reports suggested that, the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof. Kwasi Opoku Amankwah, had disclosed that the government is currently reviewing the Free SHS policy. The reports added that according to Prof Opoku Amankwah, the review is to determine which benefits of the Free SHS will be relinquished by the government and transferred to parents to pay. “The Ministry’s attention has been drawn to some publications making the rounds which suggest an ongoing review of the Free SHS policy by the GES. For purposes of clarity, the Free SHS policy is not under the purported review,” he wrote in a statement made available to GhanaWeb.

Source: GhanaWeb July 22, 2022 21:13 UTC