If sidelined children slip behind in their studies, some adults and students say, then free school comes at too high a cost. In Ghana, elementary and middle school has been free and compulsory since 1995, with a 90 percent enrollment rate. But high school, though government-run, required tuition. The program has only been implemented so far in high schools with high demand, but the government expects more to be added as enrollment increases. Sixty percent of public high schools in Ghana are boarding schools, which are included in the free tuition program.

Source: International New York Times June 15, 2019 09:00 UTC