Heads of Senior High Schools in the Eastern Region have vented out their frustrations over challenges that have bedeviled the Free Senior High School policy implementation in a stakeholders meeting with officials from the Ministry of Education.
The meeting held at Ascension Presbyterian Conference Hall in Koforidua, the Regional capital, was attended by officials from the Ministry, Ghana Education Service, Free SHS secretariat and all heads of Second cycle Institutions in the Region .
The purpose of the meeting is to listen to the pressing challenges of the heads and proffer solutions that will help sustain the Free SHS policy.
The each Head of Second Cycle Institution took turn to enumerate several challenges most unleashed as a result of the Free SHS implementation which they believe needs to be resolved urgently to help guarantee quality education .
Some of the Challenges enumerated include delay in release of funds, infrastructural crises particularly inadequate boarding and classroom facilities, under supply of school supplies including exercise and text books.
Other heads complained that, students posted to their school are more than the school capacity, also there was issue of inadequate teachers to correspond to the number increase school population.
The Eastern Regional Education Director ,Gertrude Mensah in her welcome address lamented that the Free SHS Secretariat mostly bypass the regional GES office in decision making and communication to the heads.
She pleaded that the normal GES procedure must be observed in the policy implementation.
She also added her voice to the key pressing challenges confronting the Second Cycle Institutions which she says needs to be addressed mitigate any adverse impact on quality of education.
By: Ghana/Ultimatefmonline.com/106.9FM/Kojo Ansah
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Heads of Senior High Schools in the Eastern Region have vented out their frustrations over challenges that have bedeviled the Free Senior High School policy implementation in a stakeholders meeting with officials from the Ministry of Education. The meeting held at Ascension Presbyterian Conference Hall in Koforidua, the Regional capital, was attended by officials from […]
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