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The Free SHS policy is an initiative that has received support from all political parties and the presidential candidates on the 2024 general elections ballot. All candidates have openly pledged to continue the Free SHS policy, with some additionally promising to improve its implementation. These improvements include ensuring greater efficiency in food supply management, which has been a significant issue ...

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency in the Volta Region, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has strongly criticized the Ministry of Education for allegedly acting as a public relations front for the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) amid a growing scandal involving expired rice distributed to Free Senior High students. Mr Ablakwa’s comments follow revelations that the Ministry’s spokesperson ...

Claim: Social media users claim that the National Democratic Congress National Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has stated that the party would cancel the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy if it wins the 2024 election. Verdict: False. Johnson Asiedu Nketiah did not say that the NDC would cancel Free SHS if the party wins the upcoming elections. BODY On November ...

A senior economist and research fellow with the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) Dr John Kwakye has bemoaned the cost of government’s flagship programs on the economy. According to him, programs such as the Free SHS, ‘One village, one dam’ among others have become major financial constraints on the state. Reacting to the budget statement read by the Finance minister ...