NEWS IN GHANA

Catherine Nutsugah-Mikado Government has been urged to motivate teachers and provide them with the necessary teaching materials so they can deliver their best by contributing their quota to the success of Free Senior High School Policy. Director in charge of Girls Education Unit at the Ghana Education Service Catherine Nutsugah-Mikado made the call in an interview on the sideline of the 20th anniversary celebration of the Unit in Accra last Friday. She lauded government for the implementation of its flagship Free Senior High School Policy and its commitment towards its sustenance in order to see more children in school. She, however, wants government to focus more attention on the quality of the policy by providing the necessary teaching and learning materials to motivate teachers to deliver their best. The free SHS policy had been a major promise by President Akufo-Addo during the run-up to the 2012 and 2016 general elections. It was officially launched by the presiden

The Dean of the Centre for International Education and Collaboration at the university of Professional Studies, Accra, Professor Goski Alabi has urged government to be more realistic about issues of sustainability as well as the potential failure of the free SHS policy. According to her, the free SHS policy being implemented by government is not  a short term measure therefore it requires the requisite analysis to evoke understanding about the potential failures and issues of sustainability that may arise with the aim of developing protective measures in place to arrest the situation. "We're all aware the start of the program wasn't easy as there were lots of speculations about the fact that where to get the money from was not clear". "We don't need to behave as if all is well when in actual fact we're not too sure about where the money is gonna come for sustainability so it is important in as much as we embrace it as a good policy that has