Free SHS, TVET not under review – Finance Minister reiterates

Following speculations about the possibility of the Free Senior High School policy being reviewed, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has clarified that government has no such intentions.

Delivering the Mid-Year Review of the Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the Government for the 2022 financial year today, July 25, 2022, in Parliament, Mr. Ofori-Atta stressed government’s interest in human capital development.

“It has been at the core of our national transformation efforts since 2017. We have invested GH¢5.3 billion to enable 1,261,495 Ghanaian children access to secondary education under the Free SHS programme at the end of 2021 to improve access to education. Out of the 571,892 registered JHS candidates, 555,353, representing 97.1 percent, were placed into SHS this year.”

He said government is not oblivious of the challenges in accessing and transporting food for students in SHS and is fixing them.