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No more Buffer Stock – Mahama promises to decentralise SHS food supply
The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has vowed to cancel the supply of food items to Senior High Schools by the National Food Buffer Stock Company as part of his vision to review the Free SHS policy. John Mahama says feeding grants would be channelled through the heads of Senior […]
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Business
Over 700 Ghanaian products absorbed under AfCFTA’s Guided Trade initiative – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has during the State visit of the President of Guinea-Bissau Umaro Mokhtar Sissoco Embaló, announced the giant strides being made by Ghanaian products under the Guide Trade Initiative of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Following the maiden roll out of the Guided Trade Initiative, President Akufo-Addo said, over […]
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General News
SHS Enrolment Goes High
Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum Ghana’s education sector is reaching a watershed moment as the country sees unprecedented growth in Senior High School (SHS) enrolment. As of March 18, 2024,
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Politics
Mahama Hails Free SHS
John Mahama After years of opposing the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy, former President John Dramani Mahama has finally admitted that the Akufo-Addo government’s flagship education programme has been successfully
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Banking & Finance
Zenith Bank spotlights opportunities for women in business
At the maiden edition of the Women in Business Dialogue series organised by the Business and Financial Times and held in Accra, the Sector Head, SME & Retail Banking at Zenith Bank, Gloria Cabutey-Adodoadji, urged businesswomen to leverage on the golden opportunities of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement to expand their reach […]
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Banking & Finance
UBA, GEPA partner for AfCFTA trade liberalisation seminar for exporters
In a strategic move to promote trade liberalisation under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Ghana has collaborated with the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) to host a crucial sensitisation seminar titled ‘Trade Liberalisation after the AfCFTA’ at the Africa Trade House in Accra. Peter Dery, Head of […]
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Next phase of free SHS enhancement will be propelled by digitalisation – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that the next phase of the Free Senior High School programme will be powered by digitalization. He said this while announcing that 1.3 million tablets are going to be distributed to students under the Smart School Project. The tablets, he said, are fitted with digital content to aid […]
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General
Ghana’s free SHS policy is getting more girls to complete secondary education – Study
Education drives economic growth and individual well-being. Secondary education, in particular, plays a crucial role. In recent decades, this recognition has encouraged several African countries to make secondary education free. One example is Ghana’s Free Public Senior High School (FreeSHS) policy, initiated in 2017. The policy aimed to remove cost barriers to secondary education, including fees, […]
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Entertainment
MUSIGA Holds Free Health Screening
A scene from the health screening exercise The Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) held a free health screening exercise and music business seminar for its members last week in
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Opinion
Rejoinder to the proposal of limiting free education to only day schools [Article]
The article highlights the proposal to limit free education to only day schools, which has been met with opposition. The author argues that such a policy would be discriminatory towards students from rural and remote areas, as well as those from low-income families who cannot afford to pay for boarding facilities. The article suggests that […]
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Free SHS review: Mahama accuses NPP of double standards
The flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama, has accused the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) of double standards in the ongoing debate over the review of the Free Senior High School Policy. The governing NPP has consistently rejected calls for a review of the free SHS programme introduced in 2017. Speaking […]
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Editorial
Why They Give Free SHS Bad Name
The pragmatic education policy introduced by the Akufo-Addo government has never received any acclaim from the opposition NDC. The late Lee Ocran, a Minister of Education under the late
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Election 2024 will be free and fair – DCOP Waabu assures
The Ghana Police Service has reassured the public of a free and fair electoral process in the upcoming general election scheduled for December 7, 2024. This commitment comes in the wake of the violence that marred the 2020 general election, resulting in the tragic deaths of eight individuals, including three minors, with an additional 15 […]
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