The Free Senior High School Policy is now being reviewed, according to Prof. Kwasi Opoku Amankwah, director general of the Ghana Education Service (GES).
In an interview with Joy News monitored by Yebekaghcom, he reveals that the goal of this exercise is to determine which costs the government may pass along to parents.
Watch the interview: Prof Opoku Amankwah interview on Joy News about Free SHS review.
“…we can do the analysis and then come up and say that, ok, to give Raymond quality education, it will cost this much. Within that cost, these are the items in the cost.
“Then we will all put it out there and say this item, we can make do of it, and it will not affect quality, this item, I think we can get parents to pay,” he told host of Upfront, Raymond Acquah.
To establish how much parents can afford, GES is examining Free SHS, according to Prof. Opoku Amankwah