By John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has emphasized that if elected president in the future, his government will prioritize resolving the challenges associated with the implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy.
This commitment arises amid growing concerns about the execution and financing of the policy.
During a meeting with representatives from several teacher unions, such as the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers, Mr. Mahama outlined strategies to strengthen the education sector.
Mr. Mahama announced plans to convene a stakeholder forum on education within his first 100 days as president. This forum aims to gather input from various stakeholders on enhancing and ensuring the delivery of quality education.
“Within the first 100 days of me becoming president, we will hold a stakeholder dialogue on education. It will have as part of its focus the implementational bottlenecks of the Free SHS, but it is also going to deal with how we can improve financing and teaching and learning at the basic school level and so at that stakeholder’s engagement, NAGRAT, GNAT, parents, students, educational experts, everybody is going to be there and we are going to have a discussion on access, on equity, on affordability, and on financing our educational system.”
