{"id":2894,"date":"2019-09-10T12:05:44","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T12:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=2894"},"modified":"2019-09-10T12:06:24","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T12:06:24","slug":"govt-releases-ghc-195-million-for-free-shs-director-general-ges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/govt-releases-ghc-195-million-for-free-shs-director-general-ges","title":{"rendered":"Gov&#8217;t releases GHC 195 Million for Free SHS \u2013 Director-General GES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Director-General for the Ghana Education Service Prof. Opoku Amankwah has disclosed that the government has released a total of 195 million Ghana cedis for the free Senior High School policy of the government.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He says the amount represents 30% of the total amount that is supposed to be released by the government for students who are gaining admission into the various Senior High Schools.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Okay FM\u2019s\u00a0&#8216;Ade Akye Abia&#8217; program, he added that monies for other activities for the free SHS policy such as feeding will also be disbursed soon to the various Senior High Schools.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, warned various Heads of Institutions who have been taking money from parents and guardians to desist from it.<\/p>\n<p>He said\u00a0such acts undermine the government\u2019s free SHS policy and that the punishment of sacking those Heads of institutions still holds.<\/p>\n<p>Touching on the placement for the various Senior High Schools, he assured parents of all students who passed and qualified for placement will be duly placed.<\/p>\n<p>President Nana Akufo-Addo launched the free SHS education policy at the West African Senior High School (WASS) in Accra on Tuesday, September 12, 2017; it was a fulfillment of his long-held campaign promise as far back as the 2008 elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director-General for the Ghana Education Service Prof. Opoku Amankwah has disclosed that the government has released a total of 195 million Ghana cedis for the free Senior High School policy of the government. 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