The government spent GHC556m on free SHS in first year – Politics

The Government of Ghana has revealed that it has so far spent 556 million GHC for the implementation of the Free Secondary High School (SHS) program for the Academic year 20172018.

This was revealed by Deputy Minister of Education Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum when he appeared before Parliament to answer questions about the amount spent on the program up & # 39; here.

Dr. Adtwum said that "the amount spent up to here is 556 998 740 GHC for the first year."

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He also said that a total amount of GHC584million was released to the department until here for the implementation of the program. [19659004] He added that they are streamlining the system while the first batch of beneficiaries is going into the second year and that new admissions are being made.

"We are very good, the second year, the record will be free, so the students who are first year, when they go to the second year, it will be free.When they pbad the third year, will be free. "

" In September, we are going to have two streams of students in the free SHS system, and it's going very well. "We are making efforts to make sure that we welcome all the students who come, he added.

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Dr. Adutwum explained that the first term cost 400 million GHC because the government paid for textbooks, school uniforms and admission fees for students.

For the second and third quarters, the government paid GHC209 for each of the two terms. "So, if you s combine the second and third term, it is almost the same as the first term. It will give you about GHC800m for the whole year; and since this year's budget captures both the first and part of the second year, you realize that the amount is higher. "" The government has budgeted GHC1.3million for the free SHS program in the 2018 budget to meet the second and third terms and incoming freshmen.