Otumfuo greets Free SHS | General News 2019-02-04

General News of Monday, February 4, 2019

Source: dailyguideafrica.com

2019-02-04

Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, reiterated his support for the free high school program set up by the government to improve access to education in the country.

However, it has charged the government to accelerate its pace to properly equip the various public universities with the necessary infrastructure to enable them to support the growing number of beneficiaries of the free SHS policy.

"Free SHS, in all its aspects, is a laudable policy, and we, as a nation, should applaud it," said Asantehene, Chancellor of the University of Science and Technology Kwame Nkrumah (KNUST).

He added, "From here April / May 2020, the first group of students benefiting from the free free storage systems policy will be released, which will double the number of students wishing to attend." Register in our institutions of higher education. This is a reality we must face. The potential increase in tertiary enrollments will require a corresponding increase in resources – both financial and human – to cope with the expected increase in the number of students. "

In this regard, Otumfuo also instructed the government to carry out all ongoing infrastructure projects in public universities, so that they are able to absorb qualified students for study there.

"We need to find resources to carry out all infrastructure projects at KNUST and other universities, including my pet project, the research and teaching hospital on campus," he said. Otumfuo said.

Speaking during a special congregation for students who have taken master's degree programs at KNUST, Asantehene has condemned the recent student riots, stating that "this has embarrbaded the student". university.

To help prevent recurrence of the riots, he announced that he had appointed a committee that would soon conduct a thorough investigation into the events surrounding the October 22 tragedy.

Otumfuo said that "any obscene behavior of a student in the presence of female students, in the name of its culture and traditions, can not be justified under any circumstances," adding that universities apply regulations aimed at make university space tolerable for all.