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General News of Saturday, April 13, 2019
Source: mynewsgh.com
2019-04-13
Mathew Opoku Prempeh, Minister of Education
Former Ashanti deputy regional minister, Joseph Yammin, categorically stated that Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta and President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had deliberately attempted to frustrate the Minister of Finance. Education, the Minister of Education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh. ambition to become a presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
In 2017, President Akufo-Addo launched the Free SHS policy as part of his election promise to ensure an accessible, fair, quality education that will change the lives of every Ghanaian child.
Some civil society groups and educators questioned the government's commitment to implementing free SHS, urging it to address the significant issues that affect the quality of education in the context of politics.
In an interview with MyNewsGh.com, Ashanti's regional correspondent, Joseph Yammin, revealed that school principals from several high schools had been warned to remain silent and insist on have difficulty managing schools as part of the Free SHS policy.
According to Joseph Yammin, the government has failed to remove the bottlenecks of Free SHS policy only to make the Minister of Education incompetent and in check.
"I pity the Minister of Education, Mathew Opoku Prempeh. The finance minister and President Akufo-Addo have not released funds for the management of the policy because they know that Mathew Opoku Prempeh has a presidential ambition. They want it to be a failure for Ghanaians to call it incompetent. Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta also has a presidential ambition, so he is competing with Mathew Opoku Prempeh. The government is killing a quality education with the implementation of free SHS policy because of the selfish interest of a person, "he said.
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