The 2020 running mate of former President John Mahama, Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, says that she is waiting with bated breath for the definition of \u2018review\u2019 as would be applied to government\u2019s flagship programmes.<\/p>\n
She said it will be good to know how government would review the Free Senior High School programme.<\/p>\n
Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, however, could not comprehend why the same people who alleged that former President John Mahama meant \u2018cancel\u2019 when he used the word \u2018review\u2019 want to do what they once criticised.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we said \u2018review\u2019 others said we were going to cancel. Today, we are waiting for the definition of review from the \u2018Black Dictionary\u2019 since that is the source that they use for many things,\u201d she said at the launch of TEIN App on Monday.<\/p>\n
Prior to the 2020 election, President Akufo-Addo said Ghanaians should not allow\u00a0the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC)\u00a0to review its flagship Free Senior High School (SHS) programme when it comes into office.<\/p>\n
The President said Mr Mahama\u2019s return could mean the cancellation of the programme.<\/p>\n
However, the NDC flagbearer had said at a meeting with the Ghana National Council for Private Schools (GNACOPS) that he will review the Free-SHS policy within his first 90-days in office if elected in the\u00a0upcoming 2020 general elections.<\/p>\n
The NDC flagbearer cited inadequate consultation with stakeholders in exploring the most effective ways to implement the programme.<\/p>\n
Free SHS is Back on the radar<\/strong><\/p>\n The issue has again come up for discussion as the government recently announced a review of its flagship programmes.<\/p>\n The Free SHS programme was a major campaign promise by then-candidate Nana Akufo-Addo in 2016, which has subsequently become an essential part of the educational system.<\/p>\n A year after its implementation, the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta said the policy should have targeted persons with genuine need and not made to benefit everyone.<\/p>\n One of the leading campaigners for change in government in 2016, the Minister said people in his economic bracket should not be enjoying such a policy.<\/p>\n \u201cTrue, it may be that there have to be changes in the way we are administering it. I can\u2019t take my child to Achimota or Odorgono and leave him or her there and drive away and not pay for anything whiles I can pay for ten people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Following the current economic crisis the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah\u00a0revealed that all 16 flagship programmes of government will soon be reviewed\u00a0to ensure their objectives are well achieved.<\/p>\n Ghana\u2019s economical numbers have not been at their best in recent times.<\/p>\n The cedi is depreciating in relation to the dominant currencies at a fast pace. Similarly, there has been a hike in fuel prices with a litre of diesel selling at GH\u00a210.<\/p>\n Many economists have expressed worry that the country\u2019s economy is on the verge of collapse if proper interventions are not implemented as soon as possible.<\/p>\n In view of this,\u00a0President Akufo-Addo chaired a crunch cabinet\u00a0meeting last weekend to find solutions to the raging economic challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 2020 running mate of former President John Mahama, Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, says that she is waiting with bated breath for the definition of \u2018review\u2019 as would be applied to government\u2019s flagship programmes. She said it will be good to know how government would review the Free Senior High School programme. Professor Naana Jane […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":18576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1],"tags":[13170,13052,6573,3782,10387,7568,5059,9214,9233,6693,8440,913,10380,5196,911,8660,12354,136,6569,5467,192,12502,2264,7734,5239,6638,483,130,9833,281,5146,1153,11973,3805,10390,10313,11304,6736,8810,213,12790,3954,594],"class_list":["post-18575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-achimota","tag-akufo","tag-black","tag-cabinet","tag-campaign","tag-cancellation","tag-cedi","tag-child","tag-collapse","tag-congress","tag-crisis","tag-democratic","tag-diesel","tag-economy","tag-election","tag-essential","tag-finance","tag-free-shs","tag-fuel","tag-fuel-prices","tag-ghana","tag-ghanaians","tag-government","tag-jane","tag-jane-opoku-agyemang","tag-john-mahama","tag-ken-ofori-atta","tag-mahama","tag-meeting","tag-ndc","tag-nkrumah","tag-ofori-atta","tag-one","tag-president","tag-prices","tag-professor","tag-running-mate","tag-school","tag-schools","tag-shs","tag-weekend","tag-will","tag-who"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}