The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has welcome government’s initiative to make education free and compulsory at the Senior High School level.
The Daily Graphic newspaper reported president Kufuor as saying that proceeds from the country’s oil find will be used to fund the project to create equal opportunities for all Ghanaian children.
The Constitution provides that basic education in the country should progressively become free.
But financial and infrastructural inadequacies have militated against the realisation this constitutional mandate.
Basic school enrolment however increased significantly since the government started the implementation of the Free Compulsory and Universal Basic Education (FCUBE).
The Chairman of CHASS, Mr. Adjei Ofori says the initiative is laudable and calls for improvements in infrastructure to match up the number of students that be in schools.
He expressed the hopes that the president has done his home work well to ensure that the proposal does not remain a mirage.
According to hi although there are challenges with the educational system, the proposal was worth considering.
Mr. Ofori stressed the need for all stakeholders in the education sector to put hands on deck to make the implementation of the proposal a success.
“If we all put our shoulders to it, it will work”, he stated.
The Minister of Education, Science and Sports Prof. Dominic Fobih says plans are far advanced for the project to take effect possibly next academic year.
Under the programme money charged students as academic facility user fees will be paid by the government.
He said although there are challenges the quality of education in Ghana was commendable.
