General News of Saturday, 29 September 2018Source: Myjoyonline.comAkufo-Addo ‘alarmed’ by Mahama’s call to review Free SHSFormer President, John Dramani Mahama and President Akufo-AddoFormer president John Mahama’s suggestion for a review of the free Senior High School policy has left President Akufo-Addo “alarmed,” he told a crowd Friday at a town hall meeting in Washington D.C.“I am alarmed by this concept of review,” Akufo-Addo lamented. Free SHS is an initiative that was introduced to Ghana in 2017 under the MPP-led administration. “I honestly suspect reviewing the Free SHS policy means collapsing it. The decision to create free SHS was a “big decision because of its effect on our finances. Instead of free SHS, he says he would revisit the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFUND), originally introduced in 2000, which provided scholarships to underprivileged youth.

Source: GhanaWeb September 29, 2018 16:41 UTC