Betty Krosby Mensah speaking at the forumThe National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Afram Plains North, Betty Efua Krosby Mensah has asked Ghanaians, and for that matter politicians, not to politicise the free Senior High School (SHS) education because it is a policy that will greatly benefit the girl-child especially those in the rural areas. She said even though she is a member of the opposition NDC, the introduction of the free SHS by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government has come to give hope to many girl-children who are unable to continue to the SHS level because their parents do not have money to push them and eventually become teenage mothers. She said it is therefore imperative for these young girls in the rural areas to take advantage of the free SHS and continue with their education to the highest level. According to her, the implementation of the policy may have its teething problems but it would be wrong for anybody to criticise or politicise the policy as whole. “To me, this free SHS is going to solve a lot of problems for girl-children and poor parents in the rural areas who cannot afford to enroll their girl-children at the SHS level to continue with their education after finishing Junior High School”.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 23, 2018 11:03 UTC