General News of Monday, 1 October 2018Source: www.ghanaweb.comGiving 500,000 extra students free education not senseless - Oppong-Nkrumah chides MahamaInformation Minister-designate, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, has taken a swipe at former President John Mahama for repeatedly questioning the ‘sense’ in the implementation of the Free Senior High School and double track programs. Government rolled out the Free SHS policy in September 2017 in fulfilment of its campaign promise in the build to the 2016 general election. Responding to Mahama’s comments, Mr. Oppong-Nkrumah at a press conference, Sunday, said it makes a lot of sense to give 500,000 extra students free education. “It is not senseless, to give some an extra 500,000 students free education in Akufo-Addo’s first term. It is the 500,000 extra students who we project will get free education in these first four years of President Akufo-Addo’s tenure that Mahama is speaking to.

Source: GhanaWeb October 01, 2018 04:07 UTC