General News of Tuesday, 4 February 2020Source: ghananewsagency.orgGovt directs GETFund to address inadequate dormitories and classroomsFile photoThe government has directed the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to undertake massive educational infrastructure projects in all public Senior High Schools (SHSs) implementing the Free SHS Programme nationwide. The block furnished with 600 students desks, was constructed by the GETFund to enable the school to admit more students in the next academic year. Twum-Ampofo said the Free SHS was progressing in all the implementing public schools, and that, with the GETFund infrastructural projects, challenges of inadequate classroom blocks and dormitories would soon be addressed. Twum-Ampofo stated with the implementation of the Free SHS, no child must be left behind in accessing quality education, irrespective of his or her background or location. He emphasised the Free SHS was a laudable programme and must not be politicized, and appealed to government to cater for teachers’ welfare too.

Source: GhanaWeb February 04, 2020 01:18 UTC