The running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has stated that the implementation of the Free Senior High School policy has transformed girl-child education in Ghana.
According to the education think tank Africa Education Watch, more than 2.5 million students have benefited from the free SHS policy, with an increased enrolment for girls.
At a ceremony to unveil the Matthew Opoku Prempeh hostel at the University of Professional Studies in Accra on Tuesday, November 19, the NPP’s running mate urged Ghanaians to vote for impactful leadership in the upcoming December 7 general elections.
“Ghana is at the crossroads. We want people, or we should elect people, who will make great transformative leadership. Not people who will come and get our vote because they just want our vote. Not voting for sentimental reasons because we live within reality. We don’t live within sentiments. We don’t live within clichés. We live in the practical aspect of day-to-day transformation in people’s lives.
“People forget that nearly 100,000 students every year couldn’t go to school because our end certificate was BECE. And they have passed and couldn’t go to secondary school. And when you finish BECE, the certificate doesn’t qualify you to apply for any job in the country. And these 100,000 students were left out of our country’s system. Free SHS has transformed their lives.”
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