Source: tntnewspapergh.com

The former assembly member for the Kumawu Dadease Electoral Area in the Sekyere Kumawu district in the Ashanti Region, who is also a senior reporter for “Oyerepa 100.7 FM & TV” in Kumasi, Mr. Kofi Adade, has suggested to the government, through the Ministry of Education, to reconsider the wholesale Free Senior High School (FSHS) policy, so as to bring competition among students and also improve quality standards.

Mr.Kofi Adade

Mr. Adade, who doubles as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kofi Adade Foundation, is therefore advocating a policy change that would offer free SHS education to students who achieve the best grades in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

Sharing his views on the way forward for the FSHS policy introduced by the previous administration in 2017, Mr. Adade said this approach would help the government reduce costs, as only top-performing students would benefit from free education, rather than providing it to all students regardless of their BECE results.

According to him, the FSHS programme has faced a lot of challenges, especially financial resources.

Mr. Adade believes that if his proposal is implemented, it will go a long way to help the government to manage the programme more effectively.

The proposal of the CEO of Kofi Adade Foundation comes in the wake of the current government setting up an educational review committee to solicit opinions from some Ghanaians to enable it to take decisive decisions geared towards sustaining and improving the FSHS policy and education as a whole in the country.