The Vice Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has said the success story of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy cannot be underrated.
According to him, the policy since 7 years of commencement has drastically reduced armed robbery and teenage pregnancies in Ghana.
The former Education Minister said this in an interview on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen programme Wednesday.
He touted that the policy is “undoubtedly the single most impactful social intervention ever implemented in Ghana.
“The best WASSCE results happened under the first cohort of the free SHS policy and consistently, we have achieved 50% pass in the core subjects from 30-35% under the NDC.
“The achievement with free SHS has been so successful. There were two things that were prevalent in Ghana but now we barely hear of them. When was the last time you heard of armed robbery or a newspaper headline with teenage pregnancy?” he quizzed.
Acknowledging that there have been challenges and the policy can be improved, Napo expressed hope that under a Dr Mahamudu Bawumia government, a lot more would be done to consolidate the gains made.
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