{"id":208217,"date":"2016-04-21T14:00:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T14:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=208217"},"modified":"2016-04-21T14:00:49","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T14:00:49","slug":"boarders-to-benefit-from-mahamas-free-shs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/04\/boarders-to-benefit-from-mahamas-free-shs\/","title":{"rendered":"Boarders to benefit from Mahama&#8217;s free SHS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President John Dramani Mahama has announced that his government would be expanding\u00a0the Progressively Free SHS policy to cover boarding students in deprived districts.<\/p>\n<p>He made this announcement as part of his\u00a0three-day Volta Regional leg of his \u2018Accounting to the People\u2019\u00a0tour\u00a0at the inauguration of the Nchumuruman Community Day Senior High School in Chinderi.<\/p>\n<p>In his address at the inauguration, President Mahama announced his government\u2019s decision to expand the Progressively Free SHS policy,\u00a0which currently covers day students in selected schools, to boarding students in deprived districts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe intend to begin to expand this free senior high school programme to cover boarding students in deprived districts. Sometime before the start of the academic year in August or September, we will officially launch this programme.\u00a0The Ministry of Education is currently doing all the ground work to make sure this programme takes off smoothly,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>President Mahama described the\u00a0community day schools as a means to\u00a0ensure equity in the distribution of development in the educational sector.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230; this strengthens government\u2019s resolve to continue with ongoing efforts to expand quality secondary education across the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President John Dramani Mahama has announced that his government would be expanding\u00a0the Progressively Free SHS policy to cover boarding students in deprived districts. 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