More than 20,000 new students have been posted to the 41 new Community Day Senior High Schools (SHSs) across the country.<\/p>\n
This forms the first batch\u00a0of SHS students being admitted to the various schools following their recent inauguration by President John Mahama.<\/p>\n
The students were posted through the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS).<\/p>\n
According to the Head of CSSPS, Kwasi Anokye, 41 of the schools had declared their preparedness to admit the students for the 2016\/2017 academic year, hence were included in the list of schools with vacancies to admit the new students.<\/p>\n
In an interview with Citi News<\/strong>, he said, at least 500 students were posted to each of the schools.<\/p>\n \u201cThe community day schools, as at last week, we had over 41 of them being ready to admit across the country, and we have been able to place a minimum of 500 students in each of these Community Day schools,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The GES had earlier indicated that, the new schools being constructed will be ready for admission this year, but there were concerns about the non-completion of some of the schools ahead of the start of the 2016\/2017 academic year.<\/p>\n \u2018Mahama to construct 200 Community Day SHS\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n President Mahama during the 2012 electioneering campaign, promised to build 200 new Community Day SHSs in under-served communities across the country, to address the issue of access to education in the country.<\/p>\n The first school, located at Ekumfi Otuam in the Central Region, was inaugurated in 2015 by President Mahama, and named after the late President, John Atta-Mills, who hails from the area.<\/p>\n \u2018200 schools cannot be completed in 2016\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n The Government has admitted that it cannot complete the construction of the all 200 Senior High Schools before the end of 2016.<\/p>\n It however noted that, it is certain to complete them if given the nod to govern for a second four-year term.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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