{"id":3136,"date":"2014-03-02T07:44:49","date_gmt":"2014-03-02T07:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=3136"},"modified":"2014-03-02T07:44:49","modified_gmt":"2014-03-02T07:44:49","slug":"mahamas-free-shs-announcement-shambolic-franklin-cudjoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/mahamas-free-shs-announcement-shambolic-franklin-cudjoe\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama\u2019s free SHS announcement \u2018shambolic\u2019 \u2013 Franklin Cudjoe"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3137\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3137\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Franklin-Cudjoe_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3137\" alt=\"Franklin Cudjoe of IMANI Ghana \" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Franklin-Cudjoe_3-300x188.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Franklin-Cudjoe_3-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Franklin-Cudjoe_3.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Franklin Cudjoe of IMANI Ghana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Franklin Cudjoe of IMANI Ghana says President John Mahama\u2019s announcement of a free Senior High School (SHS) policy is \u201cwhimsical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whimsical nature with which this policy was announced\u2026this was whimsical, it was capricious, it was not thought through, it was just mentioned,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also opined that the President\u2019s state of the nation address last Tuesday \u201cwas all over the place, lacked coherence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The President, John Mahama as mandated by the constitution delivered the state of the nation address to Parliament last Tuesday, during which he announced that his government will from 2015, start the implementation of the free SHS policy.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing his thoughts on the matter on<strong> Citi FM\u2019s,<\/strong> <em>The Big Issue<\/em>, Franklin Cudjoe bemoaned the President\u2019s lack of \u201crecourse to the education sector performance report\u201d adding that the policy is \u201ccompletely shambolic, there is no coherence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>IMANI Ghana\u2019s <a style=\"text-decoration:none; color: #333;\" href=\"http:\/\/vhealthportal.com\/product\/paxil\/\">http:\/\/vhealthportal.com\/product\/paxil\/<\/a> President expressed shock at the misinterpretation of \u2018universal access to education\u2019 as stated in Ghana\u2019s constitution to mean \u2018free\u2019 by politicians in the country.<\/p>\n<p>He asked, \u201cthe fact that universally, we want to end hunger, does it mean every canteen, every chop bar across the world should give food to people free even when they don\u2019t need it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Franklin Cudjoe questioned if government plans to pilot the policy to test its effectiveness before it is rolled out nationwide saying, \u201cwithout any means testing, there is no indication to tell us that we will start off by doing A B C D here, and then we will see whether parents will be happy with it or how we can rationalize; no, nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the President made the announcement deliberately to \u201cside track the main issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Franklin Cudjoe of IMANI Ghana says President John Mahama\u2019s announcement of a free Senior High School (SHS) policy is \u201cwhimsical.\u201d \u201cThe whimsical nature with which this policy was announced\u2026this was whimsical, it was capricious, it was not thought through, it was just mentioned,\u201d he said. 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