The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) say they expect that the money released by the\u00a0government to cater for the Free Secondary education program to hit their accounts within a week.<\/p>\n
CHASS’ General Secretary, Samual Gyebi Yeboah, noted on Eyewitness News<\/strong> that no headmaster has as yet\u00a0gotten the money, which was released on Friday, September 8.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”BITxgKq6ZADox7a3PrM6K6e2Ee4i8g5k”]Before the release of the funds, CHASS had expressed worry about possible delays, saying it could affect re-opening\u00a0of schools.<\/p>\n \u201cSo far, no headmaster has called that he has gotten the money, but we are hoping that the money will hit our accounts very soon because normally, when\u00a0government releases the money, it takes sometime and it goes through certain processes before it comes to our accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n “… the Bank of Ghana would have to release the money to our Bank accounts and we will pay them with the money later, so perhaps in a week\u2019s time, everyone may have gotten the money,\u201d Mr. Gyebi Yeboah said.<\/p>\n Some first-year students who have been placed in various schools have already started registering for the upcoming academic year, so in the meantime, Mr. Gyebi Yeboah said the schools will be relying on the buffer stock company for food items.<\/p>\n Normally, headmasters buy food items on credit \u201cso that when the money comes, we use it to pay our debts” he explained.<\/p>\n But if this should fail,\u00a0the schools could rely on the food procured for the continuing students, according to Mr. Gyebi Yeboah.<\/p>\n “So if the government does not release the money or if the buffer stock does not bring the food items, the schools will still have food items [procured for continuing students] in stock to take care of the students.”<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) say they expect that the money released by the\u00a0government to cater for the Free Secondary education program to hit their accounts within a week. CHASS’ General Secretary, Samual Gyebi Yeboah, noted on Eyewitness News that no headmaster has as yet\u00a0gotten the money, which was released on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,11],"tags":[2771,273,253,3],"yoast_head":"\n