{"id":354683,"date":"2017-09-19T14:21:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T14:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=354683"},"modified":"2017-11-10T11:18:34","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T11:18:34","slug":"nungua-shs-charging-over-ghc170-for-uniforms-under-free-shs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/nungua-shs-charging-over-ghc170-for-uniforms-under-free-shs\/","title":{"rendered":"Nungua SHS charging over GHc170 for uniforms under Free SHS"},"content":{"rendered":"
More reports continue to put into question the scope of free education in Ghana, as checks by Citi News<\/strong> at the Nungua Senior High School in Accra indicate that students are being charged for school uniforms.<\/p>\n The government has consistently noted that the cost of school uniforms has been absorbed under the free Senior High School programme.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”4h07o2ttJ8oF3YiRsry62vPedjUtRqd8″]The one-time fee that the government is covering for first-year students under the free SHS policy, is GHc 435 for day students, and GHc438 for boarding students, according to the Ministry of Education.<\/p>\n As part of this one-time fee, the government allocated GHc 100 for two sets of school uniforms and GHc 90 for two sets of school house attires for boarders.<\/p>\n The recurrent items under the policy include library fees, development levies, teacher motivation, house dues, among others, amounting to GHc 105.<\/p>\n But following a visit to Nungua SHS, it emerged that male students were being charged\u00a0GHc 184 for their uniforms, while the girls were being charged GHc 175 for theirs’.<\/p>\n A receipt was issued for the amount after the money was paid, as sighted by Citi News.<\/strong><\/p>\n The amount charged for the school uniforms, was however not contingent on the students’ admissions, according to a student who spoke to Citi News<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2026as for admission, they had already done that. You start the admission then you pay that money for your school uniforms,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n The school authorities declined to speak to Citi News<\/strong>, saying they were only answerable to the Ghana Education Service and not any media house.<\/p>\n