{"id":385291,"date":"2017-12-22T06:00:20","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T06:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=385291"},"modified":"2017-12-22T12:18:42","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T12:18:42","slug":"withdraw-free-shs-funds-from-scholarship-secretariat-minority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/withdraw-free-shs-funds-from-scholarship-secretariat-minority\/","title":{"rendered":"Withdraw Free SHS  funds from Scholarship Secretariat &#8211; Minority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minority in Parliament has described as illegal, government&#8217;s decision to allow the Scholarship Secretariat to administer funds for the\u00a0 implementation of the free senior high school policy.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, the educational sector laws, specifically the Act governing the operations of the Ghana Education Service, have been breached with the allocation of GHc 1.2 billion\u00a0to the secretariat.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;wbggpr3MBDYMpaCUpXZWCRBKHBOIzr6u&#8221;]The government said the allocation was made because of the\u00a0good track record of the secretariat.<\/p>\n<p>But debating the budget estimates of the office of government machinery, Haruna Iddrisu said the GES under the Ministry of Education should be responsible for the Free SHS allocation \u201cif we are respecting the laws of Ghana.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Scholarship Secretariat deals with scholarships. 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