Group of teachers throws support behind NPP's free SHS

Kumasi, Nov 26, GNA – A group of teachers in the Afigya-Kwabre South Constituency has endorsed the New Patriotic Party (NPP) over its election promise to make the senior high school (SHS) non-fee paying.

This, the group said, was feasible and not something that could not be done given the political will.

A statement jointly signed by Mr Christian Adu-Poku and Mr Damata Salam, the spokespersons, said in the opinion of the teachers', the free SHS was long overdue and could not wait.

The benefits to the nation by way of its democracy and human capital development would be enormous, hence the need for all to help make it become a reality.

The teachers gave high marks to the NPP under the watch of President John Agyekum Kufuor for some landmark interventions in the education sector and cited the upgrading of teacher training colleges into diploma awarding institutions, the model SHS, free bus ride for school children, capitation grant and the school feeding programme.

Added to these, the statement said, were the supply of textbooks to both, the public and private schools, distance education to upgrade teachers and regular supply of teaching and learning materials.

The group chastised the government for what it said was the non-payment of the school capitation, educational subventions and grants for the past one-and-a-half years, non-supply of textbooks and other educational materials and bringing down the quality of education through adjustment of the pass mark from aggregate 36 to 42.

GNA