Where Is The Progressively Free SHS Education Program President Mahama And NDC Promised Ghanaians?

Fellow Ghanaians, we believe we were all in this country when President Mahama and his NDC made promises of PROGRESSIVELY FREE SHS EDUCATION back then? ‘’Implementation of Government’s Progressively Free Secondary Education Programme will commence in September when the 2015/16 academic year starts.Under the programme,Government will absorb the following fee items for all day students in public Senior High Schools:

•Examination Fees.
•Library Fees.
•Entertainment Fees.
•SRC Dues.
•Science development Fees.
•Science and Maths Quiz Fees.
•Sports Fees. •Culture Fees.
•Internet Fees.
The Programme will benefit an estimated number of three hundred and twenty thousand four hundred and eighty eight (320,488)day students in the 2015/16 academic year.

The total cost to be borne by Government in the first term of the 2015/16 academic year is twelve million one hundred and seventy eight thousand five hundred and forty four cedis (GHc 12,178,544.00).’’

They now make a U-TURN and release approved fees for SHS for 2015/16 academic year with the under listed breakdowns:

Ghana Education Service (GES) has released approved fees for second-cycle institutions for the 2015/16 academic year.

Boarding students are expected to pay GH¢724.50, whiles day students will be required to pay GH¢405.50.

The Director-General of the GES, Mr Jacob A.M. Kor, who signed the letter on the approved fees to be forwarded to all heads of second-cycle institutions, said admission fees would be GH¢20 and examination fees GH¢10 for boarders, day and technical students.’’

BREAKDOWN
The letter said for boarders, feeding fee at GH¢3.30 per day would amount to GH¢308, whiles entertainment, library and SRC fees would be GH¢2, GH¢3 and GH¢2 respectively. Others such as cumulative records, sports and culture fees will be GH¢5, GH¢5, GH¢3, respectively. However,boarders would each pay GH¢2 as maintenance fees.

UNIFORM AND CLOTHING
For uniform and clothing, made up of school uniform (two sets), house dress (two sets) and P.E. kits, each student, boarder or day student, would pay GH¢190,whiles technical students would be required, in addition to the GH¢190,to pay GH¢30 for overcoat, which the letter said was optional.

TEACHING AND LEARNING FEES
For approved teaching and learning fees,both boarders and day students would be required to pay a cumulative figure of Gh¢122.50 to cover medical exams, GH15; National Science/Maths quiz, GH5, and Science development GH3 cedis.

The rest are one: supplementary and three core literature books, GH¢45; nine exercise books, GH¢13.50; four note books at GH¢36 and Internet study mate (optional) GH¢5, whiles technical students would pay GH¢120.

PTA APPROVED FEES
The letter also gave the approved PTA levies for boarders as GH¢52,whiles day students would pay GH¢43 each, which would cover PTA dues,incentive package, development levy and utilities.

Others are house dues, co-curricular activities, ICT and cadet corps (optional).

The letter reminded the heads that admission fees would be charged only once on admission,whiles the PTA was reminded to prioritise and execute projects within a ceiling to be determined by management and approved by the Director-General.

Women On A Target Mission (WOM) being for women and children have been disappointed in the NDC gov't for failing to heed to its promise on free SHS for our wards.

We as a matter of fact thought gov't will help take some of the burdens women in Ghana goes through in terms of payment of school fees and the likes, but as usual of John Mahama,he has failed women in Ghana.

Observing quietly and watching how the NDC government,leadership and their communicators will defend this one too, hmmmmm........Ghana is indeed in a leadership crisis, where are we going as a country? Ghana is on AUTOPILOT heading towards the abyss.

This NDC gov't lead by John Mahama is the most abysmal, two-timing lying, double tongued, crooked government Ghana has ever witnessed post-independence era.

Ghanaians needs to wake up as a country because no one from nowhere will fight for us.

The time is now!!!
Is this a political party that can be taken serious and given the mandate to rule for another 4 years? NDC must be kicked out in 2016 because they can never govern this country and fulfil one manifesto promise, never ever.

GOD BLESS OUR HOMELAND GHANA!!!
…….SIGNED………….

NAA TORSHIE TORTO
(PRESIDENT, WOMEN ON A TARGET MISSION (WOM)0268096064

LETICIA OBENG
(SECRETARY)
NANA AKUA AMPOMEAH
(ORGANIZER)