A member of the National Democratic Congress in the Upper East region, Paul Danka has said the move by government and the Ghana Education service to allocate 30% placement into Elite Senior High Schools to candidates from deprived areas is an avenue for the Upper class to get their wards placed into those schools.
The Deputy Minister of Education Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum said that 30 percent of enrollment in elite public senior high schools will be reserved for students from deprived or less privileged schools.
He said the initiative is to ensure fairness and quality education in the implementation of government flagship policy Free SHS.
But speaking on A1 Radio’s ‘DayBreak Upper East on A1 Radio, Paul Danka said the move by government is not meant to motivate people in deprived schools but rather to create a window for the “big men” to push their wards who may not get placed into such high profile schools.
According to him, the government introduced the policy in a clandestine way without prior education on it just to keep people in the dark so that the big man will have a way of pushing their children through that avenue.
He said the move will not bring equality like the Deputy Minister promised it was going to adding that it was of no importance.
source:a1radioonline.com
