GHC 35.9 million has been released by the Education Ministry to public Senior High Schools to cover for the initial operational and administrative cost of the second term of the 2017/2018 academic year.
This was revealed by the Public Relations Officer of the Free SHS Secretariat, Josberta Gyan Kwakye, who was speaking to Accra-based Citi FM.
She indicated that the amount released will cover 489 schools in the country.
“We have released such an amount to the various secondary schools and it covers about 489 schools… the Ghc35.9 million that has been sent to the schools currently, is to cover the initial administrative costs for the schools for the second term.”
The Public Relations Officer indicated that government has paid arrears owed some schools during the first term which is to the tune of GHc3,392,031.
She explained that the initial 20 percent sent to the schools in September 2017 “was based on raw estimations because as of the time we were releasing the funds, we didn’t have the exact enrollment numbers so it was more of an approximation.”
Source:a1radioonline.com/Ghana
