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Prof. Millar proposes periodic review of free SHS Policy

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President of Millar Open University, Prof. David Millar has called for periodic review of government’s flagship policy, ‘Free Senior High School’.

Prof. Millar is of the view that the purpose of the policy which seeks to provide equal opportunity for Ghanaian students cannot be achieved if it is not reviewed periodically at least every three years.

His comment comes at the backdrop of some media reports that suggest a scrap of the free SHS policy.

He expresses fears that scrapping the policy could jeopardize the standards of education in the country.

The one-time member of the National Development Planning Commission revealed that the country has had good policies but the implementation of such policies has met with challenges.

Prof. Millar who was the main speaker of A1 Radio’s 10th Anniversary lecture on contemporary reforms in Ghana’s educational sector, called for a periodic review of the free Senior High School policy to ensure its sustainability.

“This free SHS policy, let’s give it say about 12 years but every 3 or 4 years, let’s review it such that it cuts across 3 or 2 successive governments, that is the way forward. Don’t make it complicated with bringing another thing that suggest something else should be or not be. Let’s give it long term, but, let’s build in periodic reviews….. So, it was very welcoming when all those who are sitting on the other side of the fence of the current government indicated that they would review. Naturally, it is not threatening. If we had heard “we will cancel” then we will have problems because we are not ready for that”.

The theme of the Anniversary lecture was ‘Contemporal Reforms in the Educational Sector; which way forward’.

Source: A1 Radioonline.com|Joshua Asaah

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