Prof Jane Naana Opoku- Agyemang, the former Minister for Education during former President John Dramani Mahama’s presidency has assigned a reason for the then National Democratic Congress (NDC) government's decision not to roll out a Free Senior High School programme.
According to her, the NDC in government chose the progressively Free SHS as against the en-masse Free SHS implemented by the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) today.
"We refused to do the NPP’s kind of Free SHS to prevent the students from fighting over food," she said.
"There is no food to feed the children because of the NPP's free-for -all programme," she explained.
My team at the Ministry knew that the NPP’s concept of Free SHS is problematic because the research was available for them to read.
She said research from the West African Examination Council (WEAC) among others abound for them and the handing over notes were all available for them.
"Now the National Buffer Stock Company is in shambles and cannot supply food to the schools and they are blaming the NDC for it after six years of leaving power?" she queried.
Prof Jane stressed that the NPP arrow cannot be pointed at the NDC.
The former Education Minister who became the running mate to former President John Dramani Mahama in the 2020 general elections said these in an interview on the Ghana Yensom morning show hosted by Emmanuel Quarshie (The Hitman) on Accra 100.5 FM on Tuesday, September 27, 2022.
"In 2020, when we said the implementation of the Free SHS was problematic and that we will review it, the naysayers said we will cancel it," she said.
"They have come to terms with the teething problems of the implementation of the Free SHS so they should review it and make it better," she told the governing NPP.
She called on the NPP to review Free SHS and find out what is wrong with the policy
Source: class fm
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It's better for children to fight over food and acquire education than to stay home, eat and remain educated.
EI PROF; SOO INCOMPETENT! HIDING BEHIND LITTLE CHALLENGES TO ADORE FAILURE AND USELESSNESS
As I have always maintrained, from head to toe, no one in the God-forsaken NDC is blessed with common $ense. Sadly, this woman with the charisma of t01let roll is no different. A Phd holder talking like a Appiah stadium shows how damaging getting close let alone associating with john Mahama is to one's mental health and reputation. $hame on you Naana Opoku Agyemang.
If all the prof said are not true why is the NPP calling for review now? And for you Ako, you cant even have that woman as your mother so be civil in your comment.
***barred word*** at its highest under NDC when there was no free education, schools in the northern parts of the country were either closed down or late in reopening because of lack of funding. She thinks we don't read
Most of these boys and girls who prior to Free SHS were in the streets selling chains and could have turned to crime but thanks Nana Addo, they are in schools. This professor should have suggested a solution to food problems facing schools rather than talking down this noble and best programme Ghana has ever seen since independence. What is wrong with us? Look at a Professor of Education talking like this. Palpable ***barred word*** from Professor Naana Opoku-Agyemang. This is a disgrace.
Ah Prof. This your reasoning is like kindergarten class answer. You did not do free SHS en mass because students will fight over food. Lord have mercy on us . Is this the leaders we have been blessed with. So you are telling us government cannot incentivise food production to give students one meal a day in school. We have vast arable lands yet we complain about foods. Even back in the 80's schools were encouraged to have farms on their own . But now our leaders who ride in V8s , live in airconditioned offices cannot offer sensible solutions to our challenges. Please Madam stay in opposition and don't come near governance because you have nothing sensible to offer.
Why is it surprising Ghanaian s the comment of this Prof.NDC as political party are are nothing but serious ***barred word*** . Characters like that prof. will prolong NDC party in the opposition perpetually because their thinking and the way they do their things are unreasonable .Why such a woman in academia will loosely talk like this . So to that woman thinking FSHS is not good for Ghanaian s which clearly shows that any opportunity NDC will get will cancel the programme
Stop the cheap politics, there are kids in different parts of the country who do not have a single meal per day
Madam please we have passed this stage, what do you guys take us for do you think filling the stomach is more important than nurturing the brain to provide for ourselves, what is the basis for this sham analysis. Yes the NDC cant do it because they simply don't know how and prefer to steal the money than for everyone to have a share of it. simple a whole professor speaking like this is there any future for us should NDC come to power. Eiii hmmmm