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Government To Expand Free SHS Programme To Cover First Years In TVET From 2022

The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced plans to expand the Free Senior High School policy to cover first years in technical and vocational institutes from 2022.

He made this known in his speech at the Tamale Senior High School’s 70th-anniversary celebration in the Northern Region on Saturday.

“The completion of the nine models SHSs across the country is imminent and in 2022 government will expand the Free SHS program to cover all first-year students in public TVET institutions,” he said.

He also stated that the government will continue all ongoing projects in technical universities, as well as technical and vocational institutes, with the goal of enhancing service quality.

“The government will continue the program of implementing the various reforms and projects in the TVET centres including the rehabilitation and upgrading of technical universities, upgrading and modernization of the 34 NVTI centres, retooling of TVET institutes and the establishment of 10 state-of-the-art TVET institutes,” he said.

Of the nine model schools, seven are new schools under construction at the secondary level, including one Creative Arts School, one Technical School and five Science-Based Schools”.

Two existing schools are being upgraded into model schools.

Facilities at each school include Administration block, Creative Arts/Science block, dormitory blocks, dining hall with kitchen, staff accommodation, library block, recreational facilities, laboratories, roads and external works, and service and maintenance shed.

The Creative Arts Senior High School is being built in Kwadaso, Kumasi, the Senior High/Technical School is being built in Dabaa, in the Ashanti Region, while the science schools are being built at Akrodie in the Ahafo Region, Weija in the Greater Accra Region, Awaso in the Western Region, Kpasenkpe in the North East Region and Abomosu in the Eastern Region.

He further revealed that the Koase SHS/Technical School in the Bono East Region and the Diaso Community Senior High School are being upgraded to model schools.

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