{"id":3734,"date":"2024-03-07T06:18:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T06:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=3734"},"modified":"2024-03-07T06:18:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T06:18:19","slug":"free-shs-2024-records-highest-first-year-enrollment-of-503000-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=3734","title":{"rendered":"Free SHS: 2024 Records Highest First-Year Enrollment Of 503,000 \u2013 Akufo Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the \u201cgreatest challenge\u201d in Ghana remains the provision of good quality education to all Ghanaian children and young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at Ghana\u2019s 67th Independence Day anniversary at Koforidua in the Eastern Region on Wednesday, 6 March 2024, Mr Akufo-Addo said: \u201cWe have a lot to be proud of, but we have more work to do. &#8220;I am happy that, through the implementation of the Free Senior High School policy, we are removing financial barriers to education, unlocking the potential of thousands of young Ghanaians, and laying the foundation for a brighter future for our country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-4f077097d90a986895ee2c0c214c7543 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SupoGFCWLL0?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis year, we have seen the highest ever enrolment of first-year students into senior high school in our nation\u2019s history, that is five hundred and three thousand (503,000) students, a clear indication of the widespread embrace of the Free Senior High School Policy\u201d, he announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Akufo-Addo said: \u201cWe should be able to offer every Ghanaian child the best education there can be, and, having completed High School, our children should be equipped with skills that make them prepared to face the modern world. Our schools must prepare our children to be comfortable with Science and Technology, and ready to compete in the modern economy\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;He noted that \u201cthere is more to preparing a child to face the world than what can be taught in a classroom, and there is certainly more to moulding a Ghanaian child than what our hard-working teachers do every day\u201d, complaining:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cToo many parents have relinquished the entire responsibility of bringing up children to what happens in schools\u201d. \u201cI do not refer only to our music, dance, food, language and fashion that form the basis of our cultural identity; I refer to the values that set us apart as Ghanaians. If we are to take pride in being Ghanaian, there should be a consensus on the values we hold dear, and we should transmit them to every generation,&#8221; he stressed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the \u201cgreatest challenge\u201d in Ghana remains the provision of good quality education to all Ghanaian children and young people. 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