Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof Akilagpa Sawyerr, has criticized the implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy as unintelligent.
He acknowledges that the policy is a wise one but government cannot afford, yet continues to fund.
Speaking to the media on June 22, he said that while the policy seems fair, it benefits those who can afford to pay fees, while other students still study under trees.
Therefore, he emphasized that the policy does not make sense.
“The notion of free education is a loudable one but the suit of that objective without costing, without working out the lines of movement, without working out the impact of other parts of the economy very carefully, for me is a failure of policy not the objective. The notion that my children under this instance could go to a boarding school and get free food, free fees and free everything, when there are other younger student5s under trees. How does that make sense?” the professor said.
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