Free SHS Has Not Increased Enrollment – Apaak to Gov’t

A Ranking Member on the Education Committee of Parliament Dr. Clement Apaak has asserted that government’s free senior high school policy has not increased enrollment to schools as evident in this year’s West African Senior High School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

In a statement, Mr Apaak said the number of student enrollment under the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration was far better than what is been seen under the current New Patriotic Party (NPP) government.

“The total number of candidates increased by 42, 364 from 2016 to 2017. Then from 2017 to 2018, there was an increase of 27, 789. The trend continues from 2018 to 2019 with an increase of 29,095 candidates. However, between 2019 and 2020 there is a drop in the number of candidates by -32,257,” he said.

He added, “this suggests that contrary to the narrative, the FSHS has not resulted in an increased enrollment. In fact, the figures suggest a decline if we go by the number of WASSCE candidates. Year in year out, the number of candidates for WASSCE go up, but figures for 2019 are higher than 2020 by 32, 257.”

Source: GhanaFeed.com