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See Free SHS as unique opportunity-Abraham Attah To BECE Students

kencitymediagh
Aug 21, 2017
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The Free SHS Ambassador Master Abraham Attah admonished BECE students who will be enrolling into Senior High School come September this year to be the first beneficiaries of government Free Senior High School policy to consider themselves as fortunate and study hard in order to obtain good grades.

He said it is only when they study hard and obtain good grades and progress to the next level in education that their parents and the nation would be proud of them.

“The days where you are sent home for nonpayment of school fees are going to be over. So you will not have any excuse to give if you fail... So study hard and obtain good grades," he stressed.

Abraham Attah who described the Free SHS policy as a good initiative gave the advice in an interview with journalists during a Free SHS Campaign walk organized by E-On 3 Group under the auspices of the Ministry of Education in Accra at the weekend.

The Free SHS policy is a campaign promise by President Nana Akufo-Addo during 2008, 2012 and 2016 electioneering campaign.

The Free SHS campaign was aimed to raise public awareness about the policy which is set to be rolled out in September this year.

It attracted scores of students from both Junior High and Senior High Schools with some wielding placards which read... "We're for free SHS,” "Education has the power to transform societies ", “Education is the passport to the future” and “Every Ghanaian child must enjoy free quality education."

Head of Communications for E-On 3 Group, organiser's of the Free SHS campaign Ms Francisca Kakra Forson, who spoke to Oman News explained that, the Free SHS campaign was necessary to whip up public interest in the policy.

Ms Francisca Kakra Forson.

She emphasized that there was the need to raise public awareness and offer explanation to issues being raised by the public regarding the implementation of the policy.

According to her, her outfit would in the next couple of days embark on series of media engagements to for them to carry the message to the public in order to deepen public understanding about the policy.

Ms Kakra Forson appealed to BECE students and parents to take keen interest in the policy.

Meanwhile, the E-on 3 Group has also outdoored Miss United Nations World Rebecca Asamoah as an Ambassador for Free SHS Policy.