OBSERVER'S CORNER

Free shs is one of the prudent ventures that the current New Patriotic Party Government has initiated as a social intervention programme to help boost the educational and literacy rate of the average Ghanaian citizen so as to increase the level of productivity which will in a long round improve the economic status of the country. The project was has increased the chances of the Akuffo-Addo led administration to stay relevant in the eyes of parents yet the good has turned bad. This is because the haste initiated project is has hit the rock hard crushing to its minimal point of which when checked not will lead to chaos in the aftermath of the four year tenure. Free shs has generated a lot  of controversies in regards to educational materials and being no expert in academia and economics little exposure to facts on ground has made it possible to voice out some reasons that may or may not contribute to the success of the programme. First of these reasons is the fact that

I vividly remember this as if it happened just a day ago. The issue of tribal politics has never been something I admire and would never admire. Under the previous NDC government led by John Dramani Mahama a lot was said about his appointments by the then opposition NPP as family and friends government because of the fact that most were from the northern part of the country. He was labelled insensitive on that yet his accusers have resulted in the same game. Just as the sun was setting and the dust settling the current government have in its appointment have appointed to the most sensitive positions in the country with the latest been the appointment of former PNC chairman and father in-law to the vice president who has his son already appointed to the second highest post in NADMO. What is good for the goose is equally good for the gander. 

Ever since the issue of free senior high school (shs) emerged from the dust I did not put across my opinion on the matter. I believe solely that the free shs is a laudable social intervention program which when implemented and sustain well will provide the best platform for all Ghanaian citizens, who one way or the other face the challenges to enroll their wards in the academic realm. Despite its very best, I have a diverse opinion about the issue on the grounds that there are many people who can also afford the fees of shs hence there was no need to make it free for everyone. This social intervention program could have been auctioned out to the poor in society through effective research on the background of the various students in the basic schools to find out who and who have problems in payment of fees and apportion the social intervention program to. The case of the matter at here is the restoration of trainee teachers' and nurses' allowance. This in its totality is