A Ghanaian resident in France, Nana Yaw has called on the government to do all it can to institutionalize the free senior high school policy.
This, he stressed was to prevent future governments from tampering with the laudable educational policy.
According to him, many Ghanaians in the diaspora are in full support of the free SHS policy and were prepared to pay monies into a fund they earlier proposed to the education minister when he visited France recently.
Speaking to Oheneba Asiedu, morning show host of Silver fm, Nana Yaw noted that three million Ghanaians scattered in France and other European countries are willing to donate a dollar a day to support this fund when it is created by the education ministry.
FRUSTRATION:
Recalling his frustration to the show host, Nana Yaw said the group had since 2009 tried to sell this idea to the Ghanaian government but had received little response.
According to him, the group was happy the NPP won last year’s electing since the party had in place this heart-warming policy to help the less privilege in the society.
The group leader recounted how some of their friends and relatives were struggling to cater for their children in school and had resorted to borrowing to ensure their wards stayed to complete SHS.
He, therefore, rallied government to take a serious look at their proposal and set up an independent body to oversee the funds they will donate to making the Free SHS a perpetual policy.
DETERMINATION:
Sounding positive, Nana Yaw said the only tool that could bridge the gap between the Ghanaian economy and that of Europe was education.
According to him, education was the pivot on which human development revolves.
He promised to continuously engage the education ministry so as to hasten the pace at which the Free SHS policy could be made mandatory for successive governments.
Nana Yaw, however, appealed to Ghanaians to support the laudable policy to ensure it takes off as promised by the government this September.
