Nana Akufo-Addo, the President of the Republic of Ghana has announced that For the first time in the nation’s history, Government will absorb the examination fees of the three hundred and thirteen thousand, eight hundred and thirty-seven (313,837) Senior High School 3 students who will sit for the exam in August/September 2020.
A total of GH¢75.4 million will be spent on this WASSCE exams.
These SHS 3 students, also referred to by some as the ‘Akufo-Addo graduates’, are the first group of beneficiaries of the Government’s Free Senior High School policy to sit the WASSCE exams. 1.2 million Children, the highest such enrolment in our nation’s history, because of this policy, are currently in senior high schools.
Delivering his 12th COVID address, Nana Akufo-Addo said: “Let us pause for a moment to consider what would have happened to the four hundred thousand (400,000) more students, who have entered Senior High School between 2017 and 2019, without this policy in place.”
The president said from today, Monday, 22nd June, the next batch of students, who will be going back to school, are final year senior high school students (SHS 3), and second-year Gold Track students. On Thursday, I held consultations with members of both the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) and the Association of Principals of Technical Institutes (APTI), to agree on the modalities for the return of the students. Despite the short notice for the meeting, I was happy to see the impressive turnout of their executives from all parts of the country, and I am grateful for the wholehearted co-operation they pledged to Government.”
He said the SHS 3 students will be in school for a total of six (6) weeks, before sitting for the WASSCE exams throughout two (2) weeks. SHS 2 Gold Track students, who are returning to complete their first semester like their Green Track colleagues have done, will be in school for six (6) weeks, before going on vacation.
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