By Dennis Peprah
Sunyani, (Bono), June 20, GNA-Nana Obiri Boahen, a former Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has called on the government to include private schools in the Bono Region in the pilot Free Senior High School (FSHS) programme.
He said: “Our region also has private technical schools, and we also deserve to benefit frompilot programme”.
The MoE has released the first list of private schools for pilot inclusion in the FSHS programme, a move experts described as a significant milestone in the implementation of the FSHS.
That development underscores the government’s commitment to expanding access to quality education and promoting equity in educational opportunities.
Commenting on the pilot programme, Nana Boahen, a renowned legal practitioner and political analyst told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview in Sunyani on Friday that, “It’s unfortunate and unacceptable that none of the private schools in Bono was selected for the pilot programme.”
He said: “In fact if it is an oversight then the MoE must correct the anomaly as soon as possible because the Bono people also deserve better”, adding that, “it’s sad and unfortunate that the Bono citizens in government remain silent, unable to fight for their own.
“We don’t want to go to court now or stage a protest against that unfair treatment and so President Mahama must intervene for the right thing to be done.”
Nana Boahen urged people from the Bono Region to “always make their voices heard” on national issues.
Describing the pilot programme as laudable, Nana Boahen said “some of the private schools in Bono must equally benefit from the programme” to increase access to quality education for more students in the region too.”
He said: “I have taken time to go through the first list of schools released by the MoE and unfortunately none of the private schools in Bono was captured.
The MoE must even correct the mistake because the last school on their list is not situated in Bono, but in the Ahafo Region. That implies no Bono school was included, and they must do something urgently,” Nana Boahen added.
GNA
Edited by Dennis Peprah