President Akufo-Addo has said about 8,000 teachers will be recruited to teach the increasing number of beneficiaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government’s flagship Free Senior High School (SHS) programme in the country this year.
The president who was very cheerful announced that 90,000 people benefitted from the policy in its first year and the number is expected to increase to 180,000 by September this year.
According to him, the NPP administration had put the critics and opponents of the laudable social intervention programme to shame by fulfilling the key campaign promise within just eight months in political office.
“We have put skeptics and naysayers to shame by fulfilling most of our promises to Ghanaians within just one-year and eight months,” he said, adding that the government would definitely succeed.
He disclosed that “90,000 students benefitted from the policy in its first year and the number of the beneficiaries is expected to be doubled, increasing it to 180,000 this year.
“The sharp increase in the number of the beneficiaries of the positive programme has also paved way for 8,000 teachers to be recruited all over the country to teach the swelling number.”
Speaking during the NPP’s Annual National Delegates’ Conference in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital on Saturday, the President said some people kicked against the free SHS policy which was implemented last year.
President Akufo-Addo argued that the youth are the future leaders of the country and stressed the need for them to be well educated freely to grow to become influential leaders in the future.
“We should make sure that every Ghanaian of school-going age should be in school to study to help brighten their future prospects,” he stated, adding that education is a top priority of his administration.