Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has commended the Free Senior High School (FSHS) program for its effectiveness and highlighted its noteworthy influence on female education.
He made the argument that since more girls are now able to attend secondary school, the policy has made it harder and harder to recruit housemaids for employment.
Dr. Bawumia said that the Free SHS program has given many parents the confidence to prioritize their daughters’ education and that the policy offers a clear path to realizing these goals during a community stakeholder engagement on Monday at Amasaman in the Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region.
He underlined that gender parity in education is demonstrated by the enrollment ratio, which is now 100 males to 106 girls.
According to Dr. Bawumia, 5.7 million children have benefited from the Free SHS program since it was implemented, and the number of students enrolled in secondary schools has increased from 800,000 in 2016 to 1.4 million at this time.
600,000 more pupils are now enrolled in accordance with the policy.
Religious authorities, traditional leaders, craftspeople, and youth organizations convened for candid conversations during the Amasaman stakeholder engagement, which took place at the ICGC Shalom Temple.
Dr. Bawumia’s constituency-focused campaign, which aims to hear the people’s worries and provide a way forward, includes this interaction.
The NPP flagbearer reiterated at the ceremony his intention to deploy electric buses to cut public transportation costs by forty percent.
In addition, he promised that within the first four years of his government, 2,000 megawatts of solar power will be generated, cutting down on electricity bills by 50%.
Dr. Bawumia also emphasized the policy changes that President Akufo-Addo oversaw, such as the Free SHS, the growth of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), and the digitization of government agencies like the Registrar General’s Department, the Passport Office, and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA).
Going forward, Dr. Bawumia restated his intentions to enact new taxes following the tax amnesty that he had previously granted to individuals and businesses.
Along with proposing the issuance of driver’s licenses for ten years, renewable every five years, he also pledged to purchase fifty thousand closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras to be installed in district and regional capitals in an effort to increase security and fight crime.
