2022 Budget:Free Senior High School Policy Will Admit More Students

2022 Budget:Free Senior High School Policy Will Admit More Students

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta has announced in Parliament today Wednesday 17th November 2021 that the Free Senior High School Policy will admit more JHS students.

According to the Minister, a total of 425,061 first-year students enrolled bringing the total intake to 1,261,495 students.

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“Mr. Speaker, the Government continued with the implementation of the Government’s Flagship Free SHS Programme. A total of 425,061 first-year students enrolled bringing the total intake to 1,261,495 students. In addition, first-year students received the under-listed items as part of the implementation of the Free SHS
Program:
i.4,135,284 exercise books;
ii.1,767,547 notebooks;
iii.395,571 physical education kits;
iv. 1,734,800 cartridge art paper for visual arts students;
v. 34,696 water-based acrylic paints for visual arts students;
vi. 27,391 technical drawing boards; and
vii. 27,391 sets of technical instruments.

” Mr. Speaker, in 2021 we completed 118 projects made up of classrooms,
dormitories, administration blocks, libraries, and canteens at the secondary education level. The number of completed projects under the Free Senior High School Infrastructure
Intervention stands at 657 out of a total of 1,119 projects from GETFUND and other funding sources.”