Editorial: We must also think about job placements

The government has embarked on a project to build 200 community day senior high schools in the country to make high school education accessible to more people.

Since the sod was cut by President John Mahama in March 2014 for the project to commence, two of the schools have been completed, while 121 are at various stages of completion.

A Secondary Education Improvement Project (SEIP) was also launched in Kintampo in November 2014 to commence the construction of 23 additional schools with ancillary facilities, supported with funding support from the World Bank.

To add to this, the government has introduced a progressively free education policy to gradually ease the cost burden on parents and guardians and make secondary education financially accessible through the progressive absorption of identified fee items paid by parents.

These and other interventions by the government are very laudable, since they will ultimately increase enrolment in schools and