We have not received free SHS funds as promised - Headmasters

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has expressed concern about government’s failure to release funds to all senior high schools two weeks to re-opening on September 11, 2017 as earlier promised.

According to the headmasters, government had promised that it was going to release funds to them two weeks before re-opening so as to ensure a smooth implementation of the Free Senior High School programme but, “although the Free SHS is starting this September we haven’t received the funds yet.”

“Now all headmasters are at conference and we hope that by the time we go back the money would have come. We are expecting the Deputy Minister of Education at our conference this week.

“Perhaps when he comes he will be able to explain things to us. The classrooms are ready, dormitories are ready, beds are ready, so it is left with logistics like money,” the General Secretary of CHASS, Mr Samuel Gyebi Yeboah said.

“We are however optimistic that the government will release the funds to the various senior high school schools across the country.”

Government has announced that the Free SHS programme will start in September with the first year students in all the high schools in the country.