News:
September 18, 2017
Students of the free Senior High School (SHS) will be the people to surfer, if the “fear of men is being put in head teachers”, Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram Samuel George Nartey said in an interview.
He noted that, government has not provided a blue print to the policy where it is spelt out what the head teachers cannot charge.
The Deputy Minister met these head teachers at Ho, they asked for a blue print and they were told it will come soon, so “why are you punishing them”, he questioned.
Rather those head teachers should be praised and rewarded, they are trying not to sabotage the free SHS programme, “it is just giving a dog bad name and hung it” he said.
As a head teacher if students are being made to attend your school, you do not have desk and class rooms what do you do, it is just the failure of government in its implementation of the policy plan. “You ask yourself do they have enough facilities to support the project, how many students did they expect did they plan for it?”
When there is a problem with a policy, you do not punish the technocrat rather the political head should be held responsible, he lamented.
And further added that the Minority has various options open to them when the House reconvene first week in next month.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghatamps.com