Over 1 million students enrol in Free SHS -Education Minister  

Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum says government has made positive strides in Senior High School education, enrolling 1.4 million students from over 800,000 students in 2017. 

The Minister said this at a programme dubbed “The Free SHS Story” on the theme, “Free SHS Shaping Minds and Changing Lives.” 

The Minister said the highest beneficiaries of the free SHS policy were from the five Northern regions. 

He said the government would continue to work hard to consolidate the gains made in the educational space for future generations. 

The Minister said the government had made investments in the sector, including retooling schools like Kumasi High School, Aflao Community SHS with modern educational facilities to improve learning outcomes. 

He said the construction of Accra STEM School was ongoing to provide quality education to students, ensuring the commissioning of the facility before the end of the year. 

The government, he said, had started constructing middle Junior High Schools (JHS) and community schools from kindergarten to the JHS level with science laboratories and equipment.