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Free SHS policy working, 2022 WASSCE results best so far – Akufo-Addo

Free SHS policy working, 2022 WASSCE results best so far – Akufo-Addo

The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has remarked that his Free SHS policy is working very well, adding that the West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) candidates churned out impressive results compared to the last eight years.

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The 2022 WASSCE results, the President, described as the best in the last eight years, alluding it to the policy which has proved to be successful.

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Surely, there can no longer be any controversy about the validity of the Free SHS policy and its consequential measures

He stressed that though the double track system was criticised, the results of 2021 batch of students were also commendable.

“Lest we forget, the 2021 batch of students, who also obtained very commendable results, were the pioneers of the double track system, which elicited a lot of vilification and unfounded criticism on its introduction,” the President stated.

The President pledged his commitment to sustaining the policy for the benefit of brilliant students whose parents are not able to afford their fees.

The Free SHS policy is a government initiative introduced in the 2017 September.

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