Former Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has warned the government could grapple with job placement for the over 90,000 students who gained admission through the Free Senior High School programme.
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) launched the Free SHS policy in its first year in office to absorb tuition and other related academic fees.
Mr. Amissah-Arthur believes it is a laudable initiative, but the government failed to forecast the employment conundrum it will bring unto these students when they graduate in two years time.
“What possibilities are there for them to get jobs and so on?” the former vice president asked President Akufo-Addo following his State of the Nation Address.
According to him, the new government must learn from the John Mahama administration, especially when it comes to fiscal prudence in the face of paying allowances for nurses and teachers.
Mr. Amissah-Arthur recalled the NPP while in opposition chastised the NDC government but are grappling with similar issues in the education sector. He said the NPP promised to restore the nurses and teacher trainees’ allowances but have limited it to just a few, asking whether it is better to have access and to pay for loans or to be given some free allowance and for the numbers to be limited.
He stated the NDC government was truthful to Ghanaians, letting them know the difficulties it was facing when it comes to expanding access to education, but the NPP capitalised on that to deceive Ghanaians.
He predicted that in about two years there will be a lot of frustration and anger among the 90, 000 SHS students who would have graduated then because “there are no possibilities for them.”
He said the government should have had plans in place to secure jobs for the Free SHS beneficiaries before implementing the policy.
“Now let’s plan properly before they graduate and so we know what to do,” Mr. Amissah-Arthur advised.
“We have a free SHS that has not changed the curriculum, the president talks about curriculum, you develop the curriculum before you put the students in there, so a lot of students are going to school doing the same thing that they did 10, five years ago. And we are expecting better results from them,” he said, adding “It’s not good enough for us.”
Mr. Amissah-Arthur called on the president to sit up else difficult times lie ahead for Ghanaians.
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OH MR. AMMISSAH NO WONDER NDC WANTED GHANAIANS TO BE ILLITERATE SO CAN ***barred word*** THEM ALL THE TIME.IT SEEMS TO ME THAT MR. AMMISSAH DOES NOT KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION.PLEASE MR VICE PRESIDENT RISE UP TO THE OCCASION.
it is assumed Ghanaians can no more pay for school fees so where will they get the capital to create jobs as you guys are saying?
Is education for employment alone? Educated people can create jobs, they can use the education to improve their businesses. The education makes them well informed and cannot be cheated. Education has many advantages and uses.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. A-A. EXCELLENT ANALYSIS. PLAIN AND SIMPLE PEOPLE-BASED DOMESTIC ECONOMICS. THE 90,000 SHS GRADUATES OF THE YEAR 2020 WILL DECIDE THE ELECTIONS. THE PROMISES OF JOBS FOR THEM WILL BE DUE THEN. THAT IS JUST COMMON SENSE ECONOMICS. WHERE THERE IS NO VISION, THE PEOPLE PERISH. THE PEOPLE PERISH FOR THE LACK OF KNOWLEDGE. THE SHS PROGRAM WAS PROMISED TO ALL, BUT A FEW ARE BENEFITING. THE TEACHERS ALLOWANCES WAS PROMISED TO ALL, BUT A FEW ARE BENEFITING. NOW WE KNOW THAT NOTHING IS FREE. THE PEOPLE WILL ANSWER THE QUESTION OF MR. A-A IN 2020. WHICH IS BETTER? FREE ACCESS TO LOANS FOR EVERYBODY OR A FEW FREEBIES TO A LIMITED NUMBER OF PEOPLE? LIMITED NUMBERS. SO IS THE NURSES' ALLOWANCES. THE SUFFERING MASSES IN QUESTION WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE BY 2020. IF YOU FAIL TO PLAN, YOU HAVE PLANNED TO FAIL. STAY TUNED.
Waaaa look, is Trumutrumu saying government should create jobs before educating the youth? Is Trumutrumu not aware that,it's most educated people can create jobs? I believe this man has been sleeping and doesn't know what going on in the country. Am not surprised Ghanaians experience the worst pair at the presidency during the previous ex while NDC government. Most times this gay man speaks as if he has just been awaken from sleep. He has no idea of what is going on in the country. Am not surprised NDC is trying hard to change their constitution where by the vice president automatically becomes the flag bearer after every four years.
Correction :'there are no job opportunities in the country......,'
This man who calls himself a former vice president of the Republic of Ghana is an ***barred word***. Is he telling Ghanaians that there are now job opportunities in the country so people should not go to school? I am very sad that we once had this man as our vice president. What was his contribution to the when served in that capacity?
***barred word*** wai we were in more difficult times in your days so what are you saying now.You people have no shame.