{"id":3540,"date":"2024-12-24T20:04:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T20:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/?p=3540"},"modified":"2024-12-24T20:05:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T20:05:01","slug":"government-delays-funding-for-free-shs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/2024\/12\/24\/government-delays-funding-for-free-shs\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Delays Funding for Free SHS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kofi Asare, Executive Director of Eduwatch, has expressed concern over the delay in funding for the Free Senior High School (SHS) program and the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) fees. Asare noted that the government seems to be withdrawing its support for the program, which has been in place for eight years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gistme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7867.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3544 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 700px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 700\/400;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Asare urged the government to prioritize funding for the SHS program, particularly during critical periods such as the WASSCE examination, which has become a significant financial burden for schools. <br><br><br>Despite parliamentary approval of the annual budgets for the Free SHS policy, Asare emphasized the importance of efficient budget distribution to ensure timely funding for the program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government Delays Funding for Free SHS<\/p>\n<p>Kofi Asare, Executive Director of Eduwatch, has expressed concern over the delay in funding for the Free Senior High School (SHS) program and the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) fees. Asare noted that the government seems to be withdrawing its support for the program, which has been in place for eight years.<\/p>\n<p>Asare urged the government to prioritize funding for the SHS program, particularly during critical periods such as the WASSCE examination, which has become a significant financial burden for schools. Despite parliamentary approval of the annual budgets for the Free SHS policy, Asare emphasized the importance of efficient budget distribution to ensure timely funding for the program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3545,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3540\/revisions\/3545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}