{"id":4893,"date":"2025-01-21T07:05:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T07:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/?p=4893"},"modified":"2025-01-21T07:05:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T07:05:21","slug":"no-plans-to-cancel-free-shs-haruna-iddrisu-debunks-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/2025\/01\/21\/no-plans-to-cancel-free-shs-haruna-iddrisu-debunks-rumours\/","title":{"rendered":"No Plans to Cancel Free SHS: Haruna Iddrisu Debunks Rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Haruna Iddrisu, the Minister-Designate for Education, has dismissed rumours that President John Dramani Mahama intends to cancel the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy. Iddrisu assured that the president has no plans to abolish the policy, but instead aims to refine and expand it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\" data-id=\"4896\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gistme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_8749.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4896 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/397;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister attributed the rumours to the misconception that President Mahama would cancel the policy since it was introduced by the previous administration. However, Iddrisu emphasized that the president&#8217;s plan is to enlarge the policy, make it successful, and ensure its sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iddrisu also announced plans for a stakeholder forum to engage educators, policymakers, and experts in shaping improvements to the program. The government&#8217;s commitment to strengthening the education sector and ensuring accessibility for all remains a top priority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No Plans to Cancel Free SHS: Haruna Iddrisu Debunks Rumours<\/p>\n<p>Haruna Iddrisu, the Minister-Designate for Education, has dismissed rumours that President John Dramani Mahama intends to cancel the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy. Iddrisu assured that the president has no plans to abolish the policy, but instead aims to refine and expand it.<\/p>\n<p>The minister attributed the rumours to the misconception that President Mahama would cancel the policy since it was introduced by the previous administration. However, Iddrisu emphasized that the president&#8217;s plan is to enlarge the policy, make it successful, and ensure its sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>Iddrisu also announced plans for a stakeholder forum to engage educators, policymakers, and experts in shaping improvements to the program. The government&#8217;s commitment to strengthening the education sector and ensuring accessibility for all remains a top priority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4893","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\/4893","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=4893"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4898,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4893\/revisions\/4898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}