Professor Martin Oteng Ababio, a senior lecturer at the University of Ghana, says the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy has created more challenges for the education sector.
He was of the view that despite the increment in enrolment, the government had done little to improve infrastructure in tertiary institutions.
Speaking to journalists during a campaign outreach, Prof. Ababio commended the NDC’s decision to review the policy at the 2024 manifesto awareness event.
“The Free SHS has helped. But it has spelt the doom of the whole educational system. The number of students that are getting into the university has increased tremendously. Lectures have not increased. The lecture halls have not increased. The residential halls have not increased.
“So we are compromising, and I am a lecturer. We are compromising quality for quantity. In a sense today, if you come to Legon, you enter a lecture hall to find 600, 800 students in one room.
“That makes it very difficult to reach out to each and every one. How many essays can you mark a day? And how many essays can you give to a student?” he questioned.