Ghana to include senior secondary school in basic education category

President Akufo-Addo has announced the planned re-categorisationof Senior High School education as part of basic education in Ghana.

He says a bill to that effect, and another one to regulate all universities under a tertiary education law for the enhancement of good governance, will soon be presented to Parliament.

President Akufo-Addo made the declaration, along with wide-ranging reforms in the education sector on Thursday before Parliament while he presented the 2019 State of the Nation Address, his third since assuming the presidency in January 2017.

Currently, basic education begins from Primary One and tapers off at the Junior High School level, whose graduates write the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

The President said poverty is no longer an excuse for any child not go to school and realise their dreams.

Source: Graphic online