We Won’t Touch Heritage Fund
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said the Akufo-Addo government has no intention of touching the Heritage Fund to bankroll the Free Senior High School policy. “We are not going to touch the...
Tag: Senior High School
Free SHS; Don’t Use Heritage Fund, Use ABFA – ACEP Tells Government
African Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) has joined calls for government to rescind the decision to finance its flagship free Senior High School policy with petroleum revenues kept in the Heritage...
Govt Will Not Finance Free SHS With Heritage Fund- Ofori Atta
Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has stated that government will not finance the Free Senior High School (SHS) promise it made with the Heritage Fund. This, is in sharp contrast with earlier...
Debate On Heritage Fund Usage For Free SHS Premature – MP
A Member of Parliament for Bibiani-Anhweaso-Bekwai, Kingsley Aboagye-Gyedu has described as premature criticisms about government’s decision to reserved oil revenue known as Heritage Fund to...
AFAG To Government
The government must set up a Senior High School Fund that will become a permanent and sustainable source of funding for the Akufo-Addo government’s Free Senior High School, pressure group Alliance...
Use ABFA – Expert To Govt
If the idea to use the Heritage Fund to finance the Free Senior High School programme would be problematic, the government could fall on other sources such as the Annual Budget Funding Amount (ABFA)...
Fiscal Discipline’ll Help Implementation – Nsowah
Financial discipline on the part of the Akufo-Addo-led government will sustain the Free Senior High School programme, Michael Nsowah, a former Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, has...
Take Hands Off Heritage Fund – Minority
The Minority in Parliament has said it will resist the use of the Ghana Heritage Fund to bankroll the Akufo-Addo government’s Free Senior High School programme scheduled to start in September this...
Stay Off Heritage Fund – Minority MPs Roar; Vow To Resist Its Use For Free SHS
The minority members in parliament say they will resist any attempt by the government to amend the Petroleum Revenue Management Act (PRMA) to enable it use proceeds from the Heritage Fund to finance...
Funding Free SHS With Heritage Fund A ‘sensible Idea’ – Kwesi Pratt
The Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr has described as a ‘sensible idea’ proposals to use percentages of the Heritage Fund to fund the free Senior High School (SHS)...
Government Urged To Re-Think Decision To
The Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas (CSPOG), has raised issues with government's intention to finance the free senior high school education policy with proceeds from the Heritage Fund. The...
Use Heritage Fund But Pay With Interest – AFAG
Using the Heritage Fund to bankroll the government’s Free Senior High School programme is apt, but the money must be paid back with interest after three years, pressure group Alliance for...
Channel Heritage Fund Resources To Help Revamp Education Sector – Ameyaw Ekumfi
This article was first published in 2011. It has been reposted due to its relevance today. The Member of Parliament for Techiman North, Professor Christopher Ameyaw Ekumfi has called on government to...
Stay Away From Heritage Fund – ACEP Warns Gov’t
The African Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has warned the government to desist from using the country’s oil revenue to finance its free second cycle education policy. It said the government should...
Gov’t Should Stay Away From Heritage Fund – ACEP
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has noted the desire of Government to use oil revenues to finance campaign promise of free Senior High School (SHS) education. ACEP has been campaigning for...
Free SHS: Don’t Touch Heritage Fund
Energy think tank Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has said the Akufo-Addo government must stay off using the Heritage Fund to finance its Free Senior High School policy. In a statement signed...
Stay Away From Heritage Fund
The African Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has warned the government to desist from using the country’s oil revenue to finance its free second cycle education policy. It said the government should...
$600m/year Needed To Fund Free SHS
Ghana needs about $600 million per annum to fund and implement the Free Senior High School programme introduced by the Akufo-Addo government, Patrick Stephenson, Director of Research and Finance of...
IMANI To Launch Free SHS Tracker
Policy think tank IMANI is set to launch a tracker dubbed EQUINOX – Expanding Quality, Inclusion & New Opportunities in Education- on the Free Senior High School policy promised by President...
Heritage Fund Debate Builds Up
The decision by Nana Akufo-Addo’s administration to finance its flagship free Senior High School policy with petroleum revenues has stirred controversy about the usefulness of the Ghana Heritage...