Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and caretaker Minister for Finance, has announced that the government will cover the BECE fees for 416,066 candidates from public Junior High Schools (JHSs) this year.
On Friday, March 12, 2021, Mr. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu announced this when introducing the 2021 budget statement and economic policy on the floor of Parliament.
“In 2020, the government paid the exam registration fees for 403,878 students from public junior high schools across the country. Registration fees for 416,066 candidates from public Junior High Schools will be absorbed in 2021 as well.”
“A total of 539 projects out of 1,119 Senior High School (SHS) infrastructural projects have been completed to meet the increased enrolment of Free SHS students,” the caretaker Finance Minister said. In addition, as part of the Secondary Education Improvement Programme (SEIP), the government completed 28 Community Day Senior High Schools (E-Blocks).”
Mr. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu told Parliament that 195 basic education programs will be finished in 2020, and that the government “would proceed with these ongoing infrastructure projects.”
These, he claims, are in line with the government’s goal of providing basic education to all people.
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SOURCES: ATLFMNEWSONLINE
