• Email Address: info@freeshs.gov.gh
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Removal of Cost Barriers

The free SHS Policy Removes Cost Barriers through the absorption of fees approved by GES council

Quality and Equity

Improve quality through provision of core textbooks and supplementary readers, teacher rationalization and deployment, etc.

Infrastructure Expansion

Expand physical school infrastructure and facilities to accommodate the expected increase in enrollment.

FREE SHS

Every child in Ghana who qualifies for, and is placed in a public Senior High School for his secondary education will have his/her fees absorbed by the government.

Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum

Education Minister

Policy Statistics

Everything you need to know about the Free SHS policy

92% STUDENT PLACEMENT

The free SHS policy aims to take out the element of cost as a...

424,092+ STUDENT QUALIFIED

Every Ghanaian child who is placed into a Public Second Cycle...

267,322 INSTANT PLACEMENT

SHS enrolment has almost doubled from 393,995 in 2007/08...

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