This year, over 500,000 JHS candidates sat for the BECE, and they will receive their placement into the various SHSs by September. The increase in government spending on education in next year’s budgets the enrolment for SHS is expected up to 1.3 million students.

By Benson Afful

An analysis of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee’s Annual Report on Management and Use of Petroleum Revenues for the Period 2018 reveals, the total Annual Budget Funding Amount (ABFA) allocation of GH¢ 419,871,012 was to the education sector, over GH¢ 414.6million was spent on fees for Free SHS beneficiaries and GH¢ 5.2million on expanding existing infrastructure and building new ones.

By Benson Afful