This morning, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia held fruitful engagements with the National Executive of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS).
They made some excellent contributions to improving the free Senior High School Policy and general aspects of education.
Dr. Bawumia used the opportunity to explain my vision of leveraging the private sector and an enhanced credit system to expand educational infrastructure and support teaching and non-teaching staff to improve the quality of education and educational outcomes.
Under his proposal which I mentioned during my February 7th speech at UPSA the private sector will be encouraged to build infrastructure (such as dormitories, classrooms, etc.) that the government will rent over years and own after some time. The government will also lease buses for schools. This new mode of financing will avoid huge initial government outlays (through the GETFUND) and delays in the completion of infrastructure projects in our senior high schools.
CHASS is excited about the prospects of this policy proposal as it will reduce the educational infrastructure deficit, improve maintenance, enhance the quality of education, and at the same time improve the management of Government expenditure.
Dr. Bawumia expressed appreciation to the leadership of CHASS for the honest and fruitful discussions.
It is possible!!!
