The running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has condemned the Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS) for petitioning the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) over alleged discrimination in the Free Senior High School programme.
The private schools argue that the government’s 30 percent priority placement policy, which reserves seats at Category A senior high schools for public school students, is discriminatory towards private school students.
However, on Tuesday, November 19, during an engagement with students of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), the NPP’s running mate rebuked the private schools for their stance.
I heard Ghana National Association of Private Schools are telling us that they are going to court to stop the Free SHS for allocating 30 percent of placements to poor children who go to public schools: the audacity, the audacity, the nerve
The reality was that when I introduced 30 percent for equity, I didn’t pluck it from the sky. It already existed but abused for the well-connected and the privileged
