Resolving the issues related to the implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy will be the top priority of any future NDC government, according to flagbearer John Dramani Mahama of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).

This commitment is a reaction to growing concerns about how the policy will be funded and implemented.

Mr. Mahama outlined plans to support the education sector in a meeting with representatives from several teacher unions, including the Coalition of Concerned Teachers, the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), and the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT).

In order to get suggestions on how to enhance and provide high-quality education, Mr. Mahama announced that he would host a stakeholder forum on education during his first 100 days in office.

“Within the first 100 days of me becoming president, we will hold a stakeholder dialogue on education. It will have as part of its focus the implementational bottlenecks of the Free SHS, but it is also going to deal with how we can improve financing and teaching and learning at the basic school level and so at that stakeholder’s engagement, NAGRAT, GNAT, parents, students, educational experts, everybody is going to be there and we are going to have a discussion on access, on equity, on affordability, and on financing our educational system.”