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| Government set to present Free SHS Bill to Parliament. |
In the next few days, the government will present
the Free Senior High School (SHS) Bill to Parliament in an effort to control
and guarantee the policy's viability.
Concerns about prospective policy cancellations by
next governments and the program's difficulties, prompted this action.
In keeping with the provisions expressed in Chapter 5 of the Constitution, the
proposed measure aims to establish the stability and efficacy of the Free SHS
programme. The need of taking this action to stop any future administration
from ending the programme was stressed by Mr. Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin,
the majority leader and leader of government business in parliament.
He explained that while the provisions in Chapter 5
are currently not enforceable by law, the government aims to make them
justifiable through legislation. He stated, “The chapter five of the
Constitution provides some aspirational indicatives. Those are not justiciable,
but once by a policy of the government, an aspiration as a message by the
constitution is put into action then to make it justiciable, you enact.”
Related link: Free SHS Policy is a success - Akufo-Addo.
In order to protect Ghana's youth's educational
future, Afenyo-Markin called for Members of Parliament (MPs) to actively engage
in the legislative process and emphasised the significance of the Free SHS
Bill. Additionally, he urged support for a number of government-business
initiatives aimed at raising Ghanaians' level of life.
A number of legislations, including the Ghana National
Service Authority Bill, 2024, the Community Service Sentencing Bill, 2024, the
Energy Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and the Ghana Book Development Agency
Bill, 2024, are among the top priorities for the House to discuss.
The University for Health, Agriculture and Life
Sciences (Kintampo) Bill, the University of Mampong Bill, the University of
Sports and Development Bill, the Colleges of Applied Arts, Science and
Technology Bill, the Business Regulatory Reform Commission Bill, and the
Conduct of Public Officers Bill are among the other bills that need to be
addressed.
Related link: Free SHS is putting a strain on National Budget - Otumfuo.
In addition, the House ought to lay and consider certain statutory reports, such as the 2023 Annual Report on the Management of Energy Sector Levies and Accounts, the 2023 Annual Report on Public Debt Management, the 2023 Reconciliation Report on the Petroleum Holding Fund, and the 2023 Annual Report on Public Private Partnership Projects.
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Source: HR Forum News
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