The adoption of the Free SHS policy, according to the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), has rendered alumni, governing boards, and PTAs—all formerly active organizations—useless.
Thomas Musah, the General Secretary, claims that this is because their ability to act effectively in favor of operating the schools has been taken away.
Speaking to Adom News, Mr. Musah claimed that the organizations that had previously provided financial and infrastructure support to the schools were like toothless bulldogs.
He bemoaned the fact that there haven’t been PTA meetings at certain SHSs in who knows how long.
All of them, he claimed, are having an impact on the schools, but the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Ministry of Education are paying no attention.
Irene Sam, the National Council of Parent Teacher Association’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), vehemently disagrees.
She affirmed that the free SHS policy had, in fact, made them powerless during the early phases of the program’s implementation.