Professor Martin Oteng Ababio, a University of Ghana lecturer, has expressed concerns about the Free Senior High School policy’s impact on education.
Despite increased university enrollment, he argues that inadequate infrastructure expansion has compromised education quality.
Professor Martin Oteng Ababio recently expressed concerns about the Free Senior High School policy’s impact on Ghana’s education sector. While promoting the National Democratic Congress’s 2024 manifesto, he noted that universities are struggling to accommodate the surge in students due to inadequate infrastructure expansion.
This strain on facilities compromises education quality, despite increased enrollment.
“The free SHS has helped, but it’s harmed the entire education system,” Prof. Ababio said. “Lecture halls and residential halls haven’t increased, forcing 600-800 students into one room.”
“So we are compromising, and I am a lecturer, we are compromising quality for quantity. In a sense today, if you come to Legon, you enter a lecture hall to find 600, 800 students in one room.”
“That makes it very difficult to reach out to each and every one. How many essays can you mark a day? And how many essays can you give to a student?” he said.
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