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Ghana to Inject GH1bn Into Free Senior High School Education

Posted on September 21, 2017September 21, 2017 by Gambeta News

Ghana’s Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia while Speaking at his hometown in Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana disclosed that thecountry will allocate GH1 billion to sustain the free Senior High School (SHS) programme in its 2018 budget. Dr. Bawumia said the amount will ensure that more students get access to quality SHS education in order to reduce the burden of parents. So far, the introduction and implementation of the free SHS, which begun…

GROWTH PROSPECTS DWINDLES IN SOUTH AFRICA

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Gambeta News

Economic growth in South Africa looks set to remain behind the rate of population growth for four years ending in 2018, ensuring that more people will be poor. As things stand 40 percent of South Africans are chronically poor and a further 40 percent are what economists call the temporally poor, sometimes getting their heads above water only to sink again as seasonal or part-time jobs dry up. That means only one in five South Africans…

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