Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has proposed that 2.5% of Ghana’s oil revenue be allocated to scholarships and bursaries to sustain the government’s No Fees Stress Policy.
Speaking at a stakeholders’ engagement on the policy organised by the Students Loan Trust Fund, Haruna Iddrisu stressed that the GETFund alone cannot support the initiative in the long term.
He therefore called for the creation of a Scholarship and Bursaries Authority to guarantee its sustainability.
He further recalled how the NPP, in the past, often questioned the NDC’s commitment to social interventions, saying the introduction of the No Fees Stress Policy now provides the NDC with a clear social initiative to point to.
Source: Adomonline
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