Election 2020
FACT-CHECK: Who started the Free SHS programme, NDC or NPP?
Despite describing the Free SHS policy as “Sakawa” or unrealistic in the lead-up to the 2012 elections, President Mahama announced two years later, plans by his government to implement a free secondary education system. However, in 2017 the NPP again launched a Free SHS programme which was different in scope and size.