Accra: President's free boarding system campaign talk - Educationist

“This year in August, we hope to launch the programme to cover boarding students in deprived communities”. President Mahama was quoted as saying during the 70th anniversary celebration of Aburi Girls Senior High School at Aburi in the Eastern Region on Saturday.However, Dr. Osei Mensah Bonsu, Educationist and lecturer at the Methodist University, has said the free boarding system announced by President Mahama over weekend is just a mere campaign talk. 

Dr. Osei Mensah Bonsu stated that President John Dramani Mahama’s free day school project has not been efficient enough and that the free senior high boarding project, could suffer similar fate.

He added that this is nothing but just one of the numerous campaign talks which presidential aspirants usually engage in prior to elections. He mentioned that this initiative is very good but as to whether it is feasible or not is something that needs to be considered.

According to Dr. Osei Mensah Bonsu, he lives near one of the day schools in the country and he is aware of some of the difficulties the school goes through financially.