Government has donated a brand new vehicle to the Free Senior High School Ambassador to support his official duties. The gesture underscores government’s commitment to strengthening the Free SHS policy and enhancing advocacy, outreach and public engagement across the country.
Ghana’s Free SHS ambassador, Rahim Banda has reportedly received a brand new pickup from the Government of Ghana (GoG) through the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFUND) to enhance his duties in providing support and education on the government’s flagship programme.
The Akufo-Addo-led government, in September 2017, rolled out the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy to ease the financial burden on parents and guardians. The initiative ensures that every Ghanaian child who qualifies for, and gains placement in a public senior high school, has their approved school fees fully covered by the state, making secondary education more accessible to all.
Rahim Banda, since the launch of the programme in 2017 September has been the middle man of the Free SHS policy introduced by President Akufo-Addo to enhance and make education accessible to every Ghanaian child.
The brand ambassador has supported the policy in so many ways such as donating exercise books and other educational materials to Senior High School Students in assistance to their academic work.
The Ministry of Education, through the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), has presented a brand new pickup vehicle to Rahim Banda in recognition of his dedication and outstanding contributions. The gesture is intended to motivate him to continue supporting education-focused initiatives and advancing the ministry’s efforts to promote access and excellence in learning.
The Ministry of Education (MoE) through GETFUND motivating and appreciating the good work done has presented Rahim Banda a brand new pickup.
The Ambassador expressing gratitude in a post shared on his Facebook timeline monitored by Georgeweb.org said ” Fully aware of the challenges I would face when granted this ambassadorial role, I fully took up the responsibility regardless. With every day passing and all work, myself and my team have done, it is satisfactory enough that we know we have gained some recognition from the masses.
“Problems with transportation of our material to remote areas became an issue for the team. We sought to the ministry of education to provide us assistance in the form of a vehicle to transport our material. On the 10th of June 2020 the Honorable minister and the ministry of education granted us a brand new pick up for my team and I to effectively continue our work”.
“We are grateful to the minister and his ministry and also my own Creative Arts and media associates who have been supporting me especially Attractivemustapha.com for publishing every event we attended. We will use this as motivation to do more than we have already done. (Back to school from the STREET) Thank to the ministry and the honorable minister and most of all, thanks to the almighty Allah”.
In a brief post-ceremony message, he said the recognition has renewed his commitment to advocating for education among vulnerable children. He noted that the support will strengthen ongoing outreach programmes and help expand efforts to get more children off the streets and back into school, in line with the broader goals of the Free Senior High School policy.
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