NPP congratulates first Free SHS graduates
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has congratulated the first batch of the Free Senior High School students who, on Saturday, 5 September 2020, sat their final papers in the 2020 West African Examination Council (WAEC) exams to graduate.
The party also commended the parents and guardians of the students “for their patience and understanding with the government and relevant authorities in allowing their wards to return to school to sit their exit exams in spite of the doomsday prophecies by some cynics.”
The NPP in a statement signed by its General Secretary, Mr John Boadu, said: “The cynics, as will be recalled, had argued vociferously that the government was being foolhardy in asking the students to go to school in the wake of COVID”.
“They said the government was risking the lives of the students on the altar of political expediency, and that, all schools should remain forever closed until a cure for COVID was found.
“After the initial panic on the part of some parents owing to the persistent scaremongering of the cynics, they eventually joined the overwhelming majority in appreciating the science and wisdom put forth by the government and allowed their wards to remain in school.
“Fortunately, as we have come to know, the students successfully [sat] their final papers and there has not been a single casualty.
“They now have the opportunity to further their education to the various tertiary institutions of their choice, which opportunity, they would have been denied if the government had listened to the doomsday prophets.”
The NPP said decisive leadership is crucial in matters of governance, “which is exactly what we have seen President Nana Akufo-Addo and his government demonstrate in these extraordinary times.”
The party expressed the hope that these students will perform well in the exams to, not only make their parents and nation proud, but to also vindicate the Free SHS policy.
Source: classfmonline.com
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