Mahama threatens to sack SHS heads over illegal fees

President John Dramani Mahama has threatened to sack senior high school (SHS) heads who charge unapproved fees.

According him, such fees put extra burden on parents, thus making nonsense of government’s efforts of providing affordable and accessible education for every citizen.

"Recently someone brought the fees of one of the schools to me and they are charging 10 cedis a term as incentive fees.

"Such fees are not approved by ministry of education, it's illegal. I have asked the ministry of education that headmasters charging such fees and their district directors should be sanctioned, because the directors cannot plead innocence of such illegality."

We're going to embark on a nationwide exercise, I have asked all district BNI officers to go round and check the fees of every school and any headmaster caught charging illegal fees will be sacked," he stated.

He made this known at the inauguration of the Nkwanta Community Day Senior High School in the Nkwanta South District of the Volta region Wednesday November 18, 2015.

He has also directed the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) to embark on a nationwide exercise to bring out such headmasters for sanctioning.

He warned that any headmaster who flouted the directive could be severely sanctioned.