10 COUNTRIES WITH FREE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION IN AFRICA. WILL IT LAST?
ambia introduced free upper secondary education in 2015, Namibia and Tanzania in 2016, Ghana in 2017, Malawi and Sierra Leone in 2019, Zambia in 2022, and South Sudan in 2023. There thus appears to be a strong momentum towards free education at the lower as well as at the upper secondary level. These ten countries have already achieved free primary education with countries such as South Africa, Kenya, and Ghana having achieved close to universal (>90%) primary school completion.
FREE vs PRIVATE SHS in GHANA. Is Public Better Than Private Senior High Schools in Ghana?
With the introduction of free senior high education in Ghana in 2017, the educational landscape in Ghana is beginning to change. Parents and students are beginning to wonder if private education is better than public education not just in primary school but in senior high school.