Minority calls on govt to release over GH₵100m unpaid capitation grant
The Minority in Parliament has requested that President Akufo-Addo direct the Finance Minister to disburse the over 100 million Ghana Cedis capitation fund owed to public primary schools.
According to the group, the government has neglected to deliver capitation grants to public elementary schools for the previous two years, harming the schools’ teaching and learning activities.
Dr. Clement Apaak, Deputy Ranking Member on Parliament’s Education Committee, told journalists that the education sector must be saved by prompt delivery of capitation grants.
“As I speak to you, the government owes capitation grants totaling 45 million Ghana cedis for the previous fiscal year.” The proposal for the current fiscal year was 60 million, but the administration only supplied 11 million for us to approve. So, ideally, the government should be making capitation grants worth more than 106 million cedis available, but this is not happening.”
“It is apparent that, contrary to what we are led to believe, education under Akufo-Addo is unrivaled. You cannot persuade us that you are unable to give the necessary resources for the basic foundation.
“You owe capitation grants for two years, the headmasters are having to borrow, and as a result, many parents are losing faith in basic school, so you can’t tell me that this is a president who prioritizes education in Ghana.”