Elizabeth Amankwaa who visited the school directed the school heads to admit every student placed regardless of the infrastructural challenges
Parents are being charged to pay for hostel facilities for their wards who have gained admissions to enjoy the free SHS.
School authorities said the boarding house could only accommodate only few.
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The situation compelled parents, especially those who had come from far distances, to send their children to hostel facilities.
At Ofori Panyin SHS in the Eastern region, over 200 students were turned away because of the unavailability of adequate dormitories.
Elizabeth Amankwaa who visited the school directed the school heads to admit every student placed regardless of the infrastructural challenges.
"Because it is free, everybody wants to enjoy the boarding facility, but those in this community and around must be made to understand to be day so we admit those outside as boarders, when the form three leave then we replace.
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"So please stick to the list provided and admit everyone so that nobody is accused of sabotaging government. Even if you will turn some classrooms into dormitory or they sleep on veranda," she stated.
However, at the Mamfe Methodist Girls SHS, over 400 students due to inadequate dormitory facilities to accommodate the affected students.
