The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has presented awards to 24 students who emerged as the overall best students in the 2018 Basic Education Certificate Examination.
Presenting the awards to the students at the “President’s Independence Day Awards” ceremony, on Friday, 1st March, 2019, President Akufo-Addo noted that “they have brought considerable joy and pride to their families, schools, communities and to themselves, and it is only appropriate that they receive the plaudits of the nation.”Addressing the event at the Accra International Conference Centre, the President noted he has been working, over the course of the last two years, to ensure that knowledge and skill become the backbone of the Ghanaian economy. “That is why I am delighted that two years of Government’s hard work has ensured that all of you, including your colleagues and seniors in senior high schools across the country, in SHS 1 and SHS 2, are beneficiaries of the Free Senior High School policy,”
