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22nd October, 2010
Capitation Grant For 2010/2011 Released
The government has released GH¢8.398 million as Capitation Grant for the first term of the 2010/2011 academic year, under the fee-free policy for all pupils in public basic schools nationwide.
Each pupil is allotted GH¢4.50 to cover the payment of sports, culture and schools’ internal development fees.
The Director of Finance and Administration at the Ministry of Education, Solomon A. Asoalla, made this known to the Times in Accra yesterday.
“The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, has authorized the release of funds to cater for the 2010/2011 academic year which began in September.
“The money is being processed by the sector ministry for onward release to the schools,” he told the Times.
Mr. Asoalla explained that the money released was based on the previous academic year’s enrolment figure which stood at 5,598,133.
“Schools just re-opened for the new academic year so we are in the process of collating the actual enrolment figures that would guide the ministry and the Ghana Education Service come out with a budget for the grant this year,” he said.
The GES has confirmed the release of the amount.
The acting Deputy Director General in charge of Management and Service, Victor Mantey, told the Times that, the money would be transferred to the bank accounts of the district education directorates for distribution to the schools.
“The money is not disbursed directly at the GES headquarters but released through the district directorates to the schools and deductions in respect of culture, sports and internal development fees made at the district level,” he explained.
The Capitation Grant was introduced in the 2004/2005 academic year and initially piloted in 40 districts nationwide, with a World Bank fund.
A year later, (2005/2006 academic year), it was extended to cover all basic schools in the country with government providing the funds.
Last year, an amount of GH¢24.766 million was spent on Capitation Grant.
Each pupil is allotted GH¢4.50 to cover the payment of sports, culture and schools’ internal development fees.
The Director of Finance and Administration at the Ministry of Education, Solomon A. Asoalla, made this known to the Times in Accra yesterday.
“The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, has authorized the release of funds to cater for the 2010/2011 academic year which began in September.
“The money is being processed by the sector ministry for onward release to the schools,” he told the Times.
Mr. Asoalla explained that the money released was based on the previous academic year’s enrolment figure which stood at 5,598,133.
“Schools just re-opened for the new academic year so we are in the process of collating the actual enrolment figures that would guide the ministry and the Ghana Education Service come out with a budget for the grant this year,” he said.
The GES has confirmed the release of the amount.
The acting Deputy Director General in charge of Management and Service, Victor Mantey, told the Times that, the money would be transferred to the bank accounts of the district education directorates for distribution to the schools.
“The money is not disbursed directly at the GES headquarters but released through the district directorates to the schools and deductions in respect of culture, sports and internal development fees made at the district level,” he explained.
The Capitation Grant was introduced in the 2004/2005 academic year and initially piloted in 40 districts nationwide, with a World Bank fund.
A year later, (2005/2006 academic year), it was extended to cover all basic schools in the country with government providing the funds.
Last year, an amount of GH¢24.766 million was spent on Capitation Grant.
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