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The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) started in 2005 [1] [2] as a pilot project to provide food to children at school. [3] It is run by the GSFP Secretariat in partnership with international agencies including the World Bank, the World Food Programme, the Partnership for Child Development, and UNICEF, as well as national organizations such as the Canadian International Development Agency ...
Winnifred Kyei Selby is a young Ghanaian social entrepreneur and the president of the EPF Educational Empowerment Initiative based in Kumasi, Ashanti Region of Ghana. She co-founded the Ghana Bamboo Bike Initiative with Bernice Dapaah at the age of 15. [1] [2] [3] And At age 17, she established another business, the Afrocentric Bamboo Initiative.
School feeding programs reduce the costs of sending girls to school and allow for an increased number of girls to be sent to school by their families. [21] Furthermore, improvements in female literacy that come from increased education have been linked to declining rates of fertility, increased economic opportunities, and other markers of ...
The Free Senior High School (Free SHS) education policy in Ghana was a government initiative introduced in the 2017 September Presidential administration of Nana Akufo-Addo. [1] The policy's origination began as part of the President's presidential campaign during Ghana's 2016 election period , and has become an essential part of Ghana's ...
Ghana has made considerable progress in gender equality since the 1970s. The Gender Parity Index (GPI) has risen from 0.76 (1971) to 1.00 (2019), suggesting gender equality for primary and secondary school levels. [2] GPI for tertiary school enrollment experienced the most growth, from 0.17 (1971) to 0.85 (2019). [3]
Education in Ghana Ministry of Education Ministry of Higher Education National education budget (2018) Budget 18% of government expenditure General details Primary languages English System type National Literacy (2018) Total 79.04% Male 78.3% Female 65.3% Enrollment (2012/2013) Total 8,329,177 Primary Pre-primary: 1,604,505, Primary: 4,105,913, JHS: 1,452,585 Secondary SHS and TVI: 904,212 ...
Country superstar Lainey Wilson revealed she's patiently waiting for a proposal from her boyfriend, former NFL quarterback Devlin "Duck" Hodges.
Within the past four decades, 28 countries have graduated from WFP school feeding programmes, and most are now providing school feeding on their own. WFP school meals are a major incentive for poor families to send their children to school. As a result, school enrolment and attendance rates are much higher in schools where meals are provided.