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The Ghana Education Service (GES) is a government agency under the Ministry of Education responsible for implementing government policies that ensure that Ghanaians of school-going age irrespective of their ethnicity, gender, disability, religious and political dispositions receive quality formal education.
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 ...
These objectives influenced by Ghana's 2008 Education Act, are implemented in the policy to regulate these legislative solutions. [ 4 ] Since Ghana's Independence in 1957, a series of reformations have been made to the educational system to restructure colonial and foreign models to suit Ghanaian people, culture and customs. [ 6 ]
It was established in Ghana by Ghana Education Trust Fund Act, 2000, Act 581. The GETFund is financed with 2.5% of the value-added tax or VAT and has to provide special financial support to public educational institutions under the Ministry of Education for development and maintenance of academic facilities. [1] [2] [3]
The Ministry of Education's main goal is to ensure accessible and high-quality education for all in Ghana. [8] This is achieved through policy formulation, coordination, monitoring, and evaluation, with a focus on meeting labor market demands, enhancing human development, and promoting national integration.
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) is a government agency in Ghana. [1] The commission is responsible for the education of Ghanaians on civic matters. [ 2 ] The commission was established by Act 452 of the Parliament of Ghana in 1993.
Prior to independence, Ghana was under colonial rule in various forms including direct or indirect British rule. On February 12, 1951, the first Ghanaian government or cabinet, dominated by native Ghanaians was formed in the run up to independence on March 6, 1957. since then, Ghana has had a mix of democratically elected governments as well as ...
STU was established as a Technical Institute in 1967, as a non-tertiary institution, under the Ghana Education Service. It was subsequently upgraded to a Polytechnic in 1997 by the Government of Ghana, to run Higher National Diploma (HND) programmes. The Polytechnics Act, 2007 mandated the Polytechnics in Ghana to run and award Higher National ...