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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 ]
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.
The Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) is the main examination to qualify students for admission into secondary and vocational schools in Ghana, [1] and Nigeria. [2] [3] It is written after three years of junior secondary education. [4] It is administered by the Ghana Education Service under the Ministry of Education.
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.
In 2017, there were 40+ colleges of education in Ghana, up from 38 in 2015. The colleges are responsible for teacher education. [1] A further two private colleges are to be absorbed into the group of 41 public institutions, raising the number to 43. [2] Currently there are 46 Public Colleges of Education in Ghana [3] [4]
develop policies for the consideration of Government, from time to time, programmes at the national, regional and district levels aimed at realising the objectives of this Constitution; formulate, implement and oversee programmes intended to inculcate in the citizens of Ghana awareness of their civic responsibilities and an appreciation of ...
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.