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This paper provides a brief introduc on and background to the basic educa on sector in Ghana over the last decade, a summary of key issues requiring a en on in the sub-sector and why some perennial challenges persist; , assessment of the.
The National Education Assessment (NEA) is an indicator of Ghana’s education quality at the basic level. The minimum level of competency on the test implies achieving a score of 35%. The score required to achieve proficiency is 55%.
The 2020 MICS-EAGLE Ghana Education Fact Sheets were jointly developed by: Agnes Arthur, Sakshi Mishra and Mayeso Zenengeya, with inputs from the Education and Monitoring and Evaluation teams of the UNICEF Ghana Country Office; Kokou Sefako
Access to Basic Education in Ghana: Politics, Policies and Progress. CREATE Pathways to Access. Research Monograph No. 42
Duration of basic education : 11 years Ages of children: 4-15 years Net primary school enrolment rates: 84.4% Rank in basic education: 1st out of 16 countries in West Africa according to Fitch (2022) Literacy rate: 69.8%, which is the second highest in Africa, with the regional average being 47% (2021), according to the United
4 years. Basic Education: Pre-school, Primary classes 1-6, and Junior High School forms 1-3 comprise basic education in Ghana, which is compulsory. The sole official language of instruction throughout the Ghanaian educational system is English.
In the past, Ghanain education sector strategies have tried to provide basic education for all free of private cost, concentrated assistance on increasing access in deprived districts, shifted emphasis from hardware (school construction) to software (improvements to teacher training, learning materials, and classroom
