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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 Amelewonou and Yacouba Djibo Abdou of UNICEF’s West and Central Africa Regional
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.
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
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%.
Overview of the current system Ghana currently operates the “2-6-3-3-4’ education system structured along three progressive levels comprising basic education, second cycle education and tertiary education (see Table 1).
CREATE conceives of access to basic education in four zones of exclusion – children who never attend, children who enroll in primary school but drop out before completion, children in school but attending irregularly and learning little, and children who fail to transit to lower secondary school.
The Free, Compulsory, Universal Basic Education Program (fCUBE),has helped Ghana make important strides towards bringing children from deprived demographic groups into the formal education system. As has been the case in countries expanding to meet EFA goals, however, the massive influx of students has put a corresponding strain on resources.
