Ghana News News Ghana » Education: Ghana: Deadline to abolish SHS double-track system pushed back from 2027 to 2029
A major shift in Ghana’s education system as the 2027 deadline to scrap the SHS double-track system has been extended, with new measures announced.
News Ghana » Education: Ghana Education Ministry unveils GH¢3 billion plan to end double-track system in SHS
The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has outlined a GH¢3 billion infrastructure programme to end the double track-system in Ghana's Senior High Schools.
News Ghana » Education: What helps young children learn? Adults who take an interest in their homework and reading
Across Ghana, thousands of children start formal schooling every year full of promise. Yet many struggle to master basic reading and numeracy skills in the early grades. Six in ten Primary 4 pupils in ...
News Ghana » Education: Evaluating 30 years of free basic education in Ghana: A report card
Ghana, like many sub-Saharan African countries, began investing substantially in free education three decades ago. This led to an increase in the number of children that attend primary school. But ...
News Ghana » Education: Telecel Ghana commissions equipped IT Lab for UG to advance digital learning
Telecel Ghana has commissioned and handed over a fully equipped 42-unit computer laboratory to the University of Ghana to support digital learning, research and innovation at the country's premier ...
News Ghana » Education: Ghana’s Early Childhood Education: What is quality, and what does it look like?
As Ghana approached its presidential and parliamentary elections on December 7, 2024, the then-presidential candidate (now president-elect), H.E. John Dramani Mahama, released a document titled Mahama ...
News Ghana » Education: Creating a model for girls' education in Ghana
“Hopefully our work will help eradicate the old prejudices toward girls’ education," says Gladys Asare Akosu, a teacher at Savelugu Girls Model School. Photo: Lotte Ærsøe/Oxfam IBIS Schools tailored ...
News Ghana » Education: Ghana: Online Education for Delivering Learning Outcomes during the COVID-19 School Closure
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, the education sector in Ghana faced significant disruption. In order to avert learning losses, the International Development Association (IDA) funded the ...
News Ghana » Education: Ghana's Free SHS program: A closer look at the cost of quality education introduction
Ghana has been lauded for its ambitious Free Senior High School (SHS) program, aimed at making quality high school education accessible to all. Spearheaded by the government, this initiative has made ...
News Ghana » Education: Education Ministry urges police to intensify search for fugitive Bole SHS teacher
The Ministry of Education has called on the Ghana Police Service to intensify efforts to locate, arrest and prosecute an interdicted teacher of Bole Senior High School who remains on the run weeks ...
News Ghana » Education: Sexuality education in Ghana’s schools: some answers to ‘when’ and ‘what’
Sexuality education is not a new phenomenon in formal curricula. Sweden, a country credited as the fountain of modern sexuality education programmes, has provided this form of education for more than ...