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Facts About Schools in Ghana
• Only 52 percent of children reach the sixth grade; of those, only 23 percent become proficient in English, Ghana’s official language and the main language of instruction.
• Ghana has over 15,000 primary schools, 7,000 junior secondary schools, 700 senior secondary schools, 25 training colleges, 30 technical institutions and over 10 public and private universities.
• Entrance to universities is by examination following completion of senior secondary school.
Teaching In Ghana
• A major negative factor on the quality of teaching in Ghana is the reliance on 24,000 untrained teachers in rural and underserved areas.
• 37% of Ghana’s primary school level teachers do not meet national minimum standards for teaching.
• The current student to teacher ratio is 200 students for every 1 teacher, making it very difficult to be an effective teacher.
• The teachers starting salary is $260/month
Curriculum of Schools in Ghana
• Primary School - 6 years– Learn the basic core curriculum: math, science,
social studies, language arts, reading.– The sole official language of instruction
throughout the Ghanaian educational system is English.
• Junior High School - 3 years– At the JHS, English, Mathematics, Social Studies,
and Integrated Science including Agricultural Science, a Ghanaian language, Technical, Vocational, Information and Communication.
Curriculum of Schools in Ghana
• Senior High School - 4 years– English Language, Integrated Science, Mathematics,
and Social Studies. Each student also takes three or four Elective subjects, chosen from one of seven groups: Sciences, “Arts” (social sciences and humanities), Vocational (visual arts or home economics), Technical, Business, or Agriculture.
• University Bachelor's Degree - 4 years– universities offer most of the internationally accepted
degrees– Grading system: 80-100% is an A and a C is considered
failing– The only similarity between our grading systems is
that they use a GPA as a way of assessing if a student is passing or failing
Education in Ghana
• Over 95% of Ghana’s children are in school
• In 2007 the literacy rate was 65% with 71.7% males being literate and 58.3% of females being literate.
• Highest school enrollment rate in all of Africa.
• Instruction in Ghana is in English
Challenges in Education
• Importance is placed more on work outside of school such as in the fishing industry.
• Pressure is put on the students at a young age to provide for their families or villages.
• Corruption in the educational system has left approximately 470,000 Ghanian children without the opportunity to go to school.
• Corruption has also led to the inability for schools to attain adequate and up to date school supplies, the ability to build new schools and properly train teachers.
• Computers are sparse in schools but the government has recognized the importance of technology in education.
• There is a gap between what the government acknowledges needs to be done regarding education and what changes actually occur.
Primary and Secondary schools in Ghana
• Funding has varied between 28% and 40% of the governments annual budget in the past decade.
• Most Ghanaians have access to primary and secondary schools.
• The ratio of females to males in the educational system in Ghana is 1:0.96.
Colleges & Universities
• Similar to United States in format• Attendance much lower• Accepted to school based on
W.A.S.S.C.E. performance• Public vs. Private Schools
-6 National Public Universities- ~40+ Private Institutions-Technical Schools
Degrees Offered
• Offer most universally accepted degrees– Bachelors Degrees–Masters Degrees– Doctoral Degree
“Special Education”
Free Spirits
• Not Human• Fairy• Spirit• Snake • Parents have been
cursed because of wrong doings
Special Needs Children
and the Stigma
What about the children
with physical and mental
needs?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIndU1WMWL0
There is Hope for these Children!
New Horizons
Special School
in Ghana
The Ghanaian government
has promised that
ALL SCHOOLSwill offer an INCLUSIVE
EDUCATION for ALL
CHILDRENby
2015.