Education in Ghana By: Avery Harmon, Justin Hill, & Keron Cruz.

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Education in Ghana By: Avery Harmon, Justin Hill, & Keron Cruz

Ghana ● 27 million people ● 9th largest in Africa ● One of the most developed countries ● Largely Christian

History of Ghana ● 1960: First president declared ● ‘66-81: Alternating military and civilian governments ● 2000 and 2004: John Agyekum Kufuor electedJohn Agyekum Kufuor A 1850 map showing the Akan Kingdom of Ashanti within the Guinea region and surrounding regions in West Africa.AkanKingdom of AshantiGuinea region

Government ● Great relationship with the USA ● Founding member of the Non-Aligned movement President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama

Economy ● Ghana 2020 ● Stock market is 3rd largest in sub- saharan Africa ● Manufacturing, similar to Taiwan

Pipeline ● 25% Annual Budget (US Billion) ● Adult Literacy is 65.8% ● Youth Literacy is 81%

Education Reform ● 1957 ●Dzobo Education Reforms of 1974 ●JS Education (Evans-Anfom) Reforms of 1987 ●JHS & SHSl Education (Anamuah-Mensah) Reforms of 2007

School structure Pre-School (Ages 3-5) Basic/Primary School equivalent to Elementary School (Ages 6-11) Junior High School equivalent to Middle School (Ages 12-14) Senior High School equivalent to High School (Ages 15-17) Tertiary Education/Institution equivalent to College/ University (Ages 18-21)

By the numbers... ● Growing school enrollment o +5% in past 10 years o Almost 90% of children in school ● Approximately 10,000 teachers leave the profession each year ● More than half of teaching vacancies are filled by under-qualified replacements ● 21.1% of primary school students behind in reading ● 43.1% of primacy school students behind in math

Steps taken to improve education ● 2015 Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report o 34mil. received access to education in 15 years o Large portion of budget dedicated to education ● Compulsory education to age o 2 years nursery, 6 years primary ● Strong sense of gender equality “He is a hardworking, star pupil, he tells me, who likes to eat rice and stew and wants to be a doctor or a footballer. He laughs as he describes weekends spent gardening as hard and boring, and says: “I feel sorry for children who don’t go to school because they aren’t enlightened and in future they will not be able to get good jobs.””

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