Ghana operates on a 6-3-4-4 System:
Primary School -- 6 years
Junior High School -- 3 years
Senior High School -- 4 years
University Bachelor's Degree -- 4 years
Primary School -- 6 years
Junior High School -- 3 years
Senior High School -- 4 years
University Bachelor's Degree -- 4 years
Ghana has:
- 12,130 primary schools
- 5,450 junior secondary schools
- 503 senior secondary schools
- 21 training colleges
- 18 technical institutions
- two diploma-awarding institutions
- 5 universities serving a population of 17 million
This means that most Ghanians have easy access to good education.
Basic education
Primary- and middle-school education is tuition-free and will be mandatory when enough teachers and facilities are available to accommodate all the students. Students begin their 6-year primary education at age six. Under educational reforms implemented in 1987, they pass into a new junior secondary school system for 3 years of academic training combined with technical and vocational training.
Here is a website to look at for Acts in Ghana to help improve the education system.
Preprimary Education: Historically, formal education at the preschool level was not common on the Gold Coast. The inclusion of kindergarten facilities at the Prince of Wales School (Achimota) in the late 1920s as part of the formal education system was therefore innovative. While educators see advantages in kindergarten education for children, there is no formal mandate for the provision of preschool prior to beginning the first grade of primary education. However, some public facilities are available, as well as private nurseries and day care centers, but they have not spread to the rural communities, where close to 70 percent of the nation's population resides. According to The Education for All Year: 2000 Assessment for UNESCO, there was a rapid increase in establishing Early Childhood Education establishments in the form of nursery schools and day care centers since 1993. In 1996, there were 5,441 public kindergartens and 3,742 registered private preschool establishments. In 1997, more than 427,000 preschool children were enrolled in public kindergartens, while about 156,000 pupils attended the private preschools. It is important to note that since kindergarten and day care attendance has not been absorbed into the basic education system, it is therefore neither free nor compulsory.
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