GOVERNRMENT ACHIEVEMENTS ON EDUCATION > > At the Basic level alone enrolment has increased by 829,625 in the last four years owing largely to the underlisted interventions aimed at guaranteeing access to education for our children. > > 1. A total of 2,064 Basic school projects have been under construction. 432 of these were funded from regular Government of Ghana (GoG) funds and 1,632 funded from GETFUND. More than half of these projects have been completed and handed over to the education authorities. > > 2. Over 100 million exercise books have been distributed since the NDC government started this intervention. In 2013 alone, 32 million exercise books were distributed to 4,768,806 basic school children across the country.10 million exercise books will be distributed this year. > > 3. Last year 170,221 school children were supplied with free school uniforms. 10,000 uniforms will be distributed in 2014. > > 4. Last year 12.5 million English, Mathematics and Science Core Textbooks were distributed in Public Primary and JHS Schools which enabled Ghana to exceed the universal Textbook-Pupil ratio of three textbooks per pupil. Currently Ghanas textbook-pupil ratio stands at four textbooks per pupil exceeding the target. > > Before this feat the ratio stood at 1 textbook to three pupils. > > 5. An amount of GHC24, 472,840 was paid in capitation grant to cover 5, 741,198 school children representing 30% of pupils in Public Basic Schools for 2012/2013 academic year. > > 6. An amount of GHC 9,031,338.00 was used to subsidize the registration cost of 391,079 candidates for the Basic Education Certificate Examination. In 2014, 462,961 final year JHS students will be subsidized at a cost of GHC 14,803,635.00 representing 70% of the bill with parents paying GHC15 which is 30% of the examination fees. As part of efforts aimed at providing opportunities for BECE candidates who do not meet the criteria for selection into Senior High Schools, the Ministry of Education in collaboration with WAEC has reviewed the policy on BECE resit and introduced a > new system under which private candidates will now be permitted to resit beginning from February 2015. > > 7. To improve ICT education, 60,000 laptops were distributed to Basic School pupils in all ten Regions of Ghana under the Basic School ComputerizationProgram. 50,000 Basic School teachers across the country also benefited from ICT training. > > 8. Under the Complementary Basic Education for Out-of-school Children, 25,000 out-of-school children were enrolled in 2013 and are currently being taught under the management of nine (9) implementing partners. The objective is to mainstream them into the formal school system upon graduation. Teaching and learning materials have been procured and distributed to the Implementing Partners and learning centers. The programme is currently being piloted in the Brong Ahafo, Northern , Upper West and Upper East Regions. > > 9. The Ghana Library Authority procured 72,410 copies of books of various titles including 65 sets of encyclopedia to stock the ten Regional Libraries and 50 District Libraries. > > 10. Significant numbers of Untrained Teachers exist across the Country,(51.6% trained teachers at the KG level,69.4% trained teachers at the Primary and 83.7% trained teachers at the JHS level).To address the shortfall, the Untrained Teachers in Diploma in Basic Education Program (UTDBE)with over 12,000 untrained teachers enrolled is currently on going. Other measures include the National In-Service Training (INSET) to enhance skills of teachers in various specialties. These training Programs have 3,086 KG teachers, 13,264 Primary School teachers and 6,543 JHS teachers in professional > development programs. > > Government recently secured $156 Million under the Secondary Education Improvement Program to expand Secondary education. The amount will be used to; > > 1. Construct 23 new Community Day Senior High Schools > > 2. Expand 125 existing Senior High Schools > > 3. Provide Scholarship for 10,400 needy students from deprived communities among others. > > Over the last three years a total of One thousand and seventy-nine (1079) six-unit classroom blocks have been under construction out of which 161 are funded from regular Government of Ghana sources with the remaining 918 financed by GETFUND. Currently, one hundred and eighty-nine (189) two-storey dormitories are at various stages of completion. > > Tertiary education has received equal attention from government over the last couple of years. The University of Health and Allied Sciences and the University of Energy and Natural Resources established in 2011 have witnessed remarkable improvements over the period. Work is progressing on the main campus of the University of Health and Allied Sciences at Sokode while the University of Energy and Natural Resources has witnessed considerable expansion.
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