Higher Education in Ghana 2017 Spring fall NENU

1. Northeast Normal University
Faculty of Education
Course:
Higher Education
By:
Dare Saagyum Philip
Higher Education in Ghana

2. The Ghana Education System:
Before the 2007 Reforms

3. Levels of Tertiary Education in Ghana
Colleges
Health
Colleges
University
Polytechnics
From Senior
High School
Education
Colleges

4. Type of Institutions and their Numbers
Type of Institution Number
Public Universities 9
Polytechnics 10
Public Colleges of Education 38
Public Specialized Institutions 8
Private Tertiary Institutions (Universities,
University Colleges, Tutorial Colleges and
Distance Education Institutions)
51
Private Colleges of Education 3
Colleges of Agriculture 3
Nurses Training Colleges (Public and Private) 11
Total 133

5. Management System
• President is the main chancellor of all public universities
• Chancellors is to universities as Rectors is to Polytechnics where as Principals
for Colleges
• Higher education is funded by the government through budget allocation.

6. THANK YOU