Presentation on the Educational Policy of Ghana in 2004 at Sociology and Social Work Department of KNUST on Sociology of Education in Ghana by the then President John Agyekum Kuffour by Emmanuel Ato Yamoah,President of Patriots Ghana Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology( KNUST.) www.patriotsghana.org www.patriotsghana-knust.webs.com

1. WELCOME

2. 2004
EDUCATIONAL
POLICY OF
KUFFOUR

3. EDUCATIONAL POLICY
An Educational Policy
is a plan of action for
guiding, directing or
administering affairs to
achieve a set target or
goal.

4. HISTORY OF EDUCATIONAL
POLICIES IN GHANA
Educational
Policy of
Guggisberg
Accelerated Development
Plan- 1951
Education Act of 1961
Educational Policy of 1987

5. The educational system in
the first one and half
decades after
independence had been
described as one of the
best in Africa
(World Bank 2004).

6. OBJECTIVES OF THE POLICY
 The
Senior High School System
was introduced in 2007.

Expanding the system to four years but not
otherwise changing the curriculum.
 give
teachers enough time to prepare.

7.  Increase
pick up.
the average students time to
 students
who qualify for tertiary education
would be evenly distributed .
 Assist
our public school students which
are mostly late developers.

8. HOW
It was developed in relation
to the then current (2002-03)
policy and to current review
reports and papers of
sectorial, national and
regional importance.

9. Education sector papers:
 Previous Education Sectors Plans, (ESPs,
1998 to 2002)
 Education Sector Policy Review Report
(ESPRR, August, 2002)
 Education Sector Review (ESR, October
2002)
 Meeting the Challenges of Education in
the 21st Century (The report of the
President's Committee on Review of
Education Reforms in Ghana1, October
2002)

10. Regional proposal :


New Partnerships for Africa's
Development (NEPAD, October
2001)
Education for All (EFA, April 2000)

11. National documents:

Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (19
February 2003)

Medium Term Expenditure Framework
(MTEF 2002 - 2004)

12. LEVELS OF EDUCATION
Senior High
School – 4 years
Junior Secondary/
High School
‐‐ 3 years
Primary School
‐‐ 6 years
INCREASED TO
AVERAGELY 13
YEARS

13. THE REFROM WAS TO
ADDRESS AND TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION OTHER
ISSUES IN THE
EDUCATIONAL SECTOR

14.  Poor
quality of teaching and learning in
schools
 Inadequate
funding of the sector leading to
inadequate supply of inputs.
 Lack
of adequate parental involvement in
their children’s education.
 Poor
language policy that makes English the
medium of instruction after primary-school
class 3.

15.  Lack
of teacher motivation with the resultant
lack of commitment and devotion to teaching.
 Lack
of adequate co-ordination and
collaboration among the implementing divisions
of GES.
 Disappointing
 Persistent
growth in enrolment in schools.
low regard for and poor attitude of
the Ghanaian public towards technical and
vocational education.

16. PROBLEMS
 ACCOMMODATION-BEDS,SPACE
 EXAMINATION-WASSCE,TERMINAL
 STAFF-TEACHERS,
ADMINISTRATION,FEEDING,ETC
 LEARNING
MATERIALS

17. FACILITIES-
CLASSROOMS,LIBRARIES,DESKS
PREPAREDNESS
TEACHERS
TERTIARY
OF STUDENTS
AWARENESS
INSTITUTIONS

18. Scenarios
 Awudome Senior High School (AWUSCO)A PTA building which uses to house a
canteen, a stationary shop, a guardian
and counseling office and a food and
nutrition laboratory in the 1990s is now
being used as dormitory for boys.

19. ACHEVEMENTS
BETTER
PERFORMANCE
RELEVANT CAREER
DECISIONS
MATURITY BEFORE
TERTIARY
PROVISION OF FACILITIES

20. ENOUGH
TIME FOR TEACHERS
BELOW
AVERAGE STUDENTS
WERE CATERED FOR
PARENTS
COULD PREPARE
FOR TERTIARY COST
PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT

21.  Scenarios
Odododiodo Senior High (OSH)
students performed much better
than ever before and good
schools like Ghana National
College achieved an increase in
performance .

22. Even Obama's country
has 12 years of
education before
university.
Why add Item 13?

23. For Further reading
www.emmanuelyamoah.blogspot.com
www.slideshare.com/patriotsknust

24. REFERENCE
National Accreditation Board(www.nab.gov.gh)
 Modern Ghana News(www.modernghana.com)
 Wikipedia(www.wikipedia.com)
 http://mightyafrican.blogspot.com
 http://www.ghanaweb.com
 http://news.peacefmonline.com/
 http://www.unesco.org/education/educprog/erd/
english/wgesa/doc/ghana
 Education USA Accra (www.educationusa.info.)
 EDUCATION STRATEGIC PLAN 2003 - 2015
 WHOLE SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT GHANA-Kwame
Akyeampong
