EDUCATION IN GHANA: Feasibility of PPP in Senior High and Basic School Levels

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ABOUT GHANALOCATION: West Africa

AREA: 239,460 square kilometres

INDEPENDENCE March 6, 1987

LANGUAGE: English, Twi, Ewe,

Fante, Brong, Dagomba

CITIES:Accra, Ghana’s

capital city

POPULATION:24,300,000

LANDSCAPE: Mostly low plains

x Adult literacy (24+) Youth literacy (15-24)

Av M F Av M F

2000 57.9 66.4 49.8 70.7 75.9 65.4

2010 71.5 78.3 65.3 85.7 88.3 83.2

2015(Projected) 76.3 81.5 71.0 90.6 91.3 89.9

"Adult and youth literacy: National, regional and global trends, 1985-2015" (PDF). UNESCO-UIS. June 2013. p. 51 (Table 6). Retrieved 19 November 2015. 2

““Ghana’s education system is characterized in principle by a binary structure, with universities on the one hand and polytechnics on the other hand. Since the reforms introduced in 1987, the education system has had a 6+3+3+4 structure. This means 6 years of primary education, followed by two 3-year stages of secondary education (junior secondary and senior secondary) and 4 years of higher education (bachelor’s degree programmes).”

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Education System

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Unbundling Basic Education

Capacity Building

Utilities

Examination

Facilities

Curriculum

Stationery

Regulation

Healthcare

Sanitation

Nutrition

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Maintenance

8 out of 10 pupils stay in school for the free meal

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Education at the Basic Level is free and Compulsory

Unbundling Senior High Education

Recruitment of Teachers

Teaching & Learning Materials

Training of Teachers

Facilities

Waste Management

Accommodation

FeedingInstitutional Capacity

Curriculum Development

Regulation

Tuition

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School Uniforms

Maintenance

http://ghana.usembassy.gov/education-of-ghana.html

43Only students gain entrance into 500 public and 200 private SHS

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Marketability Assessment of Basic Schools

Core Function/Major Component

MarketabilityPotential for Partnership (Average of the ratings)

Potential for Competition

Potential for Cost Recovery

Nature of Good or Service Externalities

Equity Concerns

Nutrition 3 3 3 2 3 2.8

Facilities 3 3 3 2 2 2.6

Sanitation 1 1 2 2 1 1.4

Stationary 3 3 3 1 1 2.2

Development of Curriculum 3 3 2 2 2 2.4

Regulation 1 1 1 1 3 1.4

Examination 3 3 3 3 1 2.6

Capacity Building 3 3 3 3 2 2.8Utilities 3 3 3 3 2 2.8Health Care 1 1 3 2 1 1.6Examination 1 1 2 1 1 1.2Maintenance 3 3 3 2 3 2.8

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Core Function/Major Component

MarketabilityPotential for Partnership (Average of the ratings)

Potential for Competition

Potential for Cost Recovery

Nature of Good or Service Externalities

Equity Concerns

Own Criteria

Feeding 3 2 3 1 2 2.2

Facilities 3 3 3 1 3 2.6

Waste Management 3 3 3 1 2 2.4

Training of Teachers 3 3 3 2 2 2.6

Teaching and Learning materials 3 2 2 2 2 2.2

Development of Curriculum 3 3 3 3 3 3

Tuition 1 1 1 1 3 1.4

Regulation (conduct) 1 1 1 1 3 1.4

Recruitment of Teachers 3 3 3 3 1 2.6Administration/Institutional Capacity 3 3 3 3 2 2.8Maintenance 3 3 3 3 2 2.8

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what will make BS more marketable???/all stakeholders

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These Services have the highest Marketability at both Levels

Facilities allocation, construction and

maintenanceSanitation/Waste

Management

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Curriculum development, implementation and reforms

BS

2.1

Both Levels are ripe for PPP

SHS

2.4

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PPP

Thinking PPP outside the box

49.5%

28.6%

22%

Ghana Statistical Services, 2013GDP contribution by Sector 15

Services

Agriculture

Industry

Using Policy to initiate Partnership in Education.

Expecting more from the Rich?

CONCLUSION‘After a decade where there has been a focus on reducing the role of government in the Economy, there is now recognition that a smaller role for government in the direct provision of services may mean a bigger role for government in policy development, coordination and regulation’ Batley, R. and Larbi, G. (2004) The Changing Role of Government: the Reform of Public Services in Developing Countries, Palgrave MacMillan, Hampshire, Chap. 6.

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EDUCATION IN GHANAGROUP 27

AKUA AFRIYIE ASUBONTENG

DZIFA ADZO KPODO

AKWASI ACHEAMPONG

ENOCH ACHEAMPONG AFFUM

BEVERLY AKOMEA BONSU

GROUP 28

JACQUELINE SARFO-DIKOH

JACQUELINE BUADEE

HOPE BOYE AGBAH

FREDA AKAMIE AMINZIA

LATIFATU ADAM

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Thanks!Any questions?

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