Education in Ghana : Improving Equity, Efficiency and Accountability of Education Service Delivery

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Education in Ghana : Improving Equity, Efficiency and Accountability of Education Service Delivery

dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.date.accessioned	2012-03-19T10:27:10Z
dc.date.available	2012-03-19T10:27:10Z
dc.date.issued	2010-02-23
dc.description.abstract	The purpose of this report is to provide sound analytical foundations for strategic planning and sector dialogue between education policy makers, development partners and civil society representatives at a key turning point in the development of education in Ghana. During the last five years, access has radically improved. As the Government of Ghana (GOG) refines its economic development and poverty reduction agendas, it has become increasingly clear that better quality learning and increased educational attainment across the country are essential part of that agenda. After six years of accelerated growth in the sector, the Government and the stakeholders have come to the conclusion that an earlier strategic plan needs to be revised for a number of reasons. Extensive growth seems to have reached a point after which the scale of education services cannot be stretched too far. Gross admission rate to primary education is over a hundred percent, gross enrollment rate at primary level is in the upper 90 percentile, upper secondary provisions reached the maximum capacity within the available infrastructure, the sector employs about 40 percent of the total civil service and uses about a third of the public budget. In the meantime, persistent problems (including out-of-school children) and newly emerging issues (including widening disparities and limited learning outcomes) require new solutions. Further build-up of the system is unlikely. Attending to the challenges requires a new definition of performance by focusing on more equitable and more efficient services, more informed policies and strengthened accountability.	en
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000386194_20120210030644
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/3012
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3012
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Africa education country status report
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	ACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subject	EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ENROLLMENT
dc.subject	LIMITED LEARNING OUTCOMES
dc.subject	PUBLIC BUDGET
dc.subject	SCALE OF EDUCATION SERVICES
dc.title	Education in Ghana : Improving Equity, Efficiency and Accountability of Education Service Delivery	en
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2012-02-10
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-07T12:37:08.260154Z
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work::Other Education Study
okr.docurl	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000386194_20120210030644
okr.globalpractice	Education
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	000386194_20120210030644
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	15790843
okr.identifier.report	59755
okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2012/02/10/000386194_20120210030644/Rendered/PDF/597550replacement0box358311B00PUBLIC0.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.country	Ghana
okr.region.geographical	West Africa
okr.region.geographical	Sub-Saharan Africa
okr.sector	Education :: General education sector
okr.topic	Education::Education For All
okr.topic	Tertiary Education
okr.topic	Teaching and Learning
okr.topic	Education::Access & Equity in Basic Education
okr.topic	Education::Primary Education
okr.unit	Education (AFTED)
okr.volume	1 of 1