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2004 EDUCATIONAL POLICY OF KUFFOUR

EDUCATIONAL POLICY

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

HISTORY OF EDUCATIONAL POLICIES IN GHANA

Educational Policy of Guggisberg

Accelerated Development Plan- 1951

Education Act of 1961Educational Policy of 1987

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).

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.

Increase the average students time to pick up.

students who qualify for tertiary education would be evenly distributed .

Assist our public school students which are mostly late developers.

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.

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)

Regional proposal :

New Partnerships for Africa's Development (NEPAD, October 2001)

Education for All (EFA, April

2000)

National documents:

Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (19 February 2003)

Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF 2002 - 2004)

Primary School      ‐‐  6 years 

Junior Secondary/High School  ‐‐  3 years

Senior High School  – 4 years 

LEVELS OF EDUCATION

INCREASED TO AVERAGELY 13 YEARS

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

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.

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 growth in enrolment in schools.

Persistent low regard for and poor attitude of the Ghanaian public towards technical and vocational education.

PROBLEMS

ACCOMMODATION-BEDS,SPACE

EXAMINATION-WASSCE,TERMINAL

STAFF-TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATION,FEEDING,ETC

LEARNING MATERIALS

FACILITIES-CLASSROOMS,LIBRARIES,DESKS

PREPAREDNESS OF STUDENTS

TEACHERS AWARENESS

TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS

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.

ACHEVEMENTSBETTER PERFORMANCE

RELEVANT CAREER DECISIONS

MATURITY BEFORE TERTIARY

PROVISION OF FACILITIES

ENOUGH TIME FOR TEACHERS

BELOW AVERAGE STUDENTS WERE CATERED FOR

PARENTS COULD PREPARE FOR TERTIARY COST

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Scenarios

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

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

For Further reading

www.emmanuelyamoah.blogspot.

com

www.slideshare.com/patriotsknust

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