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The Girls' Education Unit was created under the Ghana Education Service in 1997 to improve access to quality education for girls, and Girls' Education Officers are stationed across all the 170 districts in the country to support its effort on a local level. In its 2018-2030 Education Strategic Plan, gender equality remains a central topic. [1]
Pages in category "Girls' schools in Ghana" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Ghana scored 1 on the UNESCO Gender Parity Index (GPI) for Primary and Secondary school levels in 2013. [48] The adult (15 and older) literacy rate in Ghana was 79.04% in 2018, with males at 83.53% and females at 74.47%. [49] Ghana's rapid shift from an informal economy to a formal economy made education an important political objective. [50]
A study don by Mahama & Nkegbe found that urban schools in Ghana averaged two boys for every one girl. [5] In both rural and urban areas, boys are preferred over girls for school enrollment. [5] Based on household populations, about 50% of men and only 29% of women have attained secondary schooling or higher. [17]
The school was established in 1984 as a private institution called Mamfe State College. However, due to financial, administrative and staffing problems, in 1988 the school was handed over to the Methodist Church Ghana, as a result it was renamed to Methodist High School. Government absorbed the school into the public system in January 1993. [5]
She went to Wesley Girls High School for her primary education and continue to Ghana National College, both in Cape Coast. [ 5 ] She worked with the Ghana Railway Corporation and subsequently as a supervisor at the Laboratory and Quality Control Department of the Pioneer Tobacco Company (PTC), for six years.
Tamale Girls Senior High School was founded in the 1998/99 academic year as Northern Region's first girls senior high school. The school was founded on the idea of RAINS/CAMFED, an international NGO, in partnership with the Regional Co-ordinating Council (RCC) and the Ghana Education Service to meet the region's critical requirements for female institutions.
Mfantsiman Girls' Senior High School [1] is an all-girls second cycle institution in Saltpond in the Central Region of Ghana. The school was founded in 1960 by Kwame Nkrumah, [2] originally under the name Saltpond Girls' Secondary School. [3] [4] The school is also known as 'Syte'. [5]