A Deep Look At Basic Education In Ghana

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My visit to a Bagabaga Annex primary school in the sanarigu district in tamale in Ghana, was the same old story we have seen in the news, no furniture for students, no text books, in fact they lacked everything. Access to water, washrooms, nor library.
Bagabaga Annex primary school. It's more than 20years old, one of its products is the minister lawyer Haruna Iddris. The teachers told me they have called on the Ghana education services on countless occasions but their appeal has proven fail. Another health threatening issue about this school is that it's close to a public toilet and refuse dump. When it rains teachers nor students can stand the smell.
These children are citizens of Ghana, they deserve to be treated equally like their mates in other schools, This I can boldly say it's a human right abuse. The right to education. Education is a right. Primary school should be free. We should learn about the United Nations and how to get on with others. Our parents can choose what we learn. Our responsibilities. We have a duty to other people, and we should protect their rights and freedoms. The right to social security. We all have the right to affordable housing, medicine, education, and child care, enough money to live on and medical help if we are ill or old.
Is it there a difference between education and quality education, have we pulsed to ask ourselves what kind of education are these children having, the environment they are learning in, do they have access to text books, infrastructure, and above all quality teachers? these 90% children enrolled in schools how many of them can read and write properly after 11 years of basic education.
According to the Ghana education service, " Basic Education lasts 11 years. The curriculum is free and compulsory (Age 4-15) and is defined as "the minimum period of schooling needed to ensure that children acquire basic literacy, numeracy and problem solving skills as well as skills for creativity and healthy living". It is divided into Kindergarten, Primary school and Junior High School (JHS), which ends on the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE)." I doubt if these children can meet this requirement and I also want to believe there are many other schools facing similar or even bigger challenges than this school
Education in Ghana is under the responsibility of the ministry of Education. Implementation of policies is assumed by its numerous agencies: The Ghana Education Service (GES) is responsible for the coordination of national education policy on pre-tertiary education. It shares this task with three autonomous bodies, the National Inspectorate Board (NIB), the National Teaching Council (NTC) and the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA).
The Ghanaian State has dedicated 23% of its expenditure into education in 2010. More than 90% of this budget is spent by the Ministry of Education and its agencies: Primary education (31% of the expenditure) and tertiary education(21,6%) are the most provided. The expenditures are partly founded by donors. Among them can be found the World Bank, the United States (through the USAID), the United Kingdom(through the DfID) and the European Union. Their participation is usually project-focused and granted under certain condition, giving them a certain influence.

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