Educational Reform

• Significant number of reforms have been initiated under the current NPP Government in the educational sector including the Free SHS, construction of new boarding facilities in the second cycle institutions, the promotion of STEM education amongst others.
• The main focus of the new educational interventions under the GTP will be a comprehensive review of these reforms particularly the Free SHS programme to ensure optimum efficiency of its implementation.
• Government will pay special attention to institutionalizing the link between industry, academia and educational institutions, reinforcing the importance of apprenticeship and internship.
• Government will review and revamp the concept of Community Day Schools promoted under the previous NDC regime.
• Although a lot of progress has been made in the development of secondary and tertiary levels, basic education has been under resourced to a large extent over the years. Considering the critical importance of early childhood development, a major thrust of Government’s new interventions in the educational sector will be to improve basic education in all its forms and nature, including but not limited to physical infrastructure, learning facilities, teacher and curriculum development.
• Government will formulate a more structured transitional arrangement from basic education to secondary education.