Ghana’s education system has been
described as below international
standards at all levels, a report by the
World Economic Forum (WEF) has
revealed.
The WEF in its Global
Competitiveness Report 2014-2015
assesses the competitiveness of 144
countries, said the country is not
sufficiently harnessing new
technologies for productivity
enhancements (ICT adoption rates
continue to be very low).
On the overall competitiveness on
higher education in the world, Ghana
ranked 106 out of the 144.
The African country that ranked
highest in the world was Mauritius
which placed 54th . Tunisia was
second placing 73rd followed by
Zambia (80 th ) and Seychelles (85th ).
The rest are South Africa (86 th ), Cape
Verde (89th ), Kenya (95th ), Algeria
(98 th ), Botswana (101), Libya (102)
and Morocco (104).
Higher education and
training Rank
Score
Secondary education enrollment,
gross %* ………. 61.1 ……….112
Tertiary education enrollment, gross
%*……………. 12.2 ……….106
Quality of the education system
……………………….. 3.8 …………59
Quality of math and science
education ……………… 4.4 …………52
Quality of management schools
……………………….. 4.6 …………50
Internet access in schools
……………………………….. 3.2 ……….113
Availability of research and training
services ……….. 3.8 …………92
Extent of staff training
…………………………………….. 4.1 …………61
In a recent debate about the quality
of Ghana’s education system, the
Minister of Education, Jane Naana
Opoku Agyemang said she is
convinced Ghana has one of the best
educational systems despite major
challenges facing the sector.
“We have a fine education system in
this country, we have produced the
best minds in any discipline that this
country will be proud of,” the
Minister said.
The minister compared the current
system with old one saying “those
were the days when no matter where
you went to school, you had a fair
chance of advancing yourself and of
ending up in the best schools
possible,” she said.
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