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Higher Education in Ghana - A summary about state of university education in Ghana in 2016

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Scope for private investment in schools in Ghana

Most of the times i have been writing on the scope for private tertiary institutions in Ghana and other African countries, but recently during a discussion with few education stakeholders, they prompted me to do a preliminary report on scope for school education in Ghana. I grabbed this opportunity and analysed some of the published data on school  education in Ghana to make my inferences. Below are some of the findings with my interpretation for the scope of private investment in primary schools in Ghana. For a comparative study, i have used data for Uganda also in some of my tables. Goals To take decision on undertaking preparation of detailed project report based upon the findings of preliminary report on scope for private investment in schools in Ghana. Methods Comparative analysis of data available on demography and education (preprimary, primary & secondary) in Ghana. Analysing of response to mini survey on the expectations of Ghanaian's from schools in Ghan...

To Teach Critical Thinking or Incorporate Critical Thinking in Teaching-Learning Process

After putting my thoughts together to start writing blogs on education scenario in Ghana, I encouraged myself to start with my own experience of encounters with academia in last few years. One of the topics making round in the academic circle nowadays is critical thinking. Suddenly in the last couple of years, this “new” thinking approach has gained a lot of momentum in content development in private universities of Ghana. By heading one of private colleges here, I was also not left untouched with this force of critical thinking. I have always believed since my early days of career, that to think critically on any of the issues is a way to make effective and well informed decisions. Through my interaction with numerous programme panels across multiple content development and approval processes, I was really energized by the strength in which almost all members emphasized on the importance of teaching Critical Thinking across all undergraduate programmes in Ghana. I also total...

Why Not Ghana?

As we witness the start of 2016 today, I am sure all of us in the education sector in Ghana would have done their analysis of business performance for 2015, which was affected by Ebola, impact of low oil prices on the economy, currency devaluation across Africa and many other factors which were not in an institution’s control. One of the major factor which impacted university enrollments across Ghana was turbulence in Nigerian economy. I am sure all of us agree on the fact that majority of the international students studying in Ghanaian private colleges (university colleges) are from Nigeria, any disturbance there is having a direct impact on the enrolment graphs in Ghana. Despite these challenges, there were institutions that performed well by introducing innovative ideas in their recruitment and retention strategies. I remember one of the well-known institutions in Accra with majority of foreign students partnering with a bank to complete student’s verification process on their ...