Ghana Guide: Education

Find information about universities, admission processes, tuition fees and how the education system works. You will also find information about other learning opportunities in further education.

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  Introduction to education

  An overview of the Ghanaian system

  Ghana’s school system follows the British model. It is considered one of the best systems in West Africa, but it is still far away from equal standards across the country and lacks high standards of quality.

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  Alternatives to public education

  Private and international schools in Ghana

  The correlation between price and quality of a school is very high in Ghana. This counts at least for primary and lower secondary education so parents will try everything to put their children in private institutions.

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  Tertiary education in Ghana

  Universities and colleges

  Similar to other African countries there has recently been a huge growth of private universities in Ghana. However many students are denied access because of universities' limited places.

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