A study conducted by Non-governmental Organization, Child Rights International, has shown that 96.5% of children in seven regions of Ghana are enrolled in school.
More boys, 96.8% than girls 96.1% make up the group. 2.8 per cent have attended school while 3.5% of children are currently not in school.
Children aged 15 to 17 years represented the highest proportion of children who are currently attending school, 98.8% and followed by children aged 5 to 12 years, 97.5%, and children aged 13 to 14 years, 89.0%
On the highest level of education achieved on a regional basis, a higher proportion of the children surveyed, 69.7%, have attained primary level of education while 23.0% have attained JHS qualification while those who have attained Vocational/Technical education constitute 0.03%.
The Gender disaggregation shows an evenly split relationship between the proportion of boys 61.3 % and girls 60.0% that have attained primary education with no significant difference.
Regional distribution analysis of the data gathered from Ahafo, Bono, Central, Ashanti, Western, Eastern and Western North reveals that most children have attained primary school education
The survey also investigated the reasons less than 100% of children are currently not in school and 20.2% of the children cited their parents’ inability to afford the cost of education as a reason for not being in school while 18.6% stated other reasons for not being in school.
Also, about 17.8% of the children had completed school and 16.99% of the children said they were not interested in schooling.
14.1% of the children said they wanted to learn a trade as a reason for being in school and only 1.6% had lost their parents for which reason they were not currently in school.
The study also identified a lack of tables and chairs as the major issue affecting quality education in seven regions of Ghana.
Data from the report shows that approximately twenty-thousand, eight hundred and fifteen or 46.6% of households heads or caregivers cited inadequate tables and chairs as the widespread fundamental issue affecting teaching and learning at their ward’s schools.
45.5% of households also perceived the unavailability of textbooks as the main issue affecting the education of their children in these seven regions.
Four out of ten households cited inadequate classrooms as a major concern with regards to their children receiving a quality education.
The report said although the issue of tables and chairs is perceived as a major factor affecting the quality of children’s education, it is even more pronounced in Ahafo, 64.6% and Western 60% to Bono when analysed across the regions
Despite the issues cited above in the regions where the data was collected, about 32.2% of households surveyed however said there are no issues affecting their children’s schools.
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