A Ghana online collection, compiled by D.Luke, 6 January 2001

(will be revisited and commented)

1. http://www.ghana.edu.gh/home.html
The official web-site of the Ministry of Education

2. http://www.ghanacdf.org.gh/mofcdf.doc
Tenth Consultative Group Meeting,November 23-24, 1999, ACCRA ,
A First Draft Comprehensive Development Framework,Ministry of Finance, November, 1999

A unique innovation on the economic development agenda was the introduction of the Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF) in Ghana, which has become one of the 12 pilot countries worldwide.

The CDF is currently being implemented in the following thirteen economies: Bolivia, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Jordan, Kyrgyz Republic, Morocco, Romania, Uganda, Vietnam, West Bank and Gaza. The pilots are in varying stages of implementation, reflecting both different starting dates and country circumstances. Furthermore, not all pilots focus on the same aspects of the CDF: for some (e.g. Ghana and Vietnam), the initial emphasis has been on forging stronger partnerships while for others (Kyrgyz Republic and Romania) it is to hold consultations, define the vision and build consensus around it.

3. http://www.measuredhs.com/
Demographic and Health Surveys

4. http://www.ghanaweb.com
"Our mission is to enhance Ghana's presence and image on the Internet. This is implemented by providing Ghana's first and most extensive webportal to the general public."

On the education page one finds links to:
Accra Academy, Achimota School, Adisadel College, Adisadel College Cape-Coast Ghana Old Students Forum, AEVPE – Ghana, African Graduate Students Association, AMOSA (Aggrey Memorial Old Students Association, Bishop Herman Old Boys Union, Education in Ghana, Ghana Education Services, Ghana Library Association, Ghana National College, Cape Coast, Ghana Secondary Technical School, Takoradi, Half Assini Secondary School Students, Katanga (UST) Homepage, Lincoln Community School, Mawuli School, Mfantsipim School, Ntonso Adventist Secondary/Technical School, Old Achimotan Association, Opoku Ware School, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Education Fund, Pope John Secondary School, Prempeh College, Saint Augustines College, Cape Coast, Social Sciences Sector, St Peters Secondary School
( PERSCOBA CYBER SPACE), St. Monica's Alumni Homepage, Universities of Ghana (Overseas Office), University of Ghana, University of Ghana Alumni Association USA, West African Examinations Council

5. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Ghana.htm
Ghana page of the African Studies Center, School of Arts and Science
647 Williams Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
Phone (215) 898-6971, Fax (215) 573-8130, E-mail: africa@sas.upenn.edu

6. http://www.ghanaforum.com/index.stm
"Welcome to the all-new Ghana Forum! Our basic objective is to foster interaction between Ghanaians through online communication. With the advent of the global village, Ghanaians and their well-wishers need a place in cyberspace to call their own. This forum provides just that - a community online forum for Ghanaians and interested parties."

7. http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/gh.html
Governments on the web. Ghana Page: links to Universities, under "schools", no link to MoE

8. http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
The CIA World Factbook

9. http://www.adminet.com/world/gh/
Links to web-resources about Ghana

10. http://www.ghaclad.org/
GHACLAD means Ghana Computer Literacy & Distance Education
With Information Technology links and links to Ghana (including maps)

11. http://www.ghana.com/republic/education/education1.html
Info about educational system, some links

12. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/ghana.html
Commented web-sites Ghana,Stanford University Libraries/Academic Information Resources, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, (650) 723-2300

13. http://www.africaonline.com.gh/
Daily news about Ghana, archives

14. http://www.africaonline.com.gh/AfricaOnline/covereducation.html
Africa Online education Page

15. http://www.siftthru.com/ghaeduc.htm
Siftthru is "The serach engine of the other world": exclusive information about Africa

16. http://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/embassy/ghana/ghana/g-web.html
The Japan - Ghana network

17. http://www.worldbank.org/afr/gh2.htm
Ghana information from the Wordlbank Group
Contacts: Mr. Peter Harrold, Country Director, World Bank Ghana Office
69, Dr. Isert Road, Accra, Ghana, Tel: 233-21-229681, Fax: 233-21-227887
Email: pharrold@worldbank.org

18. http://www4.worldbank.org/sprojects/Project.asp?pid=P000974
The National Functional Literacy Program Project aims to increase the number of Ghanaians adults (15-45 years), particularly women and rural poor, to acquire literacy and functional skills. There are seven project components.
1) Basic literacy and development activity program will teach basic literacy, numeracy, and functional skills in 15 Ghanaian languages and will seek community participation in the running of classes.
2) An English pilot was conducted in response to strong demand for literacy training in English. The review confirmed the need to gradually increasing to 500 classes by the end of a five-year period.
3) Literate environment will enhance the access of the literate to reading materials.
4) Monitoring, evaluation, and research program will measure and promote both the quantity of the program output and the quality of instruction.
5) Radio broadcasting will strengthen the existing capacity and quality of the non-formal education (NFE) radio component.
6) Management and institutional enhancement will develop a human resources development strategy and a strategic plan for a phased decentralization of NFE Division activities to regions and districts.
7) The last component will tackle the core organization of NFED and its administrative costs.

Child labour and schooling in Ghana, Policy Research Paper WB 1997/11/01
Child labor is a widespread, growing problem in the developing world. About 250 million of the world's children work, nearly half of them full-time. Child labor (regular participation in the labor force to earn a living or supplement household income) prevents children from participating in school. One constraint on Ghana's economic growth has been inadequate human capital development. According to 1992 data for Ghana, one girl in three and one boy in four does not attend school. The figures are worse in rural areas. The authors studied the dynamics of how households decided whether to send children 7 through 14 to school or to work, using household survey data for 1987-92. They do not address the issue of street kids, which does not imply that they are less important than the others. Unlike child labor in Asia, most child labor in Africa, especially Ghana, is unpaid work in family agricultural enterprises. Of the 28 percent of children engaged in child labor, more than two-thirds were also going to school. Of all children between 7 and 14, about 90 percent helped with household chores. Boys and girls tend to do different types of work. Girls do more household chores while boys work in the labor force. The data do not convincingly show, as most literature claims, that poverty is the main cause of child labor. But poverty is significantly correlated with the decision to send children to school, and there is a significant negative relationship between going to school and working. Increased demand for schooling is the most effective way to reduce child labor and ensure that Ghana's human capital is stabilized. The high cost of schooling and the poor quality and irrelevance of education has also pushed many children into work. And family characteristics play a big role in the child's decision to work or go to school. The father's education has a significant negative effect on child labor; the effect is stronger on girls than on boys.

19. http://www1.worldbank.org/education/tertiary/ghana.htm
Tertiary education in Ghana

20. http://knowledge.worldbank.org/scripts/esrimap.dll?name=gisonline&cmd=startmap&view=17
Map of Ghana: See Worldbank Interactive Map Service

21. http://prisme.adeanet.org/index.cfm
A project information system of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) about externally funded education projects in Sub-Saharan Africa (ASTEP also is included)

Address: ADEA, International Institute for Education Planning, 7-9 Rue Eugene Delacroix, 75116 Paris, France, e-mail: adea@iiep.unesco.org

22. http://nesis.easynet.fr
ADEA Working Group on Education Statistics

23. http://www.fawe.org
Forum for African Women Educationalists

24. http://www.lonelyplanet.com.au/weblinks/wlafr.htm#gha
Cultural and travel info

25. http://www.bookaid.org/index.htm
Current and archived copies of the Partners in African Publishing
Works in partnership with organisations in developing countries to support local initiatives in literacy, education, training and publishing.Provides relevant books and information to those in greatest need to realise their potential and contribute to the development of their communities.

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