Education

Almost half (48.3%) of the population 11 years and older in the Municipality is literate in English. The second highest proportion of the literate population is English and Ghanaian language only (46.1%) followed by Ghanaian Language only (4.6%). In spite of attempts being made towards encouraging literacy in French, only 0.5 percent of literate population 11 years and older are literate in English and French. A total of 31,951 children are attending school made up of 16,402 males and 15,549 females; 27,787 have attended school in the past also with 14,436 males and 13,351 females.

The Education Directorate is made up of 8No. Circuits namely: Ayensuako, Awutu, Bawjiase (A&B), Bontrase, Obrachire, Senya Beraku and Jei-Krodua. The District has 108 Kindergartens (48 Private), 108 Primary Schools (47 private) and 77 Junior High Schools (23 private). Obrachire, Senya Beraku and Bawjiase have a Senior High School in each community. However, there are two private Senior High Schools namely; Bontrase Senior Technical School at Bontrase and Awutu Winton Senior High School.

Table 11: Number of schools by levels
 

Summary of Enrolment & Staffing 2015-2016:

The table below shows the enrolments figures by gender for all levels and for both private and public schools. It also gives information on teaching staff

Table 12: Summary of Enrolment & Staffing 2015-2016

Furniture

The furniture situation for schools is not encouraging. The table below shows the furniture gaps of the Municipality:

Table 13

BECE Results 2013:

The District presented (No. of candidates) candidates at the 2013 BECE exams. Out of these numbers … boys and …girls obtained aggregates 06-30 and … boy and … girls constituting …% received aggregate 31.