EDUCATION

There are Ninety-two (92) educational institutions in the Bolgatanga East District, comprising 35 Kindergartens of which 20 are public, 35 Primary Schools with 20 being public, 20 Junior High Schools comprising of 15 public and 5 private and 2 public Senior High Schools. There is also 1 public Nurses Training College.

There are no vocational or technical institutions in the District for skill training for the youth. There are, however, a number of mechanic shops, carpentry workshops, dressmaking, weaving and hairdressing saloons where the youth acquire skills through apprenticeship.

To support the youth acquire skills for gainful employment, the Assembly intends to collaborate with the Rural Enterprises Project and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to explore the possibility of establishing community-based capacity building schemes to train young people who drop out of school or are unable to attend school. The Assembly will also work with NGOs to develop sports in the District.

The Gambibgo Community Day SHS has a total teaching staff of 22, made up Eighteen (18) males and Four (4) females. There are Five (5) non-teaching staff.

BASIC EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION (BECE) PERFORMANCE

The BECE performance by sex is assessed to determine how female pupils are faring as compared to the male counterpart at BECE. The table below shows male and female performance at BECE from 2019 to 2020.

It is evident from the above that in the years 2019 and 2020, boys performed better in the BECE than their female counterparts. Unfortunately, in the year 2020 the BECE Performance levels declined and this could be attributed to a number of reasons including the incidence of the COVID-19 Pandemic and its associated temporary shutting down of schools for several months.