Institutions

There are 116 primary schools made up of 40 units and 82 District Assembly established primary school. Also in existence are, 40 Junior Secondary Schools,Two Secondary Schools and one training college. All these institutions are divided into nine (9) educational circuits in the district.

Teachers Development

The under listed programmes were undertaken to enhance the development of the teachers to improve their service delivery.

(i)   QUIPS programme - 3 schools benefits from residential
       workshop, and school based INSET
(ii)  WSD - 80 schools benefit from the Workshops
(iii)  IEC -63 teachers, nine circuit’s supervisors and education
       office staff benefited from dissemination of FCUBE messages
(iv)  District  Assembly Sponsorship for teacher trainees
         (a).  41 in 200/01 Academic Year
         (b).  46t in 2001/02 Academic Year
(v)   SHEP workshop for school health officer/head teacher from
         50 schools on HIV/AIDS Awareness in collaboration with
         District  Assembly, District Water and Sanitation Team.
(vi)   UNESCO PACK - Inclusive Education for the physical
         challenged.
(vii)  USAID/CSA - capacity building for SMC/PTA in three school
         communities.

problems :

i.     Inadequate infrastructure: Classroom building. Furniture, Toilet, & Water
ii.    Road (accessibility)
iii.   Teacher accommodation
iv.    Inadequate staffing in terms of quality and quantity
v.     Low enrolment in deprived communities
vi.    Ineffective School level supervision
vii.   Inadequate capacity building for management
Viii. High Level of Illiteracy

The Physical State of Educational Facilities in School

At Pre-school and primary school levels about 35% of the 13 kindegartens and 116 primary schools in the district have temporary structures anging from small thatched huts to thatched dwarf mu building without shutters.

Many of these are in deplorable conditions e.g. Leaking roofs, potholes-ridden floors and dilapidated walls.
In solving the above problem, the Government in collaboration with the Akatsi District assembly have constructed a total of pavilions.  Many of the pavilons are yet to be cladded by the beneficiary communities.
At Junior Secondary School level, about 80% have standard classroom blocks made of cement and roofed corrugated iron sheet.

Girl-Child Education

Girl Child Education is a major priority to the district assembly.  In this vein, a desk has be created for a Girl-Child Education in the education directorate.  As a result, female enrolments in most schools are steadily increasing with time.