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EDUCATIONAL SECTOR

Education

The Government of Ghana, through various interventions has relentlessly promoted education in the country. Some of these interventions include the school feeding programme, the Free SHS programme and the free school uniform project. It is an undisputable fact that enrolment in various schools has improved significantly because of these interventions.

Number of Schools in the District

There are 396 schools in the District with the following breakdown; 149 Kindergarten schools, 137 Primary schools, 1 National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) and 1 SHS at Manso Amenfi. The breakdown of number of schools in terms of Public and Private schools are shown in the Table 4 below.

Enrolment in Schools

The total enrolment of schools in the District for the 2020/2021 academic year was 36,934. Boys constitute 51.4% while their girl’s counterparts were 48.6%. This indicate high male population in our basic schools.

Number of Teachers in Schools The total number of teachers as at 2020/2021 academic year in the District was 724, 87% of them are professional while 13% are not professional teacher. The pupil teacher ratio for the District is 1:50. This means there is the need to recruit more teachers in the District.

Date Created : 3/18/2025 7:14:01 AM