Education advocacy organisation that monitors Ghana's education policies and financing, flagging equity gaps and calling for reforms to TVET funding and assessment structures.
… About the Author This Policy Brief is authored by Elizabeth Dansoa Osei [B A Political Science with Philosophy (University of Ghana), Master of Public Policy (University of Oxford)], a Fellow with Africa Education Watch. …
The Executive Director of Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), Kofi Asare, has proposed that the number of subject papers written during the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) should be reduced from the current 10/11 to four. …
The growing national conversation on the structure of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), sparked by concerns raised by Africa Education Watch (EduWatch), presents Ghana with a timely opportunity to rethink the purpose, content and psychological burden of assessme …
… C), Democracy Hub LBG, STAR-Ghana Foundation, NORSAAC, Penplusbytes, the Africa Center for Energy Policy (ACEP), Odekro Parliamentary Monitoring Organization, A Rocha Ghana, Parliamentary Network Africa (PN Africa), IMANI-Africa, the One Ghana Movement, and Africa Education Watch …
… ransparency International Ghana, Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition, IMANI Africa, Democracy Hub, STAR-Ghana Foundation, NORSAAC, Penplusbytes, Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), Odekro, A Rocha Ghana, Parliamentary Network Africa, One Ghana Movement, and Africa Education Watch …
Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch) has expressed concern over what it describes as an unfair distribution of education infrastructure funding under the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF), warning that the current system is widening the gap between rural and urban schools. …
… The Executive Director of Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), Kofi Asare, has warned that examination malpractice in Ghana’s senior high schools may not simply be caused by students. …
The Steering Committee of the Citizens' Platform on Constitutional Reform has urged President John Mahama and the Government to formally present a clear roadmap with defined timelines for the review of Ghana's 1992 Constitution. The Platform intends to request consultations with key national stakeholders, including the President and parliamentary leadership, to discuss the next phase of the reform process, more than four months after the Constitution Review Committee submitted its full report to the President in January 2026.
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Citizens' Platform presses government for a formal constitutional reform roadmap with timelines—fundamental governance accountability issue after months of delay.
The Steering Committee of the Citizens' Platform on Constitutional Reform has urged President John Mahama and the Government to formally present a clear roadmap with defined timelines for the review of Ghana's 1992 Constitution. The Platform intends to request consultations with key national stakeholders, including the President and parliamentary leadership, to discuss the next phase of the reform process, more than four months after the Constitution Review Committee submitted its full report to the President in January 2026.
Fourteen civil society organisations have submitted a joint defence of the Office of the Special Prosecutor to the Supreme Court ahead of a July 29, 2026 verdict in Adamtey v. Attorney-General, a case questioning the constitutional validity of the anti-corruption institution's establishment.
The Deputy Attorney-General and 14 civil society organisations appeared at the Supreme Court for a case filed in December 2025 challenging whether Parliament unconstitutionally granted prosecutorial powers to the Office of the Special Prosecutor. The Attorney-General's office argues that Article 88(3) of the Constitution vests prosecutorial powers solely in its office and that Parliament acted unconstitutionally by passing the OSP Act, 2017.
The Deputy Attorney-General and 14 civil society organisations appeared at the Supreme Court for a hearing on a constitutional case challenging whether Parliament had the authority to grant the Office of the Special Prosecutor independent prosecutorial powers. The case, filed by private legal practitioner Noah Ephraem Tetteh Adamtey, argues that Articles 88(3) and 88(4) of the Constitution vest prosecutorial authority solely in the Attorney-General, and that the OSP Act 2017 was unconstitutional.
Education advocacy group Eduwatch called for stronger safeguarding measures across Ghana's education sector after a teacher at Nyinahin Catholic Senior High School was arrested over the alleged assault of an 18-year-old female student. Eduwatch commended the Ghana Police Service for the swift arrest and said all learners have the right to study in a safe, protective environment free from violence and abuse.
Education policy advocacy group Eduwatch has called for stronger safeguarding measures across Ghana's education sector following the alleged assault of an 18-year-old female student at Nyinahin Catholic Senior High School, while commending police for the swift arrest of the teacher involved.
The 2025 Annual Education Policy Monitoring Report recommends increased government funding for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), noting that pre-tertiary TVET received only 2.5 per cent of the main education budget in 2025. While Eduwatch commended improvements in education financing, capitation grants, school feeding, and sanitary pad distribution, it flagged that the allocation of the District Assemblies Common Fund does not adequately address educational deprivation.
As Ghana's government considers linking salaries to employee productivity through performance-based pay, an opinion piece cautions that unrealistic targets—particularly in education—may pressure workers into compromising behaviour and compromise integrity, and warns that success judged mainly by results can distort conduct.
A monitoring report by Africa Education Watch reveals measurable progress in Ghana's 2025 education policies, including improvements in capitation grants, Free SHS, school feeding, and menstrual hygiene support, but also identifies inequitable allocation of infrastructure, learning materials, and teacher deployment across 10 districts studied.
Ghana's TVET financing system is not providing students with the skills employers need, leaving graduates unprepared for the job market despite 6 percent economic growth in 2025, according to Africa Education Watch's Executive Director. The skills mismatch stems from inadequate investment in TVET institutions and an economy driven by services and extractive industries with weaker employment effects than manufacturing.
The Supreme Court has granted an application by 14 civil society organisations to join the case of Adamtey v Attorney-General, which challenges the constitutionality of the Office of the Special Prosecutor. The organisations include the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development, Transparency International Ghana, and others with interests in governance and anti-corruption issues.
Ghana's National Schools Inspectorate Authority (NaSIA), established in 2020 to ensure quality assurance in pre-tertiary education, faces major governance gaps and operational independence issues that limit its ability to regulate impartially and weaken credibility of the education quality assurance system.
Africa Education Watch's Executive Director has proposed reducing BECE subjects from 10 to four—Mathematics, English, General Science, and General Paper—to be completed in two days instead of five or six, reducing exam costs and associated stress while ensuring students still learn all curriculum areas through a comprehensive general paper.
Africa Education Watch and other stakeholders have raised concerns about Ghana's Basic Education Certificate Examination requiring young learners to sit ten subjects within five days, arguing the system prioritizes memorization and examination endurance over creativity, collaboration, and emotional well-being, and contributes to anxiety and burnout among learners aged 13 to 16.
CDD, IMANI and 12 other civil society organisations have filed an application to join the Supreme Court case Adamtey v Attorney-General as amici curiae, seeking to provide legal and policy perspectives on constitutional and public interest issues relating to Ghana's anti-corruption framework and institutional independence.
IMANI Africa has defended civil society organisations' participation in a Supreme Court case challenging the constitutionality of Ghana's Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017, saying CSO involvement is justified to support constitutional interpretation and strengthen accountability despite criticism that it may amount to advocacy rather than neutral assistance.
Fourteen civil society organisations, including CDD, IMANI Africa, and Transparency International Ghana, have filed to join a Supreme Court case challenging the constitutionality of Ghana's Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017. The groups say their involvement is motivated by commitment to constitutionalism, accountable governance, and anti-corruption, and is not partisan or personal.
Africa Education Watch warns that the District Assemblies Common Fund's allocation model for education is inequitable and widening gaps between rural and urban schools, with northern Ghana seeing as many as 60 per cent of primary schools operating without attached Junior High Schools, contributing to rising dropout rates.
As Ghana's government plans to link salaries to productivity, the Executive Director of Africa Education Watch warns that unrealistic performance targets—particularly in schools—can distort behaviour and undermine human dignity, especially when enforced through harsh treatment rather than constructive feedback.