Africa Education Watch

20/08/2026

https://metrotvonline.com/eduwatch-calls-for-review-of-bolgatanga-girls-shs-sexual-abuse-disciplinary-action/

Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch) has called for an immediate review of the disciplinary action taken against a 14-year-old

20/08/2026

Bolga Girls SHS defilement case: Restore full educational rights of girl. Eduwatch to GES

19/08/2026

18/08/2026

Volume 39 of Eduwatch's Education Alert Policy Brief examines the *education financing and secondary access concerns raised in the IMF’s 2026 Article IV Consultation Report on Ghana*. The Brief highlights a substantial financing gap, with current education spending below the level estimated to be required to meet education-related SDG targets.

It also notes that, although Ghana has made notable progress in expanding secondary education through Free SHS/TVET, significant leakages remain across the education pipeline, including children who never enter or complete basic education and JHS completers who do not transition into secondary education.

The Brief recommends progressively increasing education financing while improving expenditure efficiency, equity and accountability; strengthening basic education access, retention and completion; making financing more responsive to deprivation and need; and establishing a system to track the destination of every JHS graduate.

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Free SHS/TVET has removed one of the most significant financial barriers to secondary education. However, access to secondary education is not determined only at the secondary school gate.

18/08/2026

Eduwatch has published volume 39 of its Education Alert Policy Brief, which examines the education financing and secondary access concerns raised in the IMF’s 2026 Article IV Consultation Report on Ghana. The Brief highlights a substantial financing gap, with current education spending below the level estimated to be required to meet education-related SDG targets.

It also notes that, although Ghana has made notable progress in expanding secondary education through Free SHS/TVET, significant leakages remain across the education pipeline, including children who never enter or complete basic education and JHS completers who do not transition into secondary education.

The Brief recommends progressively increasing education financing while improving expenditure efficiency, equity and accountability; strengthening basic education access, retention and completion; making financing more responsive to deprivation and need; and establishing a system to track the destination of every JHS graduate.
https://africaeducationwatch.org/alert/why-the-imf-is-raising-concerns-about-ghana-education-sector

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Free SHS/TVET has removed one of the most significant financial barriers to secondary education. However, access to secondary education is not determined only at the secondary school gate.

13/08/2026

Eduwatch scoping study on the implementation of Sexual Harrasment Guidelines in Ghana's schools.

This scoping study assesses the implementation progress of the Guideline two (2) years after its operationalisation, with particular focus on dissemination and awareness, institutional compliance, reporting and case management systems, capacity building efforts, and implementation bottlenecks.

13/08/2026

Yesterday, Eduwatch engaged the Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) at the Service's Headquarters in Accra on the findings of its scoping study on the implementation of the Guideline for Addressing Sexual Harassment in Secondary Education Institutions. The meeting was chaired by the Deputy Director-General, Management Services, on behalf of the Director-General of GES, with participation from Deputy Director-Generals and Directors from the Girls’ Education Unit, Special Education Division, Schools and Instruction Division, SHEP Division, Planning, Guidance and Counselling, Monitoring and Evaluation, among others.

The scoping study, conducted by Eduwatch with support from Oxfam, assessed the extent of awareness, dissemination, institutional preparedness, capacity building, reporting systems, case management, monitoring and implementation bottlenecks relating to the Guideline.

Eduwatch’s Executive Director, Kofi Asare, presented the study findings and highlighted the need to strengthen policy education and awareness on basic incident reporting processes in schools, including the use of clear reporting visuals across schools. He also emphasised the need to institutionalise mandatory refresher training for Safe Space Focal Persons, Guidance and Counselling Coordinators and safeguarding committee members; streamline staff-related case procedures; formalise collaboration with DOVVSU, Social Welfare, PTAs and civil society; and introduce criminal background checks into teacher recruitment processes.

GES welcomed the findings and recommendations and acknowledged Eduwatch’s contribution to safeguarding and gender-responsive education advocacy. Management also affirmed the need for more contextual sensitisation on sexual harassment, stronger implementation of the Safe School Policy and Sexual Harassment Guideline, enhanced implementation at the JHS level, strengthened implementation at the SHS level, nationwide in-school visuals on reporting processes, improved capacity building for teachers and learners, and stronger online reporting mechanisms that protect confidentiality and allow bystander reporting.

The Eduwatch team was joined by representatives from OXFAM in Ghana and Oxfam Danmark, who are in Ghana on a working visit. The Oxfam Denmark team engaged GES Management on its working relationship with Oxfam in Ghana and Eduwatch and shared useful reflections on strengthening safeguarding systems. Other members of the Eduwatch Team were the GESI Lead Sahadatu Ali and Programme Officer Kwasi Nimo Jnr.

Eduwatch and Management of GES will continue to collaborate on safeguarding, school discipline and gender-responsive education reforms to improve implementation, accountability and learner protection.

04/08/2026

Executive Director of Africa Education Watch, Kofi Asare, has raised concerns over what he describes as the inadequate expansion of access to Technical and