Kofi Asare – Basic Education Received Quarter Of What Went To Secondary Education In 2021
The Executive Director of Africa Educational Watch (EduWatch) has revealed that basic education received a quarter of the amount of money that went to Secondary Education. He said that only GHC 25 million was disbursed by the Government of Ghana to basic education instead of it’s allocated GH 66 million.
In a post shared on his official Facebook page on Thursday, 2nd June 2022, he wrote;
There are about 1.3 million learners in Ghana’s Second Cycle Schools. Even though GHC 74 million of GETFund was allocated to Second Cycle Education in 2021, the Government of Ghana (GoG) ended up disbursing even more i.e. GHC 100 million, representing a disbursement rate of 135%.
At the same time, Basic Education with over 7 million learners was allocated only GH 66 million, yet GoG disbursed only GHC 25 million, representing 37% of the allocation. ”
“In summary, basic education received a quarter of what went to secondary education in 2021. Note however, that this disbursement to secondary excludes the GHC 866 million spent by GETFund in servicing a loan taken by MoE to upgrade SHS.” Kofi Asare said.
He asserted that perhaps, this helps in understanding why that basic school in your community remains abandoned; 4,000 primary schools still do not have a JHS; over 5,400 schools still exist under trees, sheds & dilapidated structures; and 40% of basic school pupils lack desks in class.
