Scaling Educational Innovations in Ghana: Principles for Success and Pitfalls to Avoid

Ghana has demonstrated a continual commitment to ambitious educational reforms. Over the past twenty years, we have initiated and piloted several pioneering initiatives, from the National Teachers’ Standards (NTS) and the Bachelor of Education (BEd.) Curriculum reforms to the introduction and implementation of Professional Learning Communities (PLC) within Senior High Schools as part of the Ministry of Education’s Secondary Education Reform. Additionally, numerous projects have been undertaken by non-governmental organisations and research institutions.

23 September 2025 – International Day of Sign Languages: Ghana at a Turning Point

Every year, 23rd September is observed worldwide as the International Day of Sign Languages. It is a day that highlights the truth that there can be ‘No human rights without sign language rights’. Sign languages are more than tools of communication; they are fully fledged natural languages, carrying culture, identity, and belonging. They are structurally distinct from spoken languages, and collectively more than 300 different sign languages are used by over 70 million Deaf people across the world of which more than 80 per cent live in developing countries.

Ghana set to roll out new SHS curriculum …beginning 2024-2025 academic year

The Ministry of Education, through its agencies, the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) and Ghana Education Service (GES), has announced its readiness to roll out the new secondary education curriculum when school reopens for the 2024-2025 academic year.
The new curriculum covers Senior High School (SHS), Senior High Technical School (SHTS) and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) nationwide.

Co-creating solutions to improve Inclusive Education at Mampong School for the Deaf

NaCCA and GES’s commitment to Inclusive Education is demonstrated by the inclusion of Mampong School for the Deaf in the curriculum trial and the establishment of an Inclusive Education Expert Advisory Panel. This Panel, constituted by NaCCA in December 2023, is tasked with ensuring that the curriculum is inclusive and provides equal opportunities so that learners with disabilities can access quality education.

Universities Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET)

The Secondary education reform in Ghana aimed at providing high-quality relevant secondary education to equip graduates with 21st Century Skills and competencies, social and emotional learning, and character development in addition to literacy and numeracy.