Basic & Senior Secondary academic performance fluctuating – GSS
A Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) education report launched this week in Accra says there is a fluctuating academic performance in the country’s Basic and Senior Secondary education between 2000 and 2023.
The 2025 edition of the education statistic report developed by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education is titled “Access to and Quality of Basic and Secondary Education in Ghana.”
“The storyline is not different from the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) perspective. It goes up, it comes down; the significance decline was in 2014, and it varies across different subjects.
So, the descendible trends upper trends that we saw in the case of access to education, as we’ve seen from the pupil-trained teacher ratio and from the BECE-WASSCE perspective, they have fluctuated over the same time period,” he said.
The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, reacting to the findings, said a significant increase in investment in Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (FCUBE) will strengthen the country’s entire educational framework.
“We need to invest more in our basic education, and that will be the policy blueprint of President Mahama to do more investment in the provision and attainment of Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education,” the Minister said.
The Minister in Charge of Education touched on the critical issue of regional disparities, specialized education needs, and the importance of ensuring equitable distribution of educational resources in the country.
“We will have to prioritize equitable distribution of resources, improve rural school infrastructure and deploy more trained teachers, particularly to the underserved areas.
That I promise the government will do, we still do not have enough sufficient resources, but we’ll do our best to,” he noted, emphasizing the importance of evidence-based policymaking in strengthening Ghana’s education sector.
The report is to contribute to the analysis and monitoring of education policies, which are crucial for understanding the progress in access to and quality of education in Ghana.
It will also serve as a valuable guide to engender public discourse in identifying areas that require additional action and resources to achieve the Strategic Sector Policy and the SDGs by 2030.
The report recommended a collaborative effort to bridge gaps, enhance quality, and ensure that all Ghanaian children have access to a robust and equitable education.
