NewsNot checkedFlagshipEducation conference · 120-day social contract · deadline 8 May 2025
Hold a national conference on education to agree on improvements.
“Convene a national consultative conference on EDUCATION”
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122 promises from the NDC 2024 manifesto and the 120-day social contract. 0 checked so far.
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Not checkedFlagshipNo-Academic-Fee · 120-day social contract · deadline 8 May 2025
Stop academic fees for all first-year students in public tertiary institutions.
“Implement the ‘No-Academic-Fee’ policy for all first-year students in public tertiary institutions”
Not checkedFlagshipFree tertiary for PWDs · 120-day social contract · deadline 8 May 2025
Make tertiary education free for persons with disabilities.
“Free Tertiary Education for Persons with Disabilities”
Not checkedFlagshipScholarship bill · 120-day social contract · deadline 8 May 2025
Take a bill to Parliament to clean up government scholarships and bar political appointees from them.
“Lay before parliament a new bill to streamline government scholarship administration”
Not checkedFlagshipEarly childhood · Manifesto · PDF page 124
Bring in a 'Bright Beginnings Initiative' to revive early childhood education and link it smoothly to school.
“introduce the 'Bright Beginnings Initiative' to revive and repurpose early childhood education”
Not checkedFlagshipBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Bring in a 'SmartStart Curriculum' putting science, maths, coding, digital skills and technical skills into basic school.
“initiate a ‘SmartStart Curriculum" for greater integration of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), coding and Digital Literacy and TVET”
Not checkedFlagshipBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Launch 'Furniture for All' so no pupil sits on the floor, working with local carpenters.
“launch a ‘Furniture for All Initiative’ to address the acute deficit at the basic level in partnership with the local carpentry and furniture industry”
Not checkedFlagshipBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Build and repair classrooms to end schools under trees.
“embark on an aggressive infrastructure drive to address the increasing phenomenon of schools under trees and rehabilitate dilapidated school buildings”
Not checkedFlagshipSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Abolish the double-track system so the school calendar is stable.
“abolish the double-track system to restore a stable academic calendar”
Not checkedFlagshipSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Do an emergency drive to finish abandoned E-blocks and expand SHS and TVET buildings.
“embark on an emergency infrastructure drive to complete abandoned E-blocks and expand infrastructure in existing SHSs and TVET institutions”
Not checkedFlagshipEducation funding · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Stop using GETFund as loan collateral and remove its cap so it funds education.
“uncap and stop the collateralisation of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund)”
Not checkedFlagshipTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Start building regional TVET Centres of Excellence with modern workshops.
“commence the establishment of regional TVET Centres of Excellence integrated with fabrication and other state-of-the-art facilities”
Not checkedFlagshipTeachers · Manifesto · PDF page 132
Scrap the teacher licensure exam and build licensing into final-year exams.
“abolish the teacher licensure examination and integrate the licensing process into the final year examination of trainees”
Not checkedFlagshipTeachers · Manifesto · PDF page 132
Scrap the national service requirement for teacher-trainee graduates and restore automatic employment of new teachers.
“scrap the NPP’s mandatory national service for teacher trainee graduates and restore the automatic employment of newly qualified teachers”
Not checkedFlagshipTeachers · Manifesto · PDF page 132
Pay teachers in rural and poor areas a special allowance of 20 percent of basic salary.
“introduce a special allowance of 20 percent of basic salary for teachers who accept postings to rural and underserved communities”
Not checkedFlagshipCapitation grant · Manifesto · PDF page 149
Pay outstanding capitation grants to public basic schools and pay on time in future.
“resolve outstanding payments of capitation grants to public basic schools and ensure consistent and timely disbursements”
Not checkedAspire 24 · Manifesto · PDF page 57
Add multilingual education to the national curriculum from primary to university.
“integrate multilingual education into the national curriculum from primary to tertiary levels”
Not checkedVeterinary · Manifesto · PDF page 80
Make the Pong-Tamale Veterinary College a satellite campus of UDS.
“upgrade the Pong T amale Veterinary College into a satellite campus under the UDS”
Not checkedE-School · Manifesto · PDF page 118
Start the Next Generation Education Initiative so pupils learn online and remotely.
“commence the Next Generation Education Initiative”
Not checkedE-School · Manifesto · PDF page 118
Give students and teachers devices and universal internet for digital learning.
“provide students and teachers access to devices that can keep them connected”
Not checkedE-School · Manifesto · PDF page 118
Train teachers in ICT skills.
“upgrade teachers”
Not checkedEarly childhood · Manifesto · PDF page 124
Make nursery and kindergarten part of basic education, with proper buildings.
“initiate a policy to integrate early childhood education into basic education supported by appropriate infrastructure”
Not checkedEarly childhood · Manifesto · PDF page 124
Set up a Department for Early Childhood Development inside the Ministry of Education.
“establish a Department for Early Childhood Development under the Ministry of Education”
Not checkedEarly childhood · Manifesto · PDF page 124
Start a National Edu-Care Programme with child learning centres at workplaces so working parents can drop children.
“initiate a National Edu-Care Programme (NEP) to establish early child learning facilities in workspaces”
Not checkedEarly childhood · Manifesto · PDF page 124
Set up Ghana Pre-schools Online to teach nursery and kindergarten children reading and counting with videos and apps.
“establish Ghana Pre-schools Online (GPO) to enhance literacy and numeracy education for nursery, and kindergarten children”
Not checkedEarly childhood · Manifesto · PDF page 124
Review the nursery curriculum into a national value-based one that builds life skills.
“review early childhood curricula to develop a national value-based curriculum”
Not checkedEarly childhood · Manifesto · PDF page 124
Train and develop early childhood teachers professionally.
“invest in comprehensive professional development programmes for early childhood educators”
Not checkedEarly childhood · Manifesto · PDF page 124
Teach the youngest children in their own local language (L1).
“institutionalise and promote the use of first languages (L1) as the medium of teaching and learning”
Not checkedEarly childhood · Manifesto · PDF page 124
Start courses in universities and colleges to train early childhood teachers.
“facilitate the introduction of courses in tertiary institutions to train early childhood facilitators”
Not checkedBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Give schools enough textbooks so each pupil has one, based on the curriculum.
“significantly improve the pupil-to-textbook ratio through the provision of curriculum-based text books”
Not checkedBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Raise capitation and feeding grants and pay them on time, every term.
“increase and ensure regular payment of capitation and feeding grants”
Not checkedBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Put computers with digital lessons in basic schools and upgrade ICT labs.
“providing computer facilities installed with digitized learning materials and upgrade ICT laboratories”
Not checkedBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Use solar power as the main energy source in school facilities.
“promoting solar energy as the primary energy source for school facilities”
Not checkedBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Get tech companies and experts to volunteer as visiting ICT teachers in schools.
“partner with industry and digital experts to provide voluntary service as visiting teachers”
Not checkedBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Review the curriculum and exams to focus on skills and good values.
“review curricula and assessment systems to prioritize skills acquisition and value-based education”
Not checkedBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Fix the capitation grant so cheap private schools in rural and inner-city areas benefit.
“review the capitation grant to address existing challenges in low-cost-private schools in rural and inner-city communities”
Not checkedBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Bring back regular teaching of Ghanaian languages in basic schools.
“reinstate and promote the continuous teaching of indigenous languages at the basic school level”
Not checkedBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Give scholarships to train more Ghanaian language teachers, especially for languages with few teachers.
“providing scholarships to incentivise the training of more Ghanaian language teachers”
Not checkedBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Restructure the Bureau of Ghanaian Languages so it sets standards for our languages.
“restructuring and mandating the Bureau of Ghanaian Languages (BGL) to standardise the development of Ghanaian Languages”
Not checkedBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Produce first-language lesson content, including cartoons, for learning.
“promoting digital content creation of first language curricula, including animations”
Not checkedSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Extend Free SHS to students in private senior high schools.
“extend Free SHS to cover students in private Senior High Schools”
Not checkedSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Let SHS buy food locally and on time, and improve food quantity and quality.
“decentralise the procurement of food and other basic supplies, ensure timely food supply, and improve the quantity and quality of food for students”
Not checkedSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Fold the Free SHS Secretariat into the Ghana Education Service.
“integrate the operations of the Free SHS Secretariat into the Ghana Education Service (GES)”
Not checkedSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Reform SHS lessons to include science, farming, vocational and digital skills, civic education and life skills.
“reform secondary education curricula to integrate STEM, agriculture, vocational skills, digital literacy, civic education, design thinking, and life skills”
Not checkedSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Set up Artificial Intelligence labs in selected SHSs across the sixteen regions.
“introduce specialized Artificial Intelligence labs in selected secondary schools across the sixteen”
Not checkedSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Keep giving free laptops or tablets to SHS students.
“continue our policy of provision of free laptops/tablets for SHS students”
Not checkedSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Bring back the role of PTAs and old students' associations in running schools.
“restoring the role of Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) and old student associations”
Not checkedSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Work more closely with churches and mosques that run mission schools.
“strengthen government partnerships with religious bodies in managing mission schools”
Not checkedSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Upgrade ICT labs and build new ones in schools without any.
“upgrade existing ICT laboratories and establish new ICT laboratories in Schools without same”
Not checkedSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Expand digital libraries for teachers and learners.
“expand digital libraries to enhance access to global teaching and learning materials”
Not checkedSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Expand Science Resource Centres across the regions.
“expand Science Resource Centres (SRC) across the regions”
Not checkedSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Review the school placement system (CSSPS) to stamp out corruption and make it merit-based.
“review the Computerised School Selection & Placement System (CSSPS) to address corruption in school placement, and make it merit-based”
Not checkedSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Upgrade selected SHSs in all sixteen regions into Grade A schools.
“implement a policy to upgrade selected SHSs across the sixteen regions into Grade A schools”
Not checkedSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Audit school infrastructure to find gaps, then invest where needed.
“conduct an infrastructural audit to identify gaps and invest in targeted infrastructure”
Not checkedTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Reform TVET to teach digital skills, soft skills, practical trades and business sense.
“reform the TVET system to integrate emerging digital skill sets, soft skills, and prioritise the delivery of practical trade skills”
Not checkedTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Add a Business Growth module linking apprentices and TVET graduates to established businesses for mentorship.
“include a Business Growth Apprenticeship Module, a structured”
Not checkedTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Give training and start-up support to roadside artisans in the informal sector.
“provide vocational training and start-up support for trainees in the informal TVET”
Not checkedTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Rebrand TVET and increase money going into it.
“prioritise, rebrand, and increase investments in TVET as a key anchor of economic transformation”
Not checkedTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Give certificates to artisans for skills they already have through Prior Learning Certification.
“promote the recognition of Prior Learning Certification (PLC)/Step-Up Certification (SEC)”
Not checkedTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Help set up MakerSpaces with equipment for TVET graduates to create things.
“facilitate the establishment of MakerSpaces to foster innovation and enterprise development”
Not checkedTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Teach digital skills like project software, digital marketing and AI in TVET.
“integrate digital proficiency, such as project management software, digital marketing, generative”
Not checkedTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Give incentives so more women and persons with disabilities join TVET.
“provide incentive packages and other affirmative action interventions to ensure equity and inclusive participation in TVET especially for women and persons with disability”
Not checkedTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Link TVET schools with industries so students get hands-on workplace experience.
“promote linkages between industries and SMEs in the manufacturing, GRATIS, and construction”
Not checkedTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Fund agencies to fully roll out the National TVET Qualification Framework.
“resource relevant agencies to fully implement the National TVET Qualification”
Not checkedTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Start full Competency-Based Training in TVET.
“initiate the full implementation of Competency-Based-Training”
Not checkedTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Improve TVET's image, including through films and media.
“enhance the image of TVET , for example, by using multimedia tools and platforms, including the film industry”
Not checkedTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Align TVET agencies and harmonise TVET assessment with clear roles for each.
“harmonise the TVET Assessment system with clear mandates for the various agencies in assessment and certification”
Not checkedTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Create lasting funding sources for TVET.
“establish sustainable TVET funding sources in collaboration with stakeholders”
Not checkedTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Offer business incubation to TVET graduates through the new Centres of Excellence and MakerSpaces.
“provide business incubation support for TVET graduates through the proposed TVET Centres of Excellence”
Not checkedTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Encourage making and assembling power tools in Ghana.
“promote the fabrication and assembling of power tools in Ghana”
Not checkedTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 130
Train skilled professionals in teaching so they can instruct in TVET institutions.
“introduce TVET pedagogy in partnership with relevant Technical Universities”
Not checkedTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 130
Expand scholarships for TVET instructors.
“expand scholarship opportunities for TVET instructors' professional development and research”
Not checkedTertiary · Manifesto · PDF page 130
Support continuing students with the Student Loan Trust Fund Plus and a reformed scholarship system.
“provide continuing students with financial assistance through the reintroduction and redeployment of our Student Loan Trust Fund Plus”
Not checkedTertiary · Manifesto · PDF page 130
Revamp the Student Loan Trust Fund with bigger loans based on need and quick payment.
“revamp the Student Loan Trust Fund to increase loan amounts based on a needs assessment and ensure prompt disbursements”
Not checkedTertiary · Manifesto · PDF page 130
Set up Tertiary Endowment Funds with alumni, philanthropists and companies to support students.
“promote the establishment of Tertiary Endowment Funds (TEF) in partnership with alumni, philanthropists, corporate Ghana”
Not checkedTertiary · Manifesto · PDF page 130
Give trainee allowances, student loans and other funding to teacher and nursing trainees.
“provide trainee allowances, student loans and other diverse funding options for teacher and nurses trainees”
Not checkedTertiary · Manifesto · PDF page 130
'Bed for All': build student hostels, with private partners, to expand tertiary accommodation.
“investing in building students' hostels and facilitate the expansion of accommodation facilities for tertiary students through PPP Schemes”
Not checkedTertiary · Manifesto · PDF page 130
Work with private hostel investors to control student accommodation prices.
“engaging private investors in student housing to regulate accommodation prices”
Not checkedScholarships · Manifesto · PDF page 130
Pass a law for a new scholarship system.
“introduce legislation to usher in a new era of government scholarship administration”
Not checkedScholarships · Manifesto · PDF page 132
Ban scholarships for government officials and politically-exposed persons.
“prohibit the award of scholarships to government officials and politically-exposed persons”
Not checkedScholarships · Manifesto · PDF page 132
Tidy up scattered scholarships and match them to national priorities.
“streamline and realign scholarships across multiple sectors to do away with the current uncoordinated regime”
Not checkedScholarships · Manifesto · PDF page 132
End political patronage and nepotism in awarding scholarships; reserve them for the vulnerable and deserving.
“eliminate political patronage, corruption, cronyism, and nepotism in the award of government scholarships”
Not checkedTertiary · Manifesto · PDF page 132
Keep building public universities in every region, starting with the new regions.
“continue with our policy to establish public universities in every region with a focus on the newly-created regions”
Not checkedTertiary · Manifesto · PDF page 132
Set up the National Research Fund to support Ghanaian research.
“establish the National Research Fund to support indigenous research and promote commercialised research”
Not checkedTertiary · Manifesto · PDF page 132
Release subventions to public tertiary institutions in full and on time.
“increase and ensure the timely release of subventions to public tertiary institutions”
Not checkedTertiary · Manifesto · PDF page 132
Let governing councils of public universities work without outside interference.
“empower Governing Councils of public tertiary institutions to function without external interference”
Not checkedTertiary · Manifesto · PDF page 132
Regularise the link between universities and Colleges of Education through GTEC.
“regularise the affiliation relationship between universities and colleges of education”
Not checkedTeachers · Manifesto · PDF page 132
Promote teachers on time and make sure pay is available.
“prioritise the timely promotion of teachers and ensure the availability of funds for their remuneration”
Not checkedTeachers · Manifesto · PDF page 132
'Teacher Dabr3': build teacher housing within new school buildings.
“to provide accommodation facilities for teachers within new school buildings”
Not checkedTeachers · Manifesto · PDF page 132
Start a Government Assisted Mortgage Scheme (GAMOS) to help teachers own homes.
“initiate the Government Assisted Mortgage Scheme (GAMOS) to support teachers to own homes”
Not checkedTeachers · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Give guaranteed rent loans to newly trained College of Education graduates.
“institute guaranteed rent loans for newly-trained graduates of Colleges of Education”
Not checkedTeachers · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Help teachers buy vehicles with flexible duty payment and government guarantees.
“initiate a scheme to assist teachers own vehicles of their choice by offering flexible duty payments arrangements and government guarantees”
Not checkedTeachers · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Expand teacher training and growth through scholarships, mentoring and online platforms.
“expand continuous professional development opportunities through scholarships, teacher-mentorship, career development programmes, and digital learning platforms”
Not checkedTeachers · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Build a College of Education in the Afram Plains to fix the teacher shortage there.
“establish a College of Education in the Afram Plains enclave to address the acute professional teacher deficit”
Not checkedSpecial education · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Renovate run-down special schools and increase their funding.
“renovate dilapidated special schools and increase subventions to them”
Not checkedSpecial education · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Gradually bring children with disabilities into regular schools.
“progressively integrate persons with disabilities into the regular education system”
Not checkedSpecial education · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Upgrade the Inclusive Education Resource Centre with aids for learners with impairments.
“upgrade the Inclusive Education Resource Centre to support learners with various forms of impairments”
Not checkedSpecial education · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Screen pupils early for sight and hearing problems and support them.
“provide opportunities for early visual and audio screening of pupils and support children with disabilities”
Not checkedSpecial education · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Set up district-based support and resources for teachers of children with special needs.
“establish dedicated district-based support systems and resources for educators to teach children with special needs”
Not checkedSpecial education · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Roll out a Gender and Inclusion Education Integration Plan.
“implement a Gender and Inclusion Education Integration Plan”
Not checkedSpecial education · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Add fast-track learning for gifted children.
“incorporate accelerated learning programmes and teaching resources to better engage and teach gifted children”
Not checkedSpecial education · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Promote non-formal education for adults to read, write and keep learning.
“promote complementary and non-formal education to enhance functional literacy and lifelong learning”
Not checkedSpecial education · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Strengthen the Islamic Education Unit in GES to recruit more Arabic tutors.
“enhance and resource the Islamic Education Unit under the Ghana Education Service to enable the effective recruitment of more Islamic/Arabic tutors”
Not checkedSpecial education · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Build STEM and TVET schools in neglected Zongo and poor peri-urban communities.
“establish STEM and TVET schools in historically underserved zongo and poor peri-urban communities”
Not checkedSpecial education · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Give scholarships to bright, needy Muslim students, especially for law, medicine and engineering.
“provide scholarships to brilliant but needy Muslim students, especially to study law, medicine, and engineering”
Not checkedSpecial education · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Give Islamic Colleges of Education more buildings and equipment.
“support Islamic Colleges of Education with additional infrastructure and logistics”
Not checkedSpecial education · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Enrol Zongo and deprived urban youth into the National Apprenticeship Programme with free training.
“enrol youth in Zongo and deprived urban settlements into the National Apprenticeship Programme and offer free technical and vocational education and training”
Not checkedTertiary · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Set up satellite campuses of public universities in the new regions that have none.
“establish satellite campuses in the newly-created regions without public universities”
Not checkedLegal education · Manifesto · PDF page 135
Review professional law training so accredited law faculties can run the Professional Law Course.
“conduct a comprehensive review of professional legal education aimed at accrediting certified law faculties to run the Professional Law Course”
Not checkedLegal education · Manifesto · PDF page 135
Set up a law faculty in the Northern Region.
“facilitate the establishment of a faculty of law in the Northern Region”
Not checkedGender-based violence · Manifesto · PDF page 148
Start a National School-Related Gender-Based Safety Programme to protect pupils and school workers.
“initiate a National School-Related Gender-Based Safety Programme”
Not checkedVulnerable groups · Manifesto · PDF page 148
Build menstrual hygiene washrooms in schools.
“establish menstrual WASH facilities in schools”
Not checkedCapitation grant · Manifesto · PDF page 149
Extend the Capitation Grant to private schools in deprived communities.
“extend the Capitation Grant to private schools located in deprived and underserved communities”
Not checkedDisability · Manifesto · PDF page 153
Modernise education facilities for persons with disabilities and use customised ICT learning, with an information portal.
“modernise education facilities for Persons with Disability and the use of customized ICT learning, including the creation of an information hub/portal”
Not checkedDisability · Manifesto · PDF page 153
Set up a Centre of Excellence for Special Education.
“establish a Centre of Excellence for Special Education”
Not checkedDisability · Manifesto · PDF page 153
Give incentives to teachers in special needs schools.
“provide incentives for teachers working in special needs educational institutions”
Not checkedZongo & inner-city · Manifesto · PDF page 155
Start an education infrastructure programme in Zongo communities.
“initiate an educational infrastructure programme to expand educational infrastructure in Zongo communities”
Not checkedZongo & inner-city · Manifesto · PDF page 155
Strengthen the Islamic Education Unit in GES to monitor schools and recruit more Arabic teachers.
“enhance and resource the Islamic Education Unit under GES to enable effective monitoring and recruitment of more Arabic teachers”
Not checkedZongo & inner-city · Manifesto · PDF page 155
Upgrade infrastructure at Al-Faruq College of Education.
“commence an infrastructure upgrade of the AL-Faruq College of Education”
Not checkedZongo & inner-city · Manifesto · PDF page 155
Help accredit Islamic schools such as the Institute of Islamic Research to train Arabic teachers.
“facilitate accreditation of Islamic schools such as the Institute of Islamic Research”
Not checkedZongo & inner-city · Manifesto · PDF page 155
Give scholarships to Muslim students in law, medicine, engineering and ICT.
“provide scholarships to Muslim students, particularly in the fields of Law, Medicine, Engineering, and ICT”
Not checkedZongo & inner-city · Manifesto · PDF page 155
Help set up Islamic tertiary institutions.
“facilitate partnerships to establish Islamic tertiary institutions”
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