Table 9: Structure of education system Ghana’s Years Appropriate Level of Academic Focus Age Education 1 4-5 Learning by playing (Foundational Literacy, 2 5-6 Numeracy, inter personal and communication skills 3 6-7 Basic Literacy, Numeracy, 4 7-8 Science(including 5 8-9 Primary environmental) 6 9-10 and Social (including Life 7 10-11 skills) Studies 8 11-12 universal) 9 12-13 Lower Secondary Education focus English, Ghanaian 10 13-14 and Junior Language, Math, Social 11 14-15 High Studies, Science(including School environmental), Education compulsory Technical, Vocational, Agricultural Courses Basic (free, 12 15-16 Two categories: Grammar and 13 16-17 Technical Academic programs in Core 14 17-18 subjects( in English, Ghanaian Language, Social Studies, Mathematics, Science Senior (including environmental) and High introduction to focus areas of School studies in Grammar type Education Business Studies, Science Home Economics (including Visual Arts) and Technical and Vocational Education and Training programs Upper Secondary 15 18-19 16 19-20 Tertiary 17 20-21 18 21-22 Improving Equity, Efficiency an Accountability of Education Service Delivery, WB February 2011. Source:
Table 9: Structure of Ghana’s education system Years Appropriate Age Level of Education Academic Focus 1 4-5 Basic Education (free, compulsory and universal) Learning by playing (Foundational Literacy, Numeracy, inter personal and communication skills 2 5-6 3 6-7 Primary Basic Literacy, Numeracy, Science(including environmental) and Social (including Life skills) Studies 4 7-8 5 8-9 6 9-10 7 10-11 8 11-12 9 12-13 Junior High School Lower Secondary Education focus English, Ghanaian Language, Math, Social Studies, Science(including environmental), Technical, Vocational, Agricultural Courses 10 13-14 11 14-15 12 15-16 Senior High School Upper Secondary Two categories: Grammar and Technical Academic programs in Core subjects( in English, Ghanaian Language, Social Studies, Mathematics, Science (including environmental) and introduction to focus areas of studies in Grammar type Education Business Studies, Science Home Economics (including Visual Arts) and Technical and Vocational Education and Training programs 13 16-17 14 17-18 15 18-19 Tertiary 16 19-20 17 20-21 18 21-22 Source: Improving Equity, Efficiency an Accountability of Education Service Delivery, WB February 2011.
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