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FOCUS ON GHANA
A GUIDING LIGHT

With a surge in demand for school places on the back of Ghana’s growing
economy and popularity, here’s a handy read for parents. By Amy Owusu

OS-Herman Gmeiner, Tema
International and Mfantsipim,
Salma mater of the late UN
Secretary-General Kofi Annan, have
been named as some of Ghana’s best
schools in the first directory of the
country’s leading education institutions.
The Ghana Good Schools Guide has
been launched to help parents across
the globe find the right school for their
children in the West African country.
It contains details of state and private
school provision across the region and
is packed with practical information,
including contact details, admission,
location and fees.
Other well-known schools named
include Ghana International, Roman
Ridge, Presec and Opoku Ware.
There has been a recent surge in
demand for school places in Ghana
which some people have attributed to
the country’s growing economy and
its booming popularity following the
President’s call for the diaspora
to visit in what’s been called The Year
of Return.
The ‘independent
and unbiased’ guide,
which no schools
have paid to appear
in, is aimed at helping
families who are
moving to Ghana As well as
navigate their way information on
information on
around the system, as educational institutions
well as parents looking from nursery through
for boarding schools. to secondary school,
Akwasi Ababio, the book also explains
Director of Diaspora the various curricula on offer from
Affairs, Office of the President, said: IGCSEs and A-Levels to IB and the
“The Ghana Good Schools Guide is an West African Senior School Certificate
excellent resource for families moving Examination (WASSCE).
to Ghana who may be worried about The guide is available on Amazon,
finding the right school for their child. theghanagoodschoolsguide.com or
“This book is an excellent A-Z maketherightchoice.co.uk.
guide to the school system and we’re Twitter: @ghana_schools
delighted it has been published. We Facebook: The Ghana Good
are certain it will become an invaluable Schools Guide Excellent resource: Mr Ababio, Director
resource for the diaspora.” Instagram: ghana_schools of Diaspora Affairs, with the new guide

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