Kofi Asare of the
Ghana National Educational Campaign Coalition in a presentation said, Ghana has
ratified the following international instrument: UN covenant on social ,
economic and cultural Rights Education of all (Dakar 2000),millennium
declaration and AU protocols on basic education. He said the GNECC targets 100%
primary enrolment and Junior High Senior completion respectively and 1:1 gender
parity by 2015.
He said the national budget financing for 2009 was (31%),
basic education receives about (50%) of the total educational budget which
recurrent (80%).financing a gap of about $500,000,000 and that the District
Assemblies are primarily responsible for
building schools, however inadequate District Assembly Common Fund (DACF) limit
that function and over 90% are account for local revenue.
He stated that, financial crises causing expenditure in
education especially in the LDC’s district primary’s reducing budgetary support
to education which makes GETFUND over stretched making the basic education a
non priority.
He said, about 3,900 schools are under trees, about 4,000 schools
are under sheds, about 16,000 schools are without toilet facilities and 800,000
children are out of school.
He noted that, Government Of Ghana (GOG) estimates 1 Billon US$ a
year from the oil revenue and 10% of this 1 Billion can build 1,250 fully
furnished basic schools at a per capita cost of $75,000 US dollars which will
tend to eliminate schools under trees and shed in five years and all other
factors remaining.
He finally said, the Ghana National Campaign Coalition (GNECC) will
promote and facilitate processes that will ensure equality in access to free
quality education for all.
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