Closing the Inequality Gap in Children's Educational Attainment in Ghana - A Research Brief
Sosu, Edward and Nyarko, Nana Yaa and Fleischer-Djoleto, Diane and Mtika, Peter and Pimenta, Sofia and Wilson, Claire and Nyartsikor, Maxwell (2019) Closing the Inequality Gap in Children's Educational Attainment in Ghana - A Research Brief. [Report] (https://doi.org/10.17868/67641)
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Abstract
Many children in Ghana face challenges of access to quality education. There are also significant inequalities in the education system with children from more disadvantaged backgrounds (e.g., low income, rural) performing well below those from better-off backgrounds (e.g., high income, urban). This inequality is starkly represented by the so-called 'zero percent' schools where no child from a Junior Secondary School in that school progresses to secondary school. This brief report summarises findings from our research into the nature of educational inequalities from preschool to the end of primary school, and examines the key reasons for this gap in attainment.
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Sosu, Edward, Nyarko, Nana Yaa, Fleischer-Djoleto, Diane, Mtika, Peter, Pimenta, Sofia
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Item type: Report ID code: 67641 Dates: DateEvent30 April 2019PublishedKeywords: attainment, inequality, Ghana, Education, Education Subjects: Education Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Education > Education
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Psychological Science and Health > PsychologyDepositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 30 Apr 2019 08:51 Last modified: 09 Feb 2023 01:47 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/67641