The Case for Reforming Ghana's Education System From the Ground Up
Decades of piecemeal reforms have failed to address the fundamental structural issues in our primary and secondary education.
Every few years, Ghana introduces a new education reform — a new curriculum, a new exam system, a new school feeding programme. Yet our education outcomes remain stubbornly below expectations. The 2025 National Education Assessment showed that only 35% of P6 students are proficient in reading, and just 28% in mathematics.
The problem is not a lack of reform — it is a lack of systemic reform. We keep adjusting the superstructure while the foundation crumbles. Teacher quality, school infrastructure, and instructional materials — these are the fundamentals that determine learning outcomes, and they remain chronically underfunded.
Until we address teacher compensation, training, and accountability as a unified package, no curriculum reform will deliver the results we need.
