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PROVIDING EQUAL ACCESS TO TERTIARY EDUCATION IN RURAL GHANA
INTRODUCTION:
In general, a rural area is a geographic area that is located outside cities and towns. Or
A rural area can be defined by overall population, population density, commuting patterns, and/or distance from other settlements
Segments of urban centers that are heavily populated with informal settlement characterized by substandard housing and lacking reliable sanitation services, supply of clean water, reliable electricity, timely law enforcement and other basic services, must also be considered equally in discussions on access.
School continuation rates after age’s 11-14years drop sharply from 7% to 66.8% at age 15-19 years.
Continuation rate continues to drop after age 15-19 years from 66.8% to 23.6% for 20-24 years
The drops corresponds to the transition from SHS to tertiary level, The low levels of transition to higher education at the two levels reflect some bottlenecks in our educational systems which have existed over the years.
8% of people with a degree or higher will get job as compared 5.0% of people who never attended school
3% of Self-employed without employees had never attended school as compared to 6.4% who had a degree or higher.
Even though great strides have been made over years, a lot more remains to be done.
For instance, in 2010 PHC, 74.1% of the population 11 years and above were literate.
Higher education is important irrespective of where your ward will end up. Indeed, a trained hand is a better agent for development than the reverse.
MoE is working at the teacher and school related issues and the SLTF and aligned agencies are working on other support mechanisms to reduce barriers.
RELEVANCE OF THE TOPIC OF RURAL ACCESS TO TERTIARY EDUCATION
Stakeholders’ discussion like this helps to make the issue a front page and hence develops efforts at reducing the gaps between urban and rural dwellers in educational support.
There are still significant gaps in educational opportunities between rural and urban communities.
These gaps arise in part because rural areas face several unique challenges many of which can be drastically reduced through access to high-quality tertiary education
SOME BARRIERS TO TERTIARY EDUCATION
Poor academic performance is endemic in rural communities. This has been attributed to a number of factors including
A COMPETITIVE STUDENTS LOAN
TACKLING THE FINANCIAL BARRIERS WITH SLTF
Proxies that ensure inclusiveness
SLTF will build collaborative partnerships with:
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