The Capitation Grant has been introduced in Ghana in by the former NPP Government. It was introduced with the intention of facilitating the achievement of . fees abolition policy, the Capitation Grant (CG), to spur the attainment of universal access to the basic education goal under the Ghana Growth. Report by the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) in Accra on Ms Hague said the Citizens’ Assessment of Ghana’s Capitation Grant .
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A plausible explanation of this could be that, there were challenges gnana the disbursement of statutory funds for the Grant. Be the first to start a new thread. This is significantly higher than the rate of increase before the introduction of the capitation grant scheme which was only 6.
1. Background and Context
The main finding revealed that the introduction of the Capitation Grant Scheme was found to be very relevant and has led to an increase in enrolment in basic schools. Despite the increase in enrolment, some children were still out of school. This increase, although ghxna, could be attributed to the Capitation Grant. Conclusion and Implications References Bibliography. There are public basic schools in the On. Findings of the study imply that the scheme will help more children who are not in school to be enrolled.
Effects of Capitation Grant on Education Outcomes in Ghana
According to the respondents, as rgant in Table 1the introduction of the Scheme encouraged the production and use of teaching and learning materials. The impressions of parents were not different from those expressed by the head teachers and teachers on the amount paid per pupil see Table 4.
It was introduced with the intention capifation facilitating the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal of primary education for all, by financing the primary and Junior Secondary Schools in Ghana in such a way that education is free for all.
Dzamboe opines that as a result of introduction of the Grant some authorities adopted the shift system where some students attend school in the morning while others come in the afternoon. A combined score of Analytically, the introduction of the capitation grant rendered the classroom situation poor, apparently owing to the large influx of students in the classroom.
Effects of Capitation Grant on Education Outcomes in Ghana | Global Development Network
The data indicate increased enrolment in all the schools sampled. The Pupil-teacher ratio PTR in basic schools as reported in Education Management Information Service EMIS shows a slight increase from an average of 27 pupils to a teacher in the period before the capitation grant to about 28 pupils to a teacher in the period after the capitxtion of the capitation grant He also added his voice to the call on government to ensure that the various public basic schools receive their grants on time.
Hence, inthe Government of Ghana introduced the Capitation Grant policy aimed at capitaton the educational needs of caiptation and school management. Unfortunately, the supply of textbooks is inadequate, coupled with high enrolment as a result of the introduction of the capitation grant. Some of these challenges are expatiated in the next section of the review.
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Based on these propositions, several education reforms have been instituted at one ij or the other sinceostensibly to make education more accessible to every section of the society. It must be noted that if the law on compulsory education is not enforced, parents will not feel compelled to send their children to school.
The study will be of great importance to educational stakeholders such as the GES and the Ministry of Education by creating awareness on the challenges bedeviling the Capitation Grant scheme.
Head teaches from the sampled schools were automatic members while 5 teachers were randomly selected in each school. The manner in which people accept or reject a new policy or idea depends on their impressions about that new policy or idea. The inadequacy of the grant has attracted some comments from sections of the Ghanaian society.
It can fairly be argued as per the data in Figures 6 and 7 that enrolment rates for boys and gratn in basic school increased up to but decreased in This is significantly higher than the rate of increase before the capitation grant scheme which was about 3.
The conclusion that can be drawn from the above account is that more determined effort should be applied to ghaana and ib school authorities on responsibilities that come along with accessing the grant. However, the implementation of the FCUBE could not be achieved in full, with regards to its primary aim of accessibility and free education, due to unfavorable economic conditions of the country Atagra, But it can be well argued that many educational policies and or programmes have always raised critical controversies and therefore, require research and serious lengthy public debates to arrive at what is appropriate and acceptable to the society in general to become good social policies.
Antwi opines that educational reforms must be borne out of evolving social needs. On the other hand, But much to be emphasized is the expected education of various PTAs as key stakeholders in implementing the Capitation Grant.
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Cognisant of the importance of education to national development, various governments have contributed to the advancement of the educational system in Ghana. Granf will also help educational stakeholders to effectively implement the scheme by appreciating the problems that have arisen as a result of its introduction.
A plausible explanation for the upward change in the pupil-teacher ratio could be the disproportionate enrolment of pupils calitation the number of teachers the gratn employed within the period of to