DoneFlagshipEducation conference · 120-day social contract · deadline 8 May 2025
Hold a national conference on education to agree on improvements.
“Convene a national consultative conference on EDUCATION”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Met inside the 120 days. President Mahama named an eight-member planning committee chaired by Prof. George Oduro on 2 Feb 2025. The National Education Forum opened in Ho on 18 Feb 2025 and closed in Accra on 13 Mar 2025, after more than 2,000 online and 200 paper submissions. Prof. Oduro handed the final report to the President in Accra (reported 9 Jun 2025). Holding the conference is done; no official report yet says how many of its recommendations have been carried out.
DoneFlagshipNo-Academic-Fee · 120-day social contract · deadline 8 May 2025
Stop academic fees for all first-year students in public tertiary institutions.
“Implement the ‘No-Academic-Fee’ policy for all first-year students in public tertiary institutions”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Running for two cohorts, but late against the 120-day deadline (8 May 2025), and paid back rather than stopped up front at first. The money (₵499.8m) was in the 11 Mar 2025 budget, and 2024/25 fees were refunded to students. The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) says 152,698 first-years were validated and refunded for 2024/25 (GNA reports 178,745 applications) and 168,982 had been paid for in 2025/26 by 20 Aug 2026. In June 2026 it said it had paid out over ₵830m in total; the 2026 budget gives the policy ₵537m. Not everyone has been paid: some Accra Technical University students said in May 2026 they were still waiting for 2024/25 refunds, and about 23,000 of the 184,489 first-year records received for 2025/26 had not yet been validated in July 2026.
DoneFlagshipEducation funding · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Stop using GETFund as loan collateral and remove its cap so it funds education.
“uncap and stop the collateralisation of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund)”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Done in law and in the budget. The 11 Mar 2025 budget removed the cap on GETFund, and the Earmarked Funds Capping and Realignment (Amendment) Act, 2025 (Act 1132), in force from 2 Apr 2025, takes GETFund out of the capping law. The same budget says 'GETFund receivables are now free from collateralisation', with government taking over the Daakye bond debt that GETFund had backed. UNICEF puts GETFund at ₵10.4bn for 2025, up from about ₵3.9bn in 2024. GETFund falls to ₵9.9bn in 2026, and about 42% of it (₵4.2bn) now pays for Free SHS, which Eduwatch warns squeezes building projects.
DoneScholarships · Manifesto · PDF page 130
Pass a law for a new scholarship system.
“introduce legislation to usher in a new era of government scholarship administration”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Done, though late. The Ghana Scholarships Authority Bill was laid on 9 Jul 2025, passed by Parliament in November 2025 and assented to on 2 Dec 2025 as the Ghana Scholarships Authority Act, 2025 (Act 1149). The minister inaugurated the Authority's governing board on 8 Jan 2026, and it is running the 2026 scholarship cycle (5,000 awards, 2,000 reserved for 'needy but brilliant' students).
In progressFlagshipFree tertiary for PWDs · 120-day social contract · deadline 8 May 2025
Make tertiary education free for persons with disabilities.
“Free Tertiary Education for Persons with Disabilities”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Missed the 120-day deadline: President Mahama launched the policy in Accra on 25 Oct 2025, with the Students Loan Trust Fund running it. By June 2026 about 1,530 students with disabilities had been supported (about ₵9.3m spent); the 2026 mid-year review says 1,554 and SLTF says 1,623 got full tuition and residential support in 2025/26. SLTF itself says stipends and assistive devices are still to come. The money is unclear: ₵25m in the 2026 budget speech, but ₵50m a year from GETFund at the launch.
In progressFlagshipScholarship bill · 120-day social contract · deadline 8 May 2025
Take a bill to Parliament to clean up government scholarships and bar political appointees from them.
“Lay before parliament a new bill to streamline government scholarship administration”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026The bill part is done, late; the ban on political appointees is not in it. The bill was laid in Parliament on 9 Jul 2025, two months after the 8 May 2025 deadline, passed in November 2025 and assented to on 2 Dec 2025 as the Ghana Scholarships Authority Act (Act 1149). The Authority's board was inaugurated on 8 Jan 2026. The Act itself has no clause barring political appointees or politically exposed persons: anyone Ghanaian and 'brilliant but needy' qualifies (s.25), and further eligibility rules are left to the minister's regulations (s.32), none of which have been published.
In progressFlagshipBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Bring in a 'SmartStart Curriculum' putting science, maths, coding, digital skills and technical skills into basic school.
“initiate a ‘SmartStart Curriculum" for greater integration of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), coding and Digital Literacy and TVET”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026On 20 Jul 2026 the Education Minister said a revised curriculum, written by NaCCA, would add coding, electronics, artificial intelligence and TVET, and called it a 'smart start' curriculum. He described it as KG to JHS, but the draft handed to him on 22 Jul 2026 covers KG to Primary 6 (GNA), which matches the 2026 budget's plan to overhaul 'kindergarten to primary six'. On 10 Aug 2026 it had still not been adopted: GES was reviewing it before it goes to Cabinet. There is no date for it to reach classrooms. Experts warn that rural schools without power, internet, devices and trained teachers could fall further behind.
In progressFlagshipBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Launch 'Furniture for All' so no pupil sits on the floor, working with local carpenters.
“launch a ‘Furniture for All Initiative’ to address the acute deficit at the basic level in partnership with the local carpentry and furniture industry”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026There has been no launch of a scheme called 'Furniture for All', and we found no national partnership with local carpenters. Desks are coming through other channels. Government told assemblies to spend at least 10% of their Common Fund on school furniture, and the 2026 budget sets aside ₵700m of Common Fund money for furniture. Assemblies have handed out desks: 1,170 in Tamale in June 2026 and 1,600 in Afadzato South in October 2026. GETFund is buying 200,000 mono desks for 100 senior high schools leaving double-track, starting with Labone SHS in Nov 2025. Mahama promised 'at least one million' desks in 2026 (30 Mar 2026), but the July 2026 mid-year review gave no count of desks delivered.
In progressFlagshipBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Build and repair classrooms to end schools under trees.
“embark on an aggressive infrastructure drive to address the increasing phenomenon of schools under trees and rehabilitate dilapidated school buildings”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026The 2026 budget sets aside ₵2.0bn for 200 JHS, 200 primary and 200 kindergarten blocks plus 400 teacher bungalows and 400 toilets, and Mahama repeated the 600 blocks in his 27 Feb 2026 State of the Nation Address. On 30 Mar 2026 he said '400 schools this year' and two blocks per district per year from the Common Fund, aiming to cover most schools under trees by 2028. The 2025 Auditor-General's report (reported 7 Jul 2026) counts 10,730 public basic schools, with 3,050,808 pupils, that have no classroom block. The July 2026 mid-year review gave no update on how many blocks had been started or finished.
In progressFlagshipSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Abolish the double-track system so the school calendar is stable.
“abolish the double-track system to restore a stable academic calendar”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Not abolished yet. GES says 99 senior high schools went back to single-track (statement reported 2 Sep 2025), and the 2026 budget gives ₵1.1bn to a two-year programme to end double-track, backed by a US$300m World Bank facility approved on 16 Jun 2026. The deadline keeps moving: the 2026 budget (Nov 2025) spoke of a full move to single-track 'by 2026'; Mahama said 2027 in May 2026; on 20 Jul 2026 Minister Haruna Iddrisu said 'By 2029, we should be done with double track'; and on 12 Sep 2026 Mahama again said the end of 2027. No official count of schools still on double-track has been published.
In progressFlagshipSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Do an emergency drive to finish abandoned E-blocks and expand SHS and TVET buildings.
“embark on an emergency infrastructure drive to complete abandoned E-blocks and expand infrastructure in existing SHSs and TVET institutions”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026The 2026 budget includes completing 30 abandoned E-blocks (community day SHSs) under the double-track programme. At Paga on 13 Aug 2026 Mahama repeated the 30 figure and said of Paga SHS: 'We finished it.' Work restarted on the Ashaiman Technical Institute E-block, which its MP said in Feb 2026 was about 90% done and due by March 2026. Government has not published how many of the 30 are now finished, and the July 2026 mid-year review gave no E-block update.
In progressFlagshipTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Start building regional TVET Centres of Excellence with modern workshops.
“commence the establishment of regional TVET Centres of Excellence integrated with fabrication and other state-of-the-art facilities”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Around 2 Nov 2025, Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu cut the sod for a TVET Centre of Excellence at Salaga (Savannah Region), being built by Italian firm De Lorenzo, and said 'The funding is fully available' (one outlet, InsightGhana). The 2026 budget says construction of six regional TVET Centres of Excellence 'will continue', and the 27 Feb 2026 State of the Nation Address promised six new ones, without naming sites or dates. Salaga was already on the previous government's 2022 list of 32 TVET centres, so part of this continues an inherited project. We found no centre completed or opened as of Nov 2026.
In progressFlagshipTeachers · Manifesto · PDF page 132
Scrap the teacher licensure exam and build licensing into final-year exams.
“abolish the teacher licensure examination and integrate the licensing process into the final year examination of trainees”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Announced, but the separate exam is still running. On 17 Jul 2025 the Education Minister told the National Teaching Council (NTC) to end the old exam by 30 Aug 2025, and on 23 Feb 2026 the NTC said it 'will no longer be held as a separate examination' and would move into trainees' final-semester exams, with teaching practice worth 30% of the mark. Yet the NTC still ran the stand-alone Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination (GTLE 2) on 14-16 Sep 2026 for Level 400 trainees of all 49 public Colleges of Education and for resit candidates, at ₵450 for fresh candidates. No cohort has yet been licensed through the final-year exams alone.
In progressFlagshipTeachers · Manifesto · PDF page 132
Pay teachers in rural and poor areas a special allowance of 20 percent of basic salary.
“introduce a special allowance of 20 percent of basic salary for teachers who accept postings to rural and underserved communities”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Not paid yet, 22 months in. The 2025 budget said government would 'engage key stakeholders' on a 20% allowance for teachers who serve in rural schools, and on 14 Aug 2026 the minister said government was 'finalising' it. GNAT, NAGRAT and PRETAG went on a nationwide strike from 25 Sep 2026, partly over this allowance. On 2 Oct 2026 the minister set up a committee with the unions and the Ghana Statistical Service to validate who qualifies. The unions suspended the strike on 9 Oct 2026 after a deal with the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, under which government will only 'come out with the modalities for implementation in January 2027' (Graphic). Who qualifies, the start date and the cost are all still open.
In progressFlagshipCapitation grant · Manifesto · PDF page 149
Pay outstanding capitation grants to public basic schools and pay on time in future.
“resolve outstanding payments of capitation grants to public basic schools and ensure consistent and timely disbursements”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026GES said on 23 Jul 2025 that all capitation grant arrears from 2023 onward had been paid, and the Finance Minister told Parliament the next day: 'all arrears of Capitation Grant have been fully paid.' The 2026 budget (Nov 2025) repeats that capitation was fully paid for 2024/25. The grant rose from ₵84m (2024) to ₵145.5m (2025) and ₵157m (2026), and the July 2026 mid-year review says ₵76m was released. No total for the arrears paid has been published, and we found no independent check by head teachers or Eduwatch, so 'timely' payment is still unproven.
In progressE-School · Manifesto · PDF page 118
Give students and teachers devices and universal internet for digital learning.
“provide students and teachers access to devices that can keep them connected”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026A small pilot is running, but it is the previous government's project. The Ghana Smart Schools Project (one tablet per SHS student, about 100 smart schools) was launched by President Akufo-Addo in March 2024. In late November 2025 President Mahama opened a 10-classroom smart block at Ghana SHS, Tamale, with a tablet for every student, the second school under that pilot, and said all students would eventually get tablets. On 4 June 2026 the Education Minister said SHS students and teachers already have tablets loaded with the curriculum and digital learning will be extended to KG through JHS. No plan, date or budget for devices for every pupil and teacher, or internet in every school, has been published.
In progressEarly childhood · Manifesto · PDF page 124
Make nursery and kindergarten part of basic education, with proper buildings.
“initiate a policy to integrate early childhood education into basic education supported by appropriate infrastructure”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Kindergarten is already counted as part of basic education in Ghana; the new step is buildings. The 2026 budget funds 200 kindergartens alongside 200 primary and 200 JHS blocks, and on 2 July 2026 the Education Minister told Parliament procurement for 200 purpose-built KG blocks was underway, waiting for the Finance Minister's go-ahead. The 2026 budget also funds KG books and workbooks. No new written policy on merging early childhood into basic education was found, and no KG block is reported finished.
In progressEarly childhood · Manifesto · PDF page 124
Review the nursery curriculum into a national value-based one that builds life skills.
“review early childhood curricula to develop a national value-based curriculum”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026On 27 February 2026, in his State of the Nation Address, President Mahama said the KG to Primary 6 curriculum was being reviewed to add robotics, coding and age-appropriate AI, with stress on ethics and human values. On 4 June 2026 the Education Minister said the review committee would finish soon. No revised KG curriculum had been published by 4 Nov 2026, and the review as described is mainly about technology, not the life-skills curriculum the manifesto describes.
In progressEarly childhood · Manifesto · PDF page 124
Train and develop early childhood teachers professionally.
“invest in comprehensive professional development programmes for early childhood educators”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026The Ministry of Education and GES are training about 30,000 kindergarten teachers nationwide in play-based teaching, with partners Sabre Education, Lively Minds and Right to Play (reported June 2026). The 16 regional and 261 district early childhood coordinators are also being trained, to reach about 1.2 million KG pupils a year. Who pays for it and how many teachers have finished are not stated.
In progressBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Give schools enough textbooks so each pupil has one, based on the curriculum.
“significantly improve the pupil-to-textbook ratio through the provision of curriculum-based text books”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026The 2025 budget speech (11 Mar 2025) set aside ₵564.6m for free textbooks (Eduwatch later quoted ₵596m for about 20m copies), and the 2026 budget (13 Nov 2025) put ₵3.0bn into KG, primary and JHS 3 books plus desks and buses. But Africa Education Watch said textbook availability was only about 35% (well-off districts) to 40% (deprived districts) as of March 2025, and February 2026 data showed La-Nkwantanang-Madina and Ga West got no textbook deliveries at all. Eduwatch's June 2026 monitoring found fewer than half of the core textbooks in many schools, and seven of its ten districts got no desks in 2025.
In progressBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Raise capitation and feeding grants and pay them on time, every term.
“increase and ensure regular payment of capitation and feeding grants”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Capitation money went up: ₵84m in 2024, ₵145.5m in 2025 (up 73%) and ₵157m in 2026, though the 2026 mid-year review shows ₵76m paid by July. GES said in July 2025 that all arrears since 2023 were cleared, Eduwatch found 9 of the 10 districts it monitored got every 2025 payment on schedule, and GES released the first 2026/27 payment in October 2026. The school feeding budget rose from ₵1.344bn to ₵1.788bn in 2025, and the Gender Minister confirmed in June 2026 that the rate per child per day went from ₵1.50 to ₵2. Missing: the amount per child (about ₵9 to ₵10 a year, set in 2017) has not been raised.
In progressBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Put computers with digital lessons in basic schools and upgrade ICT labs.
“providing computer facilities installed with digitized learning materials and upgrade ICT laboratories”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026In October 2025 the Education Minister handed STEM materials to 86 basic schools in the Northern Region and said about 3,500 schools nationwide would get kits including computers, projectors and robotics equipment. In July 2026 Korea's KOICA signed a US$28m second phase of a digital STEM project for primary schools (2026–2032). No count of schools with new computer labs or loaded digital lessons has been published, and how many of the 3,500 schools got kits is not known.
In progressBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Review the curriculum and exams to focus on skills and good values.
“review curricula and assessment systems to prioritize skills acquisition and value-based education”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026President Mahama told Parliament on 27 February 2026 that the KG to Primary 6 curriculum was under review, stressing ethics, critical thinking and human values alongside coding and AI. The Education Minister said on 4 June 2026 a review committee would finish soon. No revised curriculum has been published, and no review of exams or assessment was found.
In progressBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Restructure the Bureau of Ghanaian Languages so it sets standards for our languages.
“restructuring and mandating the Bureau of Ghanaian Languages (BGL) to standardise the development of Ghanaian Languages”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026On 10 August 2026 Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts Minister Abla Dzifa Gomashie said the restructuring of the Bureau of Ghana Languages fulfils the government's promise and gives it a clear mandate to standardise Ghanaian languages. She said standardised languages went from 11 to 16, with Kusaal, Likpakpaanl and Sisaali writing systems launched on 23 June 2026 plus an Ahanta orthography, and three more promised by end-2026. This work is done by the Culture ministry, not Education. Only state media (ISD, GNA) report it, and no details of the restructuring (law, structure or budget) were published.
In progressSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Extend Free SHS to students in private senior high schools.
“extend Free SHS to cover students in private Senior High Schools”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Started as a day-school-only pilot. On 16 June 2025 GES added 25 private SHSs to school selection for 2025/26 as day schools; private school groups said boarding, feeding and transport stay with parents. The 2026 budget (Nov 2025) and private heads (April 2026) both put the pilot at about 70 schools, but in April 2026 the heads said government had not yet released the pilot money. For 2026/27 Deputy Minister Clement Apaak said 85 private SHSs would take Free SHS students (7 Sept 2026). Still missing: boarding students, a published cost per student, and proof the private schools have been paid. GNAT opposed the plan in June 2025, saying it would pull money from public schools.
In progressSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Keep giving free laptops or tablets to SHS students.
“continue our policy of provision of free laptops/tablets for SHS students”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026The tablet programme the NPP started in 2024 has continued under this government, though not as a new scheme. In Parliament in late November 2025 Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu said he had 'inherited a contract' worth about US$337m for 1.3 million SHS tablets, that about 980,000 had been deployed, and that GETFund was paying for distribution. In April 2026 he admitted the tablets were still not fully distributed, leaving some Form Two students without devices for off-campus online lessons. Still missing: a completion date, a count of students actually holding working devices, and any plan for new intakes.
In progressSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Bring back the role of PTAs and old students' associations in running schools.
“restoring the role of Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) and old student associations”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026PTAs are back, but their rules are on hold. On 16-17 Jul 2025 the Ghana Education Service, on President Mahama's instruction, announced the 'full reinstatement' of Parent-Teacher Associations in all public pre-tertiary schools, reversing the 2019 scaling-back under Free SHS. On 13 Nov 2025 GES suspended the new PTA guidelines and barred SHS heads and PTAs from collecting levies 'until further notice'. The 2026 budget says PTAs have been restored in all pre-tertiary schools. We found nothing on a bigger role for old students' associations.
In progressSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Review the school placement system (CSSPS) to stamp out corruption and make it merit-based.
“review the Computerised School Selection & Placement System (CSSPS) to address corruption in school placement, and make it merit-based”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026The placement rules were changed, but bribery claims and confusion continued. On 22 Oct 2025 the ministry sent bribery claims (including an NDC MP's story of a ₵30,000 payment) to National Security. For 2026, GES raised school choices from seven to eight and made candidates pick two Category A schools near home (30 April 2026). Results came out on 4 Sept 2026: 313,283 candidates put a Category A school first but only 76,417 Category A places existed, so many were placed in schools they did not choose. Police arrested six people between 17 and 25 Sept 2026 over payments of ₵8,500 to ₵22,000 to fix placements. No independent review report on merit or corruption has been published.
In progressSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Upgrade selected SHSs in all sixteen regions into Grade A schools.
“implement a policy to upgrade selected SHSs across the sixteen regions into Grade A schools”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Upgrades are announced and funded on paper, but the numbers keep changing and I found no school confirmed as upgraded yet. The 2026 budget (Nov 2025) said 10 Category B schools would move to A and 30 C to B. On 14 May 2026 Mahama said 20 B to A and 30 C to B under a US$300m World Bank project (STARR-J); a 22 May 2026 government (ISD) report said 30 B to A. On 11 Sept 2026 the minister said 20 B to A plus 10 new model Category A schools, with ₵250m-₵300m from GETFund in 2027. Named schools such as Odorgonno and Great Apam were still "to be" upgraded in July and August 2026.
In progressSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Audit school infrastructure to find gaps, then invest where needed.
“conduct an infrastructural audit to identify gaps and invest in targeted infrastructure”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026No national audit of school buildings has been published, but targeted building money is being lined up. The minister told Parliament on 18 June 2026 of a ₵2.5bn second-cycle building plan for 2026-2027 with World Bank support, and Cabinet approved a ₵3bn plan to end double-track (to be presented in July 2026). The only audit I found is the Auditor-General's 2025 report: 10,730 public basic schools with no classroom block and 3.05 million pupils learning under trees or sheds. Eduwatch says at about ₵2bn a year it could take nearly two decades to close the SHS gap.
In progressTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Reform TVET to teach digital skills, soft skills, practical trades and business sense.
“reform the TVET system to integrate emerging digital skill sets, soft skills, and prioritise the delivery of practical trade skills”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026A national TVET policy meant to add digital skills, industry engagement and clear roles has been drafted. The minister said in August 2025 it would 'soon' go to Cabinet, but in April 2026 the deputy minister said it was still awaiting Cabinet approval, and I found no approval by 4 Nov 2026. In July 2026 Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu said the government is reforming TVET to add digital, soft and practical trade skills and business know-how. The real steps so far are separate pieces (the first harmonised national TVET exam in May 2026, workplace-learning drives, an AI training deal with partners), not an approved new framework.
In progressTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Give training and start-up support to roadside artisans in the informal sector.
“provide vocational training and start-up support for trainees in the informal TVET”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026The National Apprenticeship Programme (NAP), launched by Mahama in Tamale on 30 April 2025 and run by the Youth ministry and National Youth Authority (not Education), gives informal-sector apprentices free training, a transport stipend and start-up kits. About 10,000 were enrolled in its first year, and by February 2026 it said 14,335 were onboarded; kits such as sewing machines, welding and mechanic tools were handed out in districts from early 2026. The NYA chief answered complaints of late stipends by saying names were being checked to remove ghost names. The budget line fell from ₵300m in 2025 to ₵170m in 2026, while the 2026 target is 100,000 apprentices (the 2025 launch had also spoken of a first cohort of 100,000). Separately, budget statements say the donor-backed Ghana TVET Voucher Project trained 10,739 people in 2025.
In progressTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Rebrand TVET and increase money going into it.
“prioritise, rebrand, and increase investments in TVET as a key anchor of economic transformation”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026There is no TVET-only figure showing more money. The Free SHS line, which the minister says also covers Free TVET, rose from ₵3.5bn (2025) to ₵4.2bn (2026). The 'fully funded' Salaga TVET Centre of Excellence had its sod cut in November 2025. Cabinet approved a dedicated TVET Fund only 'in principle' in July 2026, to start in January 2027, and Mahama promised ₵10m each for 10 technical universities in the 2027 budget. But the Ministry of Education's 2026 government capital budget is only ₵20m, and Eduwatch says practical training gets about ₵33 per student a year against a real cost of ₵4,000 to ₵9,000. 'Rebranding' so far is speeches and the yearly TVET Week; I found no rebranding campaign or budget.
In progressTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Teach digital skills like project software, digital marketing and AI in TVET.
“integrate digital proficiency, such as project management software, digital marketing, generative”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026On 23 September 2026 the Ghana TVET Service signed an agreement with UNESCO, KPMG and Microsoft to train at least 100,000 TVET facilitators in AI and digital skills. A related UNESCO programme with GETFund aims to certify up to one million TVET teachers and learners by the end of 2027, building on a pilot at AAMUSTED where about 3,300 learners were certified. CTVET had pledged in July 2025 to bring robotics, coding and digital literacy into TVET. The money comes mostly from partners, no start date was given, and I found no government budget figure for it.
In progressTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Give incentives so more women and persons with disabilities join TVET.
“provide incentive packages and other affirmative action interventions to ensure equity and inclusive participation in TVET especially for women and persons with disability”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026The National Apprenticeship Programme (Youth ministry) sets aside places for women (45% at the April 2025 launch; the ministry's own page now says at least 40%) and at least 5% for persons with disabilities. Free tertiary education for persons with disabilities (launched October 2025) covers technical universities, and Dr Hilla Limann Technical University took in 17 students with disabilities fee-free in 2025/26. But I found no Ministry of Education incentive package for women in TVET; girls' scholarships come from donors (FAWE/Mastercard, CAMFED). Women were only 26.3% of 2026 TVET exam candidates, and 170 candidates had a disability.
In progressTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Link TVET schools with industries so students get hands-on workplace experience.
“promote linkages between industries and SMEs in the manufacturing, GRATIS, and construction”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026In July 2026 the Education Minister said the ministry had worked with 1,820 private and state companies to place TVET students for industrial attachments, and made Workplace Experience Learning a priority for all TVET students. At TVET Week in October 2026 the Deputy Chief of Staff said nearly 35,000 learners were taking part. The Ghana TVET Service signed a partnership with DTI (September 2026) and one with Tema Oil Refinery. These numbers are the government's own and reported only by GNA. CTVET's 2026 TVET Report still lists weak industry links as a main problem, and I found nothing linking TVET schools to GRATIS or manufacturing SMEs, as the manifesto named.
In progressTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Fund agencies to fully roll out the National TVET Qualification Framework.
“resource relevant agencies to fully implement the National TVET Qualification”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026The National TVET Qualifications Framework already existed before 2025. By April 2026, 108 competency-based programmes had been built on it, with 115 more being written. In May 2026 CTVET ran the first harmonised Certificate II exam, for 61,506 candidates. I found no extra money or staff specifically to 'fully implement' the framework, and CTVET's planned TVET management information system (TVETMIS) had not been launched by May 2026. This is mostly earlier work carried on.
In progressTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Start full Competency-Based Training in TVET.
“initiate the full implementation of Competency-Based-Training”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Competency-Based Training (CBT) is spreading: 108 CBT programmes exist and 115 more were being developed (April 2026), and the minister says CBT workshops are a funding priority. But a 2024-25 Ghana TVET Service/UNICEF study found only 24% of surveyed institutions in the Ashanti Region actually deliver CBT. Eduwatch says schools get about ₵33 per student a year for practical materials against a real cost of ₵4,000 to ₵9,000. This is not yet 'full implementation'.
In progressTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Align TVET agencies and harmonise TVET assessment with clear roles for each.
“harmonise the TVET Assessment system with clear mandates for the various agencies in assessment and certification”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026In May-June 2026 CTVET ran the first harmonised TVET exams, under an interim harmonised curriculum, for 61,506 candidates: NVTI, the Technical Examinations Unit and the former NABPTEX no longer set separate papers. That is a real step towards one assessment system. But the National TVET Policy meant to set clear roles for each agency is still waiting for Cabinet, and I found nothing showing the old NVTI and NABPTEX laws were changed.
In progressTertiary · Manifesto · PDF page 130
Support continuing students with the Student Loan Trust Fund Plus and a reformed scholarship system.
“provide continuing students with financial assistance through the reintroduction and redeployment of our Student Loan Trust Fund Plus”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026The loan product came back as 'Students Loan Plus', a full-fee loan paid straight to the school, announced as part of the No Fees Stress package (Graphic, 11 Nov 2025). By 20 Aug 2026 the Students Loan Trust Fund said 1,997 students had used it, including 626 at the Ghana School of Law, worth about ₵20.8m. Graphic (17 Sep 2026) lists it among the Fund's running products. That is real, but small next to the 59,307 students on ordinary loans. The 'reformed scholarship system' half is covered under P0284.
In progressTertiary · Manifesto · PDF page 130
Revamp the Student Loan Trust Fund with bigger loans based on need and quick payment.
“revamp the Student Loan Trust Fund to increase loan amounts based on a needs assessment and ensure prompt disbursements”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026On President Mahama's directive, the Students Loan Trust Fund raised loans by 50% for 2025/26, from ₵1,500–₵3,000 a year to ₵2,250–₵4,500. Interest was cut from 12% compound to 6% simple during study (SLTF statement, 11 Nov 2025; GNA, Nov 2025). By Aug 2026 about 59,307 students had received ₵210.6m in these bigger loans, and second-semester payments started in June 2026. No needs-assessment system for setting loan size has been published.
In progressTertiary · Manifesto · PDF page 130
Give trainee allowances, student loans and other funding to teacher and nursing trainees.
“provide trainee allowances, student loans and other diverse funding options for teacher and nurses trainees”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026The allowances were kept. The 2025 budget speech put ₵203m into teacher trainee allowances and ₵480m into nursing trainee allowances; the 2026 budget gives ₵207m and ₵474m. The Health Ministry announced on 17 Jul 2025 that about 120,000 nursing trainees were getting six months' allowance (₵462m). Teacher trainees got five months (₵67.7m, 30,157 students at 37 colleges) from 1 Aug 2025, and another round started in batches in July 2026. Payments come months late, in lumps. In Feb 2025 the Education Minister talked about replacing the teacher allowance with a loan; in Nov 2025 he said a Cabinet paper on the allowance was being prepared, and Eduwatch wants it scrapped.
In progressTertiary · Manifesto · PDF page 130
'Bed for All': build student hostels, with private partners, to expand tertiary accommodation.
“investing in building students' hostels and facilitate the expansion of accommodation facilities for tertiary students through PPP Schemes”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026The headline project is a 10,000-bed prefabricated hostel for the University of Ghana, agreed during Mahama's state visit to Singapore in late August 2025. On 6 Jan 2026 he said the factory machinery was on its way to Accra. I found no construction start, cost, financing model or completion date, and no beds delivered under 'Bed for All' so far.
In progressTertiary · Manifesto · PDF page 130
Work with private hostel investors to control student accommodation prices.
“engaging private investors in student housing to regulate accommodation prices”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026The 2025 budget promised to review the Rent Act and 'legislate hostel accommodations' (para 595). On 12 May 2026 Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu set up a committee on rising tertiary hostel fees. On 19 May 2026 the Rent Control Department ordered private hostels to freeze fee increases for 2026/27 'until further notice'. No hostel law or price cap has been passed, and I found no report from the committee.
In progressScholarships · Manifesto · PDF page 132
Tidy up scattered scholarships and match them to national priorities.
“streamline and realign scholarships across multiple sectors to do away with the current uncoordinated regime”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Act 1149 sets up one Authority to award government scholarships, replacing the old Scholarship Secretariat. The minister said in Jan 2026 that awards must follow merit, need, set categories and national priorities, not 'individual discretion'. Foreign scholarships are limited to courses Ghana does not offer. Other sectors' schemes (such as GETFund) still exist, and the 2026 budget still shows a separate ₵250m 'Scholarship Secretariat' line, so the merger is not yet visible in the money.
In progressScholarships · Manifesto · PDF page 132
End political patronage and nepotism in awarding scholarships; reserve them for the vulnerable and deserving.
“eliminate political patronage, corruption, cronyism, and nepotism in the award of government scholarships”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026The new law requires the Authority to publish the names of applicants and beneficiaries, and says awards go to the brilliant but needy. For 2026, 2,000 of 5,000 awards are reserved for needy students. In March 2026 the Director-General said the Authority would 'soon' publish the beneficiary records for 2016–2024. I found no published list yet and no audit of awards since 2025, so whether patronage has stopped cannot yet be checked.
In progressTertiary · Manifesto · PDF page 132
Keep building public universities in every region, starting with the new regions.
“continue with our policy to establish public universities in every region with a focus on the newly-created regions”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026The 2026 budget lists the University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences (Bunso, with satellite campuses at Donkorkrom, Kenyase and Acherensua) starting in 2026, and new public universities at Kintampo and Dambai. Its council was sworn in on 12 May 2026. In Feb 2026 Mahama announced universities for Bono East and Oti and a third in the Savannah Region from a Chinese grant; the 2026 budget instead describes a Catholic University of Science and Technology at Damongo with the Catholic Church. On 15 Apr 2026 a committee chaired by Christina Amoako-Nuama was set up to plan more. In Aug 2026 the minister named Oti, Ahafo, Western North and Damongo, with US$30m in grants committed to Damongo. None of the new-region universities is teaching yet, and no law creating them has passed.
In progressTertiary · Manifesto · PDF page 132
Set up the National Research Fund to support Ghanaian research.
“establish the National Research Fund to support indigenous research and promote commercialised research”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026The Ghana National Research Fund already existed in law (Act 1056 of 2020) but had never run. Its council was inaugurated on 4 Jun 2025 with ₵50m. Mahama formally launched it on 16 Jun 2026 with ₵100m seed money for 2026, and said the long-term target is about ₵6bn a year (1% of GDP). The 2026 budget says it has been 'operationalised'. I found no research grants paid out yet.
In progressTertiary · Manifesto · PDF page 132
Release subventions to public tertiary institutions in full and on time.
“increase and ensure the timely release of subventions to public tertiary institutions”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Money for public tertiary institutions still arrives late. College of Education tutors (CETAG) struck from 24 Nov 2025 to 14 Feb 2026, about 82 days, over arrears going back to 2021/22, and returned after government released money for most of them; two issues are still at the National Labour Commission. The 2026 book and research allowance, due by the end of August under a 2020 agreement, was still unpaid at the University of Ghana in October 2026, and UTAG-UG threatened to strike from 19 Oct. On 19 Oct 2026 the minister's spokesperson said about ₵436m had been raised and ₵238m paid to 56 institutions, with about ₵198m (including UG) still to come. We could not find allocated-versus-released subvention figures, so we cannot say whether subventions were increased.
In progressTertiary · Manifesto · PDF page 132
Regularise the link between universities and Colleges of Education through GTEC.
“regularise the affiliation relationship between universities and colleges of education”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026On 27 Jan 2025 the Fair Wages Commission said the long-running move of college of education staff onto the university grade structure had been resolved and paid. On 20 Aug 2026 GTEC rolled out an Affiliation Quality Assurance Framework: 25 indicators that mentor universities and their affiliated colleges must assess twice a year. In Jul 2026 the minister floated a National Teacher University to bring all 48 public colleges under one university, with Peki as a possible site. No law changing the affiliation system has been laid.
In progressTeachers · Manifesto · PDF page 132
Promote teachers on time and make sure pay is available.
“prioritise the timely promotion of teachers and ensure the availability of funds for their remuneration”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Teachers promoted with effect from 1 Jan 2026 waited about nine months for the new pay. The Controller and Accountant-General says 6,278 were paid in Sept 2026 and 49,725 on 15 Oct 2026, a total of 56,003. Another 23,367 promoted teachers had not been processed because GES had not sent their papers, and 630 were stuck in verification. On 4 Oct 2026 the minister said: 'If by October 30, 2026, your promotion arrears are not paid, then I will have no honour.' I could not confirm whether the rest were paid by then. Separately, teachers recruited under the 2024 financial clearance had salary arrears from Aug 2024 to Nov 2025, which GES planned to pay in four instalments from May to Aug 2026.
In progressTeachers · Manifesto · PDF page 132
'Teacher Dabr3': build teacher housing within new school buildings.
“to provide accommodation facilities for teachers within new school buildings”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026The 2025 budget promised to start 100 teacher houses under 'Teacher Dabrɛ' and said all new basic school blocks would include teacher housing (para 638). The 2026 budget puts 400 four-unit teachers' bungalows into a ₵2.0bn package of new schools (para 1151). In Nov 2025 the minister described a 50,000-unit teacher housing plan, Mahama announced it in the State of the Nation Address in Feb 2026, and on 21 Jul 2026 the minister repeated it, led by the District Assemblies Common Fund, with no money or dates given. I found no report of any Teacher Dabrɛ house completed or handed over.
In progressTeachers · Manifesto · PDF page 132
Start a Government Assisted Mortgage Scheme (GAMOS) to help teachers own homes.
“initiate the Government Assisted Mortgage Scheme (GAMOS) to support teachers to own homes”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026No scheme called GAMOS has been launched, but a teacher home-ownership fund is on the books. At the GNAT conference on 6 Jan 2026 Mahama said ₵500m was in the 2026 budget for a revolving housing fund for teachers, with ₵1bn projected for 2027; teachers would pay rent towards owning a home. On 9 May 2026 he announced a ₵3bn revolving fund with SSNIT, organised labour and Republic Bank for 15–20-year cedi mortgages for teachers, nurses and other workers. I found no teacher who has received a mortgage under either plan yet.
In progressSpecial education · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Renovate run-down special schools and increase their funding.
“renovate dilapidated special schools and increase subventions to them”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Funding for special schools has gone up, but renovation is only beginning. The daily feeding grant per learner rose from ₵8 to ₵15. In July 2026 the Education Minister launched free special needs education with ₵100m a year from GETFund, though sources disagree on whether that money starts in 2026 or 2027. The Ghanaian Times says 2026 GETFund money will pay for works at the Akropong School for the Blind, Savelugu School for the Deaf and the Upper West School for the Deaf. In June 2026 the minister told Parliament that money had been found for new special schools at Ho and Kintampo. In August 2026 he named Ho and Sunyani instead. I found no special school that this government has finished renovating.
In progressSpecial education · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Promote non-formal education for adults to read, write and keep learning.
“promote complementary and non-formal education to enhance functional literacy and lifelong learning”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Adult literacy classes continue through the Complementary Education Agency, but only on a small scale. In September 2025 the agency said it enrols about 10,000 learners a year against a target of 30,000, and has about 1,700 staff out of the 6,000 it needs. In July 2026 the Education Ministry gave it 30 computers and printers, and said it was still working on the regulations needed to fully apply the agency's 2020 law. I found no budget figure.
In progressSpecial education · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Give Islamic Colleges of Education more buildings and equipment.
“support Islamic Colleges of Education with additional infrastructure and logistics”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Building work is under way at Al-Faruq College of Education, Wenchi. On 1 April 2026 GNA reported the Wenchi MP inspecting a 12-unit classroom block, a dining hall with kitchen, a residential block and a three-storey staff flat that government is building there. Only GNA reports it, and it is not clear whether these are new projects or ones stalled since 2023 and resumed. In March 2025 Mahama said government was in talks to absorb the Ghana Muslim Mission's college of education; I found no follow-up. No budget or completion dates were found.
In progressSpecial education · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Enrol Zongo and deprived urban youth into the National Apprenticeship Programme with free training.
“enrol youth in Zongo and deprived urban settlements into the National Apprenticeship Programme and offer free technical and vocational education and training”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026The National Apprenticeship Programme, which offers free training, a transport stipend and start-up kits, is running nationwide, but I found no separate intake or quota for Zongo or inner-city youth. In August 2026 the National Youth Authority said it had reached about 14,000 young people against an initial target of 10,000. In June 2025 Mahama urged Zongo and inner-city youth to join it, but no Zongo numbers have been published.
In progressTertiary · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Set up satellite campuses of public universities in the new regions that have none.
“establish satellite campuses in the newly-created regions without public universities”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026There are some steps, but no satellite campus is open in a new region yet. On 31 March 2026 President Mahama signed the University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences Act, 2026. The university, based at Bunso (Eastern Region), is to have a campus at Acherensua in the Ahafo Region. It revives a 2023 project that stalled over payments to the contractor, now backed by a US$92m financing agreement with a Korean contractor. The list of new sites keeps changing: in February 2026 Mahama named new universities at Kintampo, Jasikan and Damongo; in August 2026 the minister named Oti, Ahafo, Western North and Damongo, with a US$30m grant for Damongo. These are new universities, not satellite campuses.
In progressLegal education · Manifesto · PDF page 135
Review professional law training so accredited law faculties can run the Professional Law Course.
“conduct a comprehensive review of professional legal education aimed at accrediting certified law faculties to run the Professional Law Course”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026The law has passed, but the new system is still being set up. On 11 May 2026 President Mahama signed the Legal Education Reform Bill, which ends the Ghana School of Law's monopoly and lets accredited universities run professional law training. Until the new Council for Legal Education and Training is running, the General Legal Council approved 19 law faculties, including UDS, to run a one-year pre-bar course from August or September 2026. Only Pulse (14 June 2026) reports that list. I found no report that the new council has been set up.
In progressZongo & inner-city · Manifesto · PDF page 155
Upgrade infrastructure at Al-Faruq College of Education.
“commence an infrastructure upgrade of the AL-Faruq College of Education”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Work is under way, but only one outlet reports it. On 1 April 2026 GNA reported the Wenchi MP inspecting government projects at Al-Faruq College of Education: a 12-unit classroom block, a dining hall with kitchen, a residential block and a three-storey staff flat; he urged contractors to speed up. In December 2023 Graphic found seven stalled projects there, a GETFund hostel under construction, and the mosque in use as lecture and exam hall. It is not clear how many of the 2026 projects are new rather than resumed. No budget, start date or completion date has been given.
In progressZongo & inner-city · Manifesto · PDF page 155
Help set up Islamic tertiary institutions.
“facilitate partnerships to establish Islamic tertiary institutions”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026One Muslim college has been brought into the public system. In March 2025 President Mahama said government was in talks to absorb the Ghana Muslim Mission's college of education. In August 2025 the minister named the Ghana Muslim Mission College of Education among new colleges being established, with GTEC finalising absorption. The Ministry's 2026 budget estimates list 49 public colleges of education including 'Ghana Muslim Mission'; the 2025 estimates listed 46 without it. The college is at Beposo in Ashanti. Still missing: independent confirmation that it now runs as a public college, and any other new Islamic tertiary institution.
StalledEarly childhood · Manifesto · PDF page 124
Teach the youngest children in their own local language (L1).
“institutionalise and promote the use of first languages (L1) as the medium of teaching and learning”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026On Friday 24 October 2025 Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu said mother-tongue teaching was 'now compulsory in all Ghanaian schools' and told GES to enforce it strictly. After an outcry, a statement from his deputy Clement Apaak, reported on 30 October 2025, said English had not been dropped, the rule is for KG to Primary 3, and the ministry would 'revisit the policy'. Teaching young children in their local language was already official policy before this government. A year on, no revised policy, local-language books, teacher plan or budget has been published.
BrokenSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Let SHS buy food locally and on time, and improve food quantity and quality.
“decentralise the procurement of food and other basic supplies, ensure timely food supply, and improve the quantity and quality of food for students”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Government moved food buying away from schools instead of towards them. In June 2025, reviewing the school-level buying then in place, Minister Haruna Iddrisu said food quantity and quality were 'not good enough', ordered an internal audit, and proposed that heads keep only up to 40% (mainly perishables) while the Buffer Stock Company and Commodity Exchange take grains. On 5 March 2026 President Mahama ordered rice buying for all schools centralised under the Buffer Stock Company. Food money stayed late: on 17 April 2026 talks with heads (CHASS) broke down over perishables, GETFund then released ₵199.5m (22 April 2026), and in October 2026 the minister said about ₵161m is still owed to schools for 2021-2025. Heads still buy perishables, and the minister says he may pay them their yearly perishables money at the start of each year. The feeding rate is still ₵15 per student; a rise is only promised in the 2027 budget.
No infoFlagshipEarly childhood · Manifesto · PDF page 124
Bring in a 'Bright Beginnings Initiative' to revive early childhood education and link it smoothly to school.
“introduce the 'Bright Beginnings Initiative' to revive and repurpose early childhood education”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026We found no launch, budget line or ministry statement for a 'Bright Beginnings Initiative' since January 2025. The only uses of the name we found are the 2024 manifesto pledge and an unrelated NGO literacy project (WeLearn Ghana). Some early-childhood work is happening, such as 200 kindergarten blocks in the 2026 budget and a review of the KG-JHS curriculum, but none of it is branded or reported as this initiative.
No infoFlagshipTeachers · Manifesto · PDF page 132
Scrap the national service requirement for teacher-trainee graduates and restore automatic employment of new teachers.
“scrap the NPP’s mandatory national service for teacher trainee graduates and restore the automatic employment of newly qualified teachers”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Neither half has happened. National service for newly trained teachers is still running: the National Service Authority deployed 13,700 trained teachers for 2025/26 (March 2025) and released postings for 18,416 trained teachers for 2026/27 (April 2026), with service starting 4 May 2026. Automatic posting has not returned; government recruits in batches instead (about 7,000 reported in April 2026). The Teacher Trainees' Association (TTAG) called that inadequate in April and May 2026 and asked the President to restore automatic posting, citing the NDC manifesto. Eduwatch says no teachers were recruited in 2025. I found no government statement scrapping the service rule.
No infoAspire 24 · Manifesto · PDF page 57
Add multilingual education to the national curriculum from primary to university.
“integrate multilingual education into the national curriculum from primary to tertiary levels”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026No step found to put multilingual education into the curriculum from primary school up to university. The only language move is the October 2025 order to teach KG to Primary 3 in the child's local language, which is a different, narrower promise (see P0233). Nothing found at JHS, SHS or university level.
No infoVeterinary · Manifesto · PDF page 80
Make the Pong-Tamale Veterinary College a satellite campus of UDS.
“upgrade the Pong T amale Veterinary College into a satellite campus under the UDS”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026No record found that Pong-Tamale Veterinary College has been made a UDS satellite campus, or of any plan, law or budget line for it. The idea of upgrading the college goes back to a 2020 NPP pledge to turn it into a University of Agriculture. UDS's own April 2025 expansion plans name new campuses at Gbanyamli and Yendi, not Pong-Tamale.
No infoE-School · Manifesto · PDF page 118
Start the Next Generation Education Initiative so pupils learn online and remotely.
“commence the Next Generation Education Initiative”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026No programme called the Next Generation Education Initiative has been announced or funded, as far as searches show. Online learning so far is a small smart-classroom pilot in senior high schools, started under the last government, and talk of taking digital learning from KG to JHS. None of it carries the promised name or a budget line.
No infoE-School · Manifesto · PDF page 118
Train teachers in ICT skills.
“upgrade teachers”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026No new national ICT training programme for teachers found under this government. The Korea-funded Digital STEM project (phase two signed July 2026, US$28m to 2032) says its first phase trained over 800 teachers, but that phase came before 2025 and phase two's teacher numbers are not given. GES officials have urged teachers to use AI, but no funded training scheme, target or trainee count was found.
No infoEarly childhood · Manifesto · PDF page 124
Set up a Department for Early Childhood Development inside the Ministry of Education.
“establish a Department for Early Childhood Development under the Ministry of Education”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026No Department for Early Childhood Development has been set up in the Ministry of Education, as far as searches show. Early childhood is still run through GES early childhood coordinators in the 16 regions and 261 districts. The revised national Early Childhood Care and Development Policy (2025–2029), launched in 2026, sits with the Gender Ministry, not Education.
No infoEarly childhood · Manifesto · PDF page 124
Start a National Edu-Care Programme with child learning centres at workplaces so working parents can drop children.
“initiate a National Edu-Care Programme (NEP) to establish early child learning facilities in workspaces”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026No National Edu-Care Programme or workplace child learning centres found: no launch, budget line or pilot. The only workplace childcare reports found are private companies acting on their own.
No infoEarly childhood · Manifesto · PDF page 124
Set up Ghana Pre-schools Online to teach nursery and kindergarten children reading and counting with videos and apps.
“establish Ghana Pre-schools Online (GPO) to enhance literacy and numeracy education for nursery, and kindergarten children”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026No Ghana Pre-schools Online platform found: no launch, app, website or budget line. Searches for the name and for government online KG reading and counting lessons turned up nothing.
No infoEarly childhood · Manifesto · PDF page 124
Start courses in universities and colleges to train early childhood teachers.
“facilitate the introduction of courses in tertiary institutions to train early childhood facilitators”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026No new government-backed course for training early childhood teachers at universities or colleges of education was found since January 2025. Some universities already ran early childhood programmes before this government. Current government work in early childhood is training teachers already in the classroom (see P0232).
No infoBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Use solar power as the main energy source in school facilities.
“promoting solar energy as the primary energy source for school facilities”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026No Ministry of Education plan to make solar the main power source for schools was found. The Energy Ministry has a wider renewable programme (reported August 2025 as US$3.4bn, with units for public SHSs and hospitals still at procurement), and a May 2026 report says solar will reach 400 schools. Neither shows panels installed in schools yet, and the 2026 education budget items found list no solar line.
No infoBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Get tech companies and experts to volunteer as visiting ICT teachers in schools.
“partner with industry and digital experts to provide voluntary service as visiting teachers”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026No scheme found that brings tech companies or digital experts into schools as volunteer visiting ICT teachers. There are one-off partner trainings and donations, but no national programme, sign-up or count of volunteers.
No infoBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Fix the capitation grant so cheap private schools in rural and inner-city areas benefit.
“review the capitation grant to address existing challenges in low-cost-private schools in rural and inner-city communities”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026No change found to let low-cost private schools in rural or inner-city areas benefit from the capitation grant. The Ministry's 2026 budget estimates describe the grant as going to 'students in public basic schools'. GES sent the first-term 2026/27 grant to districts for basic schools by 30 October 2026, and the reports of that release say nothing about private schools. The private schools association GNAPS called the manifesto pledge a 'social contract' in October 2024.
No infoBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Bring back regular teaching of Ghanaian languages in basic schools.
“reinstate and promote the continuous teaching of indigenous languages at the basic school level”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026No step found to bring back or expand Ghanaian language as a subject in basic schools. The October 2025 mother-tongue order is about the language teachers teach in at KG to Primary 3 (see P0233), not the subject itself. No new timetable, teacher posting or materials for Ghanaian language as a subject was found.
No infoBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Give scholarships to train more Ghanaian language teachers, especially for languages with few teachers.
“providing scholarships to incentivise the training of more Ghanaian language teachers”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026No scholarship scheme to train Ghanaian language teachers found: no announcement, budget line or list of beneficiaries.
No infoBasic education · Manifesto · PDF page 125
Produce first-language lesson content, including cartoons, for learning.
“promoting digital content creation of first language curricula, including animations”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Nothing to show yet. On 10 August 2026 the Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts Minister said the Bureau of Ghana Languages is running an animation project in Ghanaian languages 'to introduce our culture to Ghanaian children through cartoons'. No titles, release dates or links to school lessons were given, and only state media reported it. No Ministry of Education project for first-language lesson content was found.
No infoSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Fold the Free SHS Secretariat into the Ghana Education Service.
“integrate the operations of the Free SHS Secretariat into the Ghana Education Service (GES)”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026No sign the Free SHS Secretariat has been folded into GES. In May 2025 its National Coordinator, Benita Sena Okitey Duah, attended GES meetings as head of the Secretariat. In September 2026 Free SHS regional coordinators were still running placement desks in Kumasi and Accra. I found no Cabinet decision, law or ministry notice on the merger.
No infoSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Reform SHS lessons to include science, farming, vocational and digital skills, civic education and life skills.
“reform secondary education curricula to integrate STEM, agriculture, vocational skills, digital literacy, civic education, design thinking, and life skills”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026No new SHS curriculum from this government yet. The SHS curriculum in use is the one NaCCA and GES rolled out in November 2024, before this government. Since then the ministry added AI study apps for that curriculum in all 712 SHSs (October 2025) and reviewed only the basic school (KG to Primary 6) curriculum, which was handed to the minister on 22 July 2026 and was still not adopted on 10 August 2026. No SHS review adding farming, vocational, civic and life skills has been announced.
No infoSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Set up Artificial Intelligence labs in selected SHSs across the sixteen regions.
“introduce specialized Artificial Intelligence labs in selected secondary schools across the sixteen”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026No government AI labs in SHSs found. What exists is software: on 1 October 2025 the ministry launched subject AI apps for 712 SHSs (over 68,000 teachers, 1.4 million learners), built with Playlab AI and funded by the Mastercard Foundation through T-TEL. In January 2026 the minister announced free Google AI tools in Twi, Ewe, Dagbani and Hausa. Neither is a lab, and I found no budget line or school list for AI labs across the sixteen regions.
No infoSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Work more closely with churches and mosques that run mission schools.
“strengthen government partnerships with religious bodies in managing mission schools”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026No new partnership arrangement with churches or mosques over mission schools found since January 2025. In August 2025 the minister called the Church a 'reliable, dependable partner' while inaugurating college councils, but announced no agreement. In November 2025 the Catholic Bishops and the Christian Council said the Christian identity of mission schools is 'non-negotiable' during a public row over accommodating Muslim students, citing an MoU validated in April 2024 under the previous government. No new MoU, committee or policy from this government was found.
No infoSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Upgrade ICT labs and build new ones in schools without any.
“upgrade existing ICT laboratories and establish new ICT laboratories in Schools without same”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026No national programme of new or upgraded ICT labs, and no count of labs built. The only government-funded lab I found is a single one: on 29 January 2026 the minister cut the sod for new ICT and science labs at Pope John SHS, to be paid from the 2026 GETFund allocation, with no cost given. The 2026 budget mentions ICT and science labs without numbers, and in June 2026 the minister listed 'ICT centres' among works in a ₵2.5bn second-cycle building plan for 2026-2027 with World Bank support. Other school labs reported in 2026 were paid for by MPs or companies.
No infoSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Expand digital libraries for teachers and learners.
“expand digital libraries to enhance access to global teaching and learning materials”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026I found no programme, budget line or launch expanding digital libraries for SHS teachers and learners since January 2025. Not checked deeply: search limit reached.
No infoSecondary · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Expand Science Resource Centres across the regions.
“expand Science Resource Centres (SRC) across the regions”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026No new Science Resource Centres opened or funded by this government that I could find. The Ministry's budget estimates carry the previous government's project forward: the 2025 estimates list 'Construction of 20No. Regional STEM Centers' and finishing works on 6 centres, and the 2026 estimates again list 'Construction of Regional STEM Centers', with no amount or completion count shown. In September 2024, under the previous government, 16 regional STEM centres were about 70% complete. In May 2026 the Ghana Science Association was still asking for district STEM resource centres. I found no report of a regional centre commissioned in 2025 or 2026.
No infoTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 127
Add a Business Growth module linking apprentices and TVET graduates to established businesses for mentorship.
“include a Business Growth Apprenticeship Module, a structured”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026No Business Growth module is running that I could find. When President Mahama launched the National Apprenticeship Programme on 30 April 2025, GNA reported it would include a 'Business Growth Apprenticeship module' linking apprentices to established industries for mentorship. Since then I found no report of that module operating, no mentor numbers and no budget line. The closest activity is a September 2026 Ghana TVET Service agreement with the private Design and Technology Institute (DTI), which does not mention mentorship.
No infoTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Give certificates to artisans for skills they already have through Prior Learning Certification.
“promote the recognition of Prior Learning Certification (PLC)/Step-Up Certification (SEC)”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Nothing new from this government yet. Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) for artisans exists, but through the German-funded Ghana TVET Voucher Project that began before 2025. CTVET's Ghana TVET Report (May 2026) says about 5,500 people were certified under RPL across all four phases of that project, and that 3,032 master craftspersons are signed up for RPL in the current phase (2,256 in top-up training). It gives no year-by-year split, so none of this can be credited to the period since January 2025. CTVET's RPL page holds forms from 2021 and no new figures, and I found no government RPL push or budget line.
No infoTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Help set up MakerSpaces with equipment for TVET graduates to create things.
“facilitate the establishment of MakerSpaces to foster innovation and enterprise development”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026I found no government MakerSpace programme for TVET graduates. The only makerspace in TVET news is at the private Design and Technology Institute (DTI), and the September 2026 Ghana TVET Service–DTI agreement does not mention makerspaces. There is no makerspace line in the 2025 or 2026 budget statements.
No infoTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Improve TVET's image, including through films and media.
“enhance the image of TVET , for example, by using multimedia tools and platforms, including the film industry”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026I found no film, TV or multimedia campaign to improve TVET's image. The yearly National TVET Week (held since 2016; the 2026 edition ran 12-16 October) was billed as changing how people see TVET, and ministers say they want TVET to be a "first choice". Speeches and an existing annual event are not the multimedia or film push the manifesto described.
No infoTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Create lasting funding sources for TVET.
“establish sustainable TVET funding sources in collaboration with stakeholders”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Nothing to show yet beyond a decision in principle. In July 2026 Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu said President Mahama and Cabinet had given 'in-principle approval' for a dedicated TVET Fund, to run from January 2027. How it will be paid for is not settled: ideas include 10% (later 10-15%) of GETFund and 2.5% of oil revenue for skills, and the Finance, Education and Energy ministers were told to work it out. No law has been laid in Parliament and no money has been paid in.
No infoTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Offer business incubation to TVET graduates through the new Centres of Excellence and MakerSpaces.
“provide business incubation support for TVET graduates through the proposed TVET Centres of Excellence”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026There is no incubation support for TVET graduates through Centres of Excellence or MakerSpaces yet, because the centres are not built. The 2025 budget said construction of six regional TVET Centres of Excellence would start. In July 2026 the minister said only two had started, at Salaga and Kumasi. Salaga's sod was cut by the minister in early November 2025 (contractor De Lorenzo, 'fully funded'). The minister did not name the Kumasi site; the only Kumasi centre with a sod-cutting I found is a €5m German-funded green-technology centre at Kumasi Technical Institute (4 Nov 2025). No incubation programme has been announced for either.
No infoTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 129
Encourage making and assembling power tools in Ghana.
“promote the fabrication and assembling of power tools in Ghana”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026I found no programme, budget line or announcement to promote making or assembling power tools in Ghana. The 2025 and 2026 budget statements do not mention power tools.
No infoTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 130
Train skilled professionals in teaching so they can instruct in TVET institutions.
“introduce TVET pedagogy in partnership with relevant Technical Universities”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026I found no new TVET teaching (pedagogy) programme set up with the technical universities since January 2025. TVET teachers are still trained mainly at AAMUSTED, as before. The new activity is partner-funded instructor training (UNESCO/Microsoft AI training, the September 2026 TVET Service–DTI agreement), not a pedagogy course run with technical universities.
No infoTVET · Manifesto · PDF page 130
Expand scholarships for TVET instructors.
“expand scholarship opportunities for TVET instructors' professional development and research”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026I found no expanded scholarship scheme for TVET instructors. Officials say the planned TVET Fund will pay for instructor training and scholarships, but the fund is only approved in principle and due from January 2027. Instructor training that exists now is donor-funded (GIZ, UNESCO, FAWE).
No infoTertiary · Manifesto · PDF page 130
Set up Tertiary Endowment Funds with alumni, philanthropists and companies to support students.
“promote the establishment of Tertiary Endowment Funds (TEF) in partnership with alumni, philanthropists, corporate Ghana”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026I found no government Tertiary Endowment Fund scheme, policy, budget line or launch in 2025 or 2026. The 2025 and 2026 budget statements do not mention one. Universities still run their own endowment funds, as before.
No infoScholarships · Manifesto · PDF page 132
Ban scholarships for government officials and politically-exposed persons.
“prohibit the award of scholarships to government officials and politically-exposed persons”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Promised, but not in the law. In his 120-day address (7 May 2025) Mahama said government would 'prohibit political appointees from accessing government scholarships'. The Scholarships Authority Act (Act 1149, assented 2 Dec 2025) does not do this: it has no clause on political appointees or politically exposed persons, and anyone Ghanaian and 'brilliant but needy' qualifies (s.25). A ban could still come through the minister's regulations (s.32), but none have been published.
No infoTertiary · Manifesto · PDF page 132
Let governing councils of public universities work without outside interference.
“empower Governing Councils of public tertiary institutions to function without external interference”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026No law or policy to protect university councils from outside interference has been introduced. Instead, the government used the transition law to dissolve all boards and councils appointed by the previous government from 7 Jan 2025, then appointed new ones; for example, the University of Ghana council was reconstituted on 25 Apr 2025. In Apr 2026 UTAG petitioned the President to remove GTEC's leaders, accusing them of interfering in council decisions. In Jul 2026 the Education Committee chair asked Mahama to dissolve the Bolgatanga Technical University council after it suspended the Vice-Chancellor.
No infoTeachers · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Give guaranteed rent loans to newly trained College of Education graduates.
“institute guaranteed rent loans for newly-trained graduates of Colleges of Education”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026I found no rent-loan scheme for new College of Education graduates, and no line for one in the 2025 or 2026 budget statements. The opposite problem dominated: about 6,200 teachers posted in 2024 went unpaid for over a year, and some said landlords were threatening to evict them (Oct 2025). GES approved paying their arrears in instalments from May to Aug 2026.
No infoTeachers · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Help teachers buy vehicles with flexible duty payment and government guarantees.
“initiate a scheme to assist teachers own vehicles of their choice by offering flexible duty payments arrangements and government guarantees”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026The only official mention I found: Deputy Minister-designate Clement Abas Apaak told his vetting on 25 Feb 2025 that government 'has plans to support teachers own vehicles'. There is no scheme, no duty arrangement and no budget line in 2025 or 2026. In May 2026 Mahama said the government would stop blanket import-duty waivers and decide case by case.
No infoTeachers · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Expand teacher training and growth through scholarships, mentoring and online platforms.
“expand continuous professional development opportunities through scholarships, teacher-mentorship, career development programmes, and digital learning platforms”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026I found no new teacher scholarship, mentoring or online-training programme launched since Jan 2025. The 2026 budget reports only the usual National Teaching Council licensing: 16,468 new teachers licensed, 19,852 inducted and 137,695 licences renewed. The 2025 budget listed continuous professional development as a plan without a budget line.
No infoTeachers · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Build a College of Education in the Afram Plains to fix the teacher shortage there.
“establish a College of Education in the Afram Plains enclave to address the acute professional teacher deficit”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026I found no College of Education being planned or built in the Afram Plains, and none in the 2025 or 2026 budgets. Mahama cut sod for a new College of Education at Bole (Savannah) on 23 May 2026, not Afram Plains. What the Afram Plains is getting is a university satellite campus at Donkorkrom under the new University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences (2026 budget, para 557). That is not a teacher-training college.
No infoSpecial education · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Gradually bring children with disabilities into regular schools.
“progressively integrate persons with disabilities into the regular education system”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Nothing to show on moving children with disabilities into regular schools: no plan, timeline or budget. Related steps are about fees, not inclusion: on 24 October 2025 President Mahama launched free tertiary education for students with disabilities at public institutions (fees paid through the Students' Loan Trust Fund), and special schools were made free in July 2026. In July 2026 Eduwatch's Kofi Asare said about 1,540 learners had benefited from free tertiary (no date given, no second source). In August 2025 a special-education professor said many regular schools still lack accessible buildings.
No infoSpecial education · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Upgrade the Inclusive Education Resource Centre with aids for learners with impairments.
“upgrade the Inclusive Education Resource Centre to support learners with various forms of impairments”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026I found no upgrade of an Inclusive Education Resource Centre since January 2025. The closest is the National Assessment and Resource Centre at Achimota, which a 2010 report described as a leaking wooden building waiting for GETFund money; I found no recent report on it, and no money released or work started in 2025-2026. In August 2025, five regions still had no special school or resource and assessment centre: North East, Bono, Western North, Savannah and Oti.
No infoSpecial education · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Screen pupils early for sight and hearing problems and support them.
“provide opportunities for early visual and audio screening of pupils and support children with disabilities”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026I found no national government programme screening pupils' sight or hearing since January 2025. The screenings reported in 2025-2026 were one-off exercises run by private clinics, banks and NGOs. One, reported on 30 May 2026, checked 1,123 pupils in the Mangu Circuit of Wa (Upper West) and found only 98 with normal eyes; it was run by Bliss Eye Care with the Swiss NGO Ghana Vision. The School Health Education Programme's 2026 school campaign was HPV vaccination, not sight or hearing checks.
No infoSpecial education · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Set up district-based support and resources for teachers of children with special needs.
“establish dedicated district-based support systems and resources for educators to teach children with special needs”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026I found no district support system or resources for teachers of children with special needs. In October 2025 President Mahama announced district health and resource centres for disability assessment and a Disability Desk in every district assembly. He gave no timeline, and neither is aimed at teachers. In August 2026 heads of special schools said about 70% of their teachers are regular teachers who still need special-needs training.
No infoSpecial education · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Roll out a Gender and Inclusion Education Integration Plan.
“implement a Gender and Inclusion Education Integration Plan”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026I found no 'Gender and Inclusion Education Integration Plan' from the Ministry of Education since January 2025: nothing issued, launched or funded. The gender and inclusion documents that do turn up were made under earlier governments: the Gender Education Policy, the Inclusive Education Policy 2015-2019, and a gender summit for teacher training.
No infoSpecial education · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Add fast-track learning for gifted children.
“incorporate accelerated learning programmes and teaching resources to better engage and teach gifted children”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Nothing new since January 2025. The previous government's Cabinet approved a Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) policy in 2024 and gave NaCCA the job of designing it. I found no rollout, budget or GATE schools in 2025-2026, and no statement on it from Minister Haruna Iddrisu.
No infoSpecial education · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Strengthen the Islamic Education Unit in GES to recruit more Arabic tutors.
“enhance and resource the Islamic Education Unit under the Ghana Education Service to enable the effective recruitment of more Islamic/Arabic tutors”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Promised, not yet shown. In June 2025 President Mahama told the Education Minister to work with the Islamic Education Unit (IEU) to recruit and train more Arabic teachers. A year later, on 28-29 June 2026, the minister said 50 Arabic teachers would be recruited by the end of July 2026 and 500 permanent GES posts created in January 2027. I could not confirm that the first 50 were hired. The IEU says it has 1,299 Islamic basic schools needing about 3,033 Arabic teachers, with only 706 on the government payroll, and lacks textbooks, monitoring resources and offices. In May 2026 Mahama said 6,000 Arabic teachers were hired and paid through the Youth Employment Agency; only GNA reports it, and YEA's Arabic teacher scheme dates back to 2016.
No infoSpecial education · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Build STEM and TVET schools in neglected Zongo and poor peri-urban communities.
“establish STEM and TVET schools in historically underserved zongo and poor peri-urban communities”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Announced, nothing more yet. At Eid al-Adha on 27 May 2026 President Mahama said government would start building community day STEM senior high schools in Zongos and crowded urban areas, and thanked Zongo chiefs for giving land. He had also promised community SHSs in Muslim areas in March 2025. I found no sod-cutting, contractor, budget, number of schools, or TVET schools for Zongos.
No infoSpecial education · Manifesto · PDF page 133
Give scholarships to bright, needy Muslim students, especially for law, medicine and engineering.
“provide scholarships to brilliant but needy Muslim students, especially to study law, medicine, and engineering”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Promised twice, but no scheme exists yet. At an Iftar on 28 March 2025 Mahama said government would give scholarships to brilliant but needy Muslim students, especially in medicine and engineering. On 6 June 2025 he said the head of the Scholarship Secretariat had been asked to design a programme for Muslim students in medicine, law, ICT, engineering and social sciences. I found no launch, application call, budget or list of beneficiaries for a Muslim-specific scholarship. The Scholarships Authority's 2026/27 local scheme is open to all needy students.
No infoLegal education · Manifesto · PDF page 135
Set up a law faculty in the Northern Region.
“facilitate the establishment of a faculty of law in the Northern Region”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Already exists, but not this government's work. The University for Development Studies Faculty of Law at Nyankpala (Tolon District, Northern Region) was established in 2024 under the previous government. Its first 129 students had matriculated by March 2025, according to UDS (27 March 2025), weeks after this government took office. In June 2026 it was among 19 law faculties the General Legal Council approved to run the new pre-bar course. I found no new law faculty in the north set up by this government.
No infoGender-based violence · Manifesto · PDF page 148
Start a National School-Related Gender-Based Safety Programme to protect pupils and school workers.
“initiate a National School-Related Gender-Based Safety Programme”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026I found no new 'National School-Related Gender-Based Safety Programme' started since January 2025. What exists is older: GES's Safe Schools Programme (from 2018) and the 2023 sexual harassment guidelines with online training for teachers, both from the previous government. In December 2025 a GES director said a national safe schools policy had been developed, but gave no launch date or budget. In June 2026 an NGO, FEAD Ghana, was still calling for existing rules to be enforced.
No infoVulnerable groups · Manifesto · PDF page 148
Build menstrual hygiene washrooms in schools.
“establish menstrual WASH facilities in schools”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026I found no government programme or budget to build menstrual hygiene washrooms or changing rooms in schools. The related free sanitary pad programme is running: launched on 24 April 2025 for over 2 million girls, with ₵292.4m in the 2025 budget and ₵292m in 2026, and Eduwatch says it has improved girls' retention. But the toilets and changing rooms have not followed. UNICEF says about 1.8 million children lack access to toilets at school, and on 3 November 2026 a GES girl-child coordinator in Tema was still asking for washrooms with changing areas, saying about a third of girls miss school during their periods.
No infoCapitation grant · Manifesto · PDF page 149
Extend the Capitation Grant to private schools in deprived communities.
“extend the Capitation Grant to private schools located in deprived and underserved communities”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Not done. The Ministry's 2026 budget estimates describe the Capitation Grant as going to 'students in public basic schools'. GES sent the first-term 2026/27 grant to district offices with a 30 October 2026 deadline; the reports of that release do not mention private schools. I found no policy, budget line or GES circular extending the grant to private schools in deprived areas. GNAPS welcomed the pledge in October 2024.
No infoDisability · Manifesto · PDF page 153
Modernise education facilities for persons with disabilities and use customised ICT learning, with an information portal.
“modernise education facilities for Persons with Disability and the use of customized ICT learning, including the creation of an information hub/portal”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Nothing delivered yet. In November 2025 the minister told heads of special schools that braille tools, hearing aids and other assistive devices were priorities. In July 2026 the Ghanaian Times reported that about ₵40m of the ₵100m special needs package would buy assistive devices, subject to procurement, and that 2026 GETFund money covers works at three special schools; no other outlet carries the ₵40m. I found no record of devices delivered, no tailored ICT learning programme, and no information portal for persons with disabilities.
No infoDisability · Manifesto · PDF page 153
Set up a Centre of Excellence for Special Education.
“establish a Centre of Excellence for Special Education”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026I found no Centre of Excellence for Special Education set up, funded or given a site. In November 2025 the minister spoke of wanting 'world-class' special schools, and heads of special schools have asked for special schools to become centres of excellence. Neither is a funded project.
No infoDisability · Manifesto · PDF page 153
Give incentives to teachers in special needs schools.
“provide incentives for teachers working in special needs educational institutions”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026I found no incentive for teachers in special schools. In August 2026 the Conference of Heads of Special Schools (COHESS) asked for an incentive package to attract and keep specialised teachers, saying about 70% of their teachers are regular teachers without special-needs training. GES Deputy Director-General Prof. Smile Gavua promised steps on staffing but gave no amount or date.
No infoZongo & inner-city · Manifesto · PDF page 155
Start an education infrastructure programme in Zongo communities.
“initiate an educational infrastructure programme to expand educational infrastructure in Zongo communities”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026I found no Zongo education building programme with money or projects since January 2025. The Zongo Development Fund got a new board in September 2025, and in February 2026 its acting CEO said it was restructuring and planned education, health and sanitation projects. The President's May 2026 plan for STEM schools in Zongos has no budget or start date. Zongo affairs are now run by the Fund and a presidential coordinator, not a separate ministry.
No infoZongo & inner-city · Manifesto · PDF page 155
Strengthen the Islamic Education Unit in GES to monitor schools and recruit more Arabic teachers.
“enhance and resource the Islamic Education Unit under GES to enable effective monitoring and recruitment of more Arabic teachers”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Promised, not yet shown. In June 2025 President Mahama told the Education Minister to work with the Islamic Education Unit (IEU) to recruit and train more Arabic teachers. On 28-29 June 2026 the minister said 50 Arabic teachers would be recruited by the end of July 2026 and 500 permanent GES posts created in January 2027; I could not confirm that the first 50 were hired. The IEU says it needs about 3,033 Arabic teachers for 1,299 Islamic basic schools but has 706 on the payroll, and lacks textbooks, offices and the resources to monitor its schools, which this promise covers. Mahama's May 2026 claim of 6,000 Arabic teachers hired through the Youth Employment Agency is reported only by GNA, and that scheme dates back to 2016.
No infoZongo & inner-city · Manifesto · PDF page 155
Help accredit Islamic schools such as the Institute of Islamic Research to train Arabic teachers.
“facilitate accreditation of Islamic schools such as the Institute of Islamic Research”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026I found nothing since January 2025 on accrediting the Institute of Islamic Research or any Islamic school to train Arabic teachers. The 2026 GTEC notices on accredited and unaccredited institutions that I saw do not mention it.
No infoZongo & inner-city · Manifesto · PDF page 155
Give scholarships to Muslim students in law, medicine, engineering and ICT.
“provide scholarships to Muslim students, particularly in the fields of Law, Medicine, Engineering, and ICT”
What we found · checked 4 Nov 2026Promised twice, but no scheme exists yet. At an Iftar on 28 March 2025 Mahama said government would give scholarships to brilliant but needy Muslim students, especially in medicine and engineering. On 6 June 2025 he said the head of the Scholarship Secretariat had been asked to design a programme for Muslim students in medicine, law, ICT, engineering and social sciences. I found no launch, application call, budget or list of beneficiaries for a Muslim-specific scholarship. The Scholarships Authority's 2026/27 local scheme is open to all needy students.
No promises match.
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