{"id":1336,"date":"2025-09-12T10:19:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T10:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.0.102\/?page_id=1336"},"modified":"2026-03-04T17:11:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:11:33","slug":"goal-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sdgsghana.gov.gh\/index.php\/goal-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Goal 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Goal 4 aims to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.<\/strong>” For Ghana, this means not just getting children into school, but ensuring they are learning effectively in a safe and inclusive environment. Key priorities include improving foundational literacy and numeracy, expanding access to secondary and vocational education, and bridging the significant gender and regional disparities in educational resources and outcomes.
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This is powerfully demonstrated by the rise of\u00a0<\/span>local “School for Life” initiatives<\/span>\u00a0and parent-teacher associations. These community-led programs provide complementary basic education for out-of-school children and mobilize resources to support local schools, ensuring that quality learning continues from the classroom into the community.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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SDG Indicator<\/strong><\/th>Statistic (latest year)<\/strong><\/th>Source & Implication<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
4.1.2<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Completion rate (Primary, JHS, SHS)<\/td>Primary<\/strong>: 79.42%
JHS: 58.76%
SHS: 41.2% (2022\/2023)<\/td>

Ministry of Education.<\/p>

Declining completion rates can be attributed to dropouts, repetition or delayed completions.<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

4.5.1<\/strong> \u2013 Parity indices (female\/male, rural\/urban, etc.)<\/td>Parity achieved at pre-tertiary level (2022\/23)<\/td>

GSS, Ministry of Education.<\/p>

Significant progress made in closing gender gaps in education enrolment over the past two decades.<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

4.a.1<\/strong> \u2013 Schools with basic services (water, sanitation, electricity)<\/td>

Public school<\/strong><\/p>

– basic toilet facilities – 74%
– basic water services- 75%
-good urinals – 69%
-electricity- 60%<\/p>

Private school<\/strong><\/p>

– basic toilet facilities
-basic water services – 83%
– good urinals84%
-electricity – 77%<\/p>

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Ministry of Education<\/p>

Gradual strides made in expanding access to basic water, sanitation and hygiene facilities in schools<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

4.c.1<\/strong> \u2013 Teachers with minimum required qualifications<\/td>

Primary<\/strong>: 52.6%
JHS: 64.7%
SHS: 82.9%<\/p>

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Ghana Education Service<\/p>

Teachers with requisite minimum\u00a0 qualification increase with higher level<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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