Effective stakeholder engagement in educational policy planning and implementation Infrastructure development Improve access to education and Quality delivery of services through Monitoring and evaluation (GHTML0005)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Action plan – Tamale, Ghana, 2025 – 2028
Inception Report: Not available
Commitment Start: Jun 2025
Commitment End: Oct 2028
Institutions involved:
- Tamale metropolitan Assembly
- Northern Accelerated intervention for Development
- University For Development Planning
- OXFAM GHANA
- GDCA
Primary Policy Area:
Primary Sector:
OGP Value:
- Access to information
- Civic Participation
- Public Accountability
- Technology and Innovation for Transparency and Accountability
Description
Commitment ID
GHTML0005
Commitment Title
Effective stakeholder engagement in educational policy planning and implementation Infrastructure development Improve access to education and Quality delivery of services through Monitoring and evaluation
Problem
The metropolis has the following challenges in education:
- Poor quality of education at all levels affects school performance
- Inadequate school infrastructure reduces enrolment in schools
- High dropout rate for both adolescent boys and girls
- Inadequate supervision and monitoring of schools
- Inadequate and inequitable access to education for PWDs
- Inadequate and inequitable distribution of critical staff mix
- Inadequate supply of textbooks and teachers’ support material
- Inadequate ICT infrastrucutre
Status quo
The education in the metropolis is characterized by overcrowded classrooms, inadequate facilities such as water, sanitation, classrooms and text books, shortage of text books
Action
This commitment intends to build the capacities of the citizenry through education and training workshops to engage the education authorities.
Facilitate the involvement of communities in educational planning and development for effective and comprehensive service delivery.
Build the capacities of the communities to demand good education for their wards.
Participate in educational monitoring and evaluation.
The overall objective is to improve performance and achieve the educational outcomes of the Metropolis.
How will the commitment contribute to solving the public problem described above?
Expected Output:
- Key stakeholders in education is identified
- School Management Committee established
- Teaching and learning materials provided
- Adequate infrastructural facilities provided
Espected Outcomes:
- Improved teaching and learning
- Teachers and pupils have access to teaching and learning materials
- Enrolment increased as a result of increased and improved resilient infrastructural facilities
- Improved performance in the schools
What long-term goal as identified in your Open Government Strategy does this commitment relate to?
The long-term goal is to improve quality education delivery and increased performance in the metropolis
Primary Policy Area
Regulatory Governance, Right to Information
Primary Sector
Education, Health & Nutrition
What OGP value is this commitment relevant to?
| Access to information | Parents and pupils/studends are entitled to educational information for their development |
| Civic Participation | Public participation in education is key to ensuring support to the development of the sector |
| Public Accountability | Government should be accountable to the people on the educational development |
| Technology and Innovation for Transparency and Accountability | This system makes information on education quicker and easy to access |