The Role of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOS) in Expanding Access to and Participation in Basic Education in the Bongo District

Alaric Awingura Alagbela Alaric Awingura Alagbela

doi:10.52634/mier/2015/v5/i2/1474

Abstract

The study explores the role of Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in expanding access to and participation in basic education in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region of Ghana. The research design used for the study is based on descriptive survey. Basic school teachers, officials of NGOs and District Education Office Staff constituted the population for the study. The final sample size stood at one hundred and fifty nine (159). Data was gathered using a questionnaire in the form of a likert scale and interview guides. Major findings of the study among others are that NGOs in their quest to promote access and participation provide means of transport to pupils, school uniform and footwear to pupils. They also engage in monitoring and supervision of instructions in schools. They are also beset with some challenges in terms of funding and other related matters.

Highlights

Education is the key to development and for that matter; the success of every nation on the globe highly depends on it
The reform had in its package, Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (FCUBE) to be accessed by all Ghanaian children of school going age, to buttress this fact “government shall within two years after parliament first meets after the coming into force of this constitution, draw up a programme for implementation within the following ten years, for the provision of free, compulsory and universal basic education” (Chapter 6, article 38, clause 2 of 1992 Constitution)
Looking at the figures on the table in detail, it can be asserted that Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) massively contribute in improving access and participation

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Introduction

Education is the key to development and for that matter; the success of every nation on the globe highly depends on it. Article 25 clause (i) of the same constitution states that 'All persons shall have the right to equal educational opportunities and facilities and with a view to achieving the full realization of that among other things, basic education shall be free, compulsory and available to all' (Article 25, clause (i)). To this end, one of the major objectives of FCUBE is to increase Access to and Participation in basic education

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