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Overview of the Ghana Education Service

A complete overview of understanding the mandate and structures of the Ghana Education Service (GES) including the agencies working hand-in-hand with the Ministry of Education for the best course has been released.

Establishment of Ministry of Education (MoE)

The Ministry of Education (MoE) was established in the year 1957 to formulate and coordinate education policies, set standards, monitor, and evaluate implementation. The Ministry of Education (MoE) is responsible for all policies on education, including apprenticeships and wider skills acquisition in Ghana.

Ministry of Education has twenty-three (23) agencies responsible for regulation and implementation of the approved policies.

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Agencies of the Ministry of Education 

Here is the list of some agencies that the Ministry of Education (MoE) works with for the betterment of education and its policies:

• GES –Ghana Education Service
• GTEC –Ghana Tertiary Education Commission
• CTVET – Commission for Technical Vocational Education and Training
• GHANA TVET SERVICE
• NaCCA – National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
• NTC – National Teaching Council
• NaSIA – National Schools Inspectorates Authority
• GhLA –Ghana Library Authority
• GETFUND –Ghana Education Trust Fund
• CEA – Complementary Education Agency

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Brief on Ghana Education Service (GES)

Ghana Education Service (GES) was established in 1974. It is governed by a Council called the GES Council.

GES was established under the 4th Republican Constitution of Ghana. The earlier legislations governing GES have been amended by Acts of Parliament, including Act 506 (1994) and Act 778 (2008). The new Act governing GES now is Act 1049 (2020), part 2 of which establishes the Ghana TVET Service.

Composition of Ghana Education Service (GES)

According to data gathered by EMIS in 2020/2021, Ghana Education Service has:

• 376,059 Employees (Teaching and Non-Teaching)
• 16 Regional Education Offices
• 260 District Offices
• 15,226 Kindergartens (KGs)
• 15,622 Primary Schools
• 11,696 Junior High Schools
• 679 Senior High/Senior High Technical Schools

Background of Learners

Generally, learners per the 2020/2021 data provided by EMIS, GES oversees 7,140,632 learners.

The breakdowns are as follows:

• Kindergarten (KG) has 1,192,828 learners.
• Primary School has 3,269,223 learners.
• Junior High School has 1,417,086 learners.
• Senior High School Learners has 1,261,495 students.

Duties of Ghana Education Service (GES)

Ghana Education Service:

• implement all approved pre-tertiary educational policies of Government.
• provide oversight responsibility at all levels of pre-tertiary education in the country.
• monitor routine activities in line with increasing access, quality, and improving management mechanisms.
• engage various stakeholders to improve educational outcome.

Summary of key shifts made from the ‘as is’ to the ‘to be’ structural design

• In the old structure,  Special Education at the National level narrowly focused on learning barriers.
• Use of technology limited to administration functions.
• There was no centralized performance Management function.

In the new structural shift, there are: 

• School Management, Leadership and Accountability: a separate function to enable greater accountability and good governance.
• Reorganisation to enable learning outcomes: reorganisation of functions to deliver pre-tertiary education policies that enable all children to have a good quality education.
• Greater focus on instructional leadership: including support roles to free up executive time to focus on instructional leadership.
• Inclusive education and enrichment: extended inclusive education beyond special education to include culture, girl-child and safe schools, and to address barriers to learning.
• Community relations: created community liaison for ensuring community engagement and participation at the school level.
• ICT and Edtech division: created a standalone ICT/ edtech function to oversee technology for planning, management and enhancing teaching, and learning.
• Legal function: inclusion of a Legal function in the national structure.

Transition: As-Is to Future State – Responsibility Matrix

Headquarters – ( Regulate, Benchmark, and Drive)

• Sets direction for the drafting, interpretation and implementation of approved national policies, and programmes related to GDS education delivery.
• Monitoring of all funds allocated for the delivery of effective and efficient basic education.
• Manage human resource management matters in secondary schools and regional directorates of education.
• Liaise and partner with other MoE autonomous bodies NACCA, NIB, NTC, etc in the delivery of effective education support systems.
• Provision of quality inclusive and equitable support to all tiers within GES to promote high-quality instructional leadership and pedagogy; subject matter expertise and requisite resources.

Regional – ( Oversight & Collaboration)

• Manage the monitoring and oversight of implementation of National education policies, strategies and frameworks in an inclusive and equitable manner across the regions.
• Exercise oversight responsibility for the management of secondary schools on behalf of the Ministry responsible for Education.
• Provide instructional leadership and subject matter expertise to secondary schools.
• Implement a Performance Management System that promotes accountability for the delivery of quality education for all.

District – (Coordinate & Facilitate)

• Monitor and oversee the implementation of educational policy and directives determined by the GES in an inclusive and equitable manner;
• Provides instructional leadership, management, and oversight to deliver high-quality education in basic schools within the district.
• Efficient management, administration, and control of budgetary allocations as determined by the District Assembly

School – (Implement)

• Provision of basic education to students through the implementation of National policies, programmes, and educational strategies.
• Provide instructional leadership, pedagogy, subject matter expertise and resource support to teachers, students, and other teaching personnel.
• Work with school communities (NGO, CBO, FBO, and parents) to ensure inclusivity, community upliftment, and collaboration.

Co-designed National organisational structural

The organisation structure is have been structured in four (4) levels including their respective subordinates.

The organisational structure has the GES Director-General at the top, followed by the Regional Director, District Director, and Headteacher levels.

All the four (4) levels have roles to play in the entire structure.

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Total grant support: US$135,392,927

Grant eligibility:

• System capacity
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Partnership Compact

Priority: Improve foundational learning by strengthening teaching and learning practices with a focus on gender equality.

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Coordinating agency: FCDO, UNESCO

GPE Team lead: Plamen Danchev

Transforming education in Ghana

Ghana has improved basic education access and quality, but persistent challenges include over-age and under-age enrollment at the lower primary level, more than 1 million out-of-school children, and geographic disparities in learning .

To unlock large-scale change, the government is working with GPE and other partners to improve foundational learning for all .

The priority reform, as outlined in Ghana’s Partnership Compact , aims to boost literacy, numeracy and socio-emotional skills for children in kindergarten to grade 3. Plans to strengthen teaching include level-appropriate, inclusive, gender-responsive and play-based pedagogies and learning materials.

To address the high number of out-of-school children, Ghana seeks to make schools safe and violence-free, provide remedial education to students who have fallen behind, and improve community engagement and attitudes, especially towards girls’ education , children with disabilities and child labor.

A focus on better sector governance aims to equitably deploy teachers, improve data collection and use, and establish school-community structures, such as parent-teacher associations, that support planning and monitoring.

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Grant agent: WB

Improve the quality of education in low performing basic education schools and strengthen education sector equity and accountability.

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• Progress report. September 2023

Civil society engagement

As part of its investment in civil society advocacy and social accountability efforts, GPE’s Education Out Loud fund is supporting:

• Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) for the 2020-2023 period. This builds on previous support from the Civil Society Education Fund (CSEF).
• School for Life (SFL) for the 2022-2024 period.

Knowledge and innovation

• Ghana is part of the KIX Africa 19 hub.
• KIX research projects:
• A comparative study of accelerated education programs and girls’ focused education models in Ghana, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone
• Teacher capacity building for play-based early learning in Ghana and Sierra Leone
• Using data for improving education equity and inclusion – MICS-EAGLE
• Improving Literacy for Children Through the Support of Community Networks
• Adapting and scaling teacher professional development approaches in Ghana, Honduras and Uzbekistan
• Observatory on COVID-19 Responses in Educational Systems in Africa

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THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

The Ministry of Education is responsible for all policies on education, including apprenticeships and wider skills acquisition in Ghana. We work to provide education that ensure opportunity is equal for all, no matter what their background or family circumstances.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) was established in 1957 to formulate and coordinate education policies, set standards, and monitor and evaluate their implementation. The MoE works to ensure that quality education is accessible for all Ghanaians, in order to support human capital and national development.

The MoE is committed to ensuring that all Ghanaians are prepared to succeed in the world of work. It achieves this through the development of an educational system that focuses on promoting problem solving and creativity and building critical skills through academic, technical and vocational programs

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How to become a SISO ( Circuit Supervisor) in GES; Remunerations and Duties

SISOs are very important in any school settings.

In the Ghana Education Service, there are ways to become SISOs, here are the latest ways to become a SISO in GES .

We also talk about the position’s remuneration and Duties.

The name SISO varies from one country to another depending on which country colonized which country.

In the United Kingdom and its colonies, it is called the circuit supervisor or the school inspector.

In the American literature, it is referred to as the school superintendent whilst other countries call it the circuit manager.

It is known as the SISO in Ghana.

SISO is Short  form of  the term School Improvement Support Officer. This position was formally called the CS thus Circuit Supervisor.

The SISO works directly between the Schools and the Education Offices.

This position comes mostly as an upgraded Pre-tertiary  School Head within the Circuit.

What are some of the works of SISOs

What are some of the works of SISOs,

The main work of a SISO is to supervise, to ensure the Schools allocated to Him/her is running smoothly.

The SISO is a curriculum leader. He exerts managerial roles in curriculum transactions by creating a culture for establishing a shared vision, common goals and encouraging leadership throughout the circuit.

To ensure managerial effectiveness, the SISO  embraces his functions as the primary instructional leader for the educational district, prioritizing learner achievement and effective instructional practices as the foremost goals of the district.

You may see your SISO requesting for Students Exercise Books, Yes their duty includes collecting data from schools to the Education Offices for Planning and Analysis.

For some Issues the Head teacher cannot address the SISO comes in to Help, You may be called by the SISO either to Check on you or to advice you before forwarding issues to the Education Office.

During Professional Learning Community meetings, you may see the SISO coming to support either as curriculum Lead or Observer or Contributor.

• Participate in the selection of Curriculum Lead
• Collate and submit M&E and FOI data to MMDEO
• Identify training needs of headmasters/mistresses and teachers in collaboration with the MMD training Officer.

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How to Apply to become a SISO

This position is not available for Direct Graduates to apply. it’s reserved for Teachers who have served for a number of years and rise through the Ranks in GES.

The minimum Rank requirement must be Assistant Director II  (ADII) with a number of years on the Rank. This position comes with a minimum of 5 years for those who entered into the Service with Professional Certificate and a degree.

For those with College of Education Certificate it can take about 13 years or more to get there.

After college, Teach for a minimum of 4 years, study leave to School (4 years) come back to teach  to be put on scale, Wait for promotion to the Rank ( minimum 5 years ) etc……

Those who are Heads of Schools are easily considered because they may have gathered all the experience over the years of teaching and the required leadership skills needed.

To be selected you must be in the District, even though the position may be announced for those in the Region, being in the District where the position is announced is added advantage.

You must be on the Rank for a number of years before qualifying.

You must show positive attitude towards work and must not have any negative profile letter on your files.

All Applicants who entered the Service with Professional Certificates have advantage than those who entered with non- professional Certificates. Mostly Going to College before getting to the Rank for application gives you added advantage as years in the Service would be more and You may have gained much more experience.

Remunerations

The actual Salary of a SISO is not disclosed but you’re paid base on your rank / scale and responsibility allowances are attached.

Your travel and  Transport allowance is assured.

Supervision Allowance

Vehicle maintenance Allowance

There are other allowances attached which for some reasons we can’t disclose. We hope to do so soon.

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