List of summaries

List of summaries
1. Study on FCUBE Policy Document: Basic Education Sector Improvement Programme	51
2. Report on 1996 Performance Assessment of Primary Six Pupils	53
3. Primary Textbook Development in Ghana: Report on Logistics and Distribution	55
4. Survey of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Providing Services for Basic Education	57
5. The Effects of Community Participation on Access and Quality of Education in Four African Countries: The Ghanaian Experience	59
6. Teaching and Learning in Ghana: A Curriculum, Textbook, Syllabus and Handbook Analysis	61
7. Report on the Institutional Analysis of the Basic Education Division	64
8. Ghana Distance Education Development Project	66
9. Synthesis of Researches on Girls’ Education in Ghana	68
10. Strengthening Information Management Capacity – The Ministry of Education, Ghana	70
11. Evaluation of Junior Secondary Schools Established in Ghana between 1976 and 1981	72
12. Evaluation of the Equity Improvement Programme in Ghana	74
13. Factors Influencing School Enrolment and the Health of School-age Children – Afram Plains, Eastern Region	76
14. The Impact of the Educational Reforms on Teacher Job Performance at Basic Education Level	78
15. Report of the Education Review Committee on Pre-tertiary Education	80
16. The Effects of Structural Adjustment on the Education Sector in Africa: The Case of Ghana	83
17. Study on Conditionalities in the Education Sector	85
18. Interactive Radio Instruction (IRI) in Ghana	87
19. University Rationalization Study, Volume II. Final Report	89
20. Ghana Literacy and Functional Skills Project	91
21. Report on Consultancy on Organisation and Institutional Analysis	93
22. Correlation between Performance in the Production and Listening Comprehension Components of Oral English at SSSCE	95
23. A Tale of Two Ghanas: The View from the Classroom	97
24. Survey on Distance Education in Ghana	99
25. The Status of Basic Education in the Area Affected by the Conflict of 1994 in the Northern Region of Ghana	101
26. Accessing Basic Education in Ghana	103
27. Ghana Basic Education Certificate Exams (BECE): Relationship Between Internal and External Assessments	105
28. Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education Programme. Report on the Mid-Term Evaluation of the School Improvement Fund (Pilot)	107
29. Junior Secondary School (JSS) Teacher Education Project (JUSSTEP)	109
30. Primary School Curriculum Research Project	111
31. Increasing the Participation of Women in Technical Trades Training and Occupation in Ghana	112
32. Output to Purpose REVIEW SUPPORT for Teacher Education Project (STEP)	114
33. Report on the Administration of P6 Criterion Reference Test	116
34. Quality Assurance and School Management. A Review of the Management System for Basic Education in Ghana	118
List of figures and tables
Figure 1. Policy formulation and implementation in the education sector in Ghana	13
Table 1. Selected studies by initiator and by sub-sector/theme	17
Table 2. Selected studies by initiator	19
Table 3. Selected studies by study approach	20
Table 4. Selected studies by period and by theme/area	24
Table 5. Convergence between recommendations of study and MOE policies	32
Table 6. Awareness of policy makers/implementers of existence of selected studies	35

List of abbreviations and acronyms

ADD	Action on Disabilities and Development - Ghana
BECE	Basic Education Certificate Examination
CHASS	Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools
CIDA	Canadian International Development Agency
COL	Commonwealth of Learning
CRDD	Curriculum Research and Development Division
CRT	Criterion Reference Test
CRIQPEG	Centre for Research on Improving Quality of Primary Education in Ghana
CSA	Community School Alliance
DAWS	Development and Women’s Studies
DFID	Department for International Development
EI	Education International
EIP	Equity Improvement Programme
ERNWACA	Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa
FAWE	Federation of African Women in Education
FCUBE	Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education
GAPVOD	Ghana Association of Private Voluntary Organisations in Development
GEU	Girls’ Education Unit
GES	Ghana Education Service
GILBBT	Ghana Institute of Linguistic, Literacy and Bible Translation
GNA	Ghana News Agency
GNAT	Ghana National Association of Teachers
GOG	Government of Ghana
GTV	Ghana Television
IDA	International Development Association
IIR	Institute for International Research
ILP	Improving Learning through Participation
JSS	Junior Secondary School
JUSSTEP	Junior Secondary School Teacher Education Project
LFSP	Literacy and Functional Skills Project
MESW	Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare
MOE	Ministry of Education
NCWD	National Council on Women and Development
NFED	Non-Formal Education Division
NGO	Non-Governmental Organization
ODA	Overseas Development Administration
PBME	Division of Planning, Budgeting, Monitoring and Evaluation
PNDC	Provisional National Defence Council
PREP	Primary Education Programme
PTA	Parent-Teacher Association
PMU	Project Management Unit
SIF	School Improvement Fund
SMC	School Management Committee
SRC	Student Representative Council
SSS	Senior Secondary School
SSSCE	Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination
STEP	Support for Teacher Education Project
TED	Teacher Education Division
TOR	Terms of Reference
TTC	Technical Training College
UCEW	University College of Education at Winneba
UER	Upper East Region
UNESCO	United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNICEF	United Nations Children’s Fund
USAID	US Agency for International Development
UWR	Upper West Region
WAEC	West African Examinations Council
WGESA	Working Group on Education Sector Analysis