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Ghana 2027 Budget Education Extract
The Government of Ghana’s 2027 Budget Statement and Economic Policy states that GH¢48 billion has been allocated to the Ministry of Education. The Budget also identifies separate provisions for the Scholarship Secretariat and the Ghana School Feeding Programme.
The figures in this article are reproduced from the Budget. They should be read with care because some programme amounts are presented within the Ministry of Education allocation, while others are stated separately. The article does not add these figures together as though they were all components of one allocation.
GH¢48 Billion for Education
Ghana’s 2027 Budget has allocated GH¢48 billion to the Ministry of Education to support teaching, learning and access to education. The allocation places education at the centre of the Government’s public expenditure priorities for the 2027 financial year.
Among the major education-related provisions identified in the Budget are GH¢11.2 billion for the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), GH¢1.37 billion for secondary education transformation, GH¢537 million for the No Fees Stress policy and GH¢227 million for teacher trainee allowances.
Other listed provisions include GH¢292 million for free sanitary pads, GH¢169 million for Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) fees, GH¢166 million for the Capitation Grant, GH¢133 million for existing education interventions and GH¢50 million for special schools.
The Budget separately provides GH¢250 million for the Scholarship Secretariat. It also identifies GH¢2.1 billion for the Ghana School Feeding Programme under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection.
These provisions reflect several dimensions of education financing, including infrastructure, access, learner welfare, teacher preparation and tertiary education support.
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