Experts Needed

Post date: 
Mon, 01/30/2023 - 17:33

The Institute for Educational Research and Innovation Studies (IERIS) is intending to launch an annual series on the State of Education in Ghana report and is looking for experts to contribute to its maiden volume.

Interested faculty are encouraged to submit their CVs and interest areas they would like to write on via ieris@uew.edu.gh latest Friday, 10th February 2023.

Proposed areas/themes are as follows:

(History of education and the way forward: Tracking indicators and policies from 1957 to 2022)

Basic education

  • Access and participation
  • Quality
  • Enrolment, completion, and transition
  • Policy
  • Conclusion
  • Recommendation

Secondary education

  • Access and participation
  • Quality
  • Enrolment, completion, and transition
  • Policy
  • Conclusion
  • Recommendation

TVET

  • Access and participation
  • Quality
  • Enrolment, completion, and transition
  • Policy
  • Conclusion
  • Recommendation

Tertiary education

  • Access and participation
  • Quality
  • Enrolment, completion, and transition
  • Policy
  • Conclusion
  • Recommendation

Non-formal education

  • Access and participation
  • Quality
  • Enrolment, completion, and transition
  • Policy
  • Conclusion
  • Recommendation

Inclusive, equity, and special education

  • Access and participation
  • Quality
  • Enrolment, completion, and transition
  • Policy
  • Conclusion
  • Recommendation

Teacher Education

  • Objectives of teacher education
  • Evolution of teacher education
  • Teacher training institutions
  • Access and participation
  • Quality and relevance
  • Management of colleges of education
  • Policy

Educational planning and management

  • Basic, Secondary, TVET, and Tertiary
  • Teacher management (absenteeism, attrition, and deployment)
  • System management (Policy for Teacher Professional Development Management, PTPDM)

Financing education

  • Funding (sources)
  • Allocation of funds
  • Student loan scheme
  • Capitation grant
  • Financial management in pre-tertiary education
  • Conclusion
  • Recommendation

School plant

  • The state of school facilities
    • Library resources
    • Furniture
    • School compound
    • ICT resources
    • Classrooms
  • Maintenance of school plant

Education and health

  • Water
  • Sanitation 
  • Hygiene
  • Covid-19

Curriculum and instruction

  • Basic education curriculum
  • Secondary education curriculum

E-Learning

Educational assessment

Indigenous language education (L1)

Private schools in Ghana

Signed:
Director, IERIS

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