Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences
Project Title
For research and policy dialogues on higher education reforms in Ghana
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
32 months
Description
Ghana is undergoing major growth in its higher education sector with a planned increase in enrollment from 18 to 40 percent by 2030. The sector needs an ongoing, independent platform for stakeholder discussion on higher education policy reform including implications on university staffing, infrastructure, pedagogy, financing, governance, graduate employability, and quality. The Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS), a learned society founded in 1959, aimsto use its established role as convenorand independent resource for government to develop aplatform for evidence-gatheringand consensus-building for higher education policy reform in Ghana and West Africa. Corporation support will contribute to research, policy dialogues, and a regional conference resulting inpolicy recommendations that promote equity and sustainability in the sector.