OLE Ghana

OLE Ghana will primarily concern itself with educational issues, specifically related to deployment of information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in furtherance of the Ghana Government’s avowed aim of making ICTs an accelerator of national development through its use in education.

Along with ICTs, Ghana plans to ensure the replication of successful models and support the Ghana Ministry of Education in its goal of “free, compulsory, universal basic education for all children of school-going age.”

OLE Ghana was officially launched February 22nd, 2008 and aims to help all of its children gain literacy in the coming years.

Leadership

  • Jerome Siau Djangmah — Chairman. Former Director General of GES, Chairman of the West African Examinations Council. Read more…
  • Professor Jophus Anamuah Mensah — Executive Director, former Vice Chancellor of the University College of Education, Winneba. Read more…
  • Peter A. Kaba - Executive Secretary, Vice Chancellors Ghana
  • Professor Jonas Akpanglo-Nartey — Former Pro VC, UEW; Head Applied Linguistics, UEW
  • Benjamin Eshun — Former IT specialist, Association of African Universities; Partner, IT Consortium
  • Valentina J. A. Bannerman (Mrs.), University Librarian, University of Education, Winneba; and President, Ghana Library.
  • Mr. Samuel Banerman-Mensah — Director General, Ghana Educational Services. Read more…
  • Kofi Essien, Advisor, OLE Ghana

Partners

About Ghana

Ghana is located in Western Africa between Cote d’Ivoire and Togo. Approximately 23 million Ghanaians populate Ghana and 60% are considered literate.

Ghanaians are primarily Christian and have over 100 languages. However, English is the official language and is used for business and governmental interactions.

Ghana is prone to sever dry and dusty weather conditions and droughts. Ghana’s current concerns are a recurring drought negatively affecting agricultural activities, a diminishing wildlife population due to deforestation and an inadequate supply of portable water.

Ghana is a constitutional democracy lead by President John Agyekum Kufuor.

How you can help

All OLE Centres currently require a breadth of public and private sector partnerships. Participation among individuals and industries, government, and independent NGOs are all vital to the creation and sustainability of local OLE Centers, as well as the growth and success of their particular models for ensuring universal basic education by 2015.

The individuality of local circumstances, and the methods for addressing local learning systems also means that every OLE Centre offers unique investment possibilities.

How you can help with OLE Ghana:

  • Teacher development/education materials, expertise, and on-the-ground teacher-training volunteers
  • Hardware and digitization expertise to assist bringing existing local content online
  • Financial contributions
  • OLE Consortium members are thankful for help with translation of learning resources from English into Nepali, Spanish, Mandarin, French and Arabic. If you can help translate, or contribute to the cost of translation, we will be very grateful.