Special issue on basic education in Ghana

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Title:	Special issue on basic education in Ghana
Editor:	Alhassan, Eliasu
Year:	2011
Periodical:	Legon Journal of Sociology (ISSN 0855-6261)
Volume:	4
Issue:	2
Pages:	178
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Ghana
Subjects:	basic education primary education educational policy gender inequality internal migration NGO teachers
Abstract:	This special issue focusses on the provision of basic education in northern Ghana. It is a collection of papers that have come out of a research collaboration between scholars in West Africa and their German counterparts. Contributions: Gender mainstreaming in basic education in the Northern region of Ghana (Eliasu Alhassan); The migration of teachers from the Upper West region to the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana (Imoro Razak Jaha); The effectiveness of civil society advocacy in basic education in northern Ghana: the case of the Northern Network for Education Development (NNED) (Sulemana Zakaria); The role of international NGOs in education: the case of the Catholic Relief Services in the Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo district (Djamongue Kouakou); Assessing volunteer teachers as the 'engine' of rural primary schools in northern Ghana (Abdulai Abubakari and Steve Tonah); The State, non-governmental organizations and local communities in the provision of basic education in the West Mamprusi district (Steve Tonah). [ASC Leiden abstract]