Education

From Ideas to Action: Inside the Liberty Sphere 2026 Battleground Policy Pitch Competition

Blog, Education /

Five teams, five public-policy challenges and five different approaches to applying ideas about liberty, enterprise and institutional reform. The 2026 edition of Liberty Sphere moved beyond lectures and discussions to challenge participants to apply what they had learned to real-world problems facing Ghanaian society. As part of the programme, 29 residential participants were organised into five teams—Divine

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YAFO Institute Commemorates Adam Smith at 250: What Can Africa Still Learn from The Wealth of Nations?

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Two hundred and fifty years after Adam Smith published An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, its central questions remain relevant to countries still working out how to create prosperity, expand opportunity and build institutions that let people flourish. As part of Liberty Sphere 2026, YAFO Institute marked the anniversary under

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Why Central Planning—Not More School Buildings —Holds Ghana’s Basic Education Back

Education, Poverty & Urban Poverty /

Many people believe that Ghana has a shortage of school buildings, however the evidence suggests otherwise. The true difficulty is not infrastructure; it is the pervasive influence of central planning, which is reflected year after year in our national budgets. Until we confront this fundamental structural problem, no amount of new classrooms will fix what

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Towards Achieving SDG 4: What Ghana’s 2026 Budget Means for Basic and Secondary Education

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BACKGROUND  Education remains the backbone of the future of every nation all around the globe. Throughout the history of humanity and nations, education has been a tool for nurturing talents, shaping future and instilling the essential attributes of national pride, integrity and loyalty. It has proven to be a tool capable of placing almost every

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Reforming Free SHS Policy; Feeding in Senior High Schools in Ghana

Education, Poverty & Urban Poverty /

During the maiden State of the Nation Address delivered by H.E President John Dramani Mahama, on Thursday, 27th February 2025, the new government revealed its resolve to hand over the activities of feeding in Senior High Schools (SHS) back to the administrators of the various schools. This is at the back of a campaign promise

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Assessing Seven Years of Free Senior High School Education in Ghana

Commentary, Education /

The Free Senior High School (FSHS) policy saw all 2017 SHS entrants accessing free education which will continue throughout their three-year stay in school. The policy intervention took care of tuition fees, library fees, provision of free textbooks, free access to boarding facilities, the free provision of meals, the coverage of examinations, science laboratory, and

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