{"id":16157,"date":"2026-03-16T15:36:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=16157"},"modified":"2026-03-16T15:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:36:41","slug":"world-bank-commits-300m-to-boost-ghanas-secondary-education-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=16157","title":{"rendered":"World Bank commits $300m to boost Ghana&#8217;s secondary education reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The World Bank has committed about $300 million to support Ghana\u2019s planned Secondary\u00a0<a class=\"google-anno\" href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2026\/03\/world-bank-to-support-ghanas-secondary-education-reform-with-300m\/#\" data-google-vignette=\"false\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\">\u00a0<span class=\"google-anno-t\">Education<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Transformation for Results and Jobs initiative, a flagship programme aimed at improving learning outcomes and expanding job opportunities for young people.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made by the Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, during a visit by the Managing Director and Chief Knowledge Officer of the World Bank Group, Paschal Donohoe, to Osu Mahean Basic School.<\/p>\n<p>According to the minister, the programme forms part of government efforts to transform Ghana\u2019s secondary education system and equip students with the skills required for employment and national development.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the financial support from the World Bank will help drive reforms targeted at improving the quality of teaching and learning while also strengthening pathways that link education to job creation.<\/p>\n<p>The visit formed part of activities under the Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcomes Project (GALOP), an initiative focused on improving foundational learning and strengthening accountability in Ghana\u2019s education sector.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the engagement on Monday, March 16, Paschal Donohoe reaffirmed the World Bank\u2019s commitment to supporting Ghana\u2019s education reforms and efforts to build stronger human capital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank the Minister for Education and the Government of Ghana for recognising the importance of education and for being excellent partners in working together to support the young people of Ghana and the future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Bank has committed about $300 million to support Ghana\u2019s planned Secondary\u00a0\u00a0Education\u00a0Transformation for Results and Jobs initiative, a flagship programme aimed at improving learning outcomes and expanding job opportunities for young people. The announcement was made by the Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, during a visit by the Managing Director and Chief Knowledge Officer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":16158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[165,41,18],"tags":[2250,5107,224,5108],"class_list":["post-16157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-general-news","category-politics","tag-world-bank","tag-galop","tag-haruna-iddrisu","tag-paschal-donohoe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16159,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16157\/revisions\/16159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}