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Education in Ghana

(Ghanaian Times) The president of the Central University College in Ghana says the country needs at least 50 universities to address the problem of access to education by all Ghanaians. President V.P.Y. Gadzedko says the country’s 37 universities can’t cope with the high number of students who graduate from high school each year. Gadzedko hopes the number of people who access post-secondary education – currently only five per cent of the population – will climb in coming years. He says the literacy rate must exceed 90 per cent and all citizens must have access to post-secondary education for Ghana to develop as a nation. Ghana has 30 private and seven public universities.

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Ghana's largest public university

University of Ghana Homepage
This is the site for the the University of Ghana, the country's oldest and largest of the seven Ghanaian public universities. The site is well layed out and easy to use. It provides the standard information one would expect to see on a university homepage. A quick links side bar links users to the University of Ghana 2008 graduating list, a handbook for international students and the University of Ghana E-learning system.

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Ghana's Official Education Portal

Ghana.gov.gh
This is the government of Ghana's official homepage. The site is pretty basic but it is important because it includes information about the country's schools and universities and outlines Ghana's recent educational reforms. The site also contains other government related information and news releases.

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See it with your own eyes

Flickr's version of universities in Ghana
See what photographers from around the world are posting on their flickr sites. The site is home to plenty of photos of the University of Ghana and other places in Ghana. Flickr is cool because it lets you see things with your own eyes - the pictures place you on campus and take you into the classrooms.

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A youth-run U.S. non-profit organization tackles education issues in Ghana

Ghana Education Project
This is the site for a youth-run U.S. non-profit organization who work to improve education in Ghana. The site covers the history of the organization and describes who they are and what they do. Features include a donate button and a photo gallery with photos from the group's previous trips to Ghana.

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For the wanna-be cartographers out there

Perry-Castañeda library map collection for Ghana
For those of you unfamiliar with the location of Ghana on the world map, the Perry-Castañeda map collection provides a decent sized collection of maps to get you up to speed. The site hosts political maps, shaded relief maps and some very detailed topographic maps.