Education

Tracking Government Commitments on Education in Ghana

Gideon SarpongFebruary 4, 2019
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Government’s handling of RTI Bill troubling [infographic]

The Right to Information Bill was first drafted in 1999 under former president, Jerry John Rawlings. Twenty years later, all…
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Gideon SarpongJanuary 22, 2019
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FactCheck: Is California’s GDP larger than that of Africa’s combined?

iWatch Africa assessment of recently published data by the African Development Bank can confirm that the US state of California…
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Gideon SarpongAugust 27, 2018
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TVET: Tracking government commitments in Ghana [infographic]

iWatch Africa’s third-quarter assessment of government commitment to construct 20 modern TVET schools and 10 Regional STEM centers as indicated…
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Gideon SarpongJuly 22, 2018
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Fact-Check: Businesses to incur 5% VAT cost despite government claims that VAT has not been increased

iWatch Africa assessment of the newly proposed Valued Added Tax (VAT) structure can confirm that businesses will incur a tax…
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Gideon SarpongMarch 7, 2018
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iWatch Africa marks International Open Data Day 2018

iWatch Africa, marked the 2018 International Open Data Day, on 23rd March, 208 with a conference on the theme; The…
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Gideon SarpongFebruary 21, 2018
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Register for the 2018 International Open Data Day Conference

Invitation to the 2018 International Open Data Day Conference on 3rd March, 2018 : The importance of Open Data in…
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Gideon SarpongFebruary 19, 2018
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iWatch Africa Transparency & Accountability Survey

iWatch Africa; a Non–Governmental Organization is conducting a survey to assess the performance of the first year of President Akufo…
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Gideon SarpongJanuary 25, 2018
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Gov’t at risk of GH¢200 million judgment debt over UG failure to pay contracted loan

The government of Ghana is at risk of payment of over GH¢200 million judgment debt as a result of failure…
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Gideon SarpongJanuary 4, 2018
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Budget Watch: Key educational commitments to be tracked in 2018

iWatch Africa as part of our mandate to undertake evidence-based, value for money assessment of government’s commitments to Ghanaians will…
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Gideon SarpongDecember 18, 2017
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36% of public basic schools without toilets – Report

About 7,332 out of the 20,738 public basic schools in the country do not have toilet facilities, while 6,922 do…
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