Ghana outclasses Nigeria in global education rankings
Ghana-Nigeria global education rankings. Does it paint an accurate picture? In terms of education, Ghana ranks 104th in the global education system and 12th in Africa, while Nigeria seats at 124th position in the world and 25th in Africa.
Ghana’s education system though challenged by several issues, including low quality in terms of poor pupil learning achievement; inadequate supply of trained and qualified teachers, resulting in extremes of class size; and lack of resources for teaching and learning in both cities and hinterlands, it is seen as a better performer globally.
Per the statistics, Nigeria performed worse than Ghana using all the parameters measured. Whiles ranked 90th in terms of adult literacy, Nigeria placed 93th. The average IQ of a Ghanaian placed Ghana one point ahead of Nigeria at 46th and 47th, respectively.
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It is estimated that 342,260 children in Ghana are out-of-school whiles that of Nigeria is 5.75 million. The statistics also revealed Ghanaian women are more literate than Nigerian women. In the second cycle education criteria, Ghana ranked 58th whiles Nigeria fell to 146th.
Nigeria may be falling behind due to its large population, and not necessarily that Ghana is doing better than them.
Ghana’s education system continues to gain the attention of policymakers and government through education reforms aimed at improving the quality and relevance of its output while improving the facilities, teacher quality, and funding among others.
The introduction of Free SHS, School feeding programme, non-payment of fees at the basic school level in public schools continues to make education accessible.
Ghana’s main challenge in education is the effective implementation of education policies and not the development of such policies.
To become a global standard, Ghana must start benchmarking and challenging countries like the US and Canada and not Nigeria. Let’s think global and act locally proactive, effective, and efficient.
Full statistics on Ghana-Nigeria global education rankings and comparism
STAT
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Ghana
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Nigeria
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Better
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Adult literacy rate > Total | 65.8 Ranked 90th. 9% more than Nigeria |
60.1 Ranked 93th. |
Ghana |
Average IQ | 71 Ranked 46th. 6% more than Nigeria |
67 Ranked 47th. |
Ghana |
Children out of school, primary | 652,518 Ranked 7th. |
11.13 million Ranked 1st. 17 times more than Ghana |
Ghana |
Children out of school, primary per 1000 | 25.72 Ranked 16th. |
69.68 Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Ghana |
|
342,260 Ranked 8th. |
5.75 million Ranked 1st. 17 times more than Ghana |
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College and university >Gender parity index | 0.633 Ranked 3rd. |
0.712 Ranked 97th. 12% more than Ghana |
|
Compulsary education duration | 11 Ranked 24th. 22% more than Nigeria |
9 Ranked 121st. |
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Government spending on education >Proportion of GDP | 8.14% Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Nigeria |
3.06% Ranked 38th. |
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Literacy > Female | 67.1% Ranked 114th. 11% more than Nigeria |
60.6% Ranked 121st. |
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Literacy > Total population | 74.8% Ranked 118th. 10% more than Nigeria |
68% Ranked 126th. |
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Primary education, duration > Years | 6 Ranked 81st. The same as Nigeria |
6 Ranked 116th. |
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Primary education, teachers per 1000 | 4.85 Ranked 31st. 35% more than Nigeria |
3.59 Ranked 98th. |
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Pupil-teacher ratio, primary | 32.98 Ranked 29th. |
36.03 Ranked 29th. 9% more than Ghana |
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Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary | 17.8 Ranked 21st. |
33.08 Ranked 7th. 86% more than Ghana |
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Secondary education, duration > Years | 7 Ranked 58th. 17% more than Nigeria |
6 Ranked 146th. |
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