Development Projects in Tano North District

Tano North District is one of the 19 Districts in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. Duayaw Nkwanta is its administrative capital.
It is bounded on the North and East by the Offinso and on the North-Western by the Sunyani Municipal and the South-Western by Asutifi, Tano South on the Eastern border and Ahafo-Ano North District to the South in the Ashanti region.

EDUCATIONAL SECTOR:

Educational SectorThe provision of adequate educational facilities throughout the district had been a nagging problem to the then Tano District Assembly and continues to be a problem to the new Tano North District Assembly. Although a sizeable percentage of the national annual budget goes into the educational sector, the condition in most schools especially those in the rural areas are in very discouraging state.Basic Education in the district is widespread. For easy and proper management, the Tano North District is divided into four Schools Circuits namely; Bomaa, Yamfo, Terchire and Duayaw Nkwanta. The district has in all a total of one hundred and eighty-one (181) public and private schools made up of Sixty-four (64) kindergarten/nursery schools, Sixty-nine (69) primary schools, Forty-two (42) J.S.S, Five (5) SSS/Technical, Two (2) Training Schools. Out of the one hundred and eighty-one schools in the district, Twenty-eight (ten Kindergarten/Nursery, ten primary, six J.S.S and the two vocational schools) are private institutionsGenerally, enrolments in the schools have seen a tremendous increase over the years especially in the last two years mainly due to the introduction of capitation grants and increase in population. The trend has come with its own challenges of demand for more teachers, classroom accommodation school furniture and logistics for supervision.A survey conducted by a team of educationist categorises the schools in the district into good or bad to a number of criteria presented by GES (Pupils performance, Schools structuring Performance of teacher, accessibility of schools to pupils, pupil-teacher ratio, and accommodation for teachers among others).Teacher PopulationThe average Pupil/Teacher ratio in the district is 1:29, which is, lower than that of the National Pupil/Teacher ratio of 1:35. At least 76% of the teachers at all levels are trained teachers.Educational Support A support programme exclusively for needy or venerable but brilliant students has been in existence since the creation of the district in 2002. This programme is aimed at helping the poor in the district to also have access to education. The number of students benefiting from the programme is indicated in the table below;KEY POLICY GOALS FOR EDUCATIONIncrease access to and participation in education and trainingPromote and expand pre-school education Promote good health and environmental sanitation in Basic and Second Cycle Schools. Improve quality of teaching and learning to enhance pupil/student learning Provide girls with equal opportunities to access full cycle of education Identify challenges of education and design pragmatic approach to address theses challenges For tables refer to pdf file attached.