Mother of All Nations Foundation’s recent release of the latest West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results has once again brought Ghana’s senior high school performance into sharp national focus. With more than half of final-year students performing below expected standards, the results raise fundamental questions about the strength, equity, and resilience of our education system particularly for learners in underserved communities.
For Mother of All Nations Foundation (MoANF), this moment goes beyond examination outcomes. It highlights a broader systemic challenge that demands thoughtful, coordinated, and community-driven solutions.
The Issue: What the WASSCE Results Are Telling Us
The WASSCE outcomes point to long-standing structural weaknesses within Ghana’s education ecosystem. These include overstretched teachers, inadequate infrastructure, limited innovation in teaching and learning, weak accountability mechanisms, and insufficient community engagement in school improvement processes.
When these challenges persist, they do not only affect academic performance; they deepen inequality, limit social mobility, and undermine national development. Education remains one of the most powerful tools for transforming lives, and declining outcomes signal the need for urgent, strategic reflection and reform.
Our Position: Beyond Blame, Toward Systemic Reform
In response to the results, MoANF issued a press statement calling for a community-led reset of Ghana’s education system. Our position is clear: this is not a moment for blame or partisan debate, but a moment for bold, coordinated action.
MoANF advocates for:
- A long-term, community-responsive national education strategy anchored in data, transparency, and equity.
- Stronger collaboration among parents, teachers, traditional leaders, civil society, local assemblies, and policymakers.
- Education reforms that are grounded in the lived realities of learners and educators, particularly in low-resource settings.
- Accountability systems that move beyond exam results to focus on foundational learning, teaching quality, and community ownership.
We believe that sustainable education reform must be locally relevant, inclusive, and resilient beyond political cycles.
Media Amplification: Elevating the Conversation to the National Stage
MoANF’s advocacy message has been amplified through coverage by several national media outlets. These reports have helped bring the conversation on SHS performance, systemic reform, and community responsibility to a wider public audience.
The media engagement reflects growing recognition that education reform in Ghana must be holistic and evidence-based. By amplifying civil society perspectives, the media plays a critical role in shaping informed public discourse and encouraging accountability among all stakeholders.
What Comes Next: Turning Advocacy into Action
Advocacy is only meaningful when it leads to action. Building on this momentum, MoANF—working in partnership with CDD-Ghana through the I Am Aware initiative, with support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation—is expanding grassroots education interventions across selected communities in Greater Accra.
Our next steps include:
- Strengthening community-led monitoring of education service delivery.
- Supporting Social Accountability Groups (SAGs) to engage schools and local authorities constructively to ensure that annual district education operational Plans are community relevant and as also adhered to.
- Working with schools to develop context-specific improvement plans that reflect local strengths and challenges.
- Continuing evidence-based advocacy that centers community voices in education reform discussions.
At the heart of our work is a simple but powerful belief: no child should be disadvantaged because of where they live or the school they attend. Every learner in Ghana deserves access to quality education that equips them for a dignified and productive future.
News report from various media houses.
