As of 2020, the duration of compulsory education in Ghana was 11 years, and this registered additional two years compared to 2006 and earlier. Ghanaian children from age four to fourteen are obliged to be enrolled in school.
In 1996, the Ministry of Education in Ghana launched the Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education Program (fCUBE), which was aimed at implementing universal primary education and providing an opportunity for every school-age child in the country to receive quality basic education by 2005.
Duration of compulsory education in Ghana from 2001 to 2020
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