Education

Education and literacy provide the opportunity for individuals to participate in a wider job market. In the municipality, the standard of education is generally low as this is usually manifest ed in the yearly BECE results.

Table 10: Number of educational institutions

NO	INSTITUTIONS	OWNERSHIP	2014/ 2015	2015/ 2016	2016/2017
1	Number of Kindergartens	Public	51	53	54
1	Number of Kindergartens	Private	27	33	33
2	Number of Primary	Public	50	52	53
2	Number of Primary	Private	27	29	32
3	Number of JHS	Public	33	38	43
3	Number of JHS	Private	15	16	20
4	Number of Senior High	Public	2	2	2
4	Number of Senior High	Private	1	1	1
5	Number of Technical/Vocational Institutes	Public	2	2	2
5	Number of Technical/Vocational Institutes	Private	0	0	0

SOURCE: MED Records, 2017

Though the public sector has the higher numbers of educational facilities, the performance of the private sector in the provision of education is commendable. As indicated in Table 11, there are 33 kindergartens, 32 primary schools, 20 JHSs and a Senior High school that are being operated by the private sector as of 2017.

In terms of enrolment, the public sector recorded the larger numbers. This however is not surprising as there are more educational facilities in the public sector that there are in the private sector. The contribution of the private sector to enrolment cannot be under estimated as manifested in Table 12. Generally, school enrolment is high in the Bawku Municipality.

Table 11: School enrolment

INSTITUTION	OWNERSHIP	2014/ 2015	2015/ 2016	2016/2017
KG	Public	5,725	5,025	4,666
KG	Private	2,283	2,022	2,320
KG TOTAL		7,008	7,047	6,986
PRIMARY	Public	15,828	15,830	14,756
PRIMARY	Private	5,640	5,039	5,705
PRIMARY TOTAL		21,468	20,869	20,461
JHS	Public	5,502	5,539	5,595
JHS	Private	1,690	1,650	1,751
JHS TOTAL		7,192	7,189	7,346

SOURCE: MED Records, 2017

It is important to note that pupil teacher ratio seem to be acceptable when teachers are not classified under trained and untrained. The pupil trained teacher ration shown in Table 9, is an indication that there are not enough trained teachers in the Municipality. It is also evident that the private schools have the least numbers of trained teachers. Below are the list of schools and their enrolments for 2017/2018 academic year.

Table 12: Enrolment Figures for Basic Schools for 2017/2018 Academic Year

NO	SCHOOL	KG1		KG2		TOTAL		GDT
NO	SCHOOL	B	G	B	G	B	G	GDT
1	ABENDE MEMORIAL KG	17	28	20	19	37	47	84
2	AGOLI A/G KG	39	40	25	24	64	64	128
3	AMINIYA ISLAMIC KG	4	6	3	6	7	12	19
4	ANSARUL ISLAM KG	13	15	14	9	27	24	51
5	ARIZIEM KG	49	40	29	25	78	65	143
6	AZHARIYA E/A KG	36	19	29	36	65	55	120
7	BADOR M/A KG	33	32	33	29	66	61	127
8	BARIBARI KG	40	37	29	29	69	66	135
9	BAWKU DAY NURSERY NO.1	66	74	88	84	154	158	312
10	BAWKU NURSERY NO.2	60	40	43	55	103	95	198
11	BUABULA M/A KG	15	14	24	27	39	41	80
12	DADURI CATHOLIC KG	20	14	20	27	40	41	81
13	GENTIGA KG	40	40	30	45	70	85	155
14	GENTIGA NO 1 KG	28	21	29	26	57	47	104
15	GINGANDE KG	5	20	19	13	24	33	57
16	GOZESI KG	21	26	20	25	41	51	92
17	HASSANIA KG	17	9	14	24	31	33	64
18	KEKASEUGU KG	20	22	23	25	43	47	90
19	KOLKPIENGO KG	11	25	7	4	18	29	47
20	KPALWEGA KG	11	15	15	22	26	37	63
21	KUKA M/A KG	11	10	20	19	31	29	60
22	KUKA-ZULI KG	20	11	19	14	39	25	64
23	KUYANATENGA KG	10	15	15	16	25	31	56
24	LALSAA KG	20	15	11	26	31	41	72
25	MANGA PRIMARY ‘B’ KG	9	8	10	16	19	24	43
26	MANGA PRIMARY ‘A’ KG	9	6	14	10	23	16	39
27	MEGOGO KG	6	5	19	17	25	22	47
28	METHODIST PRIMARY ‘A’ KG	8	8	21	13	29	21	50
29	METHODIST PRIMARY ‘B’ KG	25	23	20	25	45	48	93
30	MOGNORI R/C KG	39	24	29	35	68	59	127
31	MUJUDUNA E/A KG	6	4	7	5	13	9	22
32	MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY ‘B’ KG	13	10	10	12	23	22	45
33	MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY PRIMARY ‘A’ KG	28	30	25	19	53	49	102
34	MUSTAPHIAT E/A KG	20	21	20	19	40	40	80
35	NAA GBEWAA KG	24	16	20	18	44	34	78
36	NARANZUA KG	20	20	30	20	50	40	90
37	PRESBY KG	0	0	40	34	40	34	74
38	SABON-ZONGO KG	34	33	41	25	75	58	133
39	SAEEDIYA E/A KG	7	9	6	8	13	17	30
40	SONGURE KG	24	22	21	14	45	36	81
41	ST. ANTHONY’S KG	30	35	22	27	52	62	114
42	ST. MARY’S R/C KG	15	27	28	19	43	46	89
43	SUWEIDIYA ISLAMIC KG	30	27	41	37	71	64	135
44	TAMPIEZUA KG	16	31	30	10	46	41	87
45	ULUMU-DEEN E/A KG	16	11	23	11	39	22	61
46	WATANIA E/A KG	7	15	23	21	30	36	66
47	WIIDI KG	12	16	18	22	30	38	68
48	WINAMZUA KG	9	7	9	6	18	13	31
49	YAKIN KG	31	35	39	24	70	59	129
50	YAKUT METHODIST KG	21	27	25	29	46	56	102
51	ZABUGU R/C KG	20	22	24	19	44	41	85
52	ZOOGO KG	21	23	23	19	44	42	86
53	ZULI KG	21	16	16	20	37	36	73
54	ZUUKU KG	13	14	15	15	28	29	57
	TOTAL	1140	1133	1248	1198	2388	2331	4719

SOURCE: MED Records, 2017

Table 13: Enrolment Figures for 2017/2018 Academic Year

NO	SCHOOL	BS1		BS 2		BS 3		BS 4		BS 5		BS 6		TOTAL		GDT
NO	SCHOOL	B	G	B	G	B	G	B	G	B	G	B	G	B	G	GDT
1	ABENDE MEMORIAL PRIM	16	19	12	15	14	12	20	15	17	19	16	17	95	97	192
2	AGOLI A/G PRIMARY	29	51	36	32	33	47	26	43	15	26	26	33	165	232	397
3	AMINIYA PRIM	14	16	10	15	13	17	13	16	24	29	15	17	89	110	199
4	ANSARUL ISLAM PRIM	10	11	9	8	12	8	2	14	9	12	11	6	53	59	112
5	ARIZIEM PRIMARY	19	25	25	22	27	10	23	27	35	19	19	15	148	118	266
6	AZHARIYA E/A PRIMARY	48	44	63	44	38	43	42	37	42	42	31	33	264	243	507
7	BADOR M/A PRIMARY	37	33	31	22	45	20	36	25	26	22	23	23	198	145	343
8	BARIBARI PRIMARY	22	26	21	31	36	35	35	26	13	23	13	17	140	158	298
9	BUABULA M/A PRIMARY	20	24	18	16	22	35	23	12	10	12	18	29	111	128	239
10	DADURI R/C PRIM	15	21	21	25	32	34	32	26	22	33	18	33	140	172	312
11	GENTIGA NO 1 PRIM	24	17	20	5	16	15	17	14	14	11	13	8	104	70	174
12	GENTIGA PRIMARY	35	29	36	31	40	39	40	29	20	27	31	25	202	180	382
13	GINGANDE PRIMARY ‘B’	13	15	14	14	20	19	21	15	12	20	25	20	105	103	208
14	GINGANDE PRIMARY ‘A’	15	16	15	21	25	19	23	22	15	27	30	22	123	127	250
15	GOZESI PRIMARY	20	25	20	22	19	21	22	21	20	28	16	24	117	141	258
16	HASSANIA PRIMARY	15	26	31	20	30	30	19	35	28	22	28	26	151	159	310
17	KEKASEUGU PRIMARY	17	20	20	15	24	26	20	27	19	20	21	18	121	126	247
18	KOLKPIENGO PRIMARY	13	12	6	11	19	20	17	16	0	0	0	0	55	59	114
19	KPALWEGA PRIMARY	11	15	26	27	26	31	21	27	20	35	30	35	134	170	304
20	KUKA M/A PRIMARY	17	23	18	20	15	27	25	20	16	14	20	26	111	130	241
21	KUKA-ZULI PRIMARY	20	21	18	25	20	22	25	20	26	25	25	34	134	147	281
22	KUYANATENGA PRIM	15	30	16	25	17	16	18	15	18	16	16	10	100	112	212
23	LALSAA PRIMARY	25	30	36	23	34	26	27	37	33	12	17	16	172	144	316
24	MANGA PRIMARY ‘A’	18	11	18	10	17	13	24	25	16	17	14	25	107	101	208
25	MANGA PRIMARY ‘B’	14	11	10	23	16	16	23	13	20	13	23	14	106	90	196
26	MEGOGO PRIMARY	32	21	17	24	25	23	24	20	20	15	16	16	134	119	253
27	METHODIST PRIMARY ‘A’	35	25	38	43	44	52	38	46	40	39	29	47	224	252	476
28	METHODIST PRIMARY ‘B’	25	35	50	44	35	49	52	29	38	46	40	45	240	248	488
29	MOGNORI R/C PRIMARY	36	35	59	42	53	53	46	55	35	30	17	27	246	242	488
30	MUJUDUNA E/A PRIMARY	8	5	8	6	8	7	6	11	10	5	7	6	47	40	87
31	MUNICIPAL ASS .PRIM’B’	34	21	25	20	29	25	35	28	26	28	31	24	180	146	326
32	MUNICIPAL ASS. PRIM ‘A’	33	25	31	21	33	25	24	36	35	35	22	18	178	160	338
33	MUSTAPHIAT E/A PRIM	16	23	25	25	26	26	16	24	25	19	26	18	134	135	269
34	NAA GBEWAA PRIMARY	34	24	42	35	51	38	37	30	28	34	35	40	227	201	428
35	NARANZUA PRIMARY	20	15	20	21	19	20	18	20	20	19	25	13	122	108	230
36	PRESBY PRIMARY	46	41	44	34	39	36	55	37	47	44	43	39	274	231	505
37	SABON-ZONGO PRIMARY ‘A’	35	24	29	29	35	38	26	28	38	24	39	21	202	164	366
38	SABON-ZONGO PRIMARY ‘B’	21	17	31	29	21	27	36	39	24	31	28	31	161	174	335
39	SAEEDIYA E/A PRIMARY	22	15	12	18	20	22	33	25	20	18	32	36	139	134	273
40	SONGURE PRIMARY	9	14	5	16	18	19	20	12	5	18	12	12	69	91	160
41	ST. ANTHONY’S PRIMARY	31	26	35	22	24	28	25	25	19	28	13	18	147	147	294
42	ST. MARY’S R/C PRIMARY	16	24	21	18	22	37	34	24	32	44	29	46	154	193	347
43	SUWEIDIYA PRIMARY	25	27	32	27	37	31	32	26	37	25	23	28	186	164	350
44	TAMPIEZUA PRIMARY	27	30	19	24	21	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	66	133
45	ULUMU-DEEN E/A PRIM	12	16	15	13	21	17	25	21	12	14	18	8	103	89	192
46	WATANIA E/A PRIMARY	10	20	20	17	17	19	23	21	24	16	14	25	108	118	226
47	WIIDI PRIMARY	23	20	17	20	19	24	20	22	18	24	23	28	120	138	258
48	WINAMZUA PRIMARY	16	13	27	22	24	29	26	25	21	25	40	28	154	142	296
49	YAKIN PRIMARY	25	24	24	19	19	20	20	24	19	17	30	12	137	116	253
50	YAKUT METHODIST PRIM	20	26	25	34	30	22	24	32	26	27	33	20	158	161	319
51	ZABUGU R/C PRIMARY	17	38	26	29	32	26	36	34	37	42	32	26	180	195	375
52	ZOOGO PRIMARY	16	17	23	17	15	16	31	27	19	19	17	20	121	116	237
53	ZULI PRIMARY	16	15	19	14	13	12	17	16	8	31	20	14	93	102	195
54	ZUUKU PRIMARY	21	20	37	28	36	23	28	24	22	23	12	14	156	132	288
	TOTAL	1183	1227	1326	1233	1396	1377	1401	1338	1195	1264	1205	1206	7706	7645	15351

SOURCE: MED Records, 2017

Table 14: Enrolment Figures for 2017/2018 Academic Year

NO	SCHOOL	JHS 1		JHS 2		JHS 3		TOTAL		GDT
NO	SCHOOL	B	G	B	G	B	G	B	G	GDT
1	AGOLI J.H.S	19	22	23	22	19	30	61	74	135
2	AMINIYA J.H.S	13	12	19	28	15	27	47	67	114
3	ANSARUL ISLAM J.H.S	6	6	6	10	10	18	22	34	56
4	AZHARIYA JHS	15	24	12	21	8	18	35	63	98
5	BADOR JHS	19	8	16	14	14	15	49	37	86
6	BARIBARI JHS	5	18	0	0	0	0	5	18	23
7	DADURI CATHOLIC J.H.S	20	32	55	30	12	22	87	84	171
8	GENTIGA JHS	29	20	22	21	0	0	51	41	92
9	GINGANDE J.H.S	35	37	30	42	26	22	91	101	192
10	GOZESI JHS	27	23	15	13	26	15	68	51	119
11	HASSANIA JHS	20	29	30	30	18	10	68	69	137
12	KOLKPIENGO JHS	39	23	30	31	22	11	91	65	156
13	KPALWEGA J.H.S	19	32	25	23	19	14	63	69	132
14	KUKA J.H.S	33	25	23	22	15	10	71	57	128
15	KUKA NATINGA JHS	16	19	32	31	19	12	67	62	129
16	KUYANATENGA JHS	25	18	0	0	0	0	25	18	43
17	LALSAA JHS	16	23	10	13	14	20	40	56	96
18	MANGA J.H.S ‘A’	22	24	14	20	13	18	49	62	111
19	MANGA JHS ‘B’	18	20	26	25	19	20	63	65	128
20	MEGOGO JHS	20	11	0	0	0	0	20	11	31
21	METHODIST J.H.S ‘B’	36	49	32	56	26	27	94	132	226
22	METHODIST JHS ‘A’	33	54	30	41	19	26	82	121	203
23	MISSIGA JHS	12	15	22	16	15	17	49	48	97
24	MOGNORI R/C J. H. S.	19	21	15	22	5	12	39	55	94
25	MUSTAPHIAT JHS	12	18	21	16	22	19	55	53	108
26	NAA GBEWAA JHS	42	31	37	35	17	25	96	91	187
27	NARANZUA JHS	19	15	28	15	16	22	63	52	115
28	PRESBY JHS	36	50	40	37	30	16	106	103	209
29	SABON ZONGO J.H.S ‘A’	24	25	22	31	21	29	67	85	152
30	SABON ZONGO J.H.S ‘B’	20	23	21	32	25	27	66	82	148
31	SAEEDIYA J.H.S	26	27	21	31	11	14	58	72	130
32	SONGURE JHS	6	15	14	4	12	12	32	31	63
33	ST. ANTHONY’S CATHOLIC J.H.S	26	28	18	20	16	14	60	62	122
34	ST. PAUL’S JHS	41	43	46	46	25	27	112	116	228
35	SUWEIDIYA JHS	18	22	10	9	16	8	44	39	83
36	ULUMU-DEEN JHs	13	9	6	17	6	5	25	31	56
37	WATANIA JHS	22	33	25	20	17	27	64	80	144
38	WIIDI JHS	21	18	18	17	15	12	54	47	101
39	WINAMZUA J.H.S ‘A’	24	23	22	30	26	18	72	71	143
40	WINAMZUA JHS ‘B’	28	34	34	23	22	23	84	80	164
41	WINAMZUA JHS ‘C’	25	24	26	33	11	20	62	77	139
42	YAKIN JHS	27	19	24	12	0	0	51	31	82
43	YAKUT METHODIST JHS	15	17	27	20	0	0	42	37	79
44	ZABUGU J.H.S	35	32	32	29	39	48	106	109	215
45	ZOOGO JHS	27	24	30	20	10	16	67	60	127
46	ZUUKU JHS	12	9	0	0	0	0	12	9	21
	TOTAL	1035	1104	1009	1028	691	746	2735	2878	5613

SOURCE: MED Records, 2017

In terms of gender parity, it can be concluded with the evidence from Table 14, that the Municipality has attained gender parity from KG through to JHS. However, parity is not yet achieved at the SHS level as more boys are enrolled than girls. Though it is not clear what causes low enrolment of girls at the SHS level, it is an attestation that many girls drop out of school after the BECE exams. Table 14 further revealed why many girls could not be enrolled into SHSs as their performance at the BECE is generally low as compared to their male counterparts. It is therefore the responsibility of all stakeholders to promote and encourage to girl child at the basic levels of education as this can lead to total development of the girl child.

Table 15: Summary of key indicators

	INDICATOR	TYPE	2014/ 2015	2015/ 2016	2016/2017
1	Pupil\ Teacher Ratio KG	Public	56	52	40
	Pupil\ Teacher Ratio KG	Private	44	34	31
	Pupil \Teacher Ratio Primary	Public	43	43	41
	Pupil \Teacher Ratio Primary	Private	35	28	34
	Pupil \Teacher Ratio JHS	Public	23	22	18
	Pupil \Teacher Ratio JHS	Private	20	20	20
	Pupil\ Teacher Ratio SHS	Public	27	24	23
	Pupil\ Teacher Ratio SHS	Private	10	13	8
2	Pupil \Trained Teacher Ratio KG	Public	103	82	57
	Pupil \Trained Teacher Ratio KG	Private	381	674	2320
	Pupil\ Trained Teacher Ratio Primary	Public	86	74	55
	Pupil\ Trained Teacher Ratio Primary	Private	513	336	1902
	Pupil \Trained Teacher Ratio JHS	Public	30	26	21
	Pupil \Trained Teacher Ratio JHS	Private	282	118	1751
	Pupil\ Trained Teacher Ratio SHS	Public	36	32	26
	Pupil\ Trained Teacher Ratio SHS	Private	20	18	17
3	Gender Parity Index	KG	1.05	1.02	1.03
		Primary	1.03	1.05	0.99
		JHS	0.99	1.09	0.76
		SHS	0.62	0.62	0.62
4	Pupil- Classroom Ratio (Public Schools)	KG	91	93	102
		Primary	53	53	55
		JHS	57	51	53
		SHS	47	46	46
5	Pupil- Textbook Ratio	KG	0	0	0
		Primary	2	2	2
		JHS	2	2	2
		SHS	2	2	2
	Gross Enrolment Rate (GER) KG	KG Total	115.4%	114.7%	112.6%
		Males	112.6%	113.4%	109.8%
		Females	118.1%	115.9%	115.4%
		Primary Total	124.7%	119.8%	330.7%
		Males	122.8%	116.8%	328.3%
		Females	126.5%	122.7%	333.1%
		JHS Total	94.0%	93.1%	95.8%
		Males	94.5%	88.9%	89.7%
		Females	93.5%	97.2%	101.8%
	Net Enrolment Rate (NER)	KG Total	80.7%	75.0%	75.8%
		Males	78.7%	74.5%	72.9%
		Females	82.8%	75.5%	78.7%
		Primary Total	98.8%	90.5%	86.2%
		Males	97.5%	88.2%	82.7%
		Females	100.2%	93.1%	89.8%
		JHS Total	62.9%	62.6%	53.0%
		Males	62.6%	60.0%	50.4%
		Females	63.2%	65.5%	55.3%
6	Completion Rate	Primary Total	97.5%	98.1%	100%
		Boys	97.8%	98.7%	100%
		Girls	97.2%	97.5%	100%
		JHS Total	78.8%	80.2%	100%
		Boys	82.4%	83.5%	100%
		Girls	74.8%	76.9%	100%
		SHS Total	84.9%	86.1%	100%
		Boys	87.3%	88.5%	100%
		Girls	82.4%	83.6%	100%
7	% of schools with water	Primary	40.0%	50.0%	47%
	% of schools with water	JHS	36.4%	36.8%	485
	% of schools with toilet facilities	Primary	62.0%	59.6%	29%
	% of schools with toilet facilities	JHS	51.4%	60.5%	27%
8	% of students qualified for SHS (Aggregate 6-30)	Total	20.7%	20.4%
		Boys	26.2%	23.2%
		Girls	14.5%	17.5%

SOURCE: MED Records, 2017

The pupil classroom analysis shows that there are congestions at the KG, Primary, JHS and SHS levels of education in the Municipality. It however, worse at the KG level, indicating that more KG blocks are needed in the Municipality (see Table 14 for more details)

Though the municipality has seen a lot of interventions in the construction of new school buildings since 2001, many schools are still accommodated in dilapidated structures with some children still receiving lessons under uncladded pavilions. As a result the following schools are earmarked for additional classroom blocks;

Infrastructure gaps in the various School levels

S/No	Renovation		Cladding	Toilet	Urinal
1	Daduri Prim. School.		Azhariya Primary School.	Sabon-Zongo Kg	Sabon-Zongo Kg
2	Gigande Prim. School.		Baribari Primary School.	Ansarul Islam Kg/Primary	Ariziem Kg/Primary
3	Kpalwega Prim. School.		Ariziem Primary School.	Saeediya E/A Kg/Primary	Gentiga Kg/Primary
4	Winamzua J.H.S. C.		Kuka-Zuli Prim. School	St. Anthony’s Kg/Primary	Gozesi Basic School
5	Winamzua Prim. School.		Mustaphiat J.H.S.	Kuyanatenga Kg/Primary	St. Anthony’s Kg/Primary
6	Naranzua Prim. School.			Manga Primary School ‘B’	Lalsaa Kg/Primary School
7	Buabula Prim. School.			Presby Kg/Primary	Sabon-Zongo Primary ‘A’
8	Zoogo Primary School.			Sabon-Zongo Primary ‘A	Manga Kg/Primary ‘A’
9	Mustaphiat J.H.S.			Gozesi Basic School	Mujuduna E/A Primary
10	Zuli Primary School.			Kuka J.H.S	Mustaphiat E/A Kg/Primary School
11	Yakin Primary School.			Kuka Natinga Junior High School	Presby Kg/Primary
12	Kuka-Natinga Primary School.			Methodist J.H.S ‘B’	Naa Gbewaa Junior High School
13	St. Anthony Primary School.			Naa Gbewaa Junior High School	Kuka Natinga Junior High School
14				Presby Junior High School	St. Paul’s Junior High School
15				Saeediya J.H.S	Watania Jhs
16				Songuur Basic School	Kuka J.H.S
17				St. Paul’s Junior High School
18				Ulumu-Deen E/A Basic School

Schools that Need Additional Classroom Blocks
S/No		KG Schools		Primary	Junior High Schools
1		Agoli Kg	Manga Kg ‘A’	Buabula Primary	Yakin JHS
2		Mun. Assembly Kg	Manga Kg ‘B’	Naranzua Primary	Kolkpiengo JHS
3		Zoogo Kg	Methodist Kg	Zoogo Primary	St. Paul JHS (Zabugu)
4		Hassania Kg	Saadiya Kg	Kekasierigu Primary	Zabugu JHS
5		Winamzua Kg	Naa Gbewaa Kg	Songuri Primary	Kuya-Natinga JHS
6		Baribari Kg	Gozesi Kg	Mognori Primary	Yakut JHS
7		Bador Kg	Abende Kg	Tampeizua Primary	Songuuri JHS
8		Tampeizua Kg	Yakut Kg		Bador JHS
9		Azhariya Kg	Zabugu Kg		Gentiga JHS
10		Mustaphaiat Kg	Kuya-Natinga Kg		Presby JHS
11		Presby Kg	Yakin Kg		Methodist JHS
12		Zuuku Kg	Kuka Zuli Kg		Manga JHS
13		Wiidi Kg	Zuli Kg		Mustaphiat JHS
14		Naranzua Kg	Kolkpiengo Kg		Baribari JHS
15		Watania Kg	St Mary’s Kg		Lalsaa JHS
16		Aminiya Kg	Ariziem Kg
17		Mujuduna Kg	Kukanating Kg
18		Songuuri Kg

Source: MED Records, 2017

In terms of school sanitation more needs to be done. There are still big gaps in terms of water and toilet facilities across the various levels of education in the Municipality. These schools include;

Table 24: BECE results (% qualified for SHS, aggregate 6-30)

Year	2012/2013	2013/2014	2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017
Boys	39.4%	31.6%	26.2%	23.2%	25.5%
Girls	27.8%	23.4%	14.5%	17.5%	16.6%
Total	34.2%	27.6%	20.7%	20.4%	21.0%

SOURCE: MED Records, 2017

The performance of students at the BECE level should be a source of worry to all stakeholders. The situation is bad and kept worsening over the years. Both boys and girls are performing poorly and yet, the girls are the worst performers. Table 10 and Figures 10, are representations of analysis of BECE performance from 2012/2013 academic year to 2015/2016 academic year. Total pass rate kept dwindling from 34.2% in 2012/2013 academic year to 20.4 in the 2015/2016 academic year. If solutions are not sought to curb the current trend, the future of the children is in danger. Figure 10, is a pictorial view of the downward trend of education in the Municipality.

Figure 10: BECE performance of students, 2012/2013-2015/2016

SOURCE: MED Records, 2017

Some schools also score zero performance in the 2017 BECE exams and they are as follows;

Table 25: List of Schools that scored Zero Precent in 2017 B.E.C.E.

S/N	School
1	Mustaphiat JHS
2	Saeediya JHS
3	Azhariya JHS
4	Winamzua JHS.
5	Zoogo JHS
6	Glowlamp int. JHS
7	Kuka-natinga JHS
8	Gozesi JHS
9	Missiga JHS
10	Rising star JHS

SOURCE: MED Records, 2017

Table 26: Teacher Situation in Bawku Municipality

2014/2015

2015/2016

2016/2017

TACHERS

LEVEL

TRAINED TEACHERS

UNTRAINED TEACHERS

TRAINED TEACHERS

UNTRAINED TEACHERS

TRAINED TEACHERS

UNTRAINED TEACHERS

PRIMARY

113

125

105

150

JHS

143

165

208

SHS

130

143

148

TECHNICAL INSTITUTE

101

SOURCE: MED Records, 2017

Table 11 revealed that there are both trained and untrained teachers at all levels of education in the Municipality. Even though the trained teachers are dominating, it is important to note that the untrained teachers need further training in order to ensure quality education for the children.

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