World Bank to grant Ghana education $55m

Ghana and the World Bank have signed two separate agreements for a grant of $55 million towards the implementation of the e-Ghana Project and the education for all-fast track initiative. About $40 million will fund the e-Ghana Project to support the implementation of the selected components of the government's information and communication technologies for accelerated development policy, reported Ghana News Agency. The objective of the e-Ghana Project, to be implemented over five years by the Ministry of Communications, is to assist the government to generate growth and employment by leveraging ICT and public-private partnerships to develop ICT services industry. The education for all-fast track initiative (EFA-FTI) is a fund basket of $11 million dollars, with various components to improve on teacher training, recruitment and deployment to deprived areas through provision of teacher accommodation, vehicles, motorbikes and bicycles. More

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