CEDAW/C/2006/III/3/Add.3 Country Ghana Country Ghana Year 2002/03 Education Enrolment – Secondary Gross Enrolment Ratio (%) Net Enrolment Ratio (%) Total Male Female Total Male Female 39 43 36 33 36 31 Year 2002/03 Total 3 Education Enrolment - Tertiary Gross Enrolment Ratio (%) Male Female 5 2 Gender Parity Index GER - NER … Gender Parity Index … Ratification of the Convention Against Discrimination in Education Ghana has not ratified the UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education. Constitution: Date of adoption/date of entry into force1996. Article 25: (1) All persons shall have the right to equal educational opportunities and facilities and with a view to achieving the full realization of that right- (a) basic education shall be free, compulsory an available to all; (b) secondary education in its different forms, including technical and vocational education, shall be made generally available and accessible to all by every appropriate means, and in particular, by the progressive introduction of free education. ACTIVITIES UNDER UNESCO SECTORS/PROGRAMMES Education Sector Capacity-building on gender in the ECOWAS Sub-region Ghana is part of a sub-regional network entitled “Women and Girls Education Network in ECOWAS (WENE)”, set up by UNESCO, which intends to strengthen collaboration and partnerships for the education of girls and gender equality in education. The objective of WENE, which comprises national officers responsible for girls’ education and gender equality in education, is to (1) review the current situation of women and girls’ education and gender equality in education within participating countries, (2) identify common characteristics across member countries and/or compare differences; (3) examine the existing regional cooperation programmes, networks and relevant experiences in Africa and other regions; (4) and identify needs of the countries in the ECOWAS sub-region in order to meet the Dakar EFA Goal V. Guidance, Counselling and Youth Development for Africa: Promoting Girls’ Education in Africa Ghana participates in the programme on Guidance, Counselling and Youth Development for Africa supported by UNESCO. The programme aims at the development and institutionalization of “Guidance and Counselling services” as non-academic support in education systems. The programme has a special emphasis on girls and young women as well as HIV and AIDS, with a view to enhance school retention and completion – two fundamental aspects of EFA goals 2 (UPE) and 5 (Girls’ 06-39749 13