The Education Committee of Parliament, with support from STAR Ghana Foundation and funding from the UKAid and EU has embarked on a working oversight visit to some selected senior high and technical schools in the Bono, Bono East, Ahafo, and Ashanti regions of Ghana. The Committee started its work on Monday 14^th of October 2019 from the Bono East Region is expected to end on Friday 18^th October 2019 in the Ashanti region.

The purpose of the tour is to assess the status of implementation of national educational policies including the ‘free SHS Policy’ and the Semester (double track) system. Other areas of interest to the team are ongoing infrastructural projects funded by the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) as well as challenges of the second cycle institutions including special schools and youth with various forms of disability in education.

It is expected that the independent oversight conducted by the Committee will document the emerging challenges and its impact on national education policies for redress. The monitoring visits also serve as spaces for cross-sector engagement between the Committee, Municipal, Metropolitan and District Assemblies (MMDAs), representatives of Civil Society Organizations and Parent-Teacher Associations, teaching and non-teaching staff of the schools, as well as the media. The host institutions include Techiman S.H.S., Tuobodom S.H.S., Goaso S.H.S., Ola Girls’ S.H.S., Notre Dame S.H.S., Twene-Amanfo  S.H.T.S., Tepa S.H.S., Mankraso S.H.S., Toase S.H.S., Yaa Asantewaa S.H.S.

STAR Ghana in June 2017 signed a partnership framework with the Parliament of Ghana to help deepen and consolidate democratic governance in Ghana. The partnership with Parliament aims at helping to enhance Parliament’s effectiveness in discharging its constitutional mandate.