Education
A good human resource base of the people in Wenchi Municipal depends greatly on their level of education. Education is the most treasured legacy of the district's residents and also the only means through which development can be propelled.
Generally, physical accessibility to basic schools is commendable. This is especially so at the primary level where virtually every community has a Kindergarten (KG) and Primary School. In 2009, there were seventy (70) public primary schools and twenty-two (22) private primary schools in the municipality. Children from communities that do not have primary schools do not walk more than 3km to access a facility. The number of Junior High Schools (JHS) however does not equal the number of primary schools in the Municipality. In 2010, there were forty (40) public Junior High Schools and ten (10) private Junior High Schools. This partly contributed to a high drop-out rate at the JHS level as pupils had to commute over longer distances to access a facility. For instance, JHS pupils from Akete and Nyinamponaase walked a distance of 7km everyday to attend JHS in Wenchi and Tromeso respectively in 2009.
In 2010, the municipality had two well established Senior High Schools namely; Wenchi Senior High School and Koase Senior High School. The municipality recognized the need to improve access to secondary education and has started another Senior High School at Nchiraa in 2010.
In 2010, basic school enrollment in the Municipality was appreciable considering that over 90% of children of school going age were actually in school. The total enrolment during the 2009/2010 academic year stood at 25,751 of which 51.9% are males while 48.1% are females. Gender Parity Index (GPI) in education had improved tremendously over the years. The GPI which was 0.89 in 2007 increased to 0.92 in 2008 and 0.93 in 2009. The implication is that increasing numbers of females are being given access to education. Factors contributing to this included the introduction of the capitation grant, the school feeding programme and other such social interventions.
Enrolment in schools has been increasing since 2010. This could be an indication of improving human resource development for the district.
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