75 years of Ghanaian universities, and the TVET numbers nobody agrees on
A dated answer to how many universities there are in Ghana, the enrolment story since 1948, and three reported TVET figures that cannot all be right.
Resources
Guides for students, parents and schools in Ghana, grouped by what people ask: exam results, school placement, choosing a school, fees, university entry and careers. Each one points to the official source and to the 43,626-school register behind this site.
Browse by topic
BECE and WASSCE exams
Release dates, how to check BECE and WASSCE results on the official sites, how the grades and aggregates work, and the practice papers that help.
School placement (CSSPS)
How the Computerised School Selection and Placement System works: checking a placement, self-placement, the eight school choices and what to do if you are not placed.
Best schools by region and category
How to compare schools fairly. We rank no school, because no school-level results are held. We do show what the official categories mean, 16 regions and 261 districts ranked on published data, and senior high schools region by region.
School fees and costs
What the register can and cannot tell you about fees. A fee appears on a school page only when the school published it, with the date. We never estimate one.
Admissions and school choice
Choosing a school, finding the ones near you, checking what the register holds about each, and the steps from application to the first day.
University and college entry
Admission lists, cut-off points, deadlines and accreditation for universities, technical universities and colleges, taken from each institution's own pages.
Teaching, nursing and training careers
Nursing and midwifery colleges with their council status, colleges of education, law schools and the career courses that lead to work.
Education data and facts
How the education system runs, the numbers behind it and where every figure comes from. Each page names its source and year.
All articles
Connected but not learning? Internet, mobile and education in Ghana
Seven in ten Ghanaians use the internet, nearly all of it on a phone, and the public data cannot yet say what that means for learning.
Ghana's talent pipeline: who we train, who leaves
Ghana-trained nurses are joining the UK register in their thousands, doctors are scarce, and the counts for lawyers and engineers disagree. Here is what each number measures and what it cannot tell us.
Girls caught up. Then came the STEM wall
Girls in STEM in Ghana is no longer mainly a story about getting into school. The data points to what girls study and where they live.
Paying for school: Ghana's education budget squeeze
Education took a smaller slice of Ghana's economy and government budget after 2014 while more children enrolled. Our own calculation puts real spending per pupil about a quarter lower in 2022, and the Free SHS head counts are described in more than one way.
Can I get into university in Ghana with D7 or E8?
A plain, sourced answer for students holding D7 or E8 in WASSCE, with the exact wording each institution uses and the routes that stay open.
GES academic calendar 2026/2027: term dates for basic schools and SHS
Term dates, vacations, mid-term breaks and exam windows for the 2026/2027 school year, with a plain note on what is confirmed and what the September strike may change.
GES recruitment 2027: who can apply, requirements and how the portal works
No 2027 GES recruitment has been announced. Here is what the 2026 round required, how the portal worked, and how to stay safe while you wait.
GETFund scholarship in Ghana: who qualifies and how to apply
The 2026/27 GETFund local scholarship window is open. Here is who can apply, where to apply, what to upload and what to watch out for.
How to check BECE results in Ghana (2026)
The official WAEC portal, the voucher you need, the steps on a phone, and what to do if a result is withheld or looks wrong.
KNUST admission list 2026/2027: is it out and how to check
What KNUST has and has not published about its 2026/2027 undergraduate admission list, how to check your status safely, and what comes after an offer.
NSMQ winners by year, school and region
Every national champion of the National Science and Maths Quiz, with the school's region, the number of titles per school, and where the 2026 contest stands.
Universities in Ghana compared: strengths, programmes, fees and cut-offs
Sixteen universities in Ghana side by side, public and private, with only the facts each university or the commission publishes, and a plain way to choose.
University grading system in Ghana: CWA, GPA and class of degree
How five Ghanaian universities turn marks into grade points, averages and a class of degree, taken from their own regulations, with sums you can check by hand.
WASSCE timetable 2027: is it out, and when does the exam start?
A plain, dated answer on the WASSCE timetable 2027, what has been published for school and private candidates, and where the official paper-by-paper timetable will appear.
Which universities in Ghana are still taking applications?
A dated, sourced list of public, technical and private universities with an open application window for the 2026/2027 intake, and the ones that have already closed.
Most used pages
BECE and placement
How to check your CSSPS placement, self-placement if you were not placed, and how the eight school choices work.
WASSCE results
When WAEC released the results, how to check them on WAEC's own site, what the grades mean, withheld results and re-marking.
University admission lists
Where KNUST, the University of Ghana and UCC publish their lists, the cut-off points they publish, and what to do if you are not admitted.
BECE aggregate calculator
How WAEC grades the BECE, and the placement aggregate worked out from your grades.
How the education system works
Kindergarten to university: the stages, ages, BECE, placement, WASSCE, tertiary and TVET, and who runs what.
Methodology and sources
Every source behind the register, with publisher, year and link, and how records are cleaned, matched and mapped.
Questions people ask
- What are the levels of education in Ghana?
- The guide sets out the stages from kindergarten to university, how long each lasts, which exam ends it and who runs it, with the enrolment figures beside them. Read more: How the education system works
- Where do I check results and placement officially?
- Results are on WAEC's own site and placements on the CSSPS portal. Checking a placement is free, whatever anyone else is charging. Read more: Official portals
- Where does the school data come from?
- School names, levels, ownership, regions and districts come from the Ministry of Education school register, 2023/24, with institutions added from the lists their regulators publish. The full list of sources is on the methodology page. Read more: Methodology and sources
- Do you publish school fees or ratings?
- Fees, yes, when the school publishes them through its SchoolRegistry profile. We never estimate a fee, and a page says so plainly where a field is missing. We hold no ratings. Read more: What we publish and what we do not
- How precise is the map?
- Some pins mark a school's own position and some are hollow because the position is only a town or a district. The page explains how we decided which to trust. Read more: How precise the map is