Education Reform using Common Career Selective Programme (CCSP) to Promote Education-for-All (EFA)

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Choosing a course of study in a Senior High School in Ghana is a major problem for both students and parents due to the limited number of Courses Offered. Irrespective of a student’s career aspiration, the current policies of the Ministry of Education, the Ghana Education Service, and the West Africa Examinations Council is restricted to seven main courses, namely: Agriculture, Business, Technical, Home Economics, Visual Arts, General Arts, and General Science. These courses do not reflect the numerous educational courses and career options of the world of work. Although there are schools that offers specialized programmes but the student numbers are few. Annually, hundreds of thousands of students graduate only to be confronted with another hurdle of choosing a course for further studies different from the course studied earlier, or pursue a career different from the course studied in the Senior High School. To address these challenges, this paper recommends Common Career Selective Programme, as a course of study to represent Core subjects, which consists of 18 selective courses dubbed CCSP-18. The CCSP-18 provides general course descriptions, options for specified courses, elective courses, career options, career requirements, and a list of associated careers. The CCSP-18 concept is designed to offer students variety of course options, that suite individual natural abilities and future career goals, in line with Education-for-All by the year 2030. The CCSP-18 policy brief provides policy outcomes and implications, plus actionable recommendations for education reform, and curriculum development. To improve learning outcomes for quality and efficiency, and make education relevant and accessible to all pre-tertiary students. In conclusion education reform using CCSP-18 provide options for Core Courses Offered, and career guidance to students, with basic educational knowledge to drive development agenda, and promote quality Education-for-All in Ghana, across the West Africa sub-region, Africa and other countries globally.

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