About 3 out of 10 Ghanaian children have not engaged in any learning activities since March

We discussed the implications of school closures on educational inequality in Ghana as not all children would be able to participate in virtual learning programmes because they did not have access to radio, TV, and/or internet.

The Ghana Statistical Service report from the first wave of their household and jobs survey confirms that a substantial proportion of children have not been able to engage in virtual learning since March.


For those that engaged in virtual learning, about a quarter reported watching an educational TV programme in the past week. Just under 5% reported listening to an educational programme on the radio. This indicates that the coverage of the virtual programming being offered by the Ghana Education Service is not extensive as should be as the majority of children are not participating.