Covid-19 lockdown and educational inequality

The three-week lockdown in parts of the country has ended but all schools in the country are to continue to remain closed.

The Ministry of Education requests that students "Tune in to the Ghana Broadcasting Free to air Learning Channel GLTV (also on GoTV and DSTV), log in to www.iCampusGh.com (SHS students only) and use the Ghana Library Authority app to access various lessons, assessments and books‬."

This mode of service delivery raises the question, how many children will be able to access the educational material on television or online?

Covid-19 timeline for Ghana

A month after the first cases were reported in Ghana, we have put together a timeline highlighting the measures put in place to manage the pandemic..

Tracking the price of an orange

One of the issues about lockdown has been concerns about the rising costs of food items and other commodities particularly in community markets. On World Health Day we discussed some of the contextual challenges in fighting the novel coronavirus pandemic. Today we track the price of an orange (which is a good source of Vitamin C that people are using to boost their immunity).

Today is World Health Day

The world marks World Health Day 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic takes a toll on populations all over the globe. The WHO guidelines highlight frequent hand washing and maintaining social distance as key strategies in the fight against the pandemic.  

Today's infographic uses data from the Ghana Living Standards Survey 7 conducted in 2017 to examine the socio-demographic factors that can make fighting coronavirus challenging in this context.