Talk:Education in Ghana/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Lemurbaby (talk · contribs) 02:16, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

Comments

1. I will be reviewing this article in the coming week. Thank you for all the work you've done on education systems around the world! It's so needed. - Lemurbaby (talk) 02:16, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi ! Thanks a lot for taking the time to review this article ! I am staying at your disposal ;) KaptainIgloo (talk) 05:25, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

Definitely! I'll do what I can to help pass this article and the other education articles you're working on. Do you work in this sector? How did you come to be interested in it? - Lemurbaby (talk) 10:58, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks a lot  ! ! That's quite a big list :) Regarding my interest on education: I don't know, it is just a topic that talks to me. I have studied politics ("expertise de la décision publique" to be precise ;) )and I have always loved to work on problematics related to educational policies. It tells so much about how a country sees itself... Then I have made an unpaid internship at UNESCO (something like research assistant) and I have become familiar with a big pack of reliable resources (from UNICEF, IBE, UNEVOC etc.). I felt it was the time to get involved in wikipedia. My first goal was to add more information on vocational and technical education as this aspect of Education is frequently forgotten. But many articles were so limited and badly structured (like this very article], actually) that it made no sense to write a couple of sentences about TVET and leave. So I have started to write about everything else :d and in general, I feel sad when I see an article which has remained in a bad shape for years, without a single valid reference and with nobody giving a crap... I feel forced to do someting ( For Pete's sake, Education is important :o). Now that I am done with my master degree, I am looking for a job, hopefully in the field education ( I might get a short term contract at UNESCO in the days to come :) ).

Anyway, Thanks a lot for noticing my other edits. When I work on Education in Nepal, I really doubt that someone will ever note what I am writing:D It is nice to hear that actually, some people do. KaptainIgloo (talk) 11:04, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Wonderful! I feel the same way, but I'm focusing on all topics related to Madagascar for the time being. Education would be a priority for me after I work my way through Mada articles. I think we probably have some friends in common at UNESCO. I was an intern there in 2009 and some of my friends and many colleagues still work there (do you know an Antoine?). :) Now I'm an Education Officer with USAID, working in Pakistan. Wishing you very good luck landing a contract at UNESCO! - Carrie

Aha!I was at the Bonn facilities, and I have not met any Antoine there. I just got the job (starting in October !) so maybe I'll have the chance to see him some day :D KaptainIgloo (talk) 16:17, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi again. Sorry that I have not been able to update the article those last days. New work and not a lot of time. But I'll get back to it this week-end. Regards, KaptainIgloo (talk) 11:33, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Images

• The National Archives UK - CO 1069-46-19.jpg - please add US copyright info
• Ghana Ratio of Girls to Boys in Primary and Secondary Education.png - add US copyright info
• Ghana Education Structure.gif - unclear what the source is and whether it is truly in the public domain. Please add US copyright info

I don't know much about images & copyrights. I have not added any of those pictures and I don't really know how to add the proper "copyright info" :/

MOS, citations and formatting

• Please apply the same consistent formatting for citations, particularly for pages (period after p. and space after p. etc)

Done ?

• Check for doubled citation elements, like double sets of quotation marks or double use of p. in a single citation

Done ?

• Use "Ministry of Education" , not MOE, as the author of the Ed Sector Performance report

Done

• Verify use of capitalization in references (i.e. Netherlands organisation for international cooperation in higher Education)

Done: I couldn't find the meaning (certainly in dutch) of the NUFFIC acronym though.

• Please shift the citations out of the lead. All stats and other content in the lead need to be mentioned in the body and that's where the content should be cited.

Done

• Remove periods at the end of incomplete sentences in image captions/tables.

Done ? I have only seen the ones in the tables of the statistics section.

• Review spacing (especially around parentheses), punctuation and capitalization throughout. I would recommend a thorough copy edit

• Not done - you will find this in the body too. I'll start a copy edit.

Will be done after content edits

• When a number written in the prose (i.e. not in a table) is less than ten, spell it out (except for ranges, percentages or decimals). If ten or more, use numerals. Use a period for decimals, not a comma.

Same

Regarding the citations formatting: Is it OK now ? Do I have to always use the same model (and make { {cite } } references out of my { { sfn } } references for instance) ? KaptainIgloo (talk) 11:04, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Content

• In the history section, education in the colonial period should be addressed in more detail. It would also be good to more explicitly tie predominant political trends and economic/social factors to education reforms under specific administrations.

Done ? Causal links are hard to establish without falling in original researches here. I have tried to add some stuff about the national context though.

• Spell out GER on first use

Done

• Would be wonderful to have a table showing enrollment rates, literacy rates, and number of schools/teachers/pupils over time

Done ? I have tried to stay concise.

Regarding the enrollment rates and the number of schools/teachers/pupils: to do the things right, it would be necessary to put information for all level of instruction, and to take into consideration the fact that many levels changed since independance (Middle school -> JHS for instance), but such table would be (in my opinion) exhausting to read. So I've thought of gathering data on "compulsory education" only. It's a bit "unorthodox" but the information given is clearer, I think. With this approach, I didn't know how to obtain a valid GER so I have prefered to forget about it. Some data are also still to be found. Oh, and I couldn't find enough reliable data so far to make something equivalent for secondary/tertiary education(MoE website is quite poor here).

Regarding the literacy rate: I have added the table at the end of the relevant subsection about adult education. I prefer to avoid the accumulation of tables in the statistics section. In my opinon, it should remain dedicated to the present state of Education in Ghana to not become a huge mess. KaptainIgloo (talk) 16:17, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

• What are the key documents or policies guiding education planning into the future? how is education discussed in the broader national development strategy documents?
• There should be a much larger discussion on education quality - national standards, textbook (and other material) design and availability, academic outcomes, student repetition and dropout, teacher motivation, corruption, private tutoring, ghost schools/teachers, accountability, parental involvement/parent-teacher councils, relevance of curriculum to workforce demands etc
• Do students take exams to advance a grade level each year? are there exams required to earn certificates like the BECE? How is the exam system run?
• Explain WASSCE
• How many hours a day do students spend in the classroom? Are schools single shift or double shift?
• The grading system section is a little unclear. More detail would help
• Is the system currently centralized or decentralized? Why/when was this changed and what have been the results?
• How do students finance higher education?
• Are there any "unofficial" costs associated with "free" public education that prevent the poor from enrolling?
• What proportion at each level enroll in private schools? Are private schools mostly secular or religious? More about private schools in general (access, performance, governance, standards etc) would be good
• is there internet connectivity ain the computer labs?
• How does school financing and oversight work?

That's it for now. Cheers! - Lemurbaby (talk) 10:58, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Abandoned?

Lemurbaby, it's been close to six weeks since KaptainIgloo edited on this site (the October 3 post above), and even longer since the last edit to the article on September 25. At this point, it's probably best to close the nomination. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:30, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Failing per above. Wizardman 04:36, 21 November 2014 (UTC)