Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS)
Ghana
Context
The Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS) represents over 70% of Ghana’s low-fee private schools. Low-fee private schools contribute substantially to the education landscape in Ghana, enrolling around a third of school-going children, employing a third of all teachers, and comprising 40% of schools. GNAPS advocates for quality education and supports its members by providing guidance and professional development.
Project Spotlight:
School strengthening post-COVID
GSL and GNAPS began collaborating in October 2021 to work out how to support school leaders in strengthening their schools after post-covid reopening. In 2022, the GNAPS team customized GSL’s school reopening resources to meet the local needs of the school leaders, and trained over 1,000 school leaders nationwide. The training focused on issues such as mental and emotional health, learning loss, and remote and blended learning. From the participating school leaders, a clear request emerged: the necessity for long-term training opportunities.
Grow Your School program
In 2023, we deepened the partnership. GSL spoke with school leaders and visited schools to learn more about the challenges that school leaders face, and the support they are looking for. In response, we designed a five-day training program called Grow Your School. This program focused on three main areas: Sharing leadership across the team (and therefore, teams of three people attended from each school); Supporting teachers through lesson observation and feedback; and Growing the school with sound and inclusive financial management practices. The program served a total of 300 school leaders. We are now evaluating and refining this program further.
At the Grow Your School training, Ghana
