Statistics on educational attainment help in knowing the present educational levels of adult
population as well as anticipated future requirements of educated manpower for various types of
economic activity. Such data would be useful for policy makers to plan development and
improvement of educational systems on one hand, and to plan economic development programmes
in the light of manpower requirements, on the other.
More than two fifths (42.0%) of the population, aged 6 years and older, have never been to school, a
very discouraging picture.
Current school attendance
The proportion of attending primary school is higher (64.2%) than that for males (60.1%), at the
regional level. However, at the middle/JSS, SSS and beyond, the proportion of males exceed that of
females at every level. This is also true for all districts except Sunyani and Berekum where female
proportions for middle/JSS are slightly higher (24.2%) and (22.9%) than those for males (24.0%) and
(22.3%), respectively.
Literacy
Most information is transmitted in written form and therefore the ability to read and write is very
essential. The proportion of the population not literate (48.5%) in the region is higher than the
national average (42.1%). The level of literacy for the region in all four-language categories, English,
Ghanaian language, English and Ghanaian language and other languages, is also lower than the
national level