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GHANA: Teacher Salaries and Per-Student Spending by Level of Education, Base Year and 2020 Lower secondary
Primary
General
Teacher salaries in multiples of per capita 2001 2020
“Generous”
TVET
“Generous” “Spartan”
General
TVET
School-towork transition program
Higher education Humanities & social sciences
Sciences
Professional
All
GDPa
3.9
5.9
3.1/3.3b
4.8
6.1
4.3
5.3
Level of per-student spending in % of per capita 2001
School-towork transition program
3.9
“Spartan”
2020
Upper secondary
GDPa
16
30
140
110
83
160
33
277
316
419
318
14/16b
40
90
50
63
140
100
191
305
368
252
20
90
50
33
140
100
191
305
368
252
Note: Rate of real growth of per capita GDP: 2% per year. a. After adjustment for wealth, geographic dimension, and/or stimulation of demand. b. The first number pertains to the 6-year primary cycle (or whatever the duration of the primary cycle) and the second number to the 9-year primary cycle in ES-5.