Who We Are: Implementing Partners
School for Life
School for Life is a Ghanaian organisation based in northern Ghana, an area with a sizeable population of out-of-school children. The organisation developed a program that equips out-of-school children with the literacy, numeracy and life skills to go to school. In 1994, School for Life began implementing the program. It quickly became successful in preparing children ages 8 to 14 to enter the formal school system.
School for Life was founded on the premise that educational opportunity was necessary to reduce the poverty level of Ghana’s three northern regions and other deprived areas. School for Life developed a program that uses flexible class times to accommodate children who cannot attend school during normal school hours.
One reason for the effectiveness of School for Life’s program is the use of learners’ mother tongue as a medium of instruction, which reduces the barrier to literacy. By 2007, School for Life had enrolled more than 80,000 children in its classes throughout 12 districts. About 93 per cent of learners have been able to enter the formal school system.
