Whose Voices are Being Heard? Mechanisms for Community Participation in Education in Northern Ghana

Authors

Obed Mfum-Mensah, Messiah CollegeFollow
S. Friedson-Ridenour

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2014

Abstract

This paper is an investigation of the impact of the Shepherd School Program, a non-formal basic education program implemented in seven pastoral communities in northern Ghana. The paper argues that non-formal basic education programs can have an important impact on the educational development of a community. However, for this to be possible, the context of such programs must answer to communities' social, cultural, economic and other immediate needs. © 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Comments

Mfum-Mensah, O., & Friedson-Ridenour, S. (2014). Whose voices are being heard? Mechanisms for community participation in education in northern Ghana. PROSPECTS, 44(3), 351–365. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11125-014-9316-z

Recommended Citation

Mfum-Mensah, Obed and Friedson-Ridenour, S., "Whose Voices are Being Heard? Mechanisms for Community Participation in Education in Northern Ghana" (2014). Faculty Educator Scholarship. 20.
https://mosaic.messiah.edu/edu_ed/20