Ghana

Jolly Futures has reached over half of the Districts in Ghana

Project Start Date

2013

Implementing Partner

Optimalpath Consulting, UK, Ingit Jolly Phonics Foundation

Government Partners

Ministry of Education, Ghana, Ghana Education Service, Ghana.

In 2013, the first pilot study was conducted in 6 government schools in Mankranso district in the Ashanti region with excellent results. This led to other pilots in 2014 for about 10 districts. In 2016, there was a scale up for all Catholic state schools. This led to the attendance of the past Minister of Education and his delegates to attend the 2017 Jolly Phonics conference in the UK and further approval of a roll out for 116 out of the then 216 district state schools in the country. All of these district state schools have benefitted from the Jolly Futures donations generously donated by Jolly Learning, UK.

From 2019 to date, Ministry of Education, Ghana Education Service obtained copyrights from Jolly Learning and have printed both teachers and pupils’ books for all state schools throughout the country, taking ownership of the project for sustainability and continuity. A teaching manual on synthetic phonics has been written and provided by Ingit Jolly Phonics Foundation in collaboration with Transforming Teacher Education and Learning (T-TEL) for all 46 Colleges of Education in Ghana for pre-service teachers. Regular classroom observations and trainings for officials, pre-service teacher training and more are ongoing for effective implementation. As a result, Jolly Futures in Ghana is consistently improving English literacy levels.

116Districts

36509Teachers

896908Pupils

Number of projects, teachers and pupils that have benefitted from Jolly Futures donations.

Jolly Futures has reached 116 of the 216 districts in Ghana, and is now in the sustainability phase in these districts.

Pilot phase

Rollout phase

Sustainability phase

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Project Reports and Documents

OFFICIAL JOLLY PHONICS REPORT to GES.pdf

2 page overview of pilot study report Ghana - Final.pdf

A pilot of the Jolly Phonics programme in Ghana - Final.pdf

Project Contacts

Roberta Emma Amos-Abanyie

CEO Ingit Jolly Phonics Foundation

Projects: All nationwide

Ingiteducation@gmail.com+233 509040966

Project Partners

Optimalpath Consulting, UK and Ingit Jolly Phonics Foundation, Ghana, are a not-for-profit organisation that are managing the implementation of the Jolly Phonics projects in Ghana. Optimalpath Consulting manages several similar projects in countries such as Sierra Leone and Liberia, to mention but a few.