2027 Budget: Education Ministry gets GH¢48bn, GETFund allocated GH¢11.2bn

Government has allocated GH¢48 billion to the Ministry of Education in the 2027 Budget to support teaching, learning and access to education, with GH¢11.2 billion earmarked for the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund).

The allocation is expected to support educational infrastructure development and other interventions across the country’s education sector.

Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson announced the funding as part of the 2027 Budget Statement and Economic Policy presented to Parliament on Thursday, November 12.

“We have allocated GH¢48 billion to the Ministry of Education to support teaching, learning and access to education,” he said.

According to the budget breakdown, GH¢11.2 billion will go to GETFund to support the development of educational infrastructure.

The Minister stated that the amount allocated to the Ministry would be distributed across several education programmes and interventions.

“This amount is allocated as follows, i. GH¢11.2 billion to the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to support the development of educational infrastructure;”

The allocation to GETFund is intended to support infrastructure development in the education sector, which remains a key component of efforts to improve access to learning facilities.

The budget also provides GH¢1.37 billion for the transformation of secondary education and the elimination of the double-track system.

Other allocations include GH¢537 million for the No Fees Stress Policy for first-year tertiary students, GH¢292 million for free sanitary pads for schoolgirls and GH¢250 million for the Scholarship Secretariat.

The Ministry’s overall GH¢48 billion allocation is intended to finance a range of interventions covering infrastructure, secondary education, tertiary access and support for learners and teachers.