Tamale to Host 2026 National Convening on the State of Public Basic Education

School for Life Ghana and its partners will hold the 2026 National Convening on the State of Public Basic Education in Tamale on Thursday, November 26, from 9:00 a.m.

The announcement was shared on Facebook by School for Life Ghana and YEFL-Ghana, one of the partners. In a separate post, School for Life listed the other organisations behind the event: Education Out Loud, the Global Partnership for Education, YEFL-Ghana, the Ghana Developing Communities Association (GDCA), Oxfam in Ghana, Regional Advisory Information and Network Systems (RAINS), ActionAid Ghana and Savana Signatures.

Theme: from access to learning

The convening is themed “From Access to Learning Outcomes: Building Equitable Basic Education through Partnerships, Quality Teaching and Safe and Enabling Learning Environment.”

According to the organisers, the meeting will focus on the issues shaping public basic education and on what is needed to make sure every child not only gets into school but also learns. They invited the public to join the conversation on more equitable, inclusive and quality basic education for all.

The exact venue in Tamale and the list of speakers had not been announced in the notice.

Why it matters for the North

The theme’s shift from access to learning outcomes speaks to a long-running debate in Northern Ghana, where efforts have long focused on getting children into school and attention is turning to what they actually learn once there.

School for Life is a Tamale-based non-governmental organisation known for its complementary basic education programme, which has helped out-of-school children in Northern Ghana learn to read and write in their own languages before joining the formal school system. YEFL Ghana (Youth Empowerment for Life) is a youth development organisation also based in the North.

TheSavannaOnline will report on the outcomes of the convening.

Source: School for Life Ghana and YEFL-Ghana (Facebook) — https://www.facebook.com/schoolforlifegh