Educational Viability and Development: A Sub-Saharan Experience

Abstract

Education within the general concept of development has become a common article of faith worldwide. While education has been seen as the most appropriate strategy for eliminating underdevelopment, social inequality, and injustice in the Third World, development is understood as personal and social growth as well as micro and macro economic advancement. Concepts of globalization and how they impact on education and its outcomes in different societies and diversified economic contexts is receiving increasing attention. This paper will explore the role of education (primary, secondary, and higher education) in enhancing processes of economic and social development in Ghana. I will also examine how theories of human capital and equity apply to Ghana the context of global economy.