TY  - JOUR
T1  - Social Classes and Polytechnic Education Accessibility in Ghana
AU - Kwegyiriba, Adwoa 
JO  - Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences
VL  - 10
IS  - 1
SP  - 27
EP  - 34
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1683-8831
DO  - pjssci.2013.27.34
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=pjssci.2013.27.34
KW  - Polytechnic education
KW  -access
KW  -social classes
KW  -metropolitan
KW  -district
AB  - To meet the needs of the rapidly expanding railway lines and 
  mining activities in Ghana, technical institutes were established in Accra, 
  Takoradi and Kumasi. In 1963, the Accra, Takoradi and Kumasi Technical Institutes 
  were re-designated as polytechnics, by the year 2000 each of the ten administrative 
  regions of Ghana has had a polytechnic institution. The Polytechnics Law (Act 
  745) gives a clear authorization to the polytechnics to operate as tertiary 
  institutions. The promulgation of the polytechnic Act in 1993 gives prominence 
  to the role polytechnics should play in developing the skilled manpower that 
  Ghana needs for development of the country. Polytechnics were to develop the 
  middle level manpower which was particularly crucial for the effective implementation 
  of decentralization policies and planning reforms. Particular attention was 
  be given to the areas of applied science and technology, arts, industrial commerce, 
  secretarial and accounting practice, fine arts, social services and communication 
  practice. Polytechnic institutions were expanded and each region in Ghana had 
  a polytechnic as a result of Ghana government’s 
  plans to expand higher education accessibility to reach all social and ethnic 
  groups. The result of this study is however different from the aim of the provision 
  and expansion of the polytechnic to each regional capital in Ghana. The study 
  used six out of the ten polytechnics to find out which social groups access 
  polytechnic education in Ghana.
ER  -