The Credit Facility Agreement is between the Government of Ghana (represented by the Ministry of Finance) and the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank Group for an amount of US$300,000,000 to finance the Secondary Education Transformation for Access.
The Government of Ghana is also required to provide counterpart funding amounting to US$31 million, to be released in phases during project implementation.
Relevance and results for the project was presented to the House on Thursday, July 16, 2026 in accordance with Article 181(2) of the 1992 Constitution.
The Credit Facility Agreement was subsequently referred to the Finance Committee for consideration and report in accordance with Order 226 of the Standing Orders of Parliament.
The Project comprises four main components:
i) Increasing equitable access to secondary education through rehabilitation, upgrading and construction of secondary schools, including completion of abandoned E-Block schools.
ii. Improving the quality and relevance of secondary education through teacher professional development, curriculum reforms, digital skills development, entrepreneurship education and stronger industry partnerships.
iii. Strengthening education systems through improved education management information systems, project monitoring and evaluation, communications, gender- based violence prevention and performance-based reforms.
iv. Providing a Contingent Emergency Response Component to enable rapid response to eligible emergencies.
The objective of the US$300 million IDA credit facility is to finance the Secondary Education Transformation for Access, Relevance, and Results for Jobs (STARR-J) Project.
Specifically, the facility aims to increase equitable access to secondary education and eliminate the double-track system; improve the quality and labour-market relevance of secondary and TVET programmes; and strengthen education systems, project management. communication, monitoring, evaluation and evidence-based decision-making.
Overall, it seeks to improve the quality, equity and relevance of secondary education through investments in school infrastructure, teaching quality and workforce readiness and also mainstream all students in order to end the current double-track system.
The Finance Committee in Parliament after considering the report on the loan facility accordingly recommended to the House to approve the Credit Facility Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Ghana (represented by the Ministry of Finance) and the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank Group.
