The engagement aims to strengthen evidence-informed decision-making and mobilise support for addressing critical education challenges across Karaga District.
Simba Ghana has presented the Karaga District Education League Table (DELT) Report and an accompanying Executive Policy Brief to the Office of the Member of Parliament for Karaga Constituency, Hon. Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam (Anta), as part of efforts to promote evidence-informed education planning and accountability.
The presentation was led by Simba Ghana’s Executive Director, Abdul-Mumin Sofo Yumzaa. Mr. Iddrisu Mohammed Saani, Special Assistant to the MP and Executive Director of the Anta NextGen Foundation, received the documents on the MP’s behalf.
The DELT assessed 73 basic schools across Karaga District. It found a clear contrast between frontline service delivery and the conditions in which pupils learn:
- 80.9% teacher presence rate
- 70.2% frontline service delivery
- 39.3% infrastructure and learning environment
That is the 30.9% gap between frontline delivery and infrastructure and learning.
Pupil desks are a major concern. More than 71% of the basic schools assessed lacked adequate desks, and desk adequacy in circuits such as Nyong, Zandua and Nakundugu ranged from 18.7% to 26.2%.
The findings show why education planning must look beyond teacher presence and frontline delivery to the physical conditions of teaching and learning.
Mr. Saani acknowledged the importance of the findings and their potential to inform education interventions in the constituency. He assured the team that the MP would review the full report and consider its recommendations.
“Dr. Anta loves to read, and I can assure you that he will read the full report. Again be assured that he will act on the recommendations and use the findings to address the challenges identified. The ranking is very useful for our interventions, and we will take note of it.”
Simba Ghana invited the MP’s office to work together on three actions:
- Targeted desk allocation: explore allocations from the MP’s Common Fund for emergency dual-desks in the most affected circuits, particularly Zandua, Nyong and Sung.
- Parliamentary advocacy for school rehabilitation: engage the Ministry of Education and GETFund to support the rehabilitation of schools that need infrastructure improvements.
- A Constituency Education Roundtable: bring stakeholders together to discuss the findings and agree on a coordinated response.
The presentation is part of Simba Ghana’s work on social accountability and evidence-informed decision-making under the I Am Aware (IAA) Project. Sharing locally generated evidence with political leaders helps connect education monitoring to public dialogue, institutional engagement and practical action.
Simba Ghana thanks the Office of the Member of Parliament for Karaga for receiving the team and engaging with the findings. The organisation also acknowledges CDD-Ghana for its technical support and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation for funding the I Am Aware Project.
Improving education outcomes takes more than identifying gaps. It takes sustained collaboration, responsive leadership and a willingness to turn evidence into action.
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