The Municipality Education Directorate is one of the forty three (43) MMDEs in the Ashanti Region. Out of this Directorate the following districts were carved.
The Municipal Education Office is situated at the Asokwa Tumsuom electoral area; shares boundaries with the Bekwai Electricity Company of Ghana and Bekwai Magistrate Court with GPS Address AB-0004-8484.
VISION STATEMENT
To provide quality education to equip the young with skills and knowledge through a well-balanced education program to create useful growth and development for the country’s job market.
MISSION STATEMENT
To provide relevant and quality pre-tertiary education to all children through equitable distribution of resources, monitoring and supervision in collaboration with stakeholders to enable them acquire skills that will equip them to be productive, honest and dedicated citizens to facilitate poverty reduction and promote the socio-economic growth and development of the country.
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS IN THE MUNICIPALITY
- Kindergarten 89
- Primary 88
- JHS 75
- SHS 5
- SHSTS 1
- TOTAL 166
ENROLMENT OF LEARNERS/ STUDENTS BY LEVEL
LEVEL MALE FEMALE TOTAL
KG 3490 3356 6846
PRIMARY 8612 8200 16812
JHS 4390 4090 8480
SHS/SHTS 5760 5968 11728
TOTAL 22252 21614 43866
TEACHER POPULATION BY LEVEL
LEVEL MALE FEMALE TOTAL
KG 31 290 321
PRIMARY 358 345 703
JHS 512 248 760
SHS/SHTS 425 144 569
TOTAL 1326 1027 2353