The recent World Teachers Day celebrations was an opportunity to honour the immense contributions of teachers globally.
Ghana has made some notable progress in increasing its teaching staff, with data from www.statistica.com suggesting that as of 2021, the number of basic school teachers had jumped to 172,800 as a result of improved recruitment efforts following the lifting of the ban of recruitment of teachers by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 2018.
However, despite this growth, the country's education sector appears to be under threat.
As it grapples with the harsh realities of trained teachers steadily exiting the profession in search of better opportunities abroad.