Ghana urged to invest in lifelong learning - CEA, UNESCO push for skills, second-chance education

Stakeholders in the education sector have identified inadequate and unpredictable funding, unequal access, limited learning materials, insufficiently trained personnel and digital exclusion as some of the major challenges threatening efforts to provide second-chance education and skills development to people outside the formal education system.

The call was made at a stakeholder engagement organised by the Complementary Education Agency (CEA) ahead of the 2026 International Literacy Day, which falls on September 8, on the theme: “Emerging Issues, Challenges and Opportunities in Literacy and Lifelong Learning in Ghana”.

Mr Ashiamah said equipping adults with such skills would enable them to earn incomes and improve their ability to meet the needs of their families, urging corporate Ghana and the international community to support the CEA to expand its programmes and ensure that people who had missed out on formal education or skills training were not left behind.