{"id":22839,"date":"2014-06-05T11:22:21","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T11:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=22839"},"modified":"2014-06-05T21:46:38","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T21:46:38","slug":"ghana-ranked-1st-in-math-and-science-education-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/ghana-ranked-1st-in-math-and-science-education-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana ranked 1st in math and science education in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Until just about three months ago, South Africa was Africa\u2019s biggest economy. But now it appears the former apartheid country is losing \u00a0many of its enviable attributes.<\/p>\n<p>Lately, the economy has seen massive decline, as experts say latest figures\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.newvision.co.ug\/news\/656043-s-africa-economy-shrinks-prompting-recession-fears.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newvision.co.ug\/news\/656043-s-africa-economy-shrinks-prompting-recession-fears.html\" target=\"_blank\">showed a shrinking economy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Latest to join the streak of falls form grace in the country\u2019s development statistics is the country\u2019s educational standards.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Global Information Technology Report 2014 compiled by the World Economic Forum, South Africa is ranked almost last among the 148 countries monitored in global competitiveness in the area of Maths and Science.<\/p>\n<p>The report provides an assessment of networked readiness, or how prepared an economy is to apply the benefits of information and communications technologies (ICTs) to promote national economic growth and well-being.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, South Africa\u2019s education system in general is of very poor quality ranked at 146 out of 148; Nigeria was 133rd and\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.investmauritius.com\/why-mauritius\/benchmarks.aspx\" href=\"http:\/\/www.investmauritius.com\/why-mauritius\/benchmarks.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Ghana came first in Africa, but 46th in the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The report further noted that the national strategy for Maths and Science was out of date, the shortage of qualified teachers, and curriculum changes over the last ten years have negatively impacted teaching.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Source:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">infoboxdaily.com<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Until just about three months ago, South Africa was Africa\u2019s biggest economy. 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