Health Education Where does Ghana rank based on the human capital the average child can expect to achieve? Source UNDP: The 2021/2022 Human Development Report Short answer Where does Ghana rank based on the human capital the average child can expect to achieve? The World Bank’s Human Capital Index measures “the amount of human capital that a child born today can expect to attain by age 18”. It expresses this as a value between zero and one. An economy in which the average worker achieves both full health and full education potential will score a valu... Back Full answer
#YouAsked Education How many students have benefitted from free secondary education in Ghana? Source Mid-Year Fiscal Policy Review of the 2023 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the Government of Ghana Short answer How many students have benefitted from free secondary education in Ghana? To date 1.3 million students in Ghana have benefited from a free senior high school social intervention programme rolled out by the government in 2017. The programme, Free Senior High School (SHS), is meant to extend guaranteed access to free quality education for all children of school-going age fr... Back Full answer
#YouAsked Elections & political parties Who is the president of Uganda? Source Office of the President: Republic Of Uganda Short answer Who is the president of Uganda? Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is the current president of the Republic Of Uganda. He has been in power since 1986. ... Back Full answer
Education What is the latest news about teacher training colleges in Uganda? Source Ministry of Education and Sports- TTEP Overview Short answer What is the latest news about teacher training colleges in Uganda? Uganda received a grant from Belgium to finance the Teacher Training Education (TTE) Project. The first phase of the project between 2011-2016 focused on improving the teaching and practice-oriented learning environment of the Business, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (BTVET... Back Full answer
Welfare & population How many refugees are there in Uganda? Source Vox Populi: Who will care for the carers? The untold stories of Uganda's refugee-host relationships Short answer How many refugees are there in Uganda? Statistics from the Office of the Prime Minister show that Uganda is host to over one million refugees, the majority from South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. A 2018 report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs puts the number at over 1.8 million. ... Back Full answer
#YouAsked Elections & political parties Who is the Prime Minister of Uganda? Source Uganda National Web Portal: Office of the Prime Minister Short answer Who is the Prime Minister of Uganda? The Rt. Hon Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda is the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda. He has been Prime Minister of Uganda since 2014. ... Back Full answer
Crime & justice When did the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) sign a peace treaty with the government of Uganda? Source Vox Populi: Who will care for the carers? The untold stories of Uganda's refugee-host relationships Short answer When did the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) sign a peace treaty with the government of Uganda? On 26 August 2006, the government of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels signed a peace deal in Juba, South Sudan. ... Back Full answer
Health Is cholera on the increase or decline in Ghana? Source The Ghana Weekly Epidemiological Report (GWER) Short answer Is cholera on the increase or decline in Ghana? The Ghana Health Service (GHS) reported that it recorded no cases of cholera in 2020. ... Back Full answer
Welfare & population Does Ghana have the best road networks in West Africa? Source GhanaFact Fact Check – FACT-CHECK: Ghana has the best road networks in West Africa? Short answer Does Ghana have the best road networks in West Africa? No. According to the World Economic Forum’s 2019 edition of the Global Competitiveness Report, which measures road connectivity across 141 economies, Ghana was ranked 79th. When compared with the other nine West African countries ranked in the report, Ghana is 6th in the sub-region. ... Back Full answer