The source explains that teachers considered here are "Persons employed full-time or part-time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance".
It also mentions that it "excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties or who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions".
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Number of teachers in primary education in Ghana 2014-2021
In 2021, the primary school teaching staff in Ghana reached over thousand in number. The count of teachers at this educational level has increased over the years. However, important increases were recorded in 2017 and 2019. By 2018, Ghana had weaned itself from the net hiring freeze conditionality of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), enabling the government to employ more teachers into the public education system.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics. (December 11, 2023). Number of teachers in primary education in Ghana from 2014 to 2021 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 04, 2026, from /statistics/1184279/number-of-teachers-in-primary-education-in-ghana/
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