An NGO, Mother of All Nations Foundation (MoANF), has raised alarm over the decline in students’ performance, describing it not merely as an academic issue but as an exposure of longstanding weaknesses within Ghana’s educational foundation and a signal of an urgent need for systemic change.
In a press statement copied to Awake News, the Executive Director of MoANF, Mr. Ishaq Abubakar Zico Newton, said education remains central to social mobility, economic progress, and sustainable development, especially in underserved communities.
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According to him, “The poor outcomes [2025 WASSCE] reflect deep-rooted challenges including overstretched teachers, inadequate infrastructure, limited innovation in teaching, weak community involvement, and fragile accountability systems.”
“If these issues persist, they risk widening inequality and hindering national development,” he warned.
Mr. Zico Newton therefore announced a civil society initiative dubbed “I Am Aware” to help rescue the situation.
In response to this urgency, Mother of All Nations Foundation (MoANF), in partnership with CDD-Ghana, through the “I Am Aware” initiative and with support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, is expanding grassroots education interventions across selected districts in the Greater Accra Region. These efforts aim to strengthen community-led monitoring, empower Social Accountability Groups (SAGs), and support schools to develop context-specific improvement plans tailored to local strengths and challenges.
Read his full statement:
9th December 2025
TO ALL MEDIA HOUSES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRESS STATEMENT
WASSCE RESULTS SPARK URGENT CALL FOR A COMMUNITY-LED RESET IN GHANA’S EDUCATION SYSTEM
The latest West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results present a critical national concern: more than half of Ghana’s final-year senior high school students performed below expected standards. This decline is not merely an academic issue, it exposes longstanding weaknesses within Ghana’s educational foundation and signals an urgent need for systemic change.
Education remains central to social mobility, economic progress, and sustainable development, especially in underserved communities. The poor outcomes reflect deep-rooted challenges including overstretched teachers, inadequate infrastructure, limited innovation in teaching, weak community involvement, and fragile accountability systems. If these issues persist, they risk widening inequality and hindering national development.
Rather than assigning blame, this moment calls for bold, coordinated action. Ghana must embrace an education transformation agenda grounded in the realities of learners and educators, particularly in low-resource communities.
True progress requires active collaboration among parents, teachers, traditional leaders, civil society groups, local assemblies, and policymakers to design locally relevant solutions. A long-term, community-responsive 20-year national education strategy—anchored in data, transparency, and equity is essential to achieving lasting change beyond political cycles.
In response to this urgency, Mother of All Nations Foundation (MoANF), in partnership with CDD Ghana through the “I Am Aware” initiative with support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, is expanding grassroots education interventions across selected districts in Greater Accra. These efforts strengthen community-led monitoring, empower Social Accountability Groups (SAGs), and support schools to develop context-specific improvement plans tailored to local strengths and challenges.
MoANF’s work is driven by the belief that no child should be disadvantaged because of their location or school. Every learner in Ghana deserves quality education that equips them for a promising future. This crucial moment demands a reimagining of schools as holistic environments that nurture growth, supported by innovation, accountability, and strong partnerships.
About Mother of all Nations Foundation(MOANF)
We are community-centered NGO focused on education, youth empowerment, and community development.
Through evidence-based advocacy, digital literacy initiatives, civic engagement, and social accountability projects, We works to build resilient and empowered communities -END
ISHAQ ABUBAKAR ZICO NEWTON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
