Achieving Equity in Basic Education in Ghana; Contexts and Strategies

Remoteness has made rural communities across the globe susceptible to dwindling socio-economic opportunities including equitable access to good quality education . This has created a huge gap in access to and quality in basic education (BE) between the rural and urban milieus especially in the developing world. This study investigates the contextual factors for the rural–urban inequities in access and quality in basic education in Ghana. It seeks to unveil relevant strategies that can narrow the gap so as to achieve the SDG (4).