Ghana’s sanitation problem has been a serious topic that has been discussed all over the world in many years but it seems there has been no improvement at all. The indiscrimination way of waste disposal in Ghanaian society is really affecting the development of the cou...

Exponential Education is working on empowering both boys and girls to become social change agents in their communities in Ghana. Expo works with Form 2 students in Senior High School in the Kumasi area. The two programs that work to create social change agents are the...

"If pregnancy were a book they would cut the last two chapters."

Nora Ephron

The rate of teenage pregnancy in Ghana is high. Every year the number of teenagers getting pregnant is growing, especially in certain regions.

In my opinion, one of the causes of teenage pregnanc...

The mission of Boys for Positive Change (BPC) it to sensitize boys to recognize social norms underlying gender inequality and empower them to become agents of positive change by challenging these norms.

While working with the girls in our Girls LEAP program, we kept hea...

Today we were able to sit down with our Operations Intern Emmanuel Anane-Poku Karikari. He was able to give us a bit of insight on how Exponential Education has affected his life and professional development.

1. Can you tell us a bit about yourself?

My name is Emmanuel,...

Exactly one year ago, in September 2015, 193 global leaders signed and agreed on 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Global Goals look at targeting governments specifically to create institutional and systemic change. They cover a range of disciplines includin...

Imagine that you could be fired if you were using your native tongue at work.

This is a reality that teachers in Ghana face every day. During one of my first program sessions, a teacher had an engaging conversation with me about teaching English. He made it quite clear...

I am always telling my tutors that we should strive to make our tutoring sessions different from “normal school.” I tell them that their students should want to stay after school to be part of the program, and not only for the biscuits! Exponential Education has a stro...

Having an Entrepreneurship programme has been an idea among Expo staff for a long time, but finally it is this year that the actual programme was launched. After choosing two partner schools in the Ejisu area and informing and selecting students, the pilot phase of the...

I am the only current expo-worker to have lived and worked in more than one region of Ghana. Last term I was based in the Volta Region, which is well known for its beautifully scenic landscape and smaller, more sparsely populated farming communities. The whole of the...