加纳1995年开始在小学和初中阶段实行免费义务教育，但执行情况不尽人意 — — 学生的求学梦往往在升读高中之前就告终。
Ghana had introduced free compulsory education at the primary and junior high school levels in 1995, but implementation had been painfully slow – and students’ educational dreams were often cut off before high school.