Formal Education Case Study

STATE OF FORMAL EDUCATION IN THE MUNICIPALITY RANKING OF FORMAL EDUCATION

To be able to know respondents understanding of formal education, it became necessary to find out whether respondent regarded formal education less important or more important. The table provides the details

Table 3.3 RATING OF FORMAL EDUCATION FROM RESPONDENTS Frequency Percent important 15 25.0 more important 45 75.0 Total 60 100.0 SOURCE: Author's Field Survey, 2011

From table it could be seen that out of the 60 respondents interviewed, 45 rated formal education more important while 15 rated formal education important.

Level of education

CROSSTUBATION OF MONTHLY INCOME AND EDUCATIONAL LEVEL

income level Total less than 100 100 120 more than 150

Education primary 0 7 3 5 15 secondary 0 2 7 20 29 tertiary 1 0 0 15 16

Total 1 9 10 40 60

From table it could be seen that out of the 15 respondents who had attain primary level of education, received monthly incomes of less than GH¢100(0) GH¢100(7), GH¢120(3) and GH¢150(5). For the same ranges of monthly incomes, out of the 29 respondents with secondary level education was 0, 2, 7, and 20, respectively. Out of the 16 households with tertiary education, none received a monthly income of either GH¢ 100, or GH¢120 while

Notwithstanding the fact that some people are rich without any form of formal education, they are unable to manage resources very well as compared to an educated person. For instance a farmer without any form of formal education may not know the desired proportion of fertilizer to apply on soil to yield an increase in crops which eventually leads to lower income”. He concluded that, “Formal education equips the individual with skills that will help them earn a living which automatically eradicate