Microschool Program

Sinapi Aba Trust (SAT) has since 2009 been working with low-fee private schools in the various communities of Ghana, under its flagship school program “The Microschool Program”. Low-fee private schools (affordable private Schools) constitute a significant proportion of the basic school education in Ghana. These schools are located in various communities serving both the upper and the lower income levels of the economy. A number of studies in some communities in Ghana reveal an almost equal number of private schools to public schools, confirming the importance of the contribution of the private sector in the education of the Ghanaian child. The notion that private schools are serving the needs of a small minority of wealthy parents is misplaced… the lower-cost private schools has emerged to meet the demands of poor households (Watkins, 2000).