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25 EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS
(1)
All persons shall have the right to equal educational opportunities and facilities and With a view to
achieving the full realization of that right—
(a) basic education shall be free, compulsory and available to all;
(b) secondary education in its different forms, including technical and vocational education, shall be
made generally available and accessible to all by every appropriate means, and in particular, by
the progressive introduction of free education;
(c) higher education shall be made equally accessible to all, on the basis of capacity, by every
appropriate means, and in particular, by progressive introduction of free education;
(d) functional literacy shall be encouraged or intensified as far as possible;
(e) the development of a system of schools with adequate facilities at all levels shall be actively
pursued.
(2)
Every person shall have the right, at his own expense, to establish and maintain a private school or
schools at all levels and of such categories and in accordance with such conditions as may be provided
by law.
26 CULTURAL RIGHTS AND PRACTICES
(1)
Every person is entitled to enjoy, practice, profess, maintain and promote any culture, language,
tradition or religion subject to the provisions of this Constitution.
(2)
All customary practices which dehumanise or are injurious to the physical and mental well-being of a
person are prohibited.
27 WOMEN'S RIGHTS
(1)
Special care shall be accorded to mothers during a reasonable period before and after child-birth; and
during those periods, working mothers shall be accorded paid leave.
(2)
Facilities shall be provided for the care of children below school-going Age to enable women, who
have the traditional care for children, realise their full potential.
(3)
Women shall be guaranteed equal rights to training and promotion without any impediments from
any person.
Ghana 1992 (rev. 1996)
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