Institute for Educational Planning & Administration(I.E.P.A)
Faculty of Education
INTRODUCTION
The Institute for Educational Planning & Administration (IEPA) is one of the two institutes of the Faculty of Education. IEPA was established in 1975 through a joint agreement between the Government of Ghana and the United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)/United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The Institute continues to contribute to the training of officials and other personnel of the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education service. The IEPA has been operating under three major units. They are:
· University Teaching Unit.
· Research and Documentation Unit.
· In-service Education and Training (INSET) Unit.
MISSION OF IEPA
The Institute for Educational Planning & Administration (IEPA) was charged with the responsibility of training experts and non-experts of the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service in educational planning and administration, and producing a data bank through research and documentation to inform policy formulation and implementation in Ghana. Another mission of the IEPA is for teaching.
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE IEPA
The main objectives of the Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA) are as follows:
· To generate relevant knowledge through research.
· To design and deliver training and development programmes through linkage for development in improving leadership capabilities and operational efficiency of the Ghana Education Service (GES) personnel.
ACTIVITIES
The IEPA has been mandated by the Ghana Education Service to strengthen the leadership for learning capacity of primary school headteachers in Ghana.
The Ghana Commission for UNESCO tasked the IEPA to review the 2010 Global Monitoring Report with regards to its implication for Ghana.
The IEPA was involved in the DFID Cross-cutting Disability Research Programme held in Accra in June, 2010.
The IEPA has been tasked to offer consulting services to the Ghana Education Service in the review of the Headteachers’ Handbook.
Leadership for Learning (LfL) Ghana Newsletters
| Article | Description |
| Leadership for Learning (LfL) Ghana Newsletter Volume 1, issue 1 | Issued in January 2011 |
| Leadership for Learning (LfL) Ghana Newsletter Volume 1, issue 2 | Issued in September 2011 |
| Leadership for Learning (LfL) Ghana Newsletter Volume 2, issue 1 | Issued in January 2012 |
| Leadership for Learning (LfL) Ghana Newsletter Volume 2, issue 2 | Issued in July 2012 |
| Leadership for Learning (LfL) Ghana Newsletter Volume 3, issue 1 | Issued in January 2013 |
