Challenges and Prospects of Public Administration Education and Training in Africa: The Case of Ghana

Abstract

In more recent times, education and training in public administration have become very important because the public service is expected by the citizens to provide value for money spent. In developing countries, and especially in Africa, in view of the numerous developmental challenges, the call for effective public administration education and training has been extremely intensified. Consequently, there is the need to examine what governments are doing in this regard and whether initiatives being undertaken will yield the needed results. In this paper, the intention is to examine the challenges to and future prospects of public administration education and training in Ghana. What, exactly, are the major challenges facing public administration education and training in Ghana? Are there, indeed, any prospects for those pursuits? How can such education and training help in establishing the developmental state for which many, including international organizations, are calling?

Keywords:

• education
• Ghana
• public administration
• training

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Frank L. Kwaku Ohemeng

Frank Louis Kwaku Ohemeng is an assistant professor of public administration at the School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa. His PhD is in Comparative Public Policy and Public Administration from McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. His research interests are in public management, comparative public administration, development administration and management, organisation theory, and comparative public policy. His research on issues related to performance management, public sevices delivery, administrative reforms, and diversity management has appeared in a number of international journals.