The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition and other civil society organizations are impressing on the general public to support the Gender Education Policy (GEP) of the Ministry of Education. The GEP focuses on five priority areas, each of which has broad policy objectives and strategies to ensure their achievement has five policy areas including ACCESS, QUALITY, MANAGEMENT, SOCIO-ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND SPECIAL NEEDS. This policy focuses on addressing the barriers to achieving equality between the sexes at all levels of education and seeks to establish strategies for their removal. Specifically, the policy framework sees violence against girls in schools (VAGS) as the primary obstacle to gender parity in Ghanaian education. The policy which aims to ensure equality between boys and girls/men and women at all levels of education in accordance with the provisions of Article 25 of the 1992 constitution is driven by provisions in the Education Sector Policy (2003 -2015), the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the United Nations Charter on Education for All (EfA) amongst others. Speaking at a media training workshop for journalists on the policy, the Gender Programs Officer of the Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC), Awo Aidam Amenya, said successive governments had initiated projects and programmes to promote equal access and retention in schools with the establishment of the Girls Education Unit (GEU) to promote girls education being one of the major initiatives. According to her, the Government of Ghana had passed legislations and ratified conventions and treaties which promote the rights of women and children and their development, demonstrating a strong commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment. She intimates that “The Government’s commitment to education is also evident through promoting teacher motivation, school infrastructure development, school feeding, capitation grant and the establishment of new tertiary institutions”. Awo Aidam Amenya said, in spite of the progress made, there were still inequalities and challenges to securing gender parity in participation in education in Ghana at all levels. The program officer revealed that “Statistics show gender disparity issues in terms of access, participation, staying on and dropout rates across all levels of education provision in Ghana despite increased patterns of enrolments”. She further explained that the policy framework builds upon progress already made in the education sector to combat sexual discrimination with its prime responsibility and accountability for implementation of the GEP resting with the Ministry of Education. To the coalition, the Ministry will continue to collaborate with other offices and Partners responsible for implementing education, human rights and child protection programmes. “The evaluation process should provide evidence-based information that is credible, reliable, and useful, enabling the timely incorporation of findings, recommendations, and lessons learned into the decision-making processes”,she added.