Ghana

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Politics of Ghana

Politics of Ghana takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Ghana is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. The seat of government is at Golden Jubilee House. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and Parliament. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.

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Education in Ghana

Ghana has in the public sector 12,225 Primary Schools and 6,418 Junior High Schools. The number of public senior high schools stands at 526, 38 teacher training colleges, 23 public technical institutes and several private ones including Vocational Institutions and eight public universities in addition to 10 polytechnics serving a population of 25 million; this means that most Ghanaians have relatively easy access to good education.

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Money & duty free for Ghana

Ghana Cedi (GHS; symbol ¢) = 100 Ghana pesewas. Notes are in denominations of ¢50, 20, 10, 5 and 1. Coins are in denominations of ¢1 and 50, 20, 10, 5 and 1 pesewas.