Transition rates between primary and lower secondary have improved since 2000, rising from 85% to 94%, and repetition rates have also practically disappeared in primary education, from 6% in 2000.  It has also seen strong improvements in secondary completion rates, from 44% in 2000 to 65% in 2024. Several factors have improved secondary education. In sub-Saharan Africa, abolishing tuition fees in secondary education appears to have increased enrolment by seven percentage points. In Ghana, an evaluation of the introduction of free secondary education in 2017/18 found that girls' completion rose by 14 percentage points in high-uptake districts.   Still, this progress is not fast enough to reach the goal. At current rates, universal secondary completion in ghana will not be achieved until the year 2106.

Ghana is found to have the most equitably oriented education system of all countries in Africa, according to a new Equitable Education Index in the report, which is aimed at highlighting the importance of equitable approaches for improving access to education. The index scores countries by whether they have redistributive finance mechanisms in place supporting disadvantaged learners, by how many people those policies help, and by the amount of funds that are re-allocated.