Ghana - Apply for Change of Ownership of a School

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. To Apply for Change of location of a School, the applicant has to approach the Ghana Education Service (GES) Headquarters.
2. Address and contact details can be found in the following Contact link.
3. Applicant must obtain the application form.
4. Read carefully through the application form as there contain different section.
5. The applicant has to make sure that he or she has all the required documents that are required for this process to be successful and they can be found under the "Required Documents" section of this page.
6. No fees associate with the service.
7. Submit the completed form in two copies along with the supporting documents (listed below) to the GES office.
8. The department concern will verify the application and approve the application form.
9. Then the application will be processed and a certificate will be issued to the applicant.
10. Maximum Processing Time for this procedure is 5 days.

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Required Documents

• If any change in any way affects the layout of the school buildings, an approved plan of the school buildings indicating the changes
• proof of land ownership, approved plans for the new site (in case of transfer of the school to a new site/address)
• proof of ownership (in case of any change in the ownership of the school)
• provide references for the manager (in case of any change in the manager of the school)
• proof of change of name: certificate of in-corporation if it’s a company ( in case the adoption by the manager of the school, by any means, in relation to the school, of a different nomenclature from that in which the school is for the time being registered as aforesaid)
• Provide Copy of the curriculum-syllabi to be used (in case the provision of any class, standard or form, whether or not such class, standard or form is parallel to any existing class, standard or form in the school)
• Provide a copy of syllabi to be used. If its international curriculum attach a proof of accreditation from the relevant body ( in case the provision of any nature and form of education in the school, being a nature or form of education different from the nature or form of education falling within the classification in which the school is for the time being registered)
• Valid identification document
• The school registration certificate
• Any other supporting document requested for by the legal authority

Office Locations & Contacts

Ghana Education Service (GES) Headquarters
Ministry of education in Accra, Ghana
HR24+H6 Accra, Ghana
Contact number: +233302673957
Contact link
Location link

Eligibility

• Any registered schools with the Ministry of Education who wish to change location are eligible.

Fees

• No fees associate with the service.

Validity

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Processing Time

• Maximum Processing Time for this procedure is 5 days.

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Required Information

• Particulars of the applicant
• Particulars of the school
• Owner/operator of the school details
• Name and address of the school
• Contact details (Telephone, email address, fax, postal address)
• School registration certificate number
• State the purposed change in the school you request to implement
• Declaration by the applicant (signature)

Need for the Document

• No changes shall be made in the establishment of any Private registered school, unless the ministry of Basic Education is notified and the particulars of the change have been recorded in the register by the ministry registrar after being approved by the GES centre.

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