Costing teacher education in Ghana: micro realities and macro contexts

Rapid school enrolment expansion in many developing countries, and subsequent concerns over worsening educational quality, has prompted renewed interest in teacher education. But despite its central role in every educational system across the world, teacher education remains under-researched. And while cost considerations are not the only criteria on which to base policy, it is this aspect which tends to be the most overlooked in studies of teacher education.