Auditor-General — Year ended 31 December 2024 Verified from PDF

Colleges of Education

Report of the Auditor-General on the Public Accounts of Ghana: Public Universities and Colleges of Education
Source: Ghana Audit Service, full report (PDF)Publisher: Ghana Audit Service

The headline number

2024 total irregularities
GH¢5.9m
GH¢5,944,404
Change on previous year
-25.5%
From GH¢8.0m in 2023
Largest type: Debts/Loans
65.4%
GH¢3.9m of the total
Recoverable
GH¢5.9m
Administrative (not recoverable): GH¢66k

2-year trend

Total irregularities, 2023–2024 · 2023 and 2024 reports, Table 1b. The 2024 report gives no multi-year table for colleges.
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YearTotal
2023GH¢7,975,574
2024GH¢5,944,404

By type of irregularity

2024
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TypeAmountShare
Debts/LoansGH¢3,884,67365.35%
CashGH¢1,463,07724.61%
PayrollGH¢530,2098.92%
Procurement/StoresGH¢66,4451.12%

By region

Part I, Table 2b (p. 8)
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RegionTotal
NorthernGH¢2,463,443
CentralGH¢1,291,909
EasternGH¢710,250
Western NorthGH¢587,397
North EastGH¢350,009
Upper WestGH¢250,928
AhafoGH¢174,525
Greater AccraGH¢60,431
BonoGH¢34,764
AshantiGH¢20,750
Bono EastGH¢0
OtiGH¢0
Upper EastGH¢0
VoltaGH¢0
WesternGH¢0
Each region's total is summed across all audited institutions in that region.

Type history

How the mix changed, 2023–2024
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Type20232024
Debts/Loans2,766,6483,884,673
Tax41,4990
Contract1,814,1370
Cash26,2631,463,077
Procurement/Stores2,718,20566,445
Payroll608,822530,209
Total7,975,5745,944,404

Notable findings

Examples from the report
  • Unsupported payments at E. P. College of Education, BimbillaGH¢1.36m
  • Overdue student fees at Komenda College of EducationGH¢801,827
  • Overdue student fees at Wiawso College of EducationGH¢587,397
  • Overdue student fees at OLA College of EducationGH¢490,082

Notes

  • The 2023 comparison figure is taken from the 2023 report, since the 2024 report gives no trend table for colleges.
  • Savannah Region has no college of education in the regional table. The regional rows sum to GH¢2 more than the total (rounding in the source).