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What Is a GSQI Score — and How Should Parents Use It?
GSQI Assessment Team · 2 Apr 2026
The Ghana School Quality Index explained: what the ten categories measure, how schools are assessed, and why schools can never pay for a better score.
The Ghana School Quality Index (GSQI) is an independent 100-point measure of school quality across ten categories, from Academic Quality to Admissions Transparency.
How schools are scored
Every category is scored 0–100 by trained assessors using documented evidence: lesson observations, results data, parent surveys and site inspections. Category scores are weighted and combined into the overall GSQI Score.
The four rating statuses
- Not yet assessed — no score available yet.
- Preliminary score — based on public data and parent feedback.
- GSQI Verified — key facts checked by our team.
- Full assessment — complete on-site inspection.
Our independence promise
Schools can subscribe to premium tools for managing their profile — but no school can pay to change its GSQI score. Commercial services and quality assessment are run by separate teams with a strict firewall.
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