The Most Prestigious Educational Awards

NATIONAL
SCHOOLS
AWARDS

2026
GALOP EDITION

Celebrating Excellence in Education — Honoring the Nation's Finest Schools, Educators, and Students Shaping Tomorrow's Leaders

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Grand Arena, Mensvic Grand Hotel

About the Awards

Celebrating Excellence Across Pre-Tertiary Schools

The National Schools Awards (NSA), a national initiative aimed at recognizing and celebrating excellence across pre-tertiary schools in Ghana. The initiative seeks to promote quality, accountability, and continuous improvement by honoring schools that demonstrate improved performance in leadership and management, teaching and learning innovation, inclusivity, community engagement, and many more.

Using NaSIA's Inspection Evaluation Framework (IEF) and national education standards, the selection process is fair, transparent, and evidence-based. The NSA recognizes both high-performing schools and schools making significant progress, including less-resourced institutions that demonstrate meaningful improvement.

Aligned with Ghana's Education Strategic Plan (ESP 2018–2030), the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4, and global best practices, the initiative aims to inspire collaboration, encourage excellence, and strengthen quality education across the country.

NSA

2026 – GALOP Edition

The GALOP Edition of the NSA marks the maiden edition of the schools' awards initiative. This special edition focuses exclusively on schools participating in the Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcomes Project (GALOP) and seeks to recognize institutions that have demonstrated remarkable progress and improvement over the implementation period.

Over the past five years, NaSIA has inspected more than 4,000 GALOP schools across the country using established quality assurance and performance indicators. Following a rigorous assessment and evidence-based review process, the top 20 schools showing exceptional progress and improvement have been selected for consideration for the GALOP Edition of the awards.

The maiden edition aims not only to celebrate achievements but also to highlight successful practices, encourage continuous improvement, and inspire schools across the education sector to strive for excellence.

20

Top Schools

4K+

GALOP Schools Inspected

5

Years of Assessment

Grand Ceremony

A star-studded evening celebrating the pinnacle of educational achievement

June 10, 2026

6:00 PM GMT

Award Categories

4 Core Pillars of Excellence

Recognizing outstanding schools across leadership, teaching, overall performance, and improvement

Best in Leadership & Management

šŸ„‡ 1st Position
🄈 1st Runner Up
šŸ„‰ 2nd Runner Up

Best in Teaching & Learning

šŸ„‡ 1st Position
🄈 1st Runner Up
šŸ„‰ 2nd Runner Up

Overall Best School

šŸ„‡ 1st Position
🄈 1st Runner Up
šŸ„‰ 2nd Runner Up

Most Improved School

Recognized for remarkable progress and meaningful improvement across all assessment areas
Top Nominees 2026

This Year's Frontrunners

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01
NOMINEE

Rising Stars Academy

Teaching & Learning Practices in KG

Top Contender
02
NOMINEE

Crestview College

Leadership & Supervision Systems

Top Contender
03
NOMINEE

Heritage High School

Attendance of Teachers & Learners

Strong Contender
04
NOMINEE

Unity International

Safeguarding & Child Protection

Strong Contender
Journey to the Awards

Key Dates

March 1, 2026

Nominations Open

Schools nationwide can submit nominations

April 15, 2026

Nominations Close

Final deadline for all submissions

May 20, 2026

Shortlist Announcement

Top nominees revealed to the public

June 10, 2026

Grand Awards Night

The main event — Winners announced live!

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