Over the past three decades, Ghana has made significant progress in expanding access to education. More children are in school today than ever before. But some groups of learners are still being left behind—particularly children with hearing impairments and speech difficulties.

For these children, sign language is not optional—it is their primary way of communicating and learning. Yet until recently, schools across Ghana used different signs depending on their community or teacher. This lack of consistency created barriers for deaf learners and made it harder for them to progress in education.

To address this, the Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD) along with UNICEF and other key stakeholders developed the Harmonized Ghanaian Sign Language Dictionary, a groundbreaking resource that brings uniformity and recognition to Ghanaian Sign Language.