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National Commission for Civic Education (Kade)

About The National Commission for Civic Education Kade (NCCE)

The National Commission for Civic Education Kade (NCCE) is a government agency in the Kwaebibrem municipality in Ghana. The commission is responsible for the education of Ghanaians on civic matters. The commission was established by Act 452 of the Parliament of Ghana in 1993.

Membership statuses

The members of the National Commission for Civic Education have varying rights depending on their status. “The Chairman of the Commission shall enjoy the same terms and conditions of service as a Justice of the Court of Appeal, and a Deputy Chairman of the Commission shall enjoy the same terms and conditions of service as a Justice of the High Court”. The other four members of the commission have their privileges and terms and conditions of their service approved by the Parliament of Ghana.

Functions

Per the Constitution of Ghana, the commission is mandated to perform five functions:

  1. Develop and maintain with the community the sense of the principles and objectives of the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana as the fundamental law of Ghana;
  2. Educate and encourage the public to defend this Constitution at all times, against all forms of abuse and violation;
  3. Develop policies for the consideration of Government, from time to time, programs at the national, regional and district levels aimed at realizing the objectives of this Constitution;
  4. Formulate, implement and oversee programs intended to inculcate in the citizens of Ghana awareness of their civic responsibilities and an appreciation of their rights an obligations as free people;
  5. Assess for the information of Government, the limitations to the achievement of true democracy arising from the existing inequalities between different strata of the population and make recommendations for re-dressing these inequalities.

Notable works

The work of the NCCE comes to the fore during election years in Ghana when thorough public education is done to sensitize electorates about the voting procedure and their conducts before, during and after presidential and public elections.