My country is Ghana, Ghana is located in West Africa. Its compared in size to Oregon and its largest river is the Volta. Ghana is divided into 10 regions and and subdivided into 138 districts. Their government is a parliamentary democracy which is run by a president. Their current president is John Kufuor who has been in office since 2001. Gold, timber, cocoa, diamond, bauxite, and manganese exports are major sources of foreign exchange. Oil exploration is ongoing after 3 million barrels of light oil was discovered in 2007.Well endowed with natural resources, Ghana has twice the per capita output of the poorer countries in West Africa. Even so, Ghana remains somewhat dependent on international financial and technical assistance as well as the activities of the extensive Ghanaian diaspora. The Ghana money is called Cedi. The new transfer rate for Ghana Cedi $1 USD= Gh 0.93¢. Their main commercial crops are cocoa, palm oil, cotton, rubber, sugarcane, and tobacco. Their main food crops are corn, yams, cassava and other root crops. Ghana has approximately 18,530 primary schools, 8,850 junior secondary schools, 900 senior secondary schools, 28 training colleges, 20 technical institutions, 4 diploma-awarding institutions, 6 public universities and over 10 private universities. All their teachings are in Ghana’s official language, English. Ghana had a 6-year primary education system starting at the age of six, a 3-year junior secondary system and a following 3-year senior secondary system. Education is very important to Ghanaians, every nine our of ten senior secondary students graduate and move on to the next level of studies.