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International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Vol. 3 No. 14 [Special Issue - July 2013] The Level of Stakeholders’ Participation in the District Education Strategic Planning Towards Quality Basic Education: The Case of Salaga Town Council of Ghana Takyi Harriet Department of Sociology and Social Work Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi, Ghana. Emmanuel Kwabena Anin Department of Information Systems and Decision Science School of Business Kwame Nkrumah University of Science Technology Kumasi, Ghana C/o Phyllis Adjei Tuffour, P.O. Box 9, Jacobu-Ashanti Ghana-West Africa Yussif Kofi Asuo Rawdatul-Atfal Junior High School Post Office Box 11 Savelugu, Northern Region, Ghana Abstract The District Education Strategic Plan initiative adopted within the Education sector in Ghana emphasises on the need for stakeholders’ participation in education planning process at the local or community level. The rationale behind this initiative was to cultivate and ensure stakeholders’ involvement and commitment in the management of education at local level to improve quality and standards. This study aims at assessing the stakeholders’ level of participation in the District Education Strategic Plan (DESP) development and implementation process. Qualitative approach was adopted in the study with survey strategy. Primary data was collected through in-depth interview and analysed qualitatively using deductions and inferences approach. The paper reveale