Most live in Ashanti Province, of which Kumasi is the capital. About 63 percent of the people are Christians who live in the south and its major cities. Another 21 percent believe in traditional religions. Muslims in the north form another 16 percent of Ghana's population. An estimated 60 percent of the adult population are literate.
Public education is compulsory through the secondary level.
Private church schools operate by agreement with local authorities. The University of Ghana at Accra, the University of Science and Technology at Kumasi, and the University of Cape Coast are the leading institutions of higher learning. Economy Sixty percent of the people depend on subsistence agriculture for a living. Cattle are raised in the north and on the Accra plain. Recent increases in food production have not met domestic demands.