Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in recent times have become prominent in the
developmental agenda of most deprived societies across the globe. Through the adoption of
rights and participatory mechanisms in their development work, NGOs are able to help state
authorities to facilitate their development policies. In their quest to reduce poverty and
inequality, NGOs initiate and implement certain projects in specific areas within various
deprived communities. One such area is the promotion of children’s right to quality education
through the execution of educational projects. This study therefore identifies and critically
examines the impacts of Plan International’s educational projects on children’s rights to quality
education in the Awutu-Senya District of Ghana. Qualitative research methodology was used for
data collection and analysis. Both the semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions
were used to get the perspectives of officials of the NGO and 23 members of the beneficiary
communities which included children, their parents and teachers. The theoretical framework
used for this study was the alternative development theory with specific emphasis on the rightsbased
approach to development. The general findings of this study suggested that most of the
children in the NGOs assisted communities have witnessed improvements in the quality of their
educational system, especially in the area of learning environment and service delivery. The
children are now being provided with the necessary skills and tools to make them productive and
facilitate the socio-economic development of their community. However, few problems
bothering on over-expectations on the NGO, inadequate funds for scholarships, apathy on the
part of some members of the beneficiary communities and the inability of local government to
fulfill their obligations were recorded in the course of this study.