Abstract: To meet the needs of the rapidly expanding railway lines and mining activities in Ghana, technical institutes were established in Accra, Takoradi and Kumasi. In 1963, the Accra, Takoradi and Kumasi Technical Institutes were re-designated as polytechnics, by the year 2000 each of the ten administrative regions of Ghana has had a polytechnic institution. The Polytechnics Law (Act 745) gives a clear authorization to the polytechnics to operate as tertiary institutions. The promulgation of the polytechnic Act in 1993 gives prominence to the role polytechnics should play in developing the skilled manpower that Ghana needs for development of the country. Polytechnics were to develop the middle level manpower which was particularly crucial for the effective implementation of decentralization policies and planning reforms. Particular attention was be given to the areas of applied science and technology, arts, industrial commerce, secretarial and accounting practice, fine arts, social services and communication practice. Polytechnic institutions were expanded and each region in Ghana had a polytechnic as a result of Ghana government’s plans to expand higher education accessibility to reach all social and ethnic groups. The result of this study is however different from the aim of the provision and expansion of the polytechnic to each regional capital in Ghana. The study used six out of the ten polytechnics to find out which social groups access polytechnic education in Ghana.