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Gov’t urged to enforce teaching and learning of local languages in schools

The Education Project Officer at Kete-Krachi Cluster of World Vision Ghana in the Krachi West Municipality of the Oti Region has urged the Ghana...

NAGRAT calls for review of Free SHS policy

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has called for a review of the policy to allow parents who can afford it to pay...

Teacher unions make proposals for parties’ manifestos

Pre-tertiary teacher unions in the country yesterday launched a document containing their demands for incorporation in the manifestos of political parties. The unions are the...

New York Medical School eliminates tuition after $1bn gift

A New York City medical school will offer students free tuition following a $1bn donation from the 93-year-old widow of a major Wall Street...

Over 2.5 million students have benefited from Free SHS to date – EduWatch

The Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch) has revealed that the government's flagship programme, the free senior high school (Free SHS) policy, has benefited over 2.5...

Free SHS: Parents opting for boarding status for children must pay – EduWatch

Education think tank, Africa Education Watch, has called on the government to reconsider its Free Senior High School (SHS) policy. It suggested that, parents who...

Water shortage: Sokode SecTech students perform ablution, headmaster appeals for help

The Sokode Secondary Technical School (SOSTECH), in the Ho Municipality of the Volta region has been hit by acute water shortage which is affecting...

University of Ghana revises plagiarism policy to include AI

The University of Ghana has amended its academic integrity framework, particularly in its approach to plagiarism. A notice signed by the registrar, Emelia Agyei Mensah...

GES announces dates for BECE and WASSCE examinations

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced the examination dates for the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and West African Senior School Certificate...

Blame government for increasing unemployment and not universities – Prof Gatsi

The Dean of the University of Cape Coast Business School, Professor John Gatsi wants the government to be blamed for the increasing unemployment in...

Arabic language quiz competition excites Old Tafo students

Hosting a structured Arabic language quiz competition in Islamic schools at Old Tafo in the Ashanti region has left students excited for future opportunities,...

GTEC to shut down some private tertiary institutions 

A number of distressed private tertiary institutions will be forced to shut down after failing to meet certain key requirement, the acting Director General...

Embrace the spirit of curiosity and creativity – Ag. UniMAC VC charges freshers at 2nd matriculation

The acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Media, Arts and Communication (UniMAC), Prof. Eric Opoku Mensah has urged newly admitted students to embrace a...

Popular rapper’s wife promoted to Associate Professor of Pharmacology

Prof Priscilla K. Mante, the wife of renowned musician Linford Kennedy Amankwaa, popularly known as Ko-Jo Cue, has achieved a significant milestone in her...

NaCCA dismisses claims of 8 compulsory subjects for JHS leavers

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has refuted claims circulating about the Junior High School (JHS) leavers being examined on 8 compulsory...

Akufo-Addo is a visionary leader – Former NDC DCE

Former National Democratic Congress (NDC) District Chief Executive for Adansi South District of Ashanti, Benjamin Anhwere, has commended the Akufo-Addo administration for its foresight...

Water crisis hits Oti SECTECH, students roam in town for help

The Oti Secondary Technical School is experiencing water crisis, which has compelled hundreds of the boarding students to roam nearby neighbourhoods in search of...

Pay us now or we picket on March 4 – Institutional Suppliers warn Education Ministry

The National Association of Institutional Suppliers has announced plans to stage a protest on March 4, 2024, outside the Ministry of Education. Their decision follows...

New Juaben Omanhene to chair UniMAC’s “Ghana month” seminar

The Paramount Chief of the New Juaben Traditional Area in the Eastern Region, Daasebre Kwaku Boateng III, will be the special guest of honour...

Free SHS Secretariat expresses shock over ECG’s disconnection

The Free SHS Secretariat has expressed shock and displeasure over the recent disconnection of electricity supply to Accra Academy. The Deputy National Coordinator at...

Institutional Suppliers to picket Education Ministry

The National Association of Institutional Suppliers has announced plans to picket the Education Ministry on March 4, 2024 over debt owed them. According...

Biden cancels $1.2bn in student loans for more than 150,000 people

The Biden administration has announced it is cancelling $1.2bn (£949m) of student debt for 153,000 American borrowers. The Supreme Court had previously blocked President...

Tension brews at Accra Technical University over former VC’s re-appointment

There is serious anger and growing tension at the Accra Technical University (ATU) over the re-appointment of former Vice Chancellor, Professor Samuel Nii Odai....

Education Ministry blames Accra Academy’s power disconnection to ECG billing discrepancies

Spokesperson for the Ministry of Education, Kwasi Kwarteng is certain a potential discrepancies in the Electricity Company of Ghana's billing system is a probable...

Change all SHS electricity pre-paid meters to post-paid – CHASS advocates

President of the Conference of Heads of Assistant Secondary Schools has called for a shift from prepaid to postpaid electricity meters in all schools...

WAEC begins investigation into 289 withheld private WASSCE results

The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has commenced investigations into results of withheld 289 private West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) candidates.  According to...

Coalition Unemployed Trained Teachers chase GES for jobs

The Coalition of Unemployed Trained Teachers (CUTT) has charged the Ghana Education Service to employ them. They have called on GES to open the recruitment...

Parents urged to speak local language with children at home

The District Director of Education for Kadjebi Akan in the Oti Region, Deh Seyram Seth has urged parents to cultivate the habit of speaking...

Parliament must invite Education Minister to answer for SHSs’ power outages – NAGRAT

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is advocating for the Education Minister to be summoned before Parliament to address the recent power outages...

Stalled for 20 years: University of Ghana’s Performing Arts building left to rot

A blanket of dust, as thick as the memories it enshrines, engulfs the visitor. The air, once filled with the promise of creative zeal,...

Akyem Asene: Pupils stranded as contractor locks up school

A contractor, Owusu Agyekum Kontoh has locked up the Akyem Asene Roman Catholic Basic School in the Asene-Manso-Akroso District of the Eastern Region. This follows...

WAEC withholds results of 289 private WASSCE candidates

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has withheld the entire results of 289 candidates out of 37,825 candidates who sat for the 2023 private...

ECG MD apologises to Accra Academy authorities

The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, has rendered an apology to authorities of Accra Academy Senior High...

A Decade of Impact: My Lebanese community scholarship story

It was in 2016 while preparing to begin my second year at the Ghana Institute of Journalism when I received a call from the...

Yaw Nsarkoh: Understanding why the Free SHS scheme seems not to have made a drastic impact on literacy levels

An open letter to the Minister of Education and all presidential candidates In May 2023, I studied trends on literacy levels in Ghana since the...

Rainstorm destroys St Dominic Catholic School in Koforidua [Photos]

Academic activities have temporarily been put on hold at the Adweso Estate St. Dominic Catholic School in Koforidua after Monday’s downpour wreaked havoc in...

CCT criticises gov’t over Accra Academy power disconnection

The Coalition of Concerned Teachers-Ghana (CCT) has strongly criticised the Ministry of Education over the disconnection of electricity supply to Accra Academy Senior High...

Kalpohin SHS: Investigations underway to unravel mystery behind death of student

Two different investigations are underway to unravel the mystery behind the death of a form one student of the Kalpohini Senior High School in...

WAEC releases 2023 WASSCE results for private candidates

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the provisional results for the 2023 private West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The...

GNECC urges government to prioritize renewable power solutions for SHS

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) is calling on the government to urgently address the issue of outstanding electricity bills for Senior High...