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Fire guts 8 Wa SHS girls dormitory, 8 students hospitalised

Eight female students of the Wa Senior High Technical School (SHTS), who were traumatised after a fire gutted the girl’s dormitory block last Sunday...

Education Ministry opens STEM SHS portal

The Ministry of Education has opened Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Senior High Schools (SHSs) portal for prospective students in the 2023 school...

Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational School shut down

The Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational School at Asokore in the Ashanti Region has been closed down. This is a directive of the Ghana TVET...

40 Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational School students arrested for vandalism

About 40 students of Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational School at Asokore in the Ashanti Region have been arrested for causing damage to school...

WAEC announces date for release of 2022 BECE results

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the results for the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Exams (BECE) will be released on Wednesday, January...

Commonwealth Hall students sleeping at parking lot [Video]

Some continuing students of the University of Ghana (UG), have been left stranded on campus following the university’s new residential policy. In a video posted...

School Feeding Caterers threaten to stop cooking

Members of the School Feeding Caterers Association are demanding payment of monies owed them and an increase in feeding fees. Speaking on behalf of the...

Chiana SHS girls called back to school

The eight female students who were dismissed from the Chiana Senior High School in the Upper East Region for making derogatory comments about the...

All SHS students to receive free tablets – Bawumia

Government will distribute free electronic tablets to all Senior High School (SHS) students nationwide, Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has announced. The tablets, the...

Innocent teacher jailed 20 years over defilement regains freedom

The Accra High Court has acquitted Maxwell Bernieh, a teacher who was wrongly convicted of defilement in 2016. The judgment comes after Mr Bernieh had...

Education Ministry to appoint Dean of Disciplinary Affairs in SHS

The Ministry of Education (MoE) says it will soon appoint a Dean of Disciplinary Affairs in the various senior high schools in the country.  Their...

Chiana SHS students case: Koku Anyidoho commends Akufo-Addo

Former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, has said that the eight students who were sacked for insulting President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo should...

2023 SHS placement to begin with school choices verification – GES

The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that the 2023 school placement exercise will begin with the verification of students’ school...

Parents of embattled Chiana SHS girls express gratitude to Akufo-Addo

Parents and guardians of the embattled students of Chiana Senior High School (SHS) in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region have...

Good news for dismissed Chiana SHS students

Management of the Ghana Education Service has referred the dismissal of the eight Chiana Senior High School (SHS) students to the School’s Disciplinary Committee. GES...

UG files motion to challenge injunction on new residence plan

The University of Ghana (UG) has urged the High Court to dismiss a case filed by students seeking to halt a residence re-allocation plan...

GES on why Chiana SHS girls were dismissed – Listen

JoyNews/AdomNews · Why Chiana SHS girls were dismissed The Ministry of Education (GES) has explained why some eight female students of the Chiana Senior High...

Child Rights Int’l’s position on dismissed Chiana SHS students

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Child Rights International (CRI), has demanded the Ghana Education Service (GES) makes public, the probe that informed the dismissal of...

Students Loan Trust opens application portal

The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has opened its online applications portal for students interested in securing loans under the ‘no guarantor’ system for...

Chiana SHS girls dismissal: Minority appeals to Akufo-Addo to intervene

The Minority in Parliament has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to pardon the students dismissed by the Ghana Education Service (GES). In a statement on...

Heavy security presence on Legon campus as school reopens

There is a heavy security presence at the University of Ghana (Legon) on the first day of reopening for students. The police officers have been...

Dismissed Chiana SHS students render unqualified apology [Video]

The eight dismissed students of Chiana Senior High School (SHS) in the Upper East Region have rendered an unqualified apology for insulting President Nana...

I’m not happy and in shock – Parent of dismissed Chiana SHS student

Martin Akeleyiira, a father of one of the students of Chiana Senior High School (SHS) in the Upper East Region dismissed for insulting President...

UG management sends strong warning to students in Commonwealth

The Management of the University of Ghana has cautioned continuing students residing in all-male Commonwealth Hall to desist from invading the premises. In a statement,...

Tears flow at KNUST as level 400 medical student passes on

A medical student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Clarisse Agbor Enoetle, has been reported dead. The deceased, said...

Chiana SHS students who insulted Akufo-Addo dismissed

Some female students of Chiana Senior High School (SHS) in the Kassena Nankana West District of the Upper East Region who were captured in...

Bookworm Show goes international

Established children's reading reality competition, Bookworm Reality Show, has extended its tentacles beyond the boarders of Ghana. Founder and president of the show, Revered Nelson...

University of Ghana to fight suit over residential policy

The management of the University of Ghana (UG) has instructed its lawyers to vigorously fight an injunction secured by some students of the Commonwealth...

SHSs ready for 2023 academic year – CHASS

Many second-cycle schools have expressed their readiness to reopen for the commencement of the 2023 academic year. In separate interviews with the Daily Graphic, the...

Commonwealth Hall JCR executives suspended for three years each

The management of the University of Ghana has suspended four former Junior Common Room (JCR) Executives of Commonwealth Hall. According to management, the students had...

Commonwealth, Mensah Sarbah halls saga: High Court stops UG from implementing new residential policy

An Accra High Court has ordered the management of the University of Ghana to refrain from revoking the residential status of continuing students in...

GES changes reopening date for SHS students

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that students of Senior Secondary Schools (SHS) are expected to reopen on Tuesday, January 10. Earlier notice informed...

GES confirms Dr Eric Nkansah as Director General

The Acting Director General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Dr Eric Nkansah, has been confirmed as the substantive Director-General of the Service. A letter...

No one has right to permanent accommodation on UG campus – Prof. Gyampo

A Senior lecturer at the Political Science department of the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo has said no student has the right to...

Education Minister directs University of Ghana to comply with 15% fee increment

The Minister of Education, Yaw Adutwum, has directed the University of Ghana to comply with the 15 percent fee increment as approved by Parliament. The...

Ejection directive is for safety of all UG students and staff – Prof. Gyampo

A Senior lecturer at the Political Science department of the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has disclosed that the ejection directive to continuing...

UG reminds students of ban on events and gatherings

Authorities of the University of Ghana have reminded students of the ban on all events and gatherings. The directive was put in place by the...

Old Vandals give UG management one-week ultimatum to rescind ejection directive

The Old Vandals Association has given the Management of the University of Ghana, Legon, a one-week ultimatum to rescind its decision to eject continuing...

Old Vandals protest ejection of students from Commonwealth and Mensah Sarbah halls

There is a heavy security presence on the University of Ghana campus as Old Vandals are massing up to protest against the University Management’s...

New twist to Legon school fees increment brouhaha

The management of the University of Ghana (Legon), has announced a decision to maintain the announced school fees for the 2022/2023 academic year, describing...