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GES begins posting teachers who passed licensure exam

The Ghana Education Service (GES) is currently undergoing the process of posting teachers who passed the 2018 Licensure Examination.According to the GES, postings will...

2018 trained teachers to be posted by November – GES

The Ghana Education Service says it has commenced the process of posting teachers who completed Colleges of Education in 2018. Only trainees who have written...

Fate of first year university students hangs as WAEC cancels Maths paper

The fate of over 1,000 graduates of Ken Hammer Senior High School (SHS) at Goaso in the Ahafo Region hangs in balance after their...

B-Akoto Basic Sch needs textbooks, other learning materials – Headmistress

Pupils at Beatrice-Akoto D. A. Basic School at Senchi in the Asuogyaman district of the Eastern region have no textbooks to learn despite preparing...

Free SHS giving hope to girls – GES

Benedicta Tenni Seidu, National Director, Girls’ Education Unit of the Ghana Education Service, has observed that the introduction of Free Senior...

Ministry introduces ‘gari jollof’ into school feeding menu

Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cynthia Maamle Morrison, has said “gari jollof” has been introduced as a new menu into the school...

Do not use office computers to watch porn sites – Cyber Security Commission

Government Institutions, Department and Agencies have been encouraged to develop security policies to secure their critical information from getting leaked into the public sphere.Additionally, they must put...

French Language to be introduced in upper primary

Professor Kwesi Yankah, Minister of State for Tertiary Education has stated that under the new educational reforms, the French Language is to be introduced in upper...

UPSA hosts Lade Wosornu, Bisi Adjapon at Reading School Project 2019

Retired Ghanaian surgeon and poet, Professor Lade Wosornu will be the main guest speaker at the Reading School Project 2019, to be hosted at the University...

Listen: Akufo-Addo lauds, endorses NSMQ

President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has lauded and endorsed the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), describing it as a healthy competition...

Fabewoso: GH₵2 million Ebenezer SHS dormitory left to rot [video]

A two million worth 18 –unit storey building for Ebenezer Senior High School (SHS) at Dansoman in Accra has been left to rot.The project, started by...

Gari fotor introduced into school feeding menu

A two-day nutrition training programme has been organised for caterers at Agona Bobikuma and Agona Kwaman in the Agona West Municipality in the Central...

SHS double-track system difficult to understand – Shatta Wale

Dancehall act, Shatta Wale, says he doesn’t understand the double-track system being implemented at various Senior High Schools (SHS) across the country.According to...

SHS Gold track set to re-open on November 12

The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has said November 12 is the new date for the re-opening of Senior High School (SHS) Two Gold...

Sexual harassment is in churches too – TUTAG president

The Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) says BBC’s ‘Sex for Grade’ documentary should not be limited to just the University of Ghana (UG).President of...

Excel in WASSCE to shame free SHS critics – Akufo-Addo urges students

President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the 21st Century demands that every country must be prepared for the world of knowledge and application of technology to...

No staff has the right to trade grades for sex – UDS

Professor Gabriel Ayum Teye, Vice-Chancellor of the University for Development Studies (UDS) has warned that no staff of the institution “has the right to...

AUCC partners Morgan State University

The African University College of Communications (AUCC) on Friday signed a Partnership Agreement with Morgan State University, Baltimore, USA, to enable the two universities to exchange...

Video + Photos: Meet the pretty Legon girl who beat her boyfriend for cheating

On Friday, October 11, 2019, news broke that a beautiful lady, who happens to be a student at the University of Ghana, has beaten...

Watch: Woman storms UG campus, embarrasses boy who ‘impregnated’ daughter

A mother, who is yet to be identified, on Friday afternoon stormed the campus of the University of Ghana (UG), Legon to embarrass a...

GES releases postings for teachers

The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the postings for teachers who have returned from their study leave.Those teachers who were...

University of Ghana responds to ‘falsehoods’ by CEO of Africa Integras

The University of Ghana has described comments by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Africa Integras in relation to the cancellation of a project...

Pass WASSCE to shame Free SHS critics – Nana Addo charges students

President Nana Akufo-Addo wants beneficiaries of the free Senior High School (SHS) policy to shame critics of the programme by obtaining good grades when...

GHANASS 1988 year group supports school with brand new computers

The 1988 year group of Ghana Senior High School (GHANASS) has presented five brand new dell desktop computers and accessories worth GH¢16,000.00 to its alma mater...

UG’s Animal Biology and Conservation Dep’t warns against indecent dressing

The Department of Animal Biology and Conservation Science at the University of Ghana has cautioned students of the department against indecent dressing.It is not...

Pure City Int School CEO wins 40-under-40 award

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Pure City International school, Precious Senafiawo has been crowned winner of the education category at this year’s 40-under-40 awards held...

Somewhere in Ghana: SHS closed down over ghost scare

A high school in Ghana’s Upper East Region has been closed down after some students reportedly saw a ghost on campus.Over twenty female students...

Audio: Former MP shares ‘Sex for Grade’ experience

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma Central, Theophilus Tetteh-Chai, has recounted how some young ladies he has mentored have been victims of 'Sex...

Farm labourer jailed for stealing two rams in Enchi

The Enchi District Magistrate court has sentenced a 29-year-old farm labourer to 18 months imprisonment in hard labour for stealing two rams valued at...

Audio: Sex for grades started from Adam – Lecturer

A lecturer at the Accra Technical University, Dr Jones Ntiamoah, has said lecturers trading academic grades for sex is an age-old problem.He noted that...

Sex for grades: I’ll never sleep with my student, I’m a gentleman – Prof. Gyampo [video]

Political Science lecturer, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has refuted claims that he sleeps with vulnerable girls in exchange for grades in the University of Ghana.Speaking...

SexForGrades: No more ‘cold room experience’ as UNILAG shuts down location

Following the revelation in the ‘Sex for Grade’ documentary released by BBC Africa Eye, the University of Lagos has shut-down the ‘Cold Room’, where...

95% BECE candidates placed under CSSPS

Ninety-five percent of candidates who sat for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) this year have been successfully placed under the Computerized School Selection...

KNUST admits over 22,000 students as female population hits all-time high

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has held her matriculation ceremony to formally admit fresh students into the University for the 2019/2020 academic year....

Education Ministry is the most attacked – Dr. Opoku Prempeh

Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh says his Ministry is the most attacked in the country.Dr. Opoku Prempeh, in an interview with Luv FM’s Prince...

Listen: Prof. Frimpong-Boateng joins CSE debate

The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng is surprised about the noise that has characterised the supposed introduction of Comprehensive...

1.2 million students to benefit from free SHS this year

Mr Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, the Minister of Information, has said about 1.2 million children will be benefiting from the Free Senior High School ...

Audio: Stop the noise, CSE is good – Counsellor George Lutterodt

Pastor Cyril George Carstensen Lutterodt, who was recently banned from counselling on either radio or television, has said the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE)...

NDC introduced CSE in 2015 – Education Ministry claims

Education Ministry has said the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) begun a process to introduce the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE)...

I will now treat CSE info as rumour but… – Rev. Prof. Frimpong-Manso

President of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council has commended the Ministry of Education for the tactical retreat over the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education...