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2019 WASSCE results: Check out candidates who failed English Language

The West African Examinations Council has released the provisional results of candidates who wrote the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) in 2019.The...

Govt to pilot centralised application and processing service for tertiary institutions in Nov.

The Government of Ghana, through the Ministry of Education, is set to pilot Centralised Application and Processing Service (CAPS) for tertiary institutions in the...

WAEC releases 2019 results; withholds those of over 48,000 candidates

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination results with those of 48,855 candidates withheld by...

GNAT raises red flag over SHS 2 vacation classes

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) says the decision by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to sideline teacher unions on discussions regarding the...

Free SHS has changed Ghana’s future – Finance Minister

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta says government's flagship programme, free Senior High School (SHS) has changed the future of the country.Presenting the 2019 Mid-year Budget...

Vim Foundation to construct new classroom block at Adansi Kyeremebebi

Afia Pokua’s (Vim Lady) Vim Foundation is set to construct a new classroom block for pupils of Adansi Kyrermebebi in the Ashanti region.The project...

Gov’t promises to publish Tertiary Education Policy Document soon

The Tertiary Education Policy Document, which is a landmark development, will soon be made available to the public, Professor Kwesi Yankah, Minister of State...

2019 NSMQ: Accra College of Medicine offers finalist full scholarship

The Accra College of Medicine (ACM) is once again offering a full scholarship worth $75,000 to one of the finalists of the just-ended National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) over a period of six years.This...

Second-year SHS students to remain on double-track

The government has announced that second-year senior high school (SHS) students will remain on the double-track system when the next academic year begins in...

Check out list of 13 Governing Councils of Colleges of Education sworn in amidst UEW impasse

The Ministry of Education has expressed worry about the vacuum that lack of Governing Council has created at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW).This came to...

WAEC denies releasing 2019 WASSCE results

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has denied news making rounds on social media that it has released the 2019 West African Senior School...

Licensure exam good for teachers; makes them professionals – Napo

Minister for Education, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh in lauding the teachers’ licensure exam initiative says it is good for the teachers and to a larger...

Video: Free SHS appreciated by all; only rich people are murmuring – Napo

Minister for Education, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh has described the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme of the Akufo-Addo-led administration as an initiate appreciated by...

Video: Avoke et al should be arrested for trespassing – Education Minister

Minister of Education, Dr Mathew Opoku-Prempeh is calling for the immediate arrest of ousted Vice Chancellor, Professor Mawutor Avoke who attempted to take over...

Video: Education Minister backs Afful-Broni over Avoke

Dr Mathew Opoku-Prempeh, the Education Minister has affirmed Rev. Prof Anthony Afful-Broni as the substantive Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba...

Prof Avoke, other UEW staff were lawfully sacked – Education Minister

Education Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh says the former Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) Professor Mawutor Avoke and five other officers...

Mills’ classroom project ignored, pupils forced to study in roofless structure (Photos)

Pupils of Kyiraburoso D/A Primary School in the Adansi Asokwa District of the Ashanti region are forced to study in a death-trap uncompleted classroom...

GES orients public relations practitioners

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has organised a day’s orientation workshop to train ten regional and 30 selected district Public Relations Officers (PROs) on...

Visitors at Atwedia can defecate only in the bush

Residents of Atwedia, a farming community in the Asante Akyem South Municipality in the Ashanti region, are appealing to the government to help construct...

Video: Former Vice Chancellor, other dismissed staff storm UEW to take over

Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Professor Mawutor Avoke and some staff who were dismissed on Tuesday afternoon stormed the...

National Science and Maths Quiz for basic schools launched

The maiden edition of a National Science and Mathematics quiz for pupils in the Catholic Junior High Schools has been launched in Accra.The competition...

To cane or not to cane students

Though corporal punishment has been outlawed in schools in Ghana, with many reminders, the practice is still ongoing.The aggregate sound of strokes to the...

Regular panellist on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem graduates with PhD

One of the voices of reason on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem show, Benjamin Otchere-Ankrah, has graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) over the weekend.Mr Otchere-Ankrah...

Audio: UEW 2019 graduation postponed indefinitely

The Management and the Academic Board of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has postponed indefinitely its 2018/2019 students graduation ceremony which was scheduled...

I wrote my exam 30 minutes after giving birth

An 18-year-old student who was rushed to hospital from an exam hall tells the BBC she went back to complete her tests just 30...

Advocacy Group applauds NaCCA boss

An Advocacy group is applauding the diligence and commitment shown by the new Executive Secretary of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) in implementing...

Parliament approves conversion of UDS Wa campus into University

Parliament has unanimously approved the conversion of the Wa campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS), into an autonomous university to be known...

Audio: Security operatives ‘storm’ UEW as tenure of Governing Council ends

Some workers of the University of Education Winneba (UEW) are living in fear and shock following the presence of a fully armed joint Military,...

Photos: Sandema SEC-TECH student killed in riot

Management of Sandema Senior Technical School (SEC-TECH) is considering closing down the school following the death of a first year male student late...

Textbook publishers to be certified by NaCCA

Textbook publishers would soon have to receive certification from the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) before they can sell their products to...

Twellium Foundation constructs classroom, washrooms for residents of Dzabukpo

Twellium Foundation, a subsidiary of Twellium Industrial Limited that majors in social change and charity works, has handed a newly constructed two-unit classroom and...

KUMACA old students hold 5th national homecoming; elect new executives

The Kumasi Academy (KUMACA) Past Students Association has held its 5th National Congress and Homecoming over the weekend.Held under the theme 'Let Our...

West End International School holds 4th graduation

The West End International School (WEIS), one of Ghana’s leading private schools, has held its 4th graduation ceremony for 2019 final year Junior High...

NaCCA to clampdown on ‘unapproved textbooks

As part of efforts to rid the market off unapproved textbooks, the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) is set to introduce...

59,000 teachers recruited since 2017 — Education Minister

The Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has described the era of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, as the best time to study...

GES implements new curriculum September

Beginning from the 2019/2020 academic year, the Ghana Education Service (GES) will roll out a new educational curriculum that will focus on the total...

Photos: Kumasi Academy holds memorial service for departed students

Management and old students association of Kumasi Academy (KUMACA) in the Ashanti region have held memorial service for students who died mysteriously in 2017.The...

‘We want to keep it’ – Augusco psyched for NSMQ2020

Newly crowned National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) champions, St. Augustine’s College have already declared their intentions to retain the title next year.When the team...

Augusco rainmakers end 12-year NSMQ trophy drought

A trophy drought is a hard thing to break. Ask the Black Stars. It has been 37-years since the last trophy.But if you are...

NSMQ2019: The St Peter’s boys who said it is finished, have been finished

It is finished, it is finished; champions of the NSMQ 2019, Augustine’s College chanted. They were using the defending champion’s pre-battle line against them.The contestants of...