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NaCCA holds stakeholder consultation on JHS, SHS curriculum review

The Ministry of Education, working in partnership with the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment and the Ghana Education Service held a 3-day Ministerial Technical Advisory Committee...

Teachers fully equipped to teach new curriculum – GES

Director of Pre-tertiary Education at the Ghana Education Service (GES), Catherine Agyapomaa Appiah-Pinkrah says all is set for the roll out of the...

Government justifies expenditure on Free SHS

Debates over the use of oil money to fund the government’s flagship programme, Free Senior High School (SHS), have surfaced once...

Volta GNAT to go on strike over “illegal deduction”

The Volta Regional branch of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) would embark on an industrial action should the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the...

Amantia JHS wins maiden Asante-Akyim quiz competition

Amantia Junior High School on Friday emerged winners of the maiden edition of the Asante-Akyim South Municipality’s inter-schools quiz competition held at Juaso in the Ashanti...

Ghana signs agreement with Germany for skills development

Ghana, through the Ministry of Education, has signed an agreement with Germany for support to develop the skills of its youth in the Technical,...

Ashanti Region holds basic schools Arts and Culture festival

The Ashanti Regional School Coordinating Council on Tuesday organised an Arts and Culture festival to showcase the rich Ghanaian culture.According to the Ashanti Regional...

Infographics: Results of 2019 WASSCE at a glance

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the 2019 provisional results of candidates who took the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).Check...

2019 WASSCE: How to check your results in 8 easy steps

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of candidates, who took the West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates...

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...