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Rescind your decision on Halls’ Conversion or face our wrath – Katanga boys warn [AUDIO]

Students of Katanga Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), have warned authorities of the school to rescind the decision...

Conversion of halls senseless, we’ll fight it – Kantanga Alumni

Alumni of the University Hall popularly referred to as Katanga at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), say they will fight...

Ghana needs sober deliberations on free SHS – Otumfuo

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called for sober deliberations and frank discussions on the implementation of the free senior high school education...

KNUST converts Katanga, 5 others to mixed halls

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has converted all of its six traditional halls into mixed ones.The halls – Katanga, Unity,...

Consul of Ghana to Italy provides financial support for school children

The Honorary Consul of Ghana to Italy, Massimiliano C Taricone has fully funded a project initiated by a 25 year old volunteer from Pistoia...

Free SHS increases interest in BECE resit

The introduction of the free Senior High School policy has shot up interest in Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) resit as 11,000 pupils sat...

Teacher licensure exams suspended

The National Teaching Council (NTC) has indefinitely suspended the teacher licensure exam.The Ghana Education Service advocated that teachers should pass a special examination after...

Govt releases full list of 400 schools to operate double-track

Government has released the list of all 400 Senior High Schools to operate the double-track system from September this year.The list, published here, gives a...

One per cent of GDP to fund tertiary level research – Osafo-Maafo

The government has decided to increase its spending on research at the tertiary level from the current 0.3 per cent of gross domestic product...

ICA boss calls for focus…on Technical/Vocational education

Proprietress of Imperial College of Arts (ICA), Nana Menyin Kwofie has poured cold water on wild assertion that technical and vocational education is for...

Free SHS is a nightmare for NPP – Victor Smith (AUDIO)

Former Ghana High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Ambassador Emmanuel Victor Smith is predicting a collapse of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagship free...

Double track system long overdue – Kokofu

Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Bantama, Henry Kwabena Kokofu has said the implementation of the double track system is long...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: Heads must roll over our delayed salaries – Teacher trainees

Teacher trainees across the country have threatened to take the government on if they are not paid their delayed two-year salary.According to Mr Kwabena...

Double-track system a very smart approach – Deputy Education Minister

About 181 thousand students can now heave a sigh of relief following government’s decision to roll out the double track system in September this...

Double track system is temporary – Education Minister

Minister of Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh says the double track system is only a temporary measure by government to cater for the infrastructural deficits...

Academics disagree on the introduction of Chinese language into basic education curriculum

The Director in charge of Confucius Institute at the University of Cape Coast, Professor Ishmael Mensah, has called on the government to consider adding...

Double-Track System: Stakeholders in education accuse government of failing to engage

Executive Chair of Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition, Bright Appiah, has accused government of failing to engage stakeholders and beneficiaries of the education sector...

Parents poorly briefed on free SHS challenges – Baako wants govt to admit

Veteran journalist, Abdul-Malik Kwaku Baako, wants government to concede that it did not properly brief parents on the difficulties associated with its flagship education...

VIDEO: Respect teachers – Government told

Government has been urged to proceed with caution by consulting stakeholders in education before the roll out the double-track semester system in Senior High...

Free SHS: Get your enrollment data right – Ablakwa chides Gov’t

Former Deputy Education Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has asked the Akufo-Addo government to stop the deceit surrounding the discussion on the proposed two-track Senior...

SHS Double-Track System: Enough of the NDC, NPP politics – Opuni Frimpong

Former General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, has advised the two main political parties, the New Patriotic Party...

Double tracking system; a recipe for social crises – Dr Yielpieri

A senior research fellow at the University of Education, Winneba, Dr Daniel Yielpieri says “the disadvantages associated with double tracking system of the Free...

Akufo-Addo unhappy with Wa Poly’s delay to effect name change

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed unhappiness with Wa Polytechnic for the delay to change the institution’s name to Hilla Limann Polytechnic several...

Re-module Free SHS Policy – Government told

Acting Executive Director of the Institute for Education Studies (IFEST), Peter Anti Partey has urged to re-module the Free Senior High School (SHS), policy.Mr...

N/R: Free SHS beneficiaries sing Nana Addo’s praise

The first batch of beneficiaries of the Free SHS policy has commended the President for his foresight and the implementation of the policy.A representative...

Double-track system: Gov’t ready to accept criticisms

Government is ready to accept inputs and criticisms to make the proposed Double-track programme a success, Deputy Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum...

AUDIO: Make documents on double-tracking system policy public – Former Education Minister

 Former Minister of Education, Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang, has appealed to the government to, as a matter of urgency, make documents relating to...

Prof. Hinson appointed Rector of Perez University College

A chartered marketer, Professor Robert E. Hinson, has been appointed as a Consultant Rector of Perez University College.His appointment takes effect from August 1,...

KUMACA “85-year group cuts sod for Kumasi academy borehole project (video)

A sod cutting ceremony has been performed for the construction of a Mechanised Borehole for Kumasi Academy SHS at Asokore Mampong.The project which is...

Double tracking system: Shut up if you have no solution – Prof Adei to critics

A former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Stephen Adei, has asked those against the multi-track system expected...

VIDEO: ‘It is clever’; Prof Adei lauds double-track system for SHS

Veteran educationist, Professor Stephen Adei has lauded the multi-track system expected to be introduced into the Senior High School system in September.The Dean of...

Free SHS cause of decline in quality SHS education – Ablakwa

The Minority in Parliament is claiming there is a decline in the quality of secondary education following the introduction of the Free Senior High...

Disregard fake ranking of SHS schools – WAEC

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has urged the public to disregard a fake statement about the ranking of Ghanaian Senior High Schools (SHS)...

Damongo SHS teachers burn 300 phones belonging to students

There was heightened tension in the Damongo Senior High School (SHS) in the Northern Region when teachers seized and burnt 300 mobile phones belonging...

WAEC opens short notice registration for WASSCE Private Candidates

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has opened a short notice registration for WASSCE for Private Candidates, from 17th to 31st July 2018 for...

Don’t bring your female wards to Unity Hall – Conti old boys warn parents

Alumni of Unity Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology(KNUST) Old Continentals Association has threatened parents not to attempt bringing their...

Poor’ 2018 WASSCE a crisis for Ghana – Prof Asare

Law Professor, Stephen Kwaku Asare has described as a crisis the mass failure in the 2018 West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE).According to...

Education Ministry to investigate ‘poor’ 2018 WASSCE results for Maths, English

The Ministry of Education says it will soon probe unsatisfactory results for Core Mathematics and English Language in the 2018 West Africa Senior Secondary...

KNUST sued over decision to convert Unity Hall

Alumni of Unity Hall of KNUST, Old Continentals Association and current Junior Common Room Executives, are seeking a court injunction restraining the university from...

‘Pidgin, short-hand’ cause of mass failure in English – WAEC

The Public Relations Officer of the West African Examination Council (WAEC), Agnes Teye Cudjoe, says the 2018 WASSCE Chief Examiner's Report attributes the massive...