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Over 190,000 SHS graduates to miss varsity due to failure in Mathematics

The massive perennial failures in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) have been repeated as 193,882 candidates, representing 61.67% of all candidates...

WASSCE 2018: Candidates performed poorly in English & Maths

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says provisional results of the 2018 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for school candidates show that performances...

WAEC releases WASSCE 2018 results, withholds results of 26,434 candidates

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of candidates of the 2018 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for school candidates.Meanwhile...

WAEC to appeal against High Court decision on 20 BECE students

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it will appeal against the decision of an Accra High Court ordering the Council to release the...

Court orders WAEC to pay Ghc100,000 for cancelling BECE results

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), says it will appeal against a ruling by an Accra High Court ordering it to pay GHC 100,000...

VIDEO: GES condemns caning of KSTS student by teacher

The Ghana Education Service has launched investigations into an incident at the Kumasi Secondary Technical School in which a housemaster of the school caned...

KNUST to introduce PhD Programme in Law

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has announced plans to commence a Doctorate...

High Court orders WAEC to release cancelled results of 20 BECE candidates

The West African Examination Council has been ordered by an Accra High Court to release the results of 20 candidates whose papers were cancelled...

Excessive homework and test for pupils irrelevant – Educationist

An  Education Director and Researcher, Peter Partey Anti, says excessive home works given out to pupils in pre-schools are irrelevant.This is because children need to relax...

8,000 fresh teachers for Free SHS

President Akufo-Addo says about 8,000 teachers will be recruited to teach the increasing number of beneficiaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government’s flagship...

ICT blackboard teacher gets $10,000 Master’s degree scholarship

The Ghanaian ICT teacher, Richard Akoto Appiah, who became a social media sensation after pictures of him drawing a diagram of Microsoft Word for...

NSMQ History: How it all started and the female dynamics

The first National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) was held in 1993 but prior to that, it was just an idea mooted on the...

NSMQ: Underdog status helped us win – PERSCO Headmaster (AUDIO)

The Headmaster of St. Peter's Senior High School, Matthias Kudiabor says Ghanaians should not underestimate the academic prowess of lesser-known second cycles schools in...

NSMQ: AUDIO: We were shocked but God knows best – ADISCO Headmaster

The Headmaster of Adisadel College, William Kusi-Yeboah, says though they are surprised at the outcome of the 2018 National Science and Maths Quiz, they...

AUDIO: Coats or dresses don’t win competitions – ADISCO headmaster fumes

The Headmaster of Adisadel College, William Kusi-Yeboah, has slammed people criticizing him for his style of dressing.Mr Kusi-Yeboah came under severe criticism for superintending...

NSMQ: Police officers protect quiz mistress’ handbag

Shortly after the end of the quiz and before the final scores were announced, uniformed Police officers were dispatched to vantage points in the...

NSMQ: Kennedy Agyapong gifts GHC10K to ADISCO reps

The Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has presented an amount of GHS10,000 to the representatives of his alma mater Adisadel College,...

Ejisuman SHS sex scandal: 4 teachers sacked

At least four teachers indicted in the Ejisuman Senior High School sex scandal have been dismissed.Isaac Amponsah, Moses Asmah, Andrew Adu Asare and M....

#NSMQ final: WASS, St Peter’s and Adisadel battle for ultimate prize

The mood that greets the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) reaches its crescendo today as three schools – Adisadel College (ADISCO), West Africa...

GES suspends deductions from teachers salaries after agitation

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has suspended deductions from the salaries of teachers at the pre-tertiary Level and other staff for a life insurance...

Adisadel College crowned Cape Coast kings as Mfantsipim, National shed tears

Adisadel College has defeated city rivals Mfantsipim School and Ghana National College to book a place in finals of the ongoing year's National Science...

Review stance on D7, E8 grades – Government directs NTCE

The Education Ministry has directed the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) to review its stance on D7 and E8 and submit a report...

Photos: Contractor ‘seizes’ Mawuli school building

Government’s intention to set up a Special Education Resource Centre in the Mawuli School for special needs of students have has suffered a setback...

Cabinet okays establishment of Ghana Tertiary Education Commission

The Cabinet has approved the establishment of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission to regulate all tertiary institutions in the country.The commission is also to...

World Vision donate over 500 tablets, 4 projectors to Fanteakwa schools

About four schools in the Fanteakwa North District in the Eastern Region now study with electronic gadgets after receiving 504 digitized Sumsung tablets and...

PHOTOS: Village school in E/R now uses tablets and projectors for teaching and learning

Pupils of the Salvation Army School at Abompe in the Fanteakwa District of the Eastern Region now use electronic gadgets as teaching and learning...

Tarkwa-Nsuaem MP offers scholarship to 23 UMaT students

23 students of the University of Mines & Technology (UMaT) has been offered scholarship by  Member of Parliament for Tarkwa-Nsuaem, Hon. George Mireku Duker.The...

Gov’t to upgrade Colleges of Education to universities from Sept

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says from the 2018/19 academic year, which begins in September 2018, all Colleges of Education in the country will...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: University of Maryland to assist revamp hospitality and tourism industry

 The University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (UMES), USA, is set to assist Accra Technical University and other technical universities to revamp the hospitality and...

Student Loan increased to 50% by gov’t

The government through the Ministry of Education has increased the financial allocations of students enrolled on the Student Loan Trust Fund programme by 50...

PHOTOS: Winner of “Twellium National Quran Recitation Competition” gains free visit to Mecca

Winner of this year's  Twellium National Quran Recitation Competition (TNQRC) will be presented with a free ticket to visit Mecca for the impending Hajj,...

BECE candidate dies in the Central region

One of the candidates in the just ended Basic Educational Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Central region is reported to have died.The deceased, Edward...

VIDEO+Photos: Girl writes BECE exam with pen in mouth

Writing with your mouth may not sound the easiest thing to do but that is the predicament of 20-year-old Esther Gabbah.She was attacked by...

Pass well and enjoy Free SHS program – Tarkwa MP to candidates

The Member of Parliament for Tarkwa-Nsuaem Constituency of the Western Region, Mr. George Mireku Duker has urged all Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates...

Man arrested for duping 151 BECE candidates

Police in the Northern Region have arrested a man for duping some 151 BECE candidates.The students say they were all registered by the man...

Support “Ghana Beyond Aid” Agenda – Alumni Advised

Ghana’s ambassador to the United States, H.E Dr. Barfuor Adjei-Barwuah, has urged alumni of Ghanaian universities to support the “Ghana Beyond Aid” agenda being...

VIDEO: Education Ministry to change SHS syllabuses to boost engineering sector

Deputy Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has maintained the need to analyse carefully the curriculums studied by Senior High School (SHS) students...

GES: Delay in BECE candidates’ school selection not cause for worry

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has allayed fears of Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates despite delays in this year’s school selection policy.The policy, unlike...

BECE candidates to choose their free SHS after exams – Ghana Education Service

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says final year students would be given another opportunity to select their Senior High Schools after the impending Basic...

Don’t stay out of school during menstrual periods – Girls urged

Madam Faustina Obeng, Sekyere East Girl Child Coordinator of the Ghana education Service (GES), has called on teenage girls not to use their monthly...