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VIDEO+PHOTOS: Free SHS: No student posted to Bowiri Community SHS

No student was posted to Bowiri Community Senior High School (SHS) in the Kwame-Krom Biakoye district of the Volta region. The situation according to headmaster...

Free SHS: Headmaster of Prempeh College summoned for repeating first year students

The Headmaster of Prempeh College in Kumasi has been summoned to Accra, after he dismissed some continuing students for failing their promotional examination. According to...

Bolga Poly Admissions Decline, As Students Rush To Technical Universities

Daily Guide has learnt that, the Bolgatanga Polytechnic at Sumbrungu, in the Upper East Region, is currently faced with a problem of low enrollment...

V/R: GH¢200,000 education fund for Klefe Traditional Area

The Klefe Traditional Area near Ho, the Volta Region capital, has launched a fund to improve education. The initiative dubbed, “Education, the Bedrock of Sustainable...

PHOTOS: Boy, 12, gains admission into SHS

A 12-year-old boy won the heart of a cabinet minister for gaining admission into a senior high school with aggregate eight – but a...

Photos: Old students of St. John’s Grammar hold ‘Aponkye Nkrakra’ fundraiser

Former students of St. John’s Grammar School (JOHNSCO), Achimota, over the weekend evoked some memorable events back in the days, when they organised fundraiser...

7000 UCC applicants failed to secure admission

More than half of the qualified applicants who sought admission to pursue undergraduate and post graduate courses for the 2017/18 academic year did not...

Five things every University student should do

For the many students who complete senior high school, a relatively small number make it to the university and other institutions of higher learning....

More than 7,000 UCC applicants failed to secure admission

More than half of the qualified applicants who sought admission to pursue undergraduate and post graduate courses for the 2017/18 academic year did not...

797 failed law students demand answers from Legal Council

Some law students who failed their entrance examination taken in July, are crying foul and demanding an explanation from the General Legal Council. 797 students...

Free SHS: Congestion forces Klo-Agogo students to sleep in turns

The Klo-Agogo Senior High School in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region has been hit with severe accommodation challenges compelling school authorities...

Rlg ordered to cough up ¢6 million to gov’t over breach of contract

Rlg Ghana Limited has agreed to refund a total of 6 million cedis to the government after it failed to supply more than 12,000...

New GIJ Governing Council urged to provide ‘strong leadership’

Minister of Education, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, has inaugurated a newly constituted 10-member Governing Council for the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), the premier...

Samira Bawumia Launches Spelling Bee

Hajia Samira Bawumia, Second Lady of the Republic of Ghana has launched the 11th edition of the National Spelling Bee Competition for pupils of...

Hot Audio: Students invoke curses on teachers, threaten suicide over BECE results

Some irate students of Dr. Bemish Junior High School in Axim in the Nzema East of the Western region whose papers have been cancelled...

Education, a key asset for the success of e-commerce

Ever heard of Aristotle? The ancient Greek philosopher? He once said that ‘’the roots of education are bitter but the fruits are sweet’’. However,...

PHOTOS: Multimedia Group offers scholarships to 50 students

Fifty brilliant  needy students have been awarded scholarships under the Multimedia EDUCARE 2017. The 50 beneficiaries will have their three-year SHS education fully paid for...

Admission for sale in first-class SHSs

There are widespread allegations against headmasters of so-called first-class schools in the country for charging parents and guardians huge sums of money before placing...

Free SHS: Mamfi Methodist Girls complain over ‘small’ food

First year students of Mamfi Methodist Girls Senior High School in the Eastern Region are not happy with the portion sizes of meal served...

GIJ calls off graduation again

The Ghana Institute of Journalism has for the second time this month postponed its highly publicised graduation ceremony. The ceremony was earlier billed for September...

Welcome frank expressions on free SHS – GNAT tells gov’t

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has called on the Government not to downplay frank stakeholder expressions on the implementation of the free...

UTAG calls off failed strike

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has suspended its strike action declared Monday, September 18 to protest a court decision against deposed Vice-Chancellor...

WAEC to face more lawsuits for withholding BECE results

Some 70 concerned parents of graduates of Bishops Roman Catholic Junior High School in Tamale, have also petitioned the West African Examination Council (WAEC)...

Hot Audio: ‘Sacked Pentecost SHS Headmaster on hunger strike’

Dismissed headmaster of the Pentecost Senior High School, Wisdom Blazu is reportedly on hunger strike. According to Nicholas Folie Mensah , Chairman of the Parents...

Angry parents threaten to sue WAEC over withheld BECE results

Angry parents of some graduates of the Presbyterian Experimental Junior High School in Tamale, who sat for last year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE),...

Free SHS: Govt turning school heads into “zombies”

Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is appalled by what he described as the unfair treatment being meted out to...

SHS placement: GES cautions headmasters against turning away students

The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, has asked heads of second cycle schools to visit the GES website and...

Hot audio: Free SHS: Maths teacher arrested for extortion

Head of the Mathematics department at the Dadieso Senior High School (SHS) has been picked up by the Dadieso police for alleged extortion. Mr. Akpor...

Stop sabotaging President’s Free SHS policy – Tema Mantse

Dr. Nii Adjei Kraku ll, the Paramount Chief of Tema, has decried a trend of extortions in second cycle institutions in the wake of...

“We are excited with the Free SHS”- Togbe Afede

Togbe Afede XIV, Agbogbomefia of Asogli State and President of the National House of Chiefs, has lauded government for implementing its flagship Free Senior...

Sacking of headteachers over free SHS may be illegal – Law lecturer

Private legal practitioner, Yaw Oppong has faulted the Ghana Education Service after it sacked two headteachers of Senior High Schools for charging unapproved fees. The...

Hot Audio: Student with dreadlocks denied SHS admission

A parent seeking a Free Senior High School admission for his ward at Accra Girls Senior High School has been denied because she had...

HOT AUDIO: Official Free SHS song composed by Minister of State, Prof Kwesi Yankah

The Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Prof. Kwesi Yankah, has said he wrote the title song for government’s education policy –...

Scrap MPs Common Funds for free SHS

Government has been urged to scrap the Members of Parliament Common Fund and invest the monies in the free Senior High School policy. Mr. Daniel...

GNAT blasts GES for sacking school heads

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has described as harsh decision by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to sack two school heads over...

Foreign students won’t enjoy Free SHS – GES

Only Ghanaian students will have the opportunity to enjoy the government’s Free SHS policy. The Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Education Service (GES) Rev...

Full list of SHS heads sanctioned for charging unapproved fees

The Ghana Education Service has finally released the list of heads of Senior High Schools who have been sanctioned for charging unapproved fees contrary...

Free SHS: 2 headteachers sacked; 9 interdicted over extortion

Two headmasters have been sacked after charging unapproved fees following government roll out of free Senior  High School policy. Headmaster of  Pentecost and Assistant headmaster of...

Parents Urged To Be Responsible In Their Wards Education

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has visited some selected schools in Accra to observe “My First Day at School” with a call on parents...

Audio: Free SHS: School heads demanding PTA dues bad- Minister

The Eastern Regional Minister, Eric Daffour has condemned decision by some school heads to demand PTA dues from parents of fresh students going through...