Two Nkawie SHS students sacked for being homosexuals
Two male students of the Nkawie Senior High Technical have been sacked by the school authorities for allegedly engaging in homosexual activities on campus.A...
2018/2019 NSS registration deadline extended
The deadline for the registration of the 2018/2019 service has been extended to 20th June, 2018.The National Service Secretariat (NSS) confirmed the extension in...
UDS sacks 18 final year students with fake WAEC results
Eighteen final year students of the University for Development Studies (UDS) said to have secured admission with falsified results slips from the West African...
Let only aggregate 30 and below students enjoy Free SHS – Headmaster suggests
Headmaster of the Mim Senior High School in the Brong Ahafo Region is cautioning government to be cautious in placing basic school graduates with...
Man threatens to take on Ghana National College over daughter’s death
The father of a 17-year-old first year female student of Ghana National School in Cape Coast is threatening to take on the school for...
Student dies after aborting pregnancy with weedicide
A first-year General Arts student of Adobewura community Day Senior High School in the Atwima Mponuah District of the Ashanti Region died over the...
Teachers to write license exams in July
All prospective teachers in the country seeking to be professionals from 2017/2018 academic year and beyond are scheduled to write a Professional Examination set...
Maiden Accra Book Festival to be held in September
The inaugural Accra Book Festival, the largest public celebration of the written word in Africa, has been scheduled for September this year.The event will...
UG: Vandals, Sarbah Hall boys clash again (PHOTOS)
Two vehicles were destroyed on Friday evening following renewed clashes between some residents of Commonwealth Hall of the University of Ghana (UG), also known...
UG ranked 11th in Africa by Times Higher Education Emerging Economies University Rankings, 2018
University of Ghana has been ranked 182nd on the Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings 2018, becoming once again, the leading University...
Gov’t commended for elevating colleges of education to university status
Director of Institute of Education at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Professor Frederick Occansey, has praised the government for the bold decision to...
SHS students attack teachers, vandalise school property for not allowing them to copy in WASSCE
Final-year students of Zabzugu Senior High School have attacked their teachers with stones and other offensive objects for not allowing them to copy in...
PHOTOS: Joy Prime takes winners of essay competition on fun-packed trip
Ghana’s number one entertainment and kids’ channel, Joy Prime, in collaboration with Shai Game Resource, has given winners of the just-ended 4Kids Essay Writing...
PHOTOS: One police officer injured, 3 students arrested as police clash with students in Atebubu:
A police officer sustained injuries to the head when some angry final year students of Atebubu Senior High School attacked the town's police station.A...
Block loopholes associated with distance learning in Ghana – Prof Yankah to Unis
Minister of State for Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah has urged the National Accreditation Board to adopt measures that will tighten their vigilance over...
Pupils tell Drug authorities why they use tramadol
The Head of Substance Abuse and Tobacco at the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Olivia Boateng says pupils in Primary and Junior High Schools...
UCC: 22 rusticated students recalled after court order
Twenty-two students of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) who were suspended by the university have been recalled to resume studies.Other students that have...
Negative attitudes by teachers hindering inclusive education policy – Opoku Prempeh
Minister of Education, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, has said that negative attitudes from mainstream teachers and pupils towards children with special needs inhibit the...
CSSPS to students: Pay attention to codes and not school names (AUDIO)
Officials at the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) have advised students to abide by school selection guidelines.
The CSSPS is warning students who...
Mary Chinery-Hesse succeeds Kofi Annan as UG Chancellor
The University of Ghana has elected Mrs. Mary Chinery-Hesse to replace H.E. Kofi Annan, as the university’s Chancellor.According to a statement signed by the...
OFFICIAL: DOVVSU records rape cases everyday
National Coordinating Director for Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU), Chief Superintendent Owusuaa Kyeremeh has revealed that rape cases are recorded on daily...
Educationist calls for review of English language exam structure for BECE
An educationist, Emmanuel Opoku Mensah has criticised the structure of 2018 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) English language paper.
According to him, the introduction of...
Council of State Chairman, Napo others honoured
Council of State Chairman, Nana Otuo Siriboe II and Minister of Education, Mathew Opoku Prempeh also known as Napo were among 12 eminent personalities...
GPHA Boss moves to intervene in poor educational performance at Asuogyaman
Some prominent personalities from the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region and other stakeholders of the area are concerned about the falling standards of...
Ibrahim Mahama to support 20 GRASSAG members with $ 2,000 as start–up capital
CEO of Engineers and Planners, Ibrahim Mahama has pledged two thousand dollars to each twenty members of the Graduate Students' Association of Ghana (GRASAG)...
One injured; 10 arrested as Commonwealth, Katanga students clash at UG
What was expected to be an intellectual debate by tertiary students at the University of Ghana turned violent with clashes between students of the...
Technical universities to have education departments
Technical universities are required to have education departments under the government's five-year strategic plan for Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) reform programme.
Executive Director...
GNPC commits $9 million to professorial chair
Mr K.K Sarpong, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has said the corporation was keen to build the research...
$50m approved for completion of UG Medical Centre
Parliament has approved $50 million for the completion of the final phase of the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC).
Health Minister, Mr Kwaku Agyemang-Manu,...
AUDIO: Akroso students demand refund of 'illegal' fees
Some form Two and Three students of Akyem Akroso Senior High School (SHS) are calling on school authorities to refund what they describe as...
I have more cars so Mercedes Benz is nothing – Wa Polytechnic Rector brags
Embattled Rector of Wa Polytechnic, Prof. Emmanuel Marfo-Owusu, says he is baffled at the noise being made about his acquisition of an official car.
According...
Ejisuman sex scandal victims are young heroes – Deputy Sports Minister
The Deputy Minister for Sports, Pius Enam Hadzide, has lauded the female students of Ejisuman Senior High School (SHS) who exposed their male teachers...
Don’t frighten WASSCE candidates, invigilators told
Invigilators supervising the on-going West African Senior High School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), have been urged not to be harsh on candidates.
Mrs Grace Akosua Manu,...
NJUASCO suspends 19 students over ‘wee party’ on campus
Some 19 students of the New Juaben Senior High School (NJUASCO) in Koforidua in the Eastern region were recently hit with various disciplinary actions...
Agona East MP pays fees of final year students of KWASTECH
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Agona East Constituency, Queenstar Maame Pokuah Sawyerr has settled the fees of some final year students of the...
AUDIO: NAGRAT refuses to call off strike but gov't says they should apologise to Ghanaians
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) have been asked to render apology to Ghanaians following their strike action despite government’s assurances that teachers...
WAEC says security tightened to protect sanctity of WASSCE
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) on Monday said it has firmed up security measures in all centres to ensure an incident-free examination across...
WAEC assures of no exam leakage as 380,000 students take WASSCE
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it has dealt with all the loopholes that may result in leakages of exam papers as the...
Don’t bill WASSCE candidates full term fees; GES directs SHS heads
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has instructed heads of Senior High Schools (SHS) to waive some fees on final year students when schools reopen for...
Govt to begin ranking senior high schools
Deputy Minister of Education, in charge of General Education, Dr Yaw Adutwum, on Tuesday, said government has introduced a ranking system for Senior High...