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Akufo-Addo outdoors Free SHS logo

President Nana Akufo Addo says he is expecting a smooth take off of the free senior high school policy despite anticipated problems. In two weeks,...

Free SHS 'fever' grips Kumasi

Residents of Kumasi are in high expectation for the introduction of government’s free senior high school (SHS) policy. According to them, the yet-to-be-introduced government programme...

Christian Council calls for further engagements on Free SHS Policy

The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) has called on the Government to, as a matter of urgency, engage stakeholders on their roles in the...

PHOTOS: Refocus attention on early childhood education – Akufo Addo to Evangelical Presbyterian Church

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated that the schools established by Churches formed the attitudes to life and characters...

We are not afraid of exams – GNAT

Mr David Ofori Acheampong, the General Secretary of Ghana National Association of Teachers has stated that their members are ready for any exams for...

Akufo-Addo doesn’t care about technical education – TUTAG

The Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) has registered its disappointment with the failure of government to set up councils for technical universities...

Let's discuss sexuality issues with our children – Acting Netherlands Ambassador

Ms Caecila Wijgers, the Acting Ambassador of the Netherlands, has called on parents to discuss sexuality issues with their children at home to help...

Studying 10 subjects at basic school is academic torture – GNAT charges

General Secretary of Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), David Ofori Acheampong has also condemned the examinable nine or ten subjects studied by pupils...

Audio: WAEC fingers invigilators in BECE exams malpractice

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) says examination malpractice in this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) is one of the highest blaming invigilators...

Reduce Junior High School subjects to 6 – Education directors

The Conference of Directors of Education (CODE) has advocated the reduction of the number of subjects studied at the various levels of basic education. It...

WAEC withholds 1,298 results of BECE candidates

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has withheld the subject results of 1,298 candidates who sat the 2017 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The figure...

CODE supports licensing of teachers by NTC

The Conference of Directors of Education (CODE) has affirmed its support for the licensing of Teachers by the National Teaching Council to improve on...

Free SHS campaign takes off

Teenage Ghanaian Hollywood movie star, Abraham Attah, has begun a campaign to help the masses, especially students at senior high school (SHS) level in...

GIJ graduates second batch of Master of Arts candidates

Professor Kwesi Yankah, Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, has expressed concern about the paucity of research data for development planning in...

NSMQ17: Akufo-Addo meets winners

After winning the Science and Maths quiz this year, the boys from Prempeh College have had the rare privilege of meeting some great personalities. The...

UTAG hints of nationwide strike in support of UEW crisis

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) is warning of a possible strike action in all Public Universities, if the situation at the University...

VIDEO: Pupils abandon school over GHC 1 tuition fee

Hope for some change through government intervention is what drives the people of Mangyea, a farming community in the Jomoro District of the Western...

Ghana’s education focuses on quantity, lacks quality – Prof. Aheto

A former lecturer of University of Ghana and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Prof. John Bright Kobla Aheto said Ghana’s education...

Free SHS will collapse secondary education – Okudzeto Ablakwa

Former Deputy Minister of Education is predicting the collapse of the free Senior High School (SHS) policy to be rolled out by the Akufo-Addo...

Audio: SEND Ghana wants Free School Uniform Program reviewed

Send Ghana, a non-governmental organization, is urging the government to review the Mahama adminstration's Free School Uniform Programme in the country. A Senior Programme Officer...

PHOTOS: Rawlings commends Methodist girls for high performance at Ukraine competition

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has immensely commended students of Mamfe-Akwapim Methodist Girls Senior High School for performing exceptionally at the Students for the...

HOT AUDIO: Shocking!!! Female Teachers in rural Ghana trading sex for survival

Some female teachers who accept posting to rural Ghana after undergoing training have to be in amorous relationships with some opinion leaders and some...

GNPC allocates $1.5m to support science, maths at tertiary institutions

Students of Mathematics, Science, Technology, and Engineering are to benefit from a $1.5 million support from the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC). Fifty per cent...

University of Ghana warns public against imposters

The University of Ghana has warned applicants, parents and guardians and the public to be wary of imposters who might promise admissions in return...

Children of School Going Age To Be Off The Street Come September – Otiko

Children of school going age must be off the street come September, Madam Otiko Afisa Djaba, the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection...

Extending School Closing Time Is Huge Financial Cost – GNAT

The call by Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Minister of Education, for an extension of the basic schools normal 14.00hours closing time to 16.00...

NAGRAT opposes special NTC exams

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has kicked against the decision for teachers to write special examination before being granted the license to...

Audio: We are not scared of exams – GNAT replies Minister

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) says it is ready to partake in the special examination before being granted the license to teach. The...

Ama Ata Aidoo criticises ‘Summer’ Camp, extra classes

Celebrated Ghanaian literary personality, Ama Ata Aidoo has expressed her incredulity at extra and vacation classes organised for students in many of Ghana’s schools. She...

Teachers to write exams for licence

The National Teachers Council (NTC) of the Ministry of Education has announced that teachers will now have to pass a special examination before being...

Prof Amartey urges government to allow universities to keep IGF

Vice Chancellor, University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Professor Abednego Feehi Okoe Amartey, has appealed to the government to allow public universities to keep the...

Ama Ata Aidoo criticises ‘Summer’ Camp, extra classes

Celebrated Ghanaian literary personality, Ama Ata Aidoo has expressed her incredulity at extra and vacation classes organised for students in many of Ghana’s schools. She...

UPSA immortalizes Alabi and others

The University of Professional Studies, Accra has unveiled busts in memory of Professor Joshua Alabi and 4 others for their contributions to the development...

Free SHS to begin in September – Bawumia

The Vice-President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has reiterated that the government’s plan to begin implementation of its Free Senior High School (SHS) Policy in...

Akufo-Addo: Oil proceeds will support free SHS

President Nana Akufo-Addo has stated that the proceeds from the Ghana’s oil would be channeled into the funding of the Free Senior High School...

Sixty-Four Spellers qualify for national spelling Bee grand finale

Sixty-four students have been selected as the semi-finalists in the on-going National Spelling Bee Completion and Quiz Contest held at Cape Coast on Thursday. The...

WAEC denies hacking of its website

Claims that the website of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) has been hacked and fake results of the Basic Education Certification Examination have...

Cyber crime, occultism rising in tertiary institutions – Educationist

The use of the internet for extortion, dating scams, and other social vices by students is engaging the attention of authorities at tertiary institutions. The...

Boy with ‘wrong’ gender but good grades gets $50K Ashesi scholarship

Ashesi University College has awarded a scholarship worth $50,000 to Tubare Kolah to undertake a four-year engineering programme at the university. The scholarship covers his...

Over 20% of pupils enter school at wrong ages

The Coordinator of the Communication for Development (C4D) of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Mr. Fakor Disu, has disclosed that there are over 20...