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19-year-old Ewuraba Ekua is Chartered Accountant

It is said that “Success in life is not for those who run fast, but for those who keep running and always on the...

Gov't unveils plans to make vocational, technical education attractive

Deputy Minister in charge of Technical and Vocational Education, Barbara Asher Ayisi, says technical education is not for school dropouts but for students who...

GHȻ35.9m released for second term Free SHS

Government has released Ghc35.9 million to cover second term operational and administrative costs for public second cycle schools under the Free SHS programme. Head of...

GETFund to release funds to scholarship secretariat

The scholarship secretariat of Ghana is to receive its share of funds allocated to the Secretariat by the state as stated in the GETFund...

Shocked minister stops increment in university admission forms

The Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah has sent out a strong message to public universities to desist from...

Manhyia Youth salutes NAPO over Best Minister Award

The Manhyia Youth Association, made up of various youth associations in the Manhyia South Constituency in Kumasi, has lauded their Member of Parliament (MP),...

WASSCE to be delayed for a month – Deputy Education Minister

The West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) scheduled to be taken in February will be delayed by a month, a Deputy Education Minister...

H1N1 outbreak over – GHS

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says the outbreak of the Influenza-A H1N1 that occurred at the Kumasi Academy Senior High School has ended. A statement...

UK-born Ghanaian gets top education job in Theresa May’s gov’t

Sam Gyimah has been made Universities and Science Minister for England in Theresa May's government reshuffle. Mr Gyimah's role straddles the Department for Education and...

River gods forbid girls from school

Girls in communities in the Upper Denkyira East municipality in the Central Region who travel across the Offin River to attend school on the...

Restrict Whatsapp usage during working hours- UCC Pro VC to government

The Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Prof. George Oduro has admonished government to restrict workers from gaining access to Whatsapp during working...

Gov't releases GHȻ14m to pay teachers’ arrears

The Ministry of Finance has released GHc14,172, 313.23 for the payment of outstanding transfer grants, allowances and salary arrears for validated teachers engaged between...

Manya Krobo SHS: Students charged GHC75 for nose masks

Citi News has sighted a letter from the Manya Krobo Senior High School in the Eastern Region which indicates that students are being charged...

STAAF Volunteers break ground for Sokpoe library project

Non-profit organization STAAF Volunteers, and its American partner, the Rural Africa Literacy Project, have held a groundbreaking ceremony to to build a community library...

VIDEO+PHOTOS: 8, 9 year-old kids publish a book about Ghana

Two students, 8-year-old Senyefia  Kpedor and Mawuena  Akafia aged 9 of Pioneers International Academy in the Greater Accra Region have published a book containing...

Bekwai: Taskforce set up to check free SHS saboteurs

The Bekwai Municipal Assembly has set up a taskforce to monitor the implementation of the free senior high school programme in the municipality. The move...

PHOTOS: Disease outbreak: Massive exercise to disinfect KUMACA underway

A comprehensive disinfection and decontamination exercise to rid Kumasi Academy of viruses and bacterial infection is underway. The two-week exercise which started last week has...

9-year-old UCMAS champion returns home to rousing welcome

Ghana winner of the Universal Concept of Mental and Arithmetic System (UCMAS) global competition returned to Kumasi to a rousing welcome on Friday. Nine-year-old Enoch...

China hands over refurbished ICT lab to Ejisuman SHS

Students of Ejisuman Senior High School in the Ashanti Region now have a modern facility to enhance Information and Communication Technology education. It follows refurbishment...

How I arrested GHANASS Matron – Security man

Key witness in the stealing of food items meant for students of the Ghana Senior High school in Koforidua has revealed that he mounted...

Komenda College of Education begins implementation of ‘paperless classroom’

Some top educators and administrators view the idea of a paperless classroom as an impossibility in education, but in today’s digital age, many educators...

KNUST College of Engineering in dire need of training equipment

he Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology College of Engineering is taking steps to replace obsolete training equipment. Provost, Professor Mark Adom-Asamoah, says many...

PHOTO: Meet the 22-year-old Ghanaian pursuing a PhD

Samuel Fiifi Hammond is a remarkable student. Not just because of his in-depth understanding of technical issues but his unwavering determination to break the...

PHOTOS: Meet the first female police with PhD

She was one of 50 PhD graduates from the university where she had earlier obtained her first and MPhil degrees. The radiance and illumination on...

Alleged preferential treatment of free SHS beneficiaries causes chaos; School closed down

Simms Senior High School at Fawoade in the Ashanti Region has been closed down indefinitely following student rioting over food. The Kwabre East District Education...

Government to recruit 3,000 Arabic teachers

Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia, has disclosed the government will soon begin recruitment of 3,000 Arabic teachers to aid in developing global mindedness and cultural...

E/R: KOTEC, SDA SHS students clash again; several injured

Students of the Koforidua Technical School, (KOTEC) in the Eastern region have attacked students of the SDA SHS leading to some injuries. The Effiduase District...

Assin: Our teachers harass us for sex – Female students

Female students of senior high schools within the Assin area in the Central Region have made damning allegations against their male teachers, claiming they...

1 dead, 9 Damongo SHS students on admission

Health authorities in the Northern region have confirmed the death of a female student of the Damongo Senior High School. At least nine other students,...

GHANASS matron charged with stealing; granted GHC 30,000 bail

A Circuit Court in Koforidua in the Eastern region has granted bail to the matron and a driver of the Ghana Senior High School...

232 Senior high schools score below 30% in WASSCE

About 232 out of the 674 public senior high schools (SHSs) in the country score below 30 per cent in the West Africa Senior...

AUCC graduates urged to make a difference

President of the African University College for Communication (AUCC), Dr Koryoe Anim-Wright, has urged the graduands of the University to make good use of...

NUGS makes donation to KUMACA, promises health campaign

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has donated some items to Kumasi Academy in the Ashanti Region in solidarity over the recent deaths there. The...

Court orders reinstatement of UCC students involved in alleged misconduct

A Cape Coast High Court has ordered the University of Cape Coast (UCC) to reinstate 22 students of the institution it rusticated for alleged...

Revealed: GHANASS matron is Deaconess in a church (Hot VIDEO)

Host of Adom FM's Morning Show, Captain Smart has said Ghana’s economy will see a revamp of 50% of Christians in the country abstain...

UCC to pay GHS220k to 22 sacked students

A Cape Coast High Court has ordered authorities of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) to reinstate 22 students who were sacked for their...

No BECE candidate in the Kwahu East District has obtained grade 6 since 2008

No candidate in both Public and Private Schools in the Kwahu East District of the Eastern region has ever secured aggregate 6 in Basic...

Team of experts deployed to minimize impact of outbreak – Minister

Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang-Manu’s has told parliament that a national team of experts has been deployed to minimize the impact of the outbreak of...

PHOTOS: KUMACA students undergoes vaccination

School and health authorities have commenced screening and treatment exercise for students of Kumasi Academy. The screening and treatment became necessary following the death of...

Hot video: Bags of stolen items found in GHANASS matron's house

The woes of Madam Comfort Oduro Bruce, chief matron of Ghana Senior High School (SHS) who had been accused of stealing foodstuff meant for...