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Photos: KUMACA turned into prayer camp after mysterious death

Authorities of Kumasi Academy in the Ashanti region has began intercessory prayer sessions following the death of four students last week. On Wednesday morning, December...

Hot Audio: Ken Agyapong to reward GHANASS whistle blower

Member of Parliament for Assin Central constituency has promised to reward the security man who exposed the matron of the Ghana Senior High School...

Four Free SHS students pregnant

A former deputy education minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has claimed that four female beneficiaries of the free Senior High School (SHS) policy are currently...

Be creators of opportunities and entrepreneurs – Graduates urged

Graduates in the country have been urged to make use of the skills they acquire in school to transform society instead of adding to...

Hot VIDEO: Police brutalise Katanga Hall students

The police in Asokwa have been captured on video brutalising students from the KATANGA of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Some police...

WAEC withholds results of 1,800 private WASSCE candidates

The West African Examinations Council has withheld the results of a total of 1,873 candidates who took the WASSCE for private candidates. According to a...

Nungua SHS to be shutdown over inadequate toilet facilities

The Ledzokuku Krowor Municipal Assembly sanitation court has ordered for the Nungua Senior High School to be shut down due to inadequate toilet facilities...

Winneba High Court quashes UEW UTAG elections

The Winneba High Court has annulled the September 15 elections of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) branch of the University of Education,...

Asantehene-AGROECOM mobile learning project trains 4,946 school children in ICT

Four thousand, nine hundred and forty-six (4,946) pupils in eight district in Ashanti and the Brong Ahafo regions have benefited from a free computer...

Hot video: KABA’s students recall fond memories of his days as a teacher

Past Students of Ebenezer 4 JHS at Mamprobi have expressed their shock on the passing of their former teacher Kwadwo Asare-Baffour Acheampong, popularly known...

I’ll pay your salaries, allowances on time – Akufo-Addo to teachers

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured teachers of prompt payment of their salaries and allowances. He said his government will rid the system of...

Free SHS impacts lives in Assin as hawkers return to classroom

Notwithstanding the barrage of infrastructural challenges, apprehensions and frustrations that characterised the implementation of Government's free Senior High School (SHS) policy, the story has...

Patrick Awuah wins prestigious WISE Prize for Education 2017

The prestigious WISE Prize for Education has been presented to Mr Patrick Awuah, founder and president of Ashesi University College, a private, not-for-profit institution...

Meet Ghana's 27-year-old PhD holder Gloria Opoku-Boateng Osardu

Dr. Gloria Opoku-Boateng Osardu is a PhD UX Researcher/ Scientist at Northrop Grumman, a leading global aerospace and security company. She received her PhD in...

2018 Budget: Over 52,000 trainees to benefit from teacher trainee allowance

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said over 52, 000 trainees will benefit from the teacher trainees allowance that has been restored by the NPP...

Free SHS policy is ‘destiny changing’ – Ofori-Atta

The flagship free Senior High School (SHS) policy by the Akufo-Addo led government has been described as “destiny changing”. According to Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta,...

Koforidua Technical University admits 3,476 fresh students

The Koforidua Technical University (KTU) has held a ceremony to officially admit 3,476 fresh students with a call for a more aggressive push towards...

Gov’t to meet Private SHS over free SHS

Government will soon meet the Conference of Heads of Private Second Cycle Schools in Ghana (CHOPSS) to discuss the Free Senior High School (SHS)...

Free SHS 90 percent successful – Napo

The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has said that Free Senior High School (SHS) policy is 90 percent successful. According to him, the...

Video: Prof Naana Opoku Agyemang was an embarrassment – Napo

Minister for Education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh has expressed disappointment in his predecessor, Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang. According to him, the educationist who should...

Jackson College SRC condemns past students

Past students of Jackson College of Education in the Northern region have condemned in no uncertain terms the decision by some of their colleagues...

Jackson College of Education condemn past students over picketing

The Management of Jackson College of Education would like to disassociate itself from the unwarranted behaviour put up at the GES headquarters by some...

Private universities face imminent collapse – Prof. Nsowah-Nuamah

Professor Nicolas Nsowah-Nuamah, President of the Regent University of Science and Technology, has said private tertiary universities are facing threatening challenges in view of...

I will restore control of mission schools to churches – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has promised a historic handing over of mission schools across the country to its original administrators, the churches. Speaking at the graduation of...

Free SHS was not introduced to collapse Private Schools – Barbara Ayisi

Deputy Minister of Education, Barbara Asher Ayisi has said the implementation of the free senior high school, was not introduced to collapse private secondary...

2018 BECE: Gov’t to pay candidates registration fees

Government has stated that it will be absorbing the cost of the registration fees for candidates in public schools who will be writing the...

Former Commonwealth Hall executives to sue UG for excluding their names from graduation list

The 2016/2017 executives of Commonwealth Hall, University of Ghana are set to sue the university for what they say is the unfair exclusion of...

Free SHS challenges: Klo Agogo students ‘packed like sardines’ in dormitories

As part of an ongoing campaign by Joy News to highlight issues in the implementation of the free SHS programme, the spotlight falls on...

Ministry of Education gets clearance to recruit 22,802 staff this year

The Ministry of Education has received clearance from the Ministry of Finance to replace, recruit and re-appoint 22,802 teaching and non-teaching staff this year. The...

Govt secures funds for construction of technical schools in all 10 regions

Government has secured funding from the Saudi Arabian government for the construction of 20 technical art schools in all the regions of the country. Professor...

Police arrest nine students over Chemu-TTI attacks

Police in Tema are quizzing nine students over circumstances leading to attacks on students at Chemu Senior High School Wednesday. What started as a fight...

Free SHS challenges won’t disrupt programme – Akufo-Addo assures

President Nana Akufo-Addo has promised to ensure that free Senior High School (SHS) programme is sustained despite teething challenges. “Everything new, when it starts has...

On strike: Colleges of education teachers leave classrooms over unpaid salaries

Teachers at Ghana's colleges of education have begun a nationwide strike to protest unpaid salaries spanning 12 months. Early on, the Colleges of Education Teachers Association...

Interdicted UEW VC, others not arrested – UTAG

The leadership of University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has challenged reports of the arrest of the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba by the...

Accra Girls’ School turns to solar to save energy cost

A five-kilowatt solar power system has been inaugurated at the Accra Girls’ Senior High School to save cost on energy. The project has two components,...

UEW Vice-Chancellor, five others interdicted

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education Winneba (UEW) Prof. Mawutor Avoke and five other top officials have been asked to step aside as investigations...

10% of children out of school – World Bank Report

A new World Bank report on education in Ghana says less than 10% of children of primary school age (age 6-11), are out of...

Yaa Asantewaa Old students rescue alma mater with toilet facility

Yaa Asantewaa Old Students Association has averted what could have been a sanitation crisis in the school, with the completion of a place of convenience.With...

16% of children are ‘out of school’ – World Bank report

A new World Bank report on education says in Ghana a considerable number of children of primary age (age six to eleven) are out...

Varkey Foundation boosts distance learning programmes in Ghana

Five new studios that will allow the Varkey Foundation to continue to deliver its high quality interactive distance learning programmes in Ghana have opened.The...