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Photos: Pupils of Tapa Amanya RC sit on stones to learn

There are no classrooms or desks but pupils of Tapa Amanya Roman Catholic School primary school in the Biakoye district of Volta region are...

Police foil reprisal attack at Kagaga SHS

Police in the Northern region Thursday prevented a planned reprisal attack by students of Karaga Senior High School (SHS) whose mobile phones were set...

Tension at Karaga SHS as teachers set phones, laptops ablaze

Tension is mounting at Karaga Senior High School (SHS) in the Karaga district of the Northern region after teachers allegedly seized phones and laptops...

McDan CEO to rescue La Presby students studying on cement blocks

The well-documented struggles of the first year Senior High School students at the La Presby Senior High School may be lessened after the CEO of McDan...

Study reveals low levels of reading, numeracy skills in children

A study has revealed low levels of competency in the areas of reading and numeracy skills amongst children of school going age in three...

Free SHS: Kwabenya SHS students eat waakye without shito, fish

Some beneficiaries of the government’s Free Senior High School program are being served what some of the students describe as non-nutritious meals. In some...

Technical universities, polytechnics to get boost from gov’t

The government has pledged to give strong support to technical universities and polytechnics – to raise the quality of their training, to drive the...

Nduom University receives accreditation; to admit 200 new students

The Vice-Chancellor of the Nduom School of Business & Technology (NSB&T), Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom has announced that the school has "finally" been accredited...

59 Nima kids’ fate in limbo

Uncertainty has characterized the education of fifty-nine(59) pupils of the Nima 1 Basic School many months since they wrote their Basic Education Certificate Examination...

Begoro Science Resource Centre abandoned; students’ performance drops

Students of the Begoro Presbyterian Senior High School and other schools in the catchment area have been without a functional science laboratory since 2011,...

GNAT cautions teachers against absenteeism

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) in the Assin North Municipality has scaled up its engagements with stakeholders to significantly reduce teacher absenteeism...

Nigeria Teachers fail exam set for pupils

Thousands of primary school teachers in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state are to be sacked after failing the exams they set for their six-year-old pupils.State...

Hot Audio: God is the reason – 13-year-old KNUST student says

Ruth Ama Gyan-Darkwa, the 13-year-old student of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has credited her success in the academia and life, to...

800-Capacity SHS shut down due to low enrolment

The Aberdare State College at Abeadze Dominase in the Central Region has been closed down due to low enrolment.The school, which has facilities to...

GES official sells govt’s free books to pay son’s Uni fees

The Supply officer at the Ho municipal directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Wisdom Atawiah has been arrested for allegedly stealing and selling...

Free SHS beneficiaries mob President Akufo-Addo

Beneficiaries of the Free Senior High School policy, as well as hundreds of residents from the three northern regions have lauded President Nana Addo...

Allow us to work in freedom – GNAT jabs GES, Education Ministry

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has sounded a clarion call to the Ghana Education Service and the Education Ministry to let teachers...

‘Class One’ teacher adjudged 2017 National Best Teacher

A Primary 1 teacher, Faustina Cobson has been adjudged the 2017 National Best Teacher as Ghana marks Global Teachers Day.The 41-year old who teaches...

NAGRAT wants October 5 declared a holiday for “only teachers and students”

The President of National Association of Graduate Teachers, Christian Addai-Poku has renewed calls for World Teachers Day, marked October 5, to be declared a...

PHOTOS: Children swim to school daily in Tapa Abotoase of Volta region

Most basic school children at Tapa C.K Kope and fifteen other communities in the Biakoye District of Volta Region have been forced to swim...

PHOTO: KNUST admits 13-year-old to pursue BSC Mathematics

Miss Ruth Ama Gyan-Darkwa, a 13-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kwadwo Gyan-Darkwa of Space Workers College, has been admitted as the youngest ever...

Islamic SHS students in trouble over ‘one corner’ dance

Thirteen (13) students of the Islamic Senior High School (ISSEC) in Kumasi, are facing the school’s Disciplinary Committee for misconduct.The students, comprising nine females...

Gov’t gives full scholarships to Denkyira Obuasi students

The Scholarship Secretariat has granted full scholarships to all continuing senior high school students of Denkyira Obuasi.The scholarship scheme is in line with measures...

Hot audio: ‘Free SHS will produce pregnant teenagers’

The Central Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is predicting Ghana may record the high rate of teenage pregnancies following the...

I never said govt can’t employ graduates – Prof Yankah

The Minister of State-in-Charge of Tertiary Education, Prof. Kwesi Yankah says he never said government cannot employ graduates.According to him, his admonition for graduates...

Bishop proposes voluntary fund to support free SHS

The Right Reverend Kofi Asare-Bediako, the out-going Bishop, Sunyani Diocese of the Methodist Church- Ghana, has called for the institution of a voluntary education...

Mfantseman Assembly Bans Discos And Leavers’ Jam

The Mfantseman Municipal Assembly has banned discotheques and leavers jam in the municipality.The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the area, Mr Kenneth Essuman, who...

PHOTOS: Angry JHS students repeated for poor performance set classrooms ablaze

About 130 students and teachers of Tabiri Gyansa Junior High School at Mpasaaso Number One in the Ashanti Region have been left without shelter...

Focus on quality education not duration – Naana Opoku Agyemang

As the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government contemplates a possible review of the duration of the Senior High School from three years back to four...

GNAT demands ‘teacher motivation policy’

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) on Thursday said it’s waiting for Government’s Policy on Teacher Motivation since teachers work under difficult conditions...

PHOTOS: Abandoned school structure now death trap

An abandoned school building at Walewale in the West Mamprusi District of the Northern Region is now a death trapThe uncompleted building form part...

Prempeh College Promotes Students Demoted For Poor Performance

Authorities of the Prempeh College in Kumasi have resolved to promote the over 40 students who were demoted due to poor academic performance.Authorities say...

4-year SHS back on the table

The Nana Akufo-Addo led government is considering a possible change in the duration of the Senior High School (SHS) from three years to four...

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...