Education Ministry to hand Ejisuman teachers for prosecution if…
The Education Ministry says it will handover for prosecution any teacher found guilty by a seven-member committee set up to investigate allegations of sexual...
Technical Universities threaten strike over plans to strip them of autonomy
Technical Universities in the country are likely to embark on a sit down strike from Thursday over what they believe is discrimination against them.
Chairman...
Chief threatens to leak sex tapes
Nkosohene of Ejisu Traditional Council, Nana Kofi Opoku, has threatened to release sex tapes of teachers in Ejisuman Senior High School (SHS) having sex...
WAEC moves WASSCE to April to aid students’ preparations
Final year SHS students will henceforth write the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in April.
Speaking today at a seminar for...
Ghana urged diversify educational system for rapid growth
President of Open University, Malaysia (OUM), Professor Dato Mansor Fadzil, has called for diversification of Ghana’s educational sector to enhance quality and affordability.
Speaking in...
AUDIO: Minister transfers teachers at Bolga Nursing Training School
Some teachers at the Bolgatanga Nursing Training College in the Upper East Region have been transferred after a fallout with the Ministry of Health...
President warns rogue headmasters
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has warned all heads of senior high schools (SHS) in the country not to charge unapproved fees under the...
Napo assures NAGRAT of payment of arrears
Minister of Education, Mathew Opoku Prempeh, has assured the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) of prompt payment of its GH₵50 million arrears.
According to...
Free SHS funding proposal lacks clarity – SEND-Ghana tells gov't
Government has been advised to establish a strong financial sustainability plan that would enable it to progress with the implementation of the Free Senior...
AirtelTigo gives to Adaklu Salvation Army and Tupaa MA Basic Schools
With laughter and good cheer, pupils and teachers of Adaklu Abuadi Salvation Army School and Tupaa MA Basic School in the Volta and Greater...
Government secures $40m from World Bank to support free SHS
The government of Ghana, under the Secondary Education Improvement Project (SEIP), has negotiated an additional $40m from the World Bank to support the Free...
Wa East: Education Directorate rescues brilliant girl from child marriage
The Wa East District Education Directorate and the Ghana Police service have rescued Ms Gladys Bassah, a 17-year-old Junior High School graduate from being given...
Nyinsen Ne Awo) enters the labor ward with Regina
Radio reality show, Nyinsen Ne awo) enters the labor ward with Regina as she delivers her first child.
Regina is a pregnant woman standing in for...
Free SHS has come to stay – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo, has indicated that the free Senior High School programme has come to stay.
“The Free SHS is a start towards...
9,000 pupils receive learning materials, others for smooth academic activities
A total of 9000 pupils in various basic schools in eight districts in the Northern and Volta Regions have each received at least eight...
Community turns Antoabasa M/A classrooms into toilet facility
The Assin Antoabasa M/A Basic School in the Assin North municipality of the Central region has been closed down as their classrooms have turned...
Do not destroy reputation of teachers – GNAT
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has cautioned the public to desist from creating stories that are meant to destroy the reputation of...
Mathematics teachers urged to accept postings to basic schools
A Retired District Director of Education for Bongo in the Upper East Region, Francis Adjei, has tasked mathematics teachers to accept postings to basic...
President offers scholarship to student of Ocanseykope Basic School
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday, fulfilled a promise he made to Anita Gyan, a young talented student who caught his attention with...
Ecobank partners GPE to boost education in Africa
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), the parent company of the leading pan-African financial institution, has been selected as a private sector ‘partner of choice’ by...
Wa: Pupils learn under trees after contractor abandons school project
The construction of a six-unit classroom block and a teachers' bungalow for Tousa L/A Primary School awarded on contract in 2011 has been abandoned,...
Free SHS will move the nation forward – Mark Okraku Mantey
Programmes Director of Hitz FM and CEO of Slip Music, Mark Okraku Mantey, says the implementation of the free Senior High School (SHS) education...
PHOTOS: Virgin Pastor, Alexymends foundation donates 2,500 exercise books to support education
Apostle Job Antwi, popularly known as the Virgin Pastor has donated 2,500 exercise books to pupils in Barekese in the Ashanti region of Ghana.
According...
Education Ministry unhappy over increasing student rioting
The Ministry of Education is blaming lack of proper communication channels in schools for the increasing student rioting in the country.
Sector Deputy Minister, Dr....
Don’t leave Free SHS implementation on gov’t alone – Parents urged
National Programme Coordinator of SOS Children’s Villages Ghana, George Yaw Boateng, has called on parents to support the government with the implementation of the...
You can pass your exams without offering sex to teachers – Deputy Minister
Deputy Minister in charge of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Gifty Twum-Ampofo, has advised young ladies in the senior high school to be vigilant...
Govt shifts Free SHS burden to Scholarship Secretariat
The government has shifted the cost burden of the direct funding of its free senior high school (SHS) programme to the Scholarship Secretariat.
Consequently, the...
Beware! Illegal universities all over the place – NAB
The National Accreditation Board (NAB)has said there are close to 50 tertiary institutions operating without accreditation, which means they are awarding certificates that are...
Samira Bawumia promotes personal hygiene in schools
Mrs Samira Bawumia, through the Samira Empowerment and Humanitarian Project (SEHP) on Friday, donated quantities of hand sanitizers worth thousands of Ghana Cedis to...
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...