Adom FM’s Fabewoso on viability of free SHS
The Akufo-Addo-led government’s flagship programme Free Senior High School begins today, Monday 11 September as first-year students who were successfully placed in various SHSs...
Free SHS: Mahama’s E-Blocks students won’t be left out – GES
The E-Blocks commissioned by former President John Mahama are among the schools that will receive the first cohort of students to benefit from the...
Free SHS starts today
The Akufo-Addo-led government’s flagship programme Free Senior High School begins today, Monday 11 September as first-year students who were successfully placed in various SHSs...
CHASS demands free SHS ‘bible’
The Conference of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has called on the government to prepare a document which it terms as ‘Free SHS Bible for...
CHASS to receive 50% of free SHS funds
Deputy Finance Minister, Abena Osei-Asare, has given assurance that government is ready to disburse the funds to allow the smooth implementation of the free...
Free SHS: GHC280million released
Deputy Finance Minister, Abena Osei-Asare, has given assurance that government is ready to disburse the funds to allow the smooth implementation of the free...
Homosexuality on the increase in High Schools – Researcher
A researcher and Senior High School teacher, Frank Okyere, has revealed that homosexuality is very prevalent in the Ghanaian society despite the seeming public...
Free SHS: Over 36,000 students not placed – CHASS
The secretary to the conference of Heads of Assisted Senior High Schools, CHASS, Victor Degraft has attributed the failure of more than 36 thousand...
Free SHS money to hit schools’ accounts Friday
A deputy Minister of Education Dr. Yaw Adu-Twum has disclosed that the funds for the implementation of  government’s flagship education policy—Free SHS—will be released...
Free SHS money to hit schools’ accounts Friday
Deputy Minister of Education Dr. Yaw Adu-Twum has disclosed that the funds for the implementation of government’s flagship education policy—Free SHS—will be released to...
SHS heads demand guideline for free SHS
The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools, CHASS is demanding a blue print for the implementation of the Free Senior high school policy.The...
CHASS optimistic of Free SHS policy
The umbrella body of headmasters, the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) is optimistic about the implementation of the Free Senior High...
Pay teachers well and you’ll get good results
Despite promises from the government to improve the welfare of teachers of public schools, the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) believe little is...
New website for BECE candidate placement launched
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced a new website for junior school leavers to choose their preferred senior high schools.Basic school leavers seeking...
Students who fail in English and Maths not qualified for free SHS
Students who fails in English and Mathematics in the just ended Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) will not be placed in any Senior High...
Extend SHS placement deadline – NAGRAT to GES
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is urging the Ghana Education Service to extend the deadline for prospective Senior High School (SHS) students...
Beware of fraudsters charging monies to place students in schools – GES
Ashanti Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Education Service (GES) Cassandra Twum Ampofo is cautioning parents to be wary of fraudsters who are...
Senior high schools yet to receive funds to start free SHS policy
The umbrella body of headmasters, the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), says it is yet to receive funds and other logistics...
Don’t pay fees – Ministry of Education cautions parents
MINISTRY of Education (MoE) has cautioned parents whose wards have qualified for the 2017 Senior High School (SHS) academic programme not to pay school...
Over 36,000 JHS graduates rush to snatch SHS slot as deadline nears
There is a scramble across the country over senior high school placement as more than 36,000 Junior High School (JHS) graduates compete for limited...
Exercise patience – Disappointed BECE students told
National Coordinator for Computerized School Selection and Placement System, Mark Mensah has urged Junior High School (JHS) students who wrote the BECE exams and...
Government to build 20 new technical schools
The government has announced plans to build 20 new technical and vocational schools to provide employable skills training to the youth.Dr. Fred Kyei Asamoah,...
30% of enrollment in public elite schools reserved for less privileged
Deputy Minister of Education Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has said 30 percent of enrollment in elite public senior high schools will be reserved for...
GES extends placement of BECE candidates
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has extended the placement of this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates into Senior High Schools across the...
424,092 BECE candidates qualify for ‘Free SHS’
Out of a total number of 460,941 registered candidates who sat for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), 424,092 candidates have qualified to...
2017 SHS CSSPS released
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has completed the process of placing BECE candidates in the various senior high schools across the country.The release of...
92% of BECE candidates qualify to enjoy free SHS education – GES
The West African Examination Council (WAEC), has released this year's Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) results.In a press statement issued August 31, 2017 in...
36,849 fail to get placement into SHS
A total of 36,849 candidates who sat for this year’s Basic Education Certificate examination failed to gain placement into the various Senior High Schools...
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...