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Ghana’s education focuses on quantity, lacks quality – Prof. Aheto

A former lecturer of University of Ghana and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Prof. John Bright Kobla Aheto said Ghana’s education...

Free SHS will collapse secondary education – Okudzeto Ablakwa

Former Deputy Minister of Education is predicting the collapse of the free Senior High School (SHS) policy to be rolled out by the Akufo-Addo...

Audio: SEND Ghana wants Free School Uniform Program reviewed

Send Ghana, a non-governmental organization, is urging the government to review the Mahama adminstration's Free School Uniform Programme in the country. A Senior Programme Officer...

PHOTOS: Rawlings commends Methodist girls for high performance at Ukraine competition

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has immensely commended students of Mamfe-Akwapim Methodist Girls Senior High School for performing exceptionally at the Students for the...

HOT AUDIO: Shocking!!! Female Teachers in rural Ghana trading sex for survival

Some female teachers who accept posting to rural Ghana after undergoing training have to be in amorous relationships with some opinion leaders and some...

GNPC allocates $1.5m to support science, maths at tertiary institutions

Students of Mathematics, Science, Technology, and Engineering are to benefit from a $1.5 million support from the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC). Fifty per cent...

University of Ghana warns public against imposters

The University of Ghana has warned applicants, parents and guardians and the public to be wary of imposters who might promise admissions in return...

Children of School Going Age To Be Off The Street Come September – Otiko

Children of school going age must be off the street come September, Madam Otiko Afisa Djaba, the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection...

Extending School Closing Time Is Huge Financial Cost – GNAT

The call by Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Minister of Education, for an extension of the basic schools normal 14.00hours closing time to 16.00...

NAGRAT opposes special NTC exams

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has kicked against the decision for teachers to write special examination before being granted the license to...

Audio: We are not scared of exams – GNAT replies Minister

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) says it is ready to partake in the special examination before being granted the license to teach. The...

Ama Ata Aidoo criticises ‘Summer’ Camp, extra classes

Celebrated Ghanaian literary personality, Ama Ata Aidoo has expressed her incredulity at extra and vacation classes organised for students in many of Ghana’s schools. She...

Teachers to write exams for licence

The National Teachers Council (NTC) of the Ministry of Education has announced that teachers will now have to pass a special examination before being...

Prof Amartey urges government to allow universities to keep IGF

Vice Chancellor, University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Professor Abednego Feehi Okoe Amartey, has appealed to the government to allow public universities to keep the...

Ama Ata Aidoo criticises ‘Summer’ Camp, extra classes

Celebrated Ghanaian literary personality, Ama Ata Aidoo has expressed her incredulity at extra and vacation classes organised for students in many of Ghana’s schools. She...

UPSA immortalizes Alabi and others

The University of Professional Studies, Accra has unveiled busts in memory of Professor Joshua Alabi and 4 others for their contributions to the development...

Free SHS to begin in September – Bawumia

The Vice-President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has reiterated that the government’s plan to begin implementation of its Free Senior High School (SHS) Policy in...

Akufo-Addo: Oil proceeds will support free SHS

President Nana Akufo-Addo has stated that the proceeds from the Ghana’s oil would be channeled into the funding of the Free Senior High School...

Sixty-Four Spellers qualify for national spelling Bee grand finale

Sixty-four students have been selected as the semi-finalists in the on-going National Spelling Bee Completion and Quiz Contest held at Cape Coast on Thursday. The...

WAEC denies hacking of its website

Claims that the website of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) has been hacked and fake results of the Basic Education Certification Examination have...

Cyber crime, occultism rising in tertiary institutions – Educationist

The use of the internet for extortion, dating scams, and other social vices by students is engaging the attention of authorities at tertiary institutions. The...

Boy with ‘wrong’ gender but good grades gets $50K Ashesi scholarship

Ashesi University College has awarded a scholarship worth $50,000 to Tubare Kolah to undertake a four-year engineering programme at the university. The scholarship covers his...

Over 20% of pupils enter school at wrong ages

The Coordinator of the Communication for Development (C4D) of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Mr. Fakor Disu, has disclosed that there are over 20...

GNUTS directs members to pay last academic year’s fees

The Ghana National Union of Technical Students (GNUTS) has directed technical universities/polytechnics students still pursuing their programmes of study to pay the last academic...

Schools close too early- Education Minister wants changes

Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has tasked the National Council for Curriculum Assessment to revise the closing time for basic schools. "School closes too...

Call for ECOWAS to harmonise education standards

Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye, has called on ECOWAS to harmonise the education systems and curricula of member states in order to enhance the...

Community SHS overgrown with weeds and bushes

The sight of one of the Community Day Senior High Schools initiated by the erstwhile Mahama administration is very worrying, Today can report. The school...

Don’t pay increased fees yet – USAG to students

The University Students Association of Ghana (USAG) has called on all students of public tertiary institutions not to pay their recently increased fees for...

Photos: Bomigo, VR; Pupils learn ICT with clay-moulded computers

Teachers at Bomigo Basic School, located on an island in the Keta Municipality of the Volta Region, have been forced to rely on keyboards made...

Reptiles chase pupils at Yamoakrom D/A Primary School

The already deplorable state of classrooms at Yamoakrom District (DA) Assembly Primary School in the Sekyere South District of the Ashanti Region which pose...

Free SHS students to get 4 core textbooks in first year

The Government will provide four core textbooks for all first-year students when the Free Senior High School (SHS) takes off next September, Ken Ofori-Atta, the...

'I’ll help teachers own homes' – Nana Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said his government will shore up the lives of teachers by ensuring that they improve their careers and living standards. “For...

Hot Audio: President orders UEW to resolve impasse

President Akuffo Addo has directed the governing council of the University of Education Winneba to amicably resolve all grievances for which a private citizen...

Teachers will be paid better – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stressed teachers will be earning better remuneration under his administration. Speaking at the 21st Congregation of the University of...

Employ us within 2 weeks – Graduate teachers caution government

The Unemployed Education Graduates Alliance (UEGA) has issued a two-week ultimatum to the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Ghana Education Service (GES) to...

No BECE pass, No free SHS – Gov’t

The government has announced its much touted Free Senior High School policy will be enjoyed by only students who pass their Basic Education Certificate...

Abraham Attah not charging for Free SHS envoy job – NAPO

The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has disclosed that award-winning young actor Abraham Attah volunteered to become ambassador for government’s Free Senior...

‘Stone mouse’ teacher deserves promotion – Napo

Education Minister Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has said that if he had his way, he would promote rather than punish Augustine Kusi, the class...

Economy in good shape for free SHS – Napo

Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has reiterated government’s resolve to implement the free Senior High School (SHS) policy in September, 2017. According to...

Free SHS: Government to announce implementation plan today

Government will today Thursday, July 27, announce the implementation plan for its flagship policy- Free SHS. The absence of a clear road map on the...