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Students can resit papers in January and February 2025 – WAEC

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced a new initiative allowing students to resit their WASSCE papers as early as January and February...

2024 WASSCE candidates to face investigation over exam malpractice

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is set to invite candidates whose results have been withheld in the 2024 West Africa Senior School Certificate...

Nkwanta South MCE urges effective collaboration between teachers, parents to improve education

In a significant event aimed at enhancing the educational infrastructure in Nkwanta South of the Oti Region, the outgoing Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Felix...

University of Ghana issues notice to prospective students on 2024 WASSCE results

The University of Ghana (UG) has released an important notice to all prospective students following the announcement of the 2024 West African Senior School...

School Feeding caterers besiege Gender Ministry over unpaid arrears [Video]

Members of the School Feeding Caterers Association have staged a protest at the offices of the Controller and Accountant General and the Gender Ministry...

WAEC releases 2024 WASSCE provisional results; check out details

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has published the provisional results for the 2024 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination(WASSCE).In a statement, the Council...

Dr. Prince Hamid Armah graduates from GIMPA Law School

Member of Parliament for Kwesimintsim Constituency and Deputy Minister for Works and Housing, Dr. Prince Hamid Armah, has celebrated a significant academic achievement as...

Free SHS was good, but was rushed and poorly planned – Akyem Asoum chief

The Krontihene of Akyem Asoum, Nana Boadi Amponim Abodade III, has praised the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy introduced by President Nana Akufo-Addo...

UPSA justifies swearing-in of new Vice-Chancellor despite legal dispute

The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), has justified its decision to swear-in its newly appointed Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mawutor Avoke, despite a suit seeking...

New Nation School refutes claims of harsh treatment of students

The New Nation School has refuted reports that the Human Rights High Court in Accra has declared its disciplinary action against some of its...

Akufo-Addo commissions Accra STEM academy

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned the Accra STEM Academy, an institution dedicated to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education, on Friday,...

WAEC acknowledges receipt of additional GHS35m from Education Ministry

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has confirmed receiving an additional GHS35 million from the Ministry of Education (MoE) to facilitate the processing of...

Prof John Mawutor inducted into office as new Vice Chancellor of UPSA

Professor John Kwaku Mensah Mawutor was on Friday inducted into office as the new Vice Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA).He,...

WAEC receives additional GH₵35M for WASSCE 2024 results processing

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has confirmed receiving an additional GH₵35 million from the Ministry of Education to aid in the processing of...

Delayed WASSCE results will disrupt university academic calendar – Vice Chancellors Ghana

The Association of Vice Chancellors Ghana has expressed concerns over the delayed release of the results for the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate...

UPSA postpones Vice-Chancellor investiture amid potential legal dispute

The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), has postponed the investiture ceremony of its incoming Vice-Chancellor, Professor John Kwaku Mensah Mawutor.The ceremony, originally slated...

2024 WASSCE: WAEC receives additional GH₵35 million from gov’t

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has received extra GH₵35 million from the government through the Ministry of Education.The amount is to support WAEC's...

Education Ministry urges WAEC PRO to verify facts before public pronouncements

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has called on the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to ensure internal verification...

2024 WASSCE: No assurance for release of results by Dec. 29 – WAEC

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it cannot guarantee the release of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results on or...

UPSA graduate files lawsuit to halt Vice-Chancellor’s inauguration

A graduate of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), has filed a legal challenge to stop the inauguration of Professor John Kweku Mensah...

Wesley Girls SHS sued over alleged discrimination against Muslim students

Wesley Girls Senior High School has been taken to court over allegations of denying Muslim students their right to practice their religion.The lawsuit, filed...

UG Medical School holds White Coat event for 280 students

The University of Ghana (UG) Medical School has held a white coat ceremony to transit 280 students from the study of pre-clinical to clinical...

Education Minister confirms 2024 WASSCE results to be released on December 29

The Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has announced that the results for the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will...

Free SHS: IFEST proposes cost-sharing model 

The Institute for Education Studies (IFEST) has proposed a cost-sharing model as part of a review of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy.Using...

CHOPSS raises alarm over delay in 2024 WASSCE results

The Conference of Heads of Private Second-Cycle Schools (CHOPSS) has raised serious concerns over the delay in the release of the 2024 West African...

WASSCE results: Govt releases additional ₵25m to WAEC

The Ministry of Education has provided an additional GH₵25 million to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to support its operations and ensure the...

Expedite investigation into fire incident at Kwashieman Cluster of Schools – GES urges Police

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has called on the police to expedite investigations and apprehend those responsible for the fire that destroyed the library...

Delay reopening date for SHSs over debt – CHASS

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has called on the Ministry of Education to immediately release outstanding funds critical to the...

Mahama expresses concerns over educational sector debts

President-elect John Dramani Mahama has expressed deep concern over the financial challenges plaguing Ghana’s education sector.Speaking during an engagement with key stakeholders in the...

Prof. Aheto appointed UCC Pro Vice-Chancellor

A Professor of Coastal Ecology and Interdisciplinary Oceans Studies at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Denis Aheto, has been appointed the Pro Vice-Chancellor...

CETAG declares indefinite strike over unresolved demands

The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has announced an indefinite strike beginning December 31, 2024, citing the government’s persistent failure to...

GH¢25m debt payment insufficient to release 2024 WASSCE results – WAEC 

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has expressed disappointment over the government’s recent release of GH¢25 million to offset part of the GH¢118 million...

Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo re-appointed Vice-Chancellor of University of Ghana

The Governing Council of the University of Ghana has announced the re-appointment of Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo as Vice-Chancellor for a second four-year...

LIST: These 14 universities have received Presidential Charters

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has granted Presidential Charters to fourteen university colleges, marking a significant milestone in Ghana's tertiary education sector.The ceremony, held...

Akufo-Addo grants presidential charter to 14 private universities

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has presented presidential charters to 14 private universities across the country.This was at a ceremony at the Jubilee House,...

GES hopeful 2024 WASSCE results will be released before year ends

The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Dr Eric Nkansah, has expressed hope that the results for the 2024 West African Senior School...

Dedicate fund to pre-tertiary education – GNAT

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is pushing for the state to urgently establish a system of dedicated funding for Senior High, Junior...

Govt issues GH¢25m cheque to WAEC – Apaak reveals

The Deputy Ranking Member on Parliament’s Education Committee, Dr. Clement Apaak, has revealed that the government is processing a payment of GH¢25 million to...

Over 3,000 students displaced after fire damages Kwashieman cluster of schools

More than 3,000 students at the Kwashieman Cluster of Schools in the Ablekuma North constituency of the Greater Accra region are grappling with the...

Why students cannot be repeated in SHS – Angel Carbonu explains [Listen]

The President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonu, has explained why students cannot be repeated and why there is no...