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GES commended for timely sanctions against marauding students

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Sub-Platform 4 (SDG4), a civil society organization, has commended the Ghana Education Service (GES) for the timely sanctions against...

UK based educationist condemns politicisation of education in Ghana

Following the intolerable behaviour of some final year students that went viral on social media, many educationists have called for a proper, strict and...

The Big Debate: Kwaku Boahen makes ‘rib-cracking’ comment about Free SHS

Kwaku Boahen, a member of the communications team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has made a hilarious comment about the government's educational...

Government cleared all legacy arrears – Education Minister

Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Minister of Education, on Wednesday said the government has cleared all legacy arrears left by the previous administration to...

Protest hits Okyenhene’s university over salary and SSNIT non-payment

Some staff and the Students Representative Council of the University College of Environment and Agricultural Studies at Bunso in the Eastern region have protested...

Why this 16-year-old SHS student committed suicide will shock you

A 16-year-old student of the Osei Kyeretwie Senior High School in Kumasi has allegedly committed suicide at Asonomaso, in the Kwabre East Municipality.Kwabena Prince...

New JHS and SHS Courses to be rolled out

The Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has revealed that Cabinet has approved the Common Core Programme (CCP) Curriculum for Junior and Senior High...

We have cleared debt left by Prof. Naana Opoku-Agyemang – Napo

The Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has painted a bleak picture of the state of affairs in the education sector at the time...

Full Text: Education Minister’s statement on ‘Education and Teacher Reforms’

PARLIAMENTARY STATEMENT ON EDUCATION AND TEACHER REFORMSBY DR. MATTHEW OPOKU-PREMPEH, HONOURABLE MINISTER OF EDUCATIONMr. Speaker, I am grateful for the opportunity to make a...

Gov’t introduces new teachers’ allowance

Government has disclosed plans to introduce what it calls 'professional teachers allowance'.The new allowance meant to be paid on annual basis will benefit both...

NPP has delivered on manifesto promise to transform education sector – Education Minister

Education Minister Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh says the Akufo-Addo government has delivered on its manifesto promise to transform Ghana’s education sector.In a statement to...

WASSCE 2020: Why SDA Church is opting for Nov/Dec for students [audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Why SDA Church is opting for Nov/Dec for studentsThe Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church is registering church members who failed to write...

Elder endorses behaviour of SDA students who refused to write WASSCE on ‘Sabbath Day’ [Video]

Three final year students of Agona Senior High Technical School (ASTECH) in the Ashanti region failed to write their Asante Twi paper in the...

WASSCE Riots: GES reviews sanctions of 14 dismissed students

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has reviewed its sanctions meted out to some 14 students who were dismissed on grounds of various acts of...

WASSCE Riots: Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council demands closure of Bright SHS

The Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council is demanding the closure of Bright Senior High School (SHS) over the riots in the ongoing West Africa Senior...

Check out Association of Private Schools’ proposed date for resumption of schools

The Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS) is pushing for the full resumption of schools across the country starting September this year.About 9.2...

Education Ministry, GES meet over 14 dismissed WASSCE students

The Ministry of Education will hold a meeting with the Ghana Education Service (GES) on Monday to consider the directive by President Nana Addo...

Beating of WAEC officials: Bright SHS details what really happened

Bright Senior High School has apologised for the assault on West African Examination Council (WAEC) officials by students.The Koforidua-based Bright Senior High School...

Otchere-Darko reacts to Akufo-Addo’s intervention in the dismissal of 14 final year students

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party, Gabby Otchere-Darko, has reacted to President Nana Akufo-Addo’s decision to intervene in the dismissal of 14...

WASSCE: Students expected ‘cheap’ questions because of Free SHS – GNAT

The President of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) Philipa Larson says final year senior high school students in the country expected this...

Akufo-Addo speaks on 14 banned WASSCE students

President Nana Akufo-Addo has stepped in for some 14 students who were banned from partaking in the ongoing West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination...

GES apologises for a ‘big’ mistake

The Ghana Education Service (GES) on Friday, August 7, 2020, issued a press release to dismiss some 14 students for engaging in acts of...

WASSCE: MP coins funny name for rioting students

Member of Parliament (MP) for Akim Oda, William Agyapong Quaitoo, says he is not surprised by the level of gross indiscipline displayed by...

Rampaging SHS students to pay for damages; check out the amount [video]

After vandalising school property in protest against sitting arrangements of 1.5 metres distancing in the examination hall, some 365 final year students...

Beating of invigilators, journalist, arrest of headmaster: The inside story

Bright Amponsah, the proprietor of Bright Senior High School at Kukurantumi in the Eastern region has reportedly been picked up by police from the...

WAEC lauds GES’ decision to dismiss riotous students

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has lauded the Ghana Education Service (GES) decision to dismiss students involved in the recent unrest seen recorded...

WASSCE riot: 14 SHS students dismissed, barred from writing exams

14 students who engaged in acts of indiscipline in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) have been dismissed from their schools.The...

Bright Senior High School proprietor granted bail [video]

The proprietor of Bright Senior High School at Kukurantumi in the Eastern region has been granted self-recognizance bail by the Akyem Tafo...

WAEC moves examination centre from Bright SHS after attacks

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has relocated the centre for the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) at the Bright Senior...

Kennedy Agyapong reacts to viral video of WASSCE students disrespecting Akufo-Addo

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has reacted to the viral video of West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) students...

Sack all students involved in WASSCE riots from boarding house – GES orders SHS heads

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has ordered heads of Senior High Schools (SHS) across the country to 'de-boardinise' students responsible for the recent rioting...

We have produced over-pampered students – NAGRAT on rioting students

JoyNews/AdomNews · We have breed over-pampered students – NAGRAT on rioting studentsThe National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has said the indiscipline in Senior...

WASSCE 2020: CHASS bares teeth at rioting students

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), in a stern warning to rioting final year students, says recalcitrant students will not go...

Arrest students who assault teachers during WASSCE – GNAT

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has called on authorities to arrest students who perpetrate violence against its members facilitating the ongoing examinations...

Why Ghana School of Hygiene final year students stormed Sanitation Ministry [Video]

Final year students of the Ghana School of Hygiene (GSH) on Tuesday picketed the Ministry of Sanitation and Water resources to demand unpaid...

GES warns rioting SHS students

The Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Anthony Boateng, has said authorities will deal with all students who rioted and vandalised school property...

Committee submits report on death of final year KNUST SHS student

The four-member committee set up to investigate the death of a final year KNUST SHS student has today submitted its report to the Ashanti...

SHS students conscientised by the NDC to insult Akufo-Addo – NPP Chairman

Constituency Chairman for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in New Juaben North, Kwadwo Boateng Agyemang has alleged that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was...

No SHS student has died of Covid-19 – Dr Oko-Boye tells Parliament

The Deputy Health Minister has told Parliament that no Covid-19 related death has been recorded in any senior high schools since finalists returned to...

Tweneboa Kodua SHS students apologise over WASSCE rampage [Video]

Final year students of the Tweneboa Kodua Senior High School (SHS) at Kumawu in the Ashanti region have rendered an unqualified apology...