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NaCCA approves 187 textbooks for KG, primary schools

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), acting on behalf of the Education Ministry, has announced the first batch of recommended textbooks for use...

Coronavirus: Students should be tested – Bono SHS heads propose

Some heads of second cycle institutions in the Bono region have proposed to Central Government to ensure that all students are tested for the...

SHS heads in Volta region comends GES for fumigation exercise

Authorities of some Senior High Schools in the Volta Region were full of praise for the Ghana Education Service (GES) and Zoomlion as their...

SHSs at Bibiani, Chirano, Sefwi Wiaso fumigated

Senior High, Technical, Vocational and Special Schools in the Western North region are being fumigated and disinfected against bedbugs, bacteria and viruses to free...

UCC cautions lecturers against conducting exams, continuous assessment online

Management of the University of Cape Coast has cautioned it’s lecturers against conducting any form assessment test, whether quizzes, assignments, or examinations, online.According to...

Ahantaman Girls, Porter’s, others fumigated

A massive bedbug and insect disinfestation exercise is currently ongoing in all senior high, vocational and special schools in the Western and Western North...

10 Ghanaian students talk about the experience of e-learning

President Nana Akufo-Addo announced a ban on all public gatherings in the country after recording some cases of the pandemic coronavirus (COVID 19).With the...

Zoomlion to disinfect 79 high schools in Western region

The Ministry of Education, in partnership with Zoomlion Ghana Limited, has begun the general disinfection of some 79 Senior High Schools (SHS) in the...

Bedbugs force Koforidua SECTECH students to sleep in dining hall

Headmaster of Koforidua Senior High Technical School (SECTECH), Koforidua, Eastern region, Samuel Prince Folley, has revealed that bedbugs infestation in the school sometimes compels...

Covid-19: Deputy Education Minister’s message to hungry private school teachers (watch)

Private school teachers wailing over unpaid salaries will have to watch and pray as President Nana Akufo-Addo considers their plea for a stimulus package.Deputy...

Covid-19: GES releases virtual learning timetable for KG to JHS

The Ministry of Education, through the Ghana Education Service (GES), has released the timetable for the virtual learning for Kindergarten (KG) to Junior High...

Video: Some students have threatened to sue us – UHAS VC

The Vice Chancellor(VC) of the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) says some groups of students have threatened to sue the university over...

NSMQ 2020 postponed till further notice

This year’s edition of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) will no longer take place between June and July.This decision comes due to...

No reopening date set for schools – Dr. Adutwum

The Deputy Minister for Education Yaw Osei Adutwum has dismissed reports of dates being set for schools’ reopening across the country.Dr. Adutwum says when...

Coronavirus: Education Minister reveals when it would be appropriate for reopening of schools

The Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, says the reopening date of educational institutions will depend on the expert advice of health professionals managing...

No public university to write online exam – Education Minister

After weeks of agitations and uncertainties surrounding the mode of assessment of students, particularly at the university level, the matter seems to have been...

How to save Ghanaian culture of writing? This Nigerian has an idea

Ghana has, for many decades, enjoyed the spotlight as a destination of immense creative and cultural value. In music, for instance, it is hoisted...

Ashesi ranked 1st in Ghana, 9th in Africa in 2020 Times Higher Education Impact Ranking

Ashesi was ranked first in Ghana, ninth in Africa, and among the world’s top 400, in the 2020 Global Times Higher Education (THE) University...

Emergence of coronavirus calls for a paradigm shift – NCCE

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) on Tuesday said the Coronavirus has changed the basic fundamentals of human existence and this calls for...

Covid-19: Education Minister’s letter to parents [read]

The Ministry of Education has advised parents and guardians to give children a conducive environment for learning at home by not assigning them overwhelming...

Covid-19 breakthrough for Ghana as KNUST, INCAS Diagnostics develop rapid diagnostic test

Ghana has once again had a major breakthrough as the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Incas Diagnostics, a diagnostic company...

Covid-19: Wesley Girls’ High School (WGHS) Old Students donate PPEs to Cape Coast Regional Hospital

The 2004 Year Group of the Old Girls' Association of Wesley Girls’ High School (WGHS) have donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits to the...

Coronavirus: Support your kids at home – Education Minister to parents

The Minister for Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has called on parents and guardians to continue to render their utmost support to their children...

Zoomlion fumigates more schools in Ashanti

About fifty-seven (57) public Senior High Schools (SHSs) have been fumigated in the Ashanti Region under the national fumigation exercise against bedbugs in SHSs...

Biakoye Education Directorate pickup involved in an accident [photos]

The newly donated Isuzu double cabin pickup by the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to the Biakoye Education Directorate has been involved in an...

NSS releases codes for 2020/2021 service personnel

Management of the National Service Secretariat (NSS) has announced the release of pin codes of 111, 613 eligible Ghanaians for the 2020/2021 service year...

Samira Bawumia entreats scholarship secretariat to fund brilliant orphans

Second Lady of the Republic of Ghana, Samira Bawumia, has charged orphanage homes to work closely with the scholarship secretariat to secure funding for...

Zoomlion steps up SHS fumigation exercise against bedbugs in Ashanti region

Vector Control Unit of Zoomlion Ghana Limited has stepped up its fumigation exercise of public Senior High Schools (SHSs) in the Ashanti region.The exercise---which...

Covid-19: KTI students instructed to take internship opportunities

Kumasi Technical Institute (KTI) has instructed students to take internship opportunities to ensure continuity in their education.The school with over 3,000 students and other...

COVID-19: Govt considers 1 year National Service for SHS graduates

Education Minister, Dr Mathew Opoku-Prempeh, has hinted of the possible introduction of a one year special national service for Senior High School (SHS) graduates.According...

8 tips to help parents tackle maths teaching at home

In the past few weeks, we have all become good at new ways of working remotely, including teaching. However, it is likely that some areas...

Coronavirus: Zoomlion disinfects UEW campuses

The University of Education, Winneba has benefited from the disinfection exercise by Zoomlion.The disinfection exercise started at 7: 00 AM where the North,...

UMaT commends Zoomlion for campus disinfection exercise

Chancellor of the University of Mines and Technology, Prof. Jerry Samuel Yaw Kuma, has commended Zoomlion Ghana Limited for disinfecting the entire UMaT...

Coronavirus: IDS to provide free e-learning platform to schools

At a time when schools across the country have been shut as part of measures to fight the coronavirus global pandemic, Integrated Data Systems...

Koforidua Technical University benefits from Zoomlion disinfection exercise

The Vector Control Unit of Zoomlion Ghana Limited has carried out a massive disinfection exercise of the Koforidua Technical University.The exercise forms part of...

Coronavirus: Pentecost University, others disinfected to contain Convid-19

Waste Management Company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited has began massive free disinfection of some private institutions to help contain the spread of the novel convid-19...

Covid-19 & Lockdown: GES boss talks E-learning, SHS reopening date, BECE and more

Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Akwasi Opoku Amakwa, has spoken extensively on the measures put in place by his outfit to ensure...

Covid-19: GES denies SHS re-opening date video

Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Akwasi Opoku Amakwa, has denied claims that a reopening date for the various Senior High Schools (SHS) has been...

Pure City Int. school founder fetes needy during lockdown

Founder of Pure City International School, Precious Senafiawo, has distributed food to some residents of Odumase,Oshuiman, Abbeyman and Amomole to mitigate the effect...

Coronavirus: Schools as isolation centres – GES reacts

Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwah, says his outfit has no reason to resist the use of some Senior High...