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GES speaks on closure of schools in Nkwanta township
The Nkwanta South Municipal Director of Education, Jonathan Korsinah, says schools in Nkwanta township and adjoining communities were forced to close to ensure the...
Ga Manye funeral: GES speaks on closure of schools
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced the amendment of an earlier letter from the Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiku Tsuru II, on the...
Keta Floods: Concerned Youth appeals to GES for temporary closure of schools Â
A youth activist at Nukpesekope, a suburb of Keta in the Volta region, Wonder Setsoafia Deynu, has appealed to the Ghana Education Service (GES)...
Dzifa Gomashie calls for closure of schools in Ketu South over flooding
Member of Parliament (MP) for Ketu South Constituency, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has called for the closure of schools at Klikor, Agbozume, and Aflao affected...
Former GES boss defends Education Minister over closure of schools
A former Ghana Education Service (GES) Director-General, Michael Nsowah, has contested claims that the Education Minister said he would close down non-performing schools.According to...
Mahama dares Education Minister over closure of schools
JoyNews/AdomNews · Don’t you dare close down schools - Mahama tells Education MinisterFormer President John Dramani Mahama has asked the Minister for Education, Dr...
Measles outbreak: Tamale North MP fears it could lead to closure of schools
Member of Parliament for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, has expressed fear over the possible closure of schools in his constituency following the measles outbreak.The...
Coronavirus: Kennedy Agyapong wades into re-closure of schools
Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has called for the re-closure of schools and churches following a rise in Covid-19 cases in...
GNAT backs calls for re-closure of schools
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is backing those calling for re-closure of basic schools till the government is really ready to supply...
Covid-19: Akufo-Addo speaks on closure of schools, borders
President Nana Akufo-Addo has stated that Ghana cannot continue to keep schools closed forever and continue with the ban on social gathering.He said, there...
Why this virologist is calling for closure of kindergarten, lower primary schools
A virologist at the Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research, Dr Michael Owusu, has called on the government to take a firm decision to close...
Universities’ Senior Staff strike forces closure of UCC, UG basic schools
Authorities of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) and the University of Ghana (UG) have closed indefinitely all sections of their basic schools.The closure...
GES closes 21 schools in Bunkprugu/Nakpanduri district
A total of 21 basic primary schools in the Bimbagu Circuit in the Bunkprugu/Nakpanduri District of the North East region have been closed down...
AngloGold Ashanti Schools temporarily closed amid security concerns in Obuasi
AngloGold Ashanti Schools have announced a temporary closure due to rising security concerns in Obuasi.The decision follows recent incidents in the town, including the...
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...
Don’t call re-painted old schools brand new infrastructure – Prof Opoku-Agyemang tells gov’t
The vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, says it is deceptive for the government to spruce up...
GES announces reopening date for basic schools
Basic school children across the country will return to school next Tuesday, September 10, 2024, for the commencement of the 2024/2025 academic year.This is...
Kenya Floods: Damaged Schools Mean Over 15,000 Children Will Be Unable to Return to...
Heavy rains and floods have submerged or destroyed at least 62 primary schools in Kenya, leaving more than 15,000 children with nowhere to learn when schools re-open next...
Schools closed down in Kwahu-Bepong after fatal shooting incident
The Kwahu South Municipal Security Council (MUSEC) has ordered the closure of schools in Kwahu-Bepong following a shooting incident on Sunday, February 4.The incident...
Nkwanta South: Over 30 schools closed
More than 30 schools in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region remain closed weeks after ethnic clashes in the area.The violent confrontations...
Cater for needs of basic schools in flood affected areas – NUGS appeals to...
The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has called on government to put in place interim measures to ensure learners in the flood-affected areas...
Ketu South flooding: Schools shut down as MCE appeals for relief items
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the Ketu South constituency in the Volta Region, Maxwell Lugudor, says the Assembly is working with traditional authorities...
Probe cause of non-performance of schools – Education Minister urged
A former Deputy Education Minister, Alex Kyeremeh, has reacted to the Education Minister’s statement about closing down non-performing schools.To him, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum...
We run schools on credit and borrowing – CHASS to govt
The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) says the delay in the release of funds for the running of schools under the...
Close down schools at Bawku over insecurity – GES urged
The Conference of Heads of Basic Schools (COHBS) in the Bawku Municipality in the Upper East Region has called for the immediate closure of...
Northern Region CHASS threatens to close schools over lack of funds for food
The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) in the Northern Region has threatened to disrupt the academic calendar if the government does...
Senior High Schools risk shutdown as food shortage worsens
Senior High Schools across the country are on the verge of being shut down as the shortage of food supplies worsens.The Education Ministry had...
UTAG Strike: Minority pushes for closure of Universities [Audio]
The Minority in Parliament is pushing for the closure of public universities in the country amid the strike embarked upon by the University Teachers...
UTAG strike: Africa Education Watch calls for closure of universities until…
Africa Education Watch has called on Vice-Chancellors to close down all public universities until the UTAG strike is called off.The Africa Education Watch observed...
UTAG Strike: NLC sets records straight on closure of public universities [Listen]
JoyNews/AdomNews · NLC sets records straight on closure of public universitiesThe National Labour Commission (NLC) has said there is nowhere in the law that...
John Dumelo ‘schools’ Hawa Koomson
Aspiring agricultural expert and farmer, John Dumelo, has schooled Madam Hawa Koomson on fish farming after what Ghanaians have described as her unsatisfactory definition.Minister-designate...
Adutwum clears air on reopening of schools amid covid-19 surge [Audio]
Education Minister-designate, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, is insisting schools will remain opened in spite of the surge of covid-19 cases recorded in some schools.The...
Pressure mounts on govt to close down schools 3 weeks into re-opening
The Executive Director of Child Rights International, Bright Appiah, has joined calls by some teacher unions for government to close down schools just three...
GES staff accused of demanding money from private schools before supply of PPE
The Ghana National Council of Private Schools is calling on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to investigate some personnel in its office who demand...
Don’t give me a reason to close down schools – Akufo-Addo tells students
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has asked students not to give him a reason to shut down schools a second time.According to him,...
Schools reopening date announced
The 2021/22 academic year is expected to commence in mid-January 2021, sources within government say.This was decided after President Akufo-Addo’s meeting with Parliaments Committee...
Little girl’s emotional letter to Akufo-Addo over reopening of schools
A nine-year-old girl, Imani Pendo Abdallah-Sesay, is beseeching President Nana Akufo-Addo to reopen schools for academic exercises to resume.In a humble request, she said:...
Long school closure, threat to the educational sector – GNAPS
Upper West Regional Secretary of Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS), Alhaji Dasaana N. S. Adamu, says the long school closure due to...
Private schools council goes wild over re-opening of schools
The Ghana Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS) has expressed reservations over the government’s decision to reopen schools for second year Senior High School students...
WHO, UNICEF urge reopening of schools in Africa
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have urged African governments to promote the safe reopening of schools during the...