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‘Are we even serious as a country?’ – Alan Kyerematen laments SHS placement challenges

Founder and leader of the United Party (UP), Alan Kyerematen, has expressed concern over the challenges confronting the Computerised School Selection and Placement System...

NPP demands apology or dismissal of Education Minister over Arabic, Chinese language policy

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on President John Dramani Mahama to either apologise to Ghanaians or dismiss Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu over...

Gov’t commits new GH¢2bn to School Feeding Programme, reaches 4.5m children

The government has allocated GH¢1.982 billion to the Ghana School Feeding Programme for 2026, with more than 4.5 million schoolchildren now receiving a hot...

Education Minister visits National Resolution Centre, assures parents of swift action

Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has visited the National Resolution Centre to assess challenges confronting students and parents ahead of the reopening of schools. The visit...

Dafeamekpor questions items required in fresh SHS students’ prospectus

Majority Chief Whip and South Dayi MP, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has questioned whether newly admitted Senior High School (SHS) students should be required to provide...

37 Nsawam inmates sit for Teacher Licensure Examination

Thirty-seven inmates of the Nsawam Medium Security Prison have sat for the Teacher Licensure Examination as part of efforts to equip them with skills...

Dorcas Affo-Toffey supports over 1,000 SHS freshers in Jomoro

The pace setter for the scholarship package for candidates of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) who are entering into various second-cycled institutions, Dorcas...

Atafram community gets first basic school after years without access to education

Residents of Atafram, a rural community in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region, can now access basic education after years of trekking several...

GES releases 2023 Capitation Grant arrears to schools

Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced the release of Capitation Grant arrears for the 2023 academic year to various District Education Directorates for...

64.7% of Ghanaians say double-track system has lowered SHS education quality – IEA poll

A new nationwide poll by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has found that 64.7% of Ghanaians believe the double-track system has negatively affected...

GAUA-KNUST raises concerns over proposed changes to university statutes

The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA-KNUST) has raised concerns over aspects of the ongoing review of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and...

GES declares September 25 as National CPD Day

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has declared Friday, September 25, 2026, as National Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Day for teachers and staff across the...

Jerry-John Yenabi Foundation supports 600 SHS freshers in Krachi Nchumuru

The Jerry-John Yenabi Foundation has launched a major intervention to expand access to secondary education in the Krachi Nchumuru District, donating essential items and...

When fairness teaches better than money

New Ghanaian study in Social Justice Research finds how teachers are treated matters more than what they are paid. Our elders say when you climb...

Gov’t cannot deny what it has already set in motion – Former NaCCA boss challenges Mahama on Arabic, Chinese policy

A former head of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), Dr Prince Hamid Armah, has challenged President John Mahama’s claim that there...

Examination malpractice is rising, not declining – EduWatch

The Executive Director of Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), Kofi Asare, has disagreed with claims that examination malpractice is declining, saying available evidence instead points...

Education Ministry backs call for transparent review of CSSPS

The Ministry of Education has welcomed calls by the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference for greater transparency, accountability and an eventual review of the Computerised...

Catholic Bishops demand probe into alleged payments for SHS placement

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference is demanding an independent investigation into reports that some parents are being asked to pay money to secure senior...

Catholic Bishops push for 20% admission quota for Catholics in mission schools

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference has directed the National Catholic Secretariat to draw up a plan to implement a 20 per cent admission reservation for...

Farouk Aliu Mahama supports medical student with GH¢10,000

Former Member of Parliament for Yendi, Dr Farouk Aliu Mahama, has donated GH¢10,000 to support the medical education of Alhassan Zakaria Sugri, a constituent...

There are 800,000 places available for all SHS freshers – GES dismisses shortage amidst placement pressure

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says there is no shortage of spaces in senior high schools, despite growing concerns and frustrations among parents and...

SHS placement: Accra, Ashanti region are creating a false national crisis – GES

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has rejected claims of a nationwide crisis over this year’s Senior High School (SHS) placement, saying the intense pressure...

TVET Service boss assures parents of swift resolution of placement challenges

The Director-General of the Ghana TVET Service, Engr. Dr. Eric Kofi Adzroe, has assured parents and guardians facing challenges with school placement that their...

Good news for GES non-teaching staff seeking promotions

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has opened applications for serving non-teaching staff seeking promotion to various upper grades within the Service. The 2026 promotion exercise...

Parents in Ashanti region make U-turn on category C, D schools as reporting deadline approaches

The impending reporting deadline for first-year senior high school (SHS) students has heightened anxiety among parents whose wards are yet to secure placement. In Kumasi,...

Education Ministry extends deadline for 2026 SHS placement exercise

The Ministry of Education has extended the 2026 Senior High School placement exercise by at least one week to give students with unresolved placement...

NaCCA equips basic school teachers for new Chinese language curriculum

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has held a national training workshop to equip basic school teachers with the knowledge and skills...

Aggrieved teachers demand payment of unpaid 2012–2015 legacy arrears

The Association of Aggrieved Teachers of Legacy Arrears (2012–2015) is demanding the payment of outstanding arrears owed to teachers for the period between 2012...

Ablakwa supports over 2,000 SHS freshers in North Tongu with school supplies, gives 100 bicycles to day students

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has supported 2,269 fresh Senior High School (SHS) students in the constituency with essential...

2026 SHS placement crisis caused by changes to established model – Former Deputy GES boss

Former Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Dr Kwabena Bempah Tandoh, has attributed the difficulties surrounding the 2026 Senior High School (SHS)...

‘The Cabinet I chair has not approved any policy to introduce Arabic, Chinese in schools’ – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has firmly rejected claims that his government has approved a policy to introduce Arabic and Chinese as subjects across Ghana’s...

‘We have a problem’ – Haruna Iddrisu admits SHS placement challenges

Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has acknowledged challenges with this year’s Senior High School (SHS) placement process but says the widely cited figure of about...

Parents raise alarm over missing maths scripts of 165 BECE candidates in Binduri

Parents in the Binduri District of the Upper East Region are growing increasingly anxious after the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) failed to account...

Ghana at it again: Turning school placement into NDC–NPP politics

It has become a familiar ritual in Ghana. The moment Senior High School (SHS) placement results are released and some children fail to secure...

KNUST Vice-Chancellor advocates shift from Diploma to BSc in Specialised Health Training

The Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor Christian Agyare, has called for a deliberate transition from diploma to...

Father willing to pay GH¢10,000 for daughter’s SHS placement amid CSSPS frustration

A parent whose daughter remains without a Senior High School (SHS) placement says the frustration surrounding the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS)...

Government targets end to double-track system by 2027 with 16 new SHSs

President John Dramani Mahama has announced plans to construct 16 new senior high schools as part of efforts to reduce congestion in existing schools...

Mansoman SHS headmaster raises concern over students changing placements despite available facilities

The Headmaster of Mansoman Senior High School (SHS), Rev. Nicholas Adu Berko, has raised concerns over the growing number of students changing their school...

CSSPS impasse: Gov’t to convert 20 Category B schools to Category A

The government is planning a major expansion of Senior High School infrastructure, with Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu announcing plans to upgrade 20 Category B...

What advice should I come for? – Haruna Iddrisu questions Adutwum

Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has dismissed suggestions that he needs advice from his predecessor, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, to address challenges confronting Ghana’s education...