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GES releases funds to SHSs for perishables and recurring expenses

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has transferred funds to Senior High Schools (SHSs) and Senior High Technical Schools to cover perishables supplied between March...

Damanko residents demand immediate commissioning of abandoned E-block

Residents of Damanko in the Nkwanta North District of the Oti Region are renewing calls for the urgent commissioning of the long-stalled E-Block Community...

West Africa to scale education solutions for children affected by crises

West African countries are set to intensify efforts to ensure children and young people affected by conflict, displacement, climate-related disasters, public health emergencies and...

Adequate provisions made for feeding in Senior High Schools —Education Minister

Adequate provisions have been made to ensure uninterrupted feeding in all senior high schools (SHSs) as they reopen for the 2026/2027 academic year, the...

GES probes SHS heads accused of selling prospectus items to parents

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has said it is investigating some head teachers in some senior high schools over allegations that they were selling...

Akatsi North DCE, MP target end of 2026 to eliminate schools under trees

The Akatsi North District Chief Executive (DCE), Bless Katamani, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, are targeting the end...

UEW honours 53-year-old graduate, urges youth to pursue education regardless of age

The University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Ajumako Campus has honoured 53-year-old Daniel Labasi Biborleki for completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Likpakpaanl Education,...

Ghana TVET Service warns against unauthorised fee collection

The Ghana TVET Service has taken notice of credible reports indicating the imposition of unauthorized fees on prospective students and parents by some Technical...

300 more Jomoro students receive educational items from MP

More than 300 additional students in the Jomoro Constituency have received mattresses, trunks, chop boxes, exercise books, and sanitary pads as part of a...

Adamus Resources Limited honours 100 best 2026 BECE candidates in Ellembelle

Adamus Resources Limited has taken its corporate social responsibility to a notch higher by honouring the best 100 students in the Ellembele District of...

Chief Justice Baffoe-Bonnie leads new 11-member Council for Legal Education and Training Board

The Council for Legal Education and Training (CLET) has unveiled its new 11-member Board of Members, chaired by Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie. The board brings...

Asiedu Nketia pays tribute to Nkrumah, vows to uphold his legacy through education

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has paid tribute to Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, describing education as one of...

Education Ministry to procure furniture for SHSs to help end double track – Haruna Iddrisu

The Ministry of Education, in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance, is set to undertake a major procurement of furniture for selected Senior High...

GES warns SHS heads against unauthorised charges for school items

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has warned heads of Senior High Schools (SHSs) and Senior High Technical Schools (SHTSs) against imposing unauthorised charges on...

Four pupils to one desk: The painful plight of schools in New Juaben North

The New Juaben North Education Directorate in the Eastern Region has appealed for more desks and chairs for schools in the municipality, following concerns...

SHS reopens: Ahafoman Sec/Tech headmaster impressed with freshers’ attendance

The Headmaster of Ahafoman Senior High Technical School at Goaso in the Ahafo Region, Derrick Adu Gyamfi, has expressed satisfaction with the number of...

Asante Akyem South Assembly commissions 3-unit classroom block for Tokwai Methodist Primary

Pupils of Tokwai Methodist Primary School in the Asante Akyem South Municipality now have a new three-unit classroom block, after years of sitting three...

School heads who turn away students over trunks, chop boxes risk sanctions – GES warns

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has warned that Heads of Senior High and Senior High Technical Schools who turn away duly admitted students over...

Nkwanta South MP distributes school supplies to over 300 SHS freshers

In a strategic move to revitalize education and encourage enrollment, the Member of Parliament for Nkwanta South, Geoffrey Kini, in collaboration with the Municipal...

Hey Ghana! Education has to have a standard

Hey Ghana! We need to have an honest conversation about education.Education is not simply about getting a school placement. It is about preparing young...

Students Loan Trust disburses GH¢600m in 2026 – CEO

The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) spent about GH¢ 600 million in the implementation of its portfolios this year, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)...

Oda MP backs Catholic Bishops’ call for CSSPS review over SHS placement crisis

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Akyem Oda in the Eastern Region, Alexander Akwasi Acquah, has backed calls by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference for...

Ablakwa celebrates North Tongu’s WASSCE best performers

Foreign Affairs Minister and North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has rewarded six outstanding WASSCE candidates from the constituency with MacBooks and full scholarships. The...

SHS freshers report to school today

Thousands of first-year students are expected to report to Senior High Schools (SHSs) and Senior High Technical Schools (SHTS) across the country today, September...

Kumawu MP supports 500 SHS entrants, rewards top students from 50 schools

Member of Parliament for Kumawu, Ernest Yaw Anim, has supported 500 boarding students among more than 1,000 fresh SHS entrants from the constituency with...

Kwadaso Municipal Assembly supports fresh SHS students with chop boxes, mattresses

The Kwadaso Municipal Assembly in the Ashanti Region has provided support to over 200 newly admitted Senior High School (SHS) students with essential boarding...

Jomoro Education Director applauds Dorcas Affo-Toffey’s scholarship support for SHS students

The Municipal Director of Education for Jomoro in the Western Region, Edith Mary Hagan, has commended Member of Parliament for the Jomoro Constituency, Dorcas...

UCC to get 28,000-bed hostel facility under $500 million PPP arrangement

The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has announced a major intervention to address the acute accommodation deficit at the University of Cape Coast (UCC). According...

Teacher shortage hits Nkwanta South basic schools

The Nkwanta South Municipality in the Oti Region is grappling with a severe teacher shortage of more than 457, a situation education authorities say...

Education Minister assures TUTAG of Book and Research Allowance payment by end of September

The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has assured the Technical University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (TUTAG) that the 2025/2026 Book and Research Allowance will...

Gov’t trains over 20,000 school feeding caterers in nutrition standards

The government has trained 20,171 caterers and head cooks under the Ghana School Feeding Programme in practical nutrition standards as part of efforts to...

‘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...