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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...

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...