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WAEC releases 2020 BECE results; 461 cancelled, 977 withheld

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released the provisional results of the 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). “The West African Examination Council wishes...

Public University Bill: UTAG welcomes govt’s decision

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has disclosed that all considerations to the passage of the disputed...

Parliament suspends passage of Public Universities Bill

Parliament has suspended processes to approve the Public Universities Bill 2020 following a meeting between Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and various education sector...

Public Universities Bill: Prof. Atugubah threatens to lead impeachment against UTAG leaders

Respected law professor, Raymond Atugubah, has written a strongly-worded letter to his colleagues at the University of Ghana branch of the University Teachers Association...

UG-UTAG requests status of Public Universities Bill re-laid before Parliament

The University of Ghana branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UG-UTAG) is requesting an update on the status of the suspended Public...

National Science & Maths Quiz mistress gets big promotion

Dr Elsie Effah Kaufmann is mostly known for her role as the principal quiz mistress of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ).However, beyond...

3 JHS pupils drown in abandoned ‘galamsey’ pit

Three Junior High School (JHS) pupils at Banaso in the Aowin Municipality have drowned in abandoned illegal mining pit locally known as galamsey pit. The...

University of Ghana graduates 29 PhD and MPhil WACCI students

A total of 29 students of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), comprising 14 PhD students from Cohort Nine and 15 MPhil...

GES releases shortlist of newly appointed trained teachers

The Ghana Education Education (GES) has announced the release of shortlisted teachers who applied for the recruitment. The shortlisted applicants are said to include persons...

Your kids will enjoy free education and return to the streets to hustle – Manasseh Azure

Journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni says Ghanaian youth will come back to their parent’s single rooms to hustle after they have enjoyed free education. According to...

Right To Play celebrates 20 years of empowering children to rise

Right To Play has marked 20 years of empowering a generation of children across the world to rise above adversity through the power of...

Free SHS WASSCE graduates to enjoy free tertiary scholarships [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Free SHS WASSCE graduates to enjoy free tertiary scholarships The Ghana Scholarship Secretariat has announced free tertiary scholarships for current Free Senior High...

NDC Manifesto: Good news for students who will be admitted to tertiary institutions next year

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it has accepted for incorporation into the Peoples’ Manifesto, the recommendation of the Education Policy Group of the...

Napo reveals what late Lee Ocran said about NDC’s E-blocks

Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has revealed what the late Lee Ocran told him about the Mahama-led administration’s E-block projects. According to Napo, as...

Retool colleges of education – Principal of Kyebi College Of Education

Principal of Kyebi College of Education Rev. Charles Ofosu Ayarkwah is urging stakeholders in education to help in retooling the colleges of education in...

PTA has not been cancelled – Nsowah

Chair of the Ghana Education Service Council (GES) Micheal Nsowah has clarified that the activities of the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) in schools have...

UEW Kumasi, Mampong campuses change name

The College of Technology Education in Kumasi (COLTEK) and the College of Agriculture in Mampong - Ashanti (CAGRIC) which have been carved from the...

There will be ‘no review’ of PTA’s participation in Free SHS – Dr. Adutwum

Education Minister in charge of pre-tertiary education, Dr. Yaw Adutwum, has shot down calls from the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS)...

Needy student who got 8As in WASSCE obtains Ashesi University scholarship

Just after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo asked the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat to grant Thomas Amoani a full scholarship to study at the University...

GIJ grants amnesty to students who failed to graduate since …

The Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) has granted amnesty to students who are yet to graduate between 2013 and 2020. A statement from the institution...

ASEPA exposes University of Ghana’s ‘fake’ 2020 polls

The Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) has called for disciplinary action against lecturers of the Political Science Department of the University...

Bole SHS teachers give shocking reason for dining hall chaos

Teachers at the Bole Senior High School (SHS) have rested the blame for last night's chaos on the shoulders of the government. The students caused...

Traffic on some major roads as security services embark on route march

There will be vehicular traffic on some major roads in Accra as security services and other groups embark on a peace march. The...

One arrested as Bole SHS students cause chaos over bad meal

Dining time at the Bole Senior High School (SHS) in the Savannah region turned chaotic on Wednesday evening. The students went on rampage against their...

I’m shocked – Akufo-Addo on Mahama’s free SHS launch

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has expressed disbelief over claims being made by the presidential candidate of the National Democratic...

MTN Foundation commissions library and robotic centre in Dansoman

The MTN Foundation has commissioned a multipurpose library and robotic centre at Dansoman in the Greater Accra region. The facility situated at the Ebenezer Senior...

WASSCE 2020: Meet the teacher whose sacrifices helped students bag excellent grades

Lack of resources did not deter him from assisting three of his students in pursuing their academic goal. Emmanuel Ampabeng has been identified as a...

WASSCE 2020: Good news for graduates with excellent grades

Graduates from the first batch of the free Senior High School (SHS) policy, who obtained excellent grades in the 2020 West Africa Senior School...

Education Minister wins big award [Photo]

The Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has been awarded at the Ninth Edition of The West African Regional Magazine Achievers Business and Leadership...

Tears as brilliant but needy SHS graduates who scored 6As and 2Bs share ordeal [Video]

Two needy but brilliant Senior High School (SHS) graduates in the Eastern Region are appealing for financial support to further their education to enable them...

Akufo-Addo’s free S.H.S must not suffer at WAEC’s expense – Dr. Adutwum

Deputy Minister for Education in charge of Pre-Tertiary Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum says the efforts of President Akufo-Addo and beneficiaries of the free...

First Akan Presidential debate: Akua Donkor’s juicy package for trainee teachers, nurses

The Founder and Leader of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Akua Donkor, has pledged her commitment to pay trainee nurses' allowance if voted into...

Rawlings’ family welcomes decision to name UDS after him

The family of the late former President Jerry John Rawlings has welcomed any decision to name the University for Development Studies (UDS) after him. According...

Western North Regional Minister donates to Bibiani SHS

The Western North Regional Minister, Kingsley Aboagye-Gyedu, who doubles as the Member of Parliament for Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai constituency, has cautioned all Senior High...

Excellent WASSCE results have shamed Free SHS critics and naysayers – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has applauded the first batch of beneficiaries of the Free Senior High School policy for their excellent showing in the 2020...

Achimota School’s Desiree is Ghana’s best orator 2020 for winning inter-school public speaking competition

Achimota’s Desiree Nhyira Hayfron has been adjudged the best orator in the maiden Inter-School Public Speaking competition for the year 2020. With confidence and clarity...

University of Ghana revises fee payment structure for academic registration

Students of the University of Ghana can heave a sigh of relief as management has revised its fee payment structure that they must comply...

KNUST female professor named among top global scientists

Professor Marian Asantewah Nkansah of the Department of Chemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has been named among the top 10 scientists...

13 tertiary institutions connected as Bawumia commissions free Wi-Fi project

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has commissioned the government’s flagship Free Wi-fi Project to tertiary institutions project in Accra. The Tertiary Institutions project, currently...

University of Ghana reviews fees for 2020/2021 academic year

Management of the University of Ghana (UG) has announced a review of the facility user fees for students for the 2020/2021 academic year. The institution...