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Are you planning to start studying in the US next year? Or maybe you are just looking for the best offers, grants, scholarships, and...

University administrators join calls for withdrawal of Public University Bill from Parliament

The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) has called for a complete withdrawal of the Public University Bill from Parliament saying the content of...

UG announces approved mode of teaching and learning for 2020/21 academic year

Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo has announced the approved mode of teaching and learning for the 2020/21 academic...

TEWU to withdraw services over poor working conditions

The Teachers and Education Workers Union (TEWU) has indicated its intention of withdrawing its services following the inability of the Fair Wages and Salaries...

UG: Student leaders approved ‘double-track’ model for 20/21 academic year – Management

It has come to light that student leaders of the University of Ghana gave their approval to a proposal by the management of the...

Akufo-Addo to firm-up school reopening after Cabinet meeting

President Akufo-Addo is receiving briefings from the Covid-19 Technical Taskforce on limited school re-openings. Based on it, he is supposed to make a firm decision...

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:...

University of Ghana sets date for academic activities for fresh students

Academic activities for newly admitted students of the University of Ghana will commence on Monday, January 18, 2021. These students are expected to report from...

UG students petition VC over proposed ‘double track system’

A group on the campus of the University of Ghana calling itself Concerned Students Association have petitioned management of the university over the proposed...

National Inspectorate Board changes its name

The National Inspectorate Board (NIB) under the Ministry of Education has announced a change of its name. The NIB is now referred to as the...

2020 BECE Results: Education Ministry sends message to parents [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · 2020 BECE Results: Education Ministry sends message to parents The Ministry of Education has asked parents to be patient with regards to the...

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...

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...