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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...

Number of Ghanaian students seeking education in US increase

The number of Ghanaian students attending universities and colleges in the United States of America has increased by 15.3 per cent in 2019/2020 academic...

WASSCE 2020: Ayawaso West Wuogon graduates to check results for free

New Patriotic Party's Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Lydia Alhassan, has announced a juicy deal for Senior High School graduates in the...

NSS releases codes for 2020/2021 teachers’ postings

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has announced the release of pin codes for about 16,155 teachers for the 2020/2021 service year. In a statement signed...

WASSCE 2020: Results of PRESEC’s NSMQ star Daniel Kekeli Gakpetor pop up

The 2020 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results of Daniel Kekeli Gakpetor have popped up on social media. Mr Gakpetor was a student...

2020 WASSCE results better than 2016 – Report

The provisional results of the 2020 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) show, on average, a 12.7% increase in performance compared to the...

Education Minister launches Partners in Play Project to empower Ghanaian children

A new education project to help teachers incorporate play-based learning methodology in the delivery of their lessons has been launched at a colourful ceremony...

Family of the late Prof Benneh pay courtesy call on UG Management

A delegation from the family of the late University of Ghana Law Professor, Yaw Benneh, on Friday, November 13, 2020, paid a courtesy call...

Bright SHS teachers granted bail

A Koforidua Circuit Court presided by Justice Mrs. Marian Afoh, has granted bail to five teachers and two drivers of Bright Senior High School...

WAEC cancels results of 2,383 WASSCE candidates

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has cancelled the subject results of 2,383 candidates who sat the 2020 West African School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The...

WAEC releases provisional results for 2020 WASSCE; check them out

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of candidates who sat for the 2020 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). This...

Burial date for Prof Benneh announced

The family of the murdered University of Ghana Law Faculty senior lecturer, Professor Emmanuel Yaw Benneh, has announced that he will be buried at...

GES, NaCCA begin 5-day training workshop for CCP Curriculum master trainers

The Acting Director General of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) Dr. Prince Hamid Armah has said Ghana will soon produce a...

Kotoka Old Students refurbish ICT lab at Burma Camp

The Kotoka Old Students Association (KOSA) has handed over a refurbished ICT laboratory to the Garrison Education Office and the school authorities at the...

Akufo-Addo inaugurates KNUST-Obuasi campus [Photos]

President Nana Akufo-Addo has inaugurated the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Obuasi Satellite Campus.  This was as part of his four-day tour...

Deputy Education Minister surprises Kwaso JHS pupils

Deputy Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, last week surprised pupils of Kwaso M.A. Junior High School (JHS) in the Ejisu Municipality of the...

Education Minister warns headmasters

Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has said any headmaster who will prevent a student from enjoying the government’s free Senior High School policy...

NaCCA, GES hold simulation workshop on CCP curriculum training

The Acting Director-General of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) Dr Prince H. Armah has officially opened a three-day simulation workshop on...

Adisco, Motown, 10 others make it to round one of inter school public speaking competition

A total of 12 senior high schools have been shortlisted for the next round of the maiden edition of the Inter-School Public Speaking Competition...

Teacher allegedly inflicts cane wounds on students for laughing at him

There was tension at W.B.M. Zion Senior High School (AMEZSS) at Akyem Old Tafo in the Eastern region after a teacher allegedly flogged two...

WAEC speaks on 2020 WASSCE results

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it has not released the 2020 West Africa Senior School Certificate (WASSCE) results. In a statement Monday, Mrs...

Ghana ranks second on teacher status index globally

Ghana is ranked second after China globally on the new Varkey Foundation reports on Teacher Status Survey published on October 22, 2020. The survey, conducted...

Bryan Acheampong Foundation supports 200 students

The Bryan Acheampong Foundation (BAF), a non-governmental organisation in the Kwahu East District, has offered scholarships to some 200 tertiary students. This was at the...

First Lady commissions electronic library at Senya Bereku

First Lady of the Republic of Ghana, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has commissioned modern electronic library for the people of Senya Bereku. The ultra-modern library has been...

CHASS calls for review of Free SHS policy

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Senior High Schools (CHASS) has called for a review of the Free SHS policy, especially the policy on...

Public Universities’ Bill suspended for further consultation

The controversial Public Universities’ Bill has been suspended at the Education Committee level in Parliament for further consultation. The bill was met with stiff opposition...

Double-track system was necessary – Education Minister

The Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has stated that the double-track system that the government introduced in 2018 in Senior High School (SHSs)...

UCC announces commencement date for 2020/2021 academic year

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has moved its commencement date for the 2020/2021 academic year to January 9, 2021. School authorities had initially planned...

Filmmaker Sedufia, Lade Worsonu, Stacey Fru others headline 2020 Accra Book Fest

Celebrated Ghanaian filmmaker and director, Peter Sedufia will share his writing journey and experience at this year’s Accra International Book Festival.  The other guest authors...

GT Bank commissions ICT centre at Ayi Mensah Basic School [Photos]

Guaranty Trust Bank Ghana Limited (GT Bank) has commissioned and handed over a fully furnished state-of-the-art computer laboratory to the Ayi Mensah Basic School...

University of Ghana cancels proposed 2020/21 academic calendar

Management of the University of Ghana, Legon, has suspended its proposed academic calendar for the 2020/21 academic year. Following a meeting held by the Business...

University of Ghana cancels proposed 2020/21 academic calendar

Management of the University of Ghana, Legon, has suspended its proposed academic calendar for the 2020/21 academic year. Following a meeting held by the Business...

Juaboso-Bia Forestry Commission supplies desks to three districts

To reduce the infrastructural deficit in some public schools in the Western North Region, the Juaboso-Bia Forestry Commission has distributed 300 mono desks to...

Election 2020: Virtual inter-schools public speaking competition to be launched Monday

With some 52-days to go for the 2020 elections there is a campaign to promote peace as well as unearth the best public speaking...

University of Ghana announces vacancy for Vice-Chancellor, Registrar and nine other top positions

The University of Ghana has announced vacancies for senior-level administrative positions for Administrative/Professional cadre. The positions include Vice-Chancellor, Registrar, University Librarian and Dean for its...

University senior staff declare strike

Senior staff in universities in Ghana are set to embark on a strike on Monday, October 19, 2020, over the government's failure to better their...

Jane Naana defends decision to renew UCC teaching contract [Video]

Running mate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has defended her decision to renew her teaching contract with the University of...

NSMQ 2020 winner Daniel Kekeli Gakpetor receives full scholarship from Academic City

Academic City College, Ghana’s premium STEAM tertiary institution has presented a full scholarship to Daniel Kekeli Gakpetor, a student of the Presbyterian Boys Senior...