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SHS students on twerking spree after final paper (Videos)

Final year students, who have finished the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examinations, have started flooding social media with dance videos. In videos posted...

Teachers’ bungalow left to rot at Tarikpaa (Photo)

Some residents of Tarikpaa, a farming community in the Savelugu Municipality of the Northern region, have called on the government and Non-Governmental Organisations to...

Withdraw public universities bill – Prof. Opoku-Agyemang

The running mate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flag bearer, Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has called on government to rescind its decision to...

Aburi Girls withdraws from NSMQ 2020

Aburi Girls Senior High School (ABUGISS) has withdrawn from this year’s National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), organisers of the content have announced. In a...

Parents in Kumasi send important message to Akufo-Addo

Some parents in Kumasi are asking the government to reconsider its decision to suspend the reopening of schools until early next year. According to them,...

AIT holds 15th graduation for 286 students

A total of 286 students, who completed their studies in the 2019/2020 academic year at the Accra Institute of Technology (AIT), have been awarded...

Private school workers send SOS message to Akufo-Addo [Audio]

Some Ghanaian private school workers including teachers and headteachers have appealed to President Akufo-Addo to, as a matter of urgency, review the decision to...

Include JHS, SHS 1 students in October reopening – CHOPSS

Conference of Heads of Private Second-Cycle Schools (CHOPSS) has urged government to include first-year Junior High and Senior High Schools’ students in the October...

WAEC past questions, answers for BECE and WASSCE app launched

An application that serves as a one-stop-shop for West Africa Examination (WAEC) past questions and answers for Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and West...

Private school teachers beg govt for GHC500 as monthly stipend to survive

Teachers in the country have lamented over their poor finances due to the seizure of their salaries on the back of the closure of...

The Big Agenda: Private School proprietors angry over selective school reopening

Following the order by President Nana Akufo-Addo that all basic school pupils, apart from Junior High School 2 pupils, should continue to stay home...

GES begins Education on school selection procedure

The Ghana Education Service (GES) is to begin this year’s sensitization on the guidelines for school selection into the Senior High School on Tuesday...

Association of Private Schools replies Akufo-Addo over reopening of schools [listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Why the Association of Private Schools wants to embark on a demo against government The Ghana National Association of Private Schools says it...

Akufo-Addo takes decision on academic year for nursery, primary pupils

The Ghana Education Service (GES), after extensive consultations, has postponed the resumption of the academic year for schools to January 2021. This includes pupils in...

JHS 2 pupils, SHS 2 students to report to school on this date

The Government of Ghana has announced the reopening of schools for Senior High Schools (SHS) continuing students who were not able to complete their...

WAEC releases timetable for BECE

The Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) would begin on Monday, September 14, 2020, and end on Friday, September 18, 2020, in all the Registration...

WAEC releases timetable for 2020 BECE

The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has released the timetable for the 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The exam would begin on Monday, September...

Check out how much govt is spending on one pack of ‘hot meal’

Government has indicated the cost of feeding of Junior High School (JHS) pupils preparing for their final examination is GHC3.50 per head. The breakdown...

Pupils hospitalised over suspected food poisoning in Ho [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Students hospitalised over suspected food poisoning in Ho About 15 pupils of the Holy Spirit School in the Volta regional capital have been...

Mobile Phone usage in schools to be reviewed – GES

Stakeholders in the education sector are considering reviewing the ban on mobile phone usage in schools.Mrs Esther Jones Safo, Ga North Municipal Director of...

Zimbabwe makes it illegal for schools to expel pregnant girls

Zimbabwe has made it illegal for schools to expel pupils who get pregnant, a measure aimed at tackling gender inequality in the classroom and...

We will terminate your contract if you fail BECE candidates – Gender Ministry to caterers

The Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister, Cynthia Mamle Morrison, has indicated that her ministry will not hesitate to terminate the contract of any...

MCE, NPP executives clash over ‘hot meal’ for students in Suhum

The Municipal Chief Executive for Suhum, Margaret Darko Darkwah has clashed with the Suhum Constituency Executives of the ruling New Patriotic Party over the...

GES to review ban on phones, other gadgets in schools

Deputy Minister of Education in-charge of Basic and Secondary Education, Dr Yaw Adutwum, has hinted of plans to review policies on the use of...

‘Hot meal’ for students shore up attendance in Cape Coast schools

Barley 48 hours of the commencement of President Akufo-Addo’s directive for one hot meal to be provided for all Junior High School (JHS) students...

Mixed reactions at St. Joseph’s JHS over government’s hot meal

There have been mixed reactions at the St Joseph’s Junior High School in Tamale over the hot meal provided by government for Junior High...

Ashesi University benefits from 2nd disinfection

Ashesi University, a private university located in Berekuso in the Eastern Region, Monday benefited from the second phase of the on-going national disinfection exercise...

Free hot meal a day for JHS pupils begins

The government’s initiative to provide final year Junior High School (JHS) pupils, teachers and staff with one hot meal a day started on Monday. Some...

NSMQ bounces back

The Management of Primetime, the organisers of Ghana’s most-watched television quiz programme, says the 2020 edition of National Science and Maths Quiz will kick start on September 8,...

Zoomlion disinfects Takoradi Technical University, Holy Child for continuing students return

In line with the President’s directive to all tertiary institutions to disinfect before re-opening for continuing students, Zoomlion has disinfected Takoradi Technical University and...

We will not rush to re-open pre-tertiary schools – GES Director-General

The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, has said that the service will not rush into re-opening pre-tertiary schools in...

2nd phase disinfection in tertiary institutions begins

Following the President’s directive for tertiary institutions to be reopened next week for continuing students, the ministry of education (MoE), in collaboration with Zoomlion...

GNAT President warns WAEC over leaked question papers

President of the Ghana National Association of Teachers, Madam Phillipa Larsen, has cautioned the West African Examination Council (WAEC) to abandon thoughts of cancelling...

2020 election: Deputy Education Minister explains why education would be on the ballot paper

Deputy Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has said education would be on the ballot paper in the upcoming general election. “The Ghana that you...

Free SHS will not thrive in your hands – Akufo – Addo tells Mahama

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said the Free Senior High School policy will not thrive in the hands of former President John Mahama should he...

NPP 2020 Manifesto: NPP promises expansion in admission of law and medical students

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has promised to increase admission of students who wish to study Law and Medicine at the various tertiary institutions...

NPP 2020 Manifesto: No guarantor for loans for students – Bawumia declares

All tertiary students in the country will get the option to obtain student loans without guarantors, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said. Speaking at...

‘Universities likely to revert to entrance exam assessment over WASSCE leakages’

Executive Director for Africa Education Watch, Kofi Asare, has hinted of the possibility of public universities reverting to the era of conducting entrance exam...

Man sneaks WASSCE answers to students on top floor with ladder

A man on Thursday, August 20, risked his life to sneak answers through a window to students sitting for the West Africa Senior Senior...

GES takes critical decision about private schools and diploma holders

The Deputy Director-General of Ghana Education Service (GES) in-charge of Managerial Services, Anthony Boateng, has revealed that private schools in the country are going...