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School reopening committee submits report

The 10-member committee, inaugurated to deliberate and advise on modalities for the re-opening of schools in the pre-tertiary sub-sector, has submitted its report. The committee...

Phase 3 of SHS disinfection exercise begins

The Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service (GES), in collaboration with Zoomlion Ghana Limited have begun phase three of the national disinfection...

Beyi W’ano: Completion of Denkyira Esaase MA Primary School to cost GH¢ 350,000

The completion of the abandoned Denkyira Esaase Municipal Assembly (MA) Primary School is estimated to cost around GH¢ 350,000.00. This is according to Kojo Addo,...

Good news for Legon undergrads who failed to graduate

The University of Ghana has granted amnesty to undergraduate students yet to graduate from the University since 2000/01 academic year over failed courses. In a...

TUTAG threatens demo over conditions of service

Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) has given government a two-week ultimatum to review its members’ condition of service or they begin series...

GES sends important message to parents, JHS graduates in selection of SHS

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has sent a message of caution to parents and Junior High School (JHS) graduates in the selection of Senior...

57-year-old BECE graduate gets support

A 57-year-old Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) graduate has received monetary support of GH¢1,000 from the Swedru Teachers’ Co-operation Credit Union (STCCU) after the...

Dumelo’s savage reply to fan over Public Universities Bill (Read)

Member of Parliament aspirant for Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency, John Dumelo, says public universities should be self-governed and free from government interference with regards...

GES recruits 16,500 trained teachers

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has begun the process to recruit 16,500 trained teachers who completed the colleges of education last year.Earlier this year,...

Selection of schools into SHSs begins

The selection of schools into Senior High Schools (SHS) by the Junior High School candidates who just completed their Basic Education Certificate Exams has...

Shatta Wale featured in approved Creative Arts Primary 4 textbook

Shatta Wale has appeared in the Creative Arts textbook approved by the Ghana Education Service (GES) and published by Alpha and Omega series for...

43 pregnant girls write WASSCE, BECE in Kassena-Nankana West

The Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region has recorded 43 pregnancies in the just ended West Africa Senior Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE)...

Dos and don’ts of school placement

From Monday 21st September to Saturday 31st October, those who have just completed the BECE will be selecting the SHS they would like to...

How school placement under CSSPS works

From Monday, September 21 to October 31, candidates who have just completed the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) will be selecting the Senior High...

107 BECE candidates failed to sit for the exam in Ahafo Region

Director of Education for the Ghana Education Service in the Ahafo Region, Yaw Frimpong, has revealed that this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE)...

57-year-old mum-of-four completes BECE; sets eyes on Free SHS

Madam Elizabeth Yamoah, a mother-of-four, was among the hundreds of thousands of candidates who completed the 2020 edition of the Basic Education Certificate Examination...

BECE candidate drives to exam centre in a scrap metal car he built [photos]

A young but talented Junior High School pupil, who sat for the 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination, has wowed social media users with a...

40-year-old BECE candidate hoping to be an engineer[video]

A 40-year-old driver is among the candidates in the just ended Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) at Nkoranza in the Bono East...

Investigate GH¢3.6m additional feeding cost of BECE Free Hot Meals – Akufo-Addo urged

Edem Senanu  Edem Senanu, Co-Chair of the Citizens Movement Against Corruption, has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to immediately probe the discrepancies in the number...

No inherited project has been abandoned – GETFund Administrator

It has been revealed that about 2,000 GETFund projects, including inherited and new projects have been completed so far. This is according to the GETFund...

NYA congratulates 2020 BECE graduates

The National Youth Authority (NYA) has congratulated graduates of the just-ended Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Chief Executive Officer, Sylvester Tetteh urged the graduates to...

12 pregnant girls, 7 nursing mothers, write BECE in Western North Region

A total of 12 pregnant girls and seven nursing mothers are taking part in this year's Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Akontombra...

BECE candidate escapes death [Video]

A pupil of Kpandai SDA Junior High School, Ebenezer Waki, could not complete his Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) after he was involved in...

Beyi W’ano: The ‘death trap’ school which has produced high profile Ghanaians [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Beyi W'ano: The ‘death trap’ school which has produced high profile Ghanaians The ‘death trap’ Esaase MA Primary School in the Upper Denkyira...

Private schools welcome Mahama’s promise on Free SHS inclusion

The Conference of Heads of Private Second-Cycle Schools (CHOPSS) has welcomed the promise by former President John Mahama to include private schools in the...

The Big Agenda: UTAG vows to punish Legon lecturers for betrayal (Video)

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) may soon penalise its branch at the premier university - the University of Ghana, Legon. A press conference...

Latest list of universities not recognised by Ghana’s Accreditation Board

The National Accreditation Board (NAB) in Ghana has reiterated its call to all educational institutions and employers to refer all academic and professional qualifications...

GETFund debts: Administrator recounts how someone collapsed while chasing money

The Administrator of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), Richard Ampofo Boadu, has revealed the total debt accrued when he assumed office. According to Mr Boadu,...

Stop sending me ‘love letters’ – GETFund Administrator to scholarship applicants

Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) is warning prospective scholarship applicants to follow due process. GETFund Administrator, Richard Ampofo Boadu, bemoaned how some applicants address the...

Ketu South: 16 BECE candidates pregnant

Some 16 candidates out of a total of 4,225 registered for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in Ketu South Municipality are pregnant. The...

Why govt can’t grant private schools’ request to enroll Free SHS students – Dep. Minister

Deputy Minister for Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has said it will be difficult for the government to consider and grant the long-standing request...

Good news for teacher trainees as GES orders recruitment

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has given a nod for qualified trainee teachers who completed Colleges of Education in 2019 to be recruited. Applications...

BECE candidate with 4 kids, five grandchildren shares dream [audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Oldest woman writing BECE reveals why she is sitting for exams Elizabeth Yamoah, a 57-year-old woman, partaking in the 2020 Basic Education Certificate...

UTAG National Executive Council clashes with UG branch over Public Universities Bill

The National Executive Council (NEC) of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has distanced itself from a press conference held by its University...

Deputy Education Minister gives tips on how to properly teach students [listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Deputy Education Minister schools teachers on how to properly teach students Deputy Minister for Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has shared some tips...

Deputy Education Minister recounts how pupil ‘insulted’ him in class

Deputy Minister for Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has given an account of how he was 'insulted' by a foreign pupil. Giving a narration of...

Beyi W’ano: Why this school won’t reopen in 2021 [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Beyi W’ano: Why this school won’t reopen in 2021 The Esaase MA Primary School in the Upper Denkyira East District will not be...

BECE candidate goes into labour at examination hall

A candidate, who was writing the ongoing Basic Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District of the Eastern region,...

Deputy South African High Commissioner hails friendship with Ghana as he launches Jackson Institute of Innovation and Leadership

The Deputy South African High Commissioner to Ghana has hailed the strong bond of friendship between Ghana and South Africa. Thapelo Madumane expressed optimism that...

Meet Ghana’s oldest candidate for this year’s BECE [photo]

Final year Junior High School pupils across the country started their final exam on Monday. The Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), which will last for...