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Akufo-Addo speaks on 14 banned WASSCE students

President Nana Akufo-Addo has stepped in for some 14 students who were banned from partaking in the ongoing West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination...

GES apologises for a ‘big’ mistake

The Ghana Education Service (GES) on Friday, August 7, 2020, issued a press release to dismiss some 14 students for engaging in acts of...

WASSCE: MP coins funny name for rioting students

Member of Parliament (MP) for Akim Oda, William Agyapong Quaitoo, says he is not surprised by the level of gross indiscipline displayed by...

Rampaging SHS students to pay for damages; check out the amount [video]

After vandalising school property in protest against sitting arrangements of 1.5 metres distancing in the examination hall, some 365 final year students...

Beating of invigilators, journalist, arrest of headmaster: The inside story

Bright Amponsah, the proprietor of Bright Senior High School at Kukurantumi in the Eastern region has reportedly been picked up by police from the...

WAEC lauds GES’ decision to dismiss riotous students

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has lauded the Ghana Education Service (GES) decision to dismiss students involved in the recent unrest seen recorded...

WASSCE riot: 14 SHS students dismissed, barred from writing exams

14 students who engaged in acts of indiscipline in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) have been dismissed from their schools. The...

Bright Senior High School proprietor granted bail [video]

The proprietor of Bright Senior High School at Kukurantumi in the Eastern region has been granted self-recognizance bail by the Akyem Tafo...

WAEC moves examination centre from Bright SHS after attacks

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has relocated the centre for the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) at the Bright Senior...

Kennedy Agyapong reacts to viral video of WASSCE students disrespecting Akufo-Addo

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has reacted to the viral video of West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) students...

Sack all students involved in WASSCE riots from boarding house – GES orders SHS heads

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has ordered heads of Senior High Schools (SHS) across the country to 'de-boardinise' students responsible for the recent rioting...

We have produced over-pampered students – NAGRAT on rioting students

JoyNews/AdomNews · We have breed over-pampered students – NAGRAT on rioting students The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has said the indiscipline in Senior...

WASSCE 2020: CHASS bares teeth at rioting students

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), in a stern warning to rioting final year students, says recalcitrant students will not go...

Arrest students who assault teachers during WASSCE – GNAT

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has called on authorities to arrest students who perpetrate violence against its members facilitating the ongoing examinations...

Why Ghana School of Hygiene final year students stormed Sanitation Ministry [Video]

Final year students of the Ghana School of Hygiene (GSH) on Tuesday picketed the Ministry of Sanitation and Water resources to demand unpaid...

GES warns rioting SHS students

The Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Anthony Boateng, has said authorities will deal with all students who rioted and vandalised school property...

Committee submits report on death of final year KNUST SHS student

The four-member committee set up to investigate the death of a final year KNUST SHS student has today submitted its report to the Ashanti...

SHS students conscientised by the NDC to insult Akufo-Addo – NPP Chairman

Constituency Chairman for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in New Juaben North, Kwadwo Boateng Agyemang has alleged that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was...

No SHS student has died of Covid-19 – Dr Oko-Boye tells Parliament

The Deputy Health Minister has told Parliament that no Covid-19 related death has been recorded in any senior high schools since finalists returned to...

Tweneboa Kodua SHS students apologise over WASSCE rampage [Video]

Final year students of the Tweneboa Kodua Senior High School (SHS) at Kumawu in the Ashanti region have rendered an unqualified apology...

Ndewura Jakpa Senior High Technical students vandalise school properties in protest against social distancing in exam hall

Students of Ndewura Jakpa Senior High Technical in Damongo in the West Gonja Municipality have vandalised school’s properties in protest against the 1.5-meter social...

Exam officer cries for protection for family after preventing students from copying [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Exams officer asks for protection for his family following attempts by some students to attack him The Examination Officer of the Tamale Senior...

GES sends message to disappointed WASSCE candidates

The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Prof. Kwasi Opoku Amankwah, has admonished crestfallen candidates writing this year’s West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination...

Tweneboa Kodua SHS teachers in ‘trouble’ over alleged extortion

Security agencies are investigating allegations that some teachers at Tweneboa Kodua Senior High School in the Ashanti region allegedly took money from students with...

WASSCE: Teacher interdicted for dictating answers

The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, has directed for the interdiction of one Evans Yeboah. Mr Yeboah is said to...

My record as Education Minister unparalleled and unprecedented – Prof. Opoku-Agyemang brags

In the lead up to the 2020 December polls, one of the major areas that continue to be of immense focus is the education...

SHS girl dancing wildly to Stonebwoy’s ‘Putuu’ lands on the floor like an aeroplane (Watch)

A young Senior High School (SHS) girl, dancing to Stonebwoy's trending 'Putuu' song with all her energy, went a bit too far and ended...

UPSA Governing Council re-appoints Prof Okoe Amartey as Vice-Chancellor

The Governing Council of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) has announced the reappointment of Professor Abednego Feehi Okoe Amartey as Vice-Chancellor at...

Tweneboa Kodua SHS students on rampage against headmaster for being ‘too strict’ during WASSCE exam

The first day of the 2020 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), expected to be calm, turned chaotic at Tweneboa Kodua Senior High...

More than 10,100 students in Kumasi sit for WASSCE

A total of 10,141 students in Kumasi are sitting for the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), the Ghana Education Service (GES)...

How free SHS policy saved Akosombo Textiles Limited

Factory Manager of the Akosombo Textile Limited (ATL), Ing. Kenneth Asare, says the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy saved the indigenous printing company...

WASSCE starts today

This year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will commence today Monday, August 3, with a total of 375,737 candidates in over 796...

Leaked WASSCE question paper: GES has this message for candidates

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed claims that a question paper in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) was deliberately leaked. In...

WAEC reacts to leakage of exam papers

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has described as fake some images of papers circulating on social media purported to be for upcoming Integrated...

KNUST’s first female Vice-Chancellor makes this promise to students as she assumes office

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) on Saturday inaugurated its first female Vice-Chancellor, Professor Rita Akosua Dickson. Prof. Dickson becomes the University's...

NPP govt considering free tertiary education – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo says his government is considering implementing free tertiary education in the country. According to the president, the greatest investment to make in...

NDC man incurs wrath over ‘leaked’ WASSCE questions

An activist of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has incurred the wrath of some Ghanaians over ‘leaked’ West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)...

Number of SHS students dead since reopening

At least four senior high school students have been confirmed dead after second cycle institutions in the country were re-opened for academic work. Schools reported...

Check out exit protocol for SHS Form 2 students

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has outlined the protocol for Senior High School (SHS) Form 2 students’ exit as they vacate on Friday, July...

KPANSEC students present apology letter to authorities over scuffle

Students of Kpandai Senior High School (KPANSEC) have rendered an unqualified apology to the headmaster and entire teaching staff of the school for causing...