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UTAG threatens strike!

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) says it will withdraw its services by close of Monday, September 14, 2020. The strike they say is...

26-year-old lotto forecaster gives interesting reason for writing BECE

A 26-year-old lotto forecaster has joined the over 530,000 Junior High School pupils nationwide to partake in the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Isaac...

All the best in your exams – Napo tells BECE candidates

Education Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has extended goodwill to candidates in this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) across the country. This comes at...

Over 500,000 candidates sit for BECE today

A total of 531, 705 final year Junior High School students from 16,000 schools across the country will begin writing the Basic Education Certificate...

Free SHS: No serious manifesto will scrap double-track – Kweku Baako criticizes NDC manifesto

Editor-in-Chief of the New crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has questioned the research methodology of the committee that put together the NDC...

SHS graduate proposes to girlfriend after their WASSCE exam (Watch)

A trending video has shown a Senior High School 3 student who just finished writing his West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) proposing...

Read: Final BECE timetable out!

This year's Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) will commence tomorrow, Monday, September 14, 2020, and end on Friday, September 18, 2020. Below is the final...

GES sends strong warning to candidates ahead of first BECE paper

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has cautioned candidates writing the upcoming Basic Education Certificate Examinations to refrain from cheating in the exam. In a press...

UG approves reopening date for 2020-2021 academic year

The Academic Board of the University of Ghana (UG) has approved proposals for the reopening of the university for the 2020-2021 academic year. This is...

UEW ready to admit 100,000 first batch free SHS students

Vice Chancellor of the University of Education (UEW), Professor Anthony Afful-Broni has assured the institution is ready to admit over 100,000 first batch of...

NPP MP calls for reopening of schools

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for the Kade Constituency, Kwabena Ohemeng Tinyaase is calling on the government to re-open Senior...

Good news for JHS candidates in selection of Senior High Schools

Parents have been advised to take a keen interest in the selection of schools for their wards who will be writing the Basic Education...

Ablakwa throws light on free tertiary education for disabled students

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, John Mahama, during the party's manifesto launch on Monday, promised free tertiary education for persons with disabilities....

WAEC hands over invigilators who assisted students during exams to security agencies

The West African Examination Council says it has handed over some teachers who invigilated the just ended WASSCE to the security agencies. According to the...

All is set for 2020 BECE amidst tight security – WAEC

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says all is set for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). "The council has put in a great...

Integrity of just ended 2020 WASSCE still intact – WAEC assures

The West African Examination Council Ghana (WAEC) says the integrity of the just-ended West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) has not been compromised. The...

Ghana Council of Private Schools supports Mahama’s scraping of double-track system

The Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS) has expressed its support for the abolishment of the double-track system by Presidential Candidate, John Dramani...

Right To Play marks international literacy day, urges continuous education of children

Right To Play Ghana has marked the International Literacy Day (ILD) with an urgent call on parents and caregivers to ensure the continuous education...

School girls under 20 to receive free sanitary pads – Opoku-Agyemang

The National Democratic Congress (NDC), as part of its mission to promote gender inclusiveness in Ghana’s education system, has promised to provide free sanitary...

NDC Manifesto: Five key promises in the education sector

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Monday, September 7, 2020 launched its manifesto for the 2020 elections in Accra. Speaking at event, the Chairman...

NDC promises free tertiary education for people living with disability

The National Democratic Congress has promised to offer free tertiary education for people living with a disability if the party wins the 2020 elections. The...

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...