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NAGRAT ‘fights’ GES over interdiction of KNUST SHS headmistress

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has described as unfair the interdiction of the headmistress of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology...

KNUST SHS Headmistress to ‘step aside’ over death of student

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed the Headmistress of KNUST Senior High School (SHS), Felicia Asamoah Dankwaa, to step aside following the death...

Teachers in hearty chat while KNUST SHS student dies [Watch)

A video online reveals the moment a student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Senior High School (SHS) struggled to...

Check out photos of Prof. Jane Opoku -Agyemang in her early days as a teacher

Beautiful pictures of newly appointed running mate to former President John Dramani Mahama, Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, have popped up. In the photos, the...

COVID-19: Bechem PRESEC confirms first case

Bechem Presbyterian Senior High School (PRESEC) has confirmed first case of COVID-19 in the school. Assistant Headmaster in-charge of domestics, Michael Boamah, speaking to Accra...

COVID-19: ‘BECE, WASSCE’ cancelled as Kenya annuls academic year

The Government of Kenya has annulled the academic year of 2020 for primary and secondary schools due to the continuous upsurge of numbers of...

Police calm protest in KNUST SHS following death of student after alleged neglect over Covid-19 fears

Armed police were brought in on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, to restore order after students of the KNUST Senior High School went...

8 Covid-19 cases at Accra Girls SHS: 648 contacts identified

A total of 684 persons, believed to have come into contact with some eight persons who have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Accra...

Accra Girls teacher, spouse test positive for COVID-19

It has emerged that a teacher and spouse at Accra Girls' Senior High School have also contracted the infectious coronavirus disease. This means the...

Covid-19: Heavy security at Accra Girls SHS as parents troop there to withdraw their wards [photos]

There is heavy security presence at the Accra Girls Senior High School (SHS) as some parents have trooped there to withdraw their children following...

Coronavirus: Six Accra Girls SHS students test positive

Six students of the Accra Girls Senior High school have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Citi News sources at the school said some students...

Amma Frimpomaa donates water supply facility to Odumaseman Senior High School

The Girls Dormitory of the Odumaseman Senior High School, located at Odumasi in the Sunyani West Municipality in the Bono region, can now boast...

Prof Ebenezer Oduro Owusu re-appointed as Vice-Chancellor of University Of Ghana

The University of Ghana Council at its meeting held on 30th June, 2020, approved a second term for the Vice Chancellor, Professor Ebenezer Oduro...

Akufo-Addo’s directives to BECE candidates as they reopen [Read]

President Nana Akufo-Addo has updated the nation the 13th time on measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus in Ghana. His 13th address...

Akufo-Addo to address nation tonight

President Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to address Ghanaians tonight on the latest updates on measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Tonight's address,...

These inspiring Ghanaian women attended Ola Girls Senior High School

Popularly known as OLA Girls, Our Lady of Apostles Girls Senior High School is an all-female second cycle institution located in Ho in the...

12 iconic Ghanaian women who went to Holy Child School

Holy Child School, also known as Angel’s Hill, is one of Ghana’s top all-female institutions.Located in Cape Coast, the school was founded by the...

Tema residents urged to support Covid-19 fight

Parents and guardians have been urged to provide their children with nose masks and alcohol-based hand sanitisers to complement government's efforts to curb the...

KNUST appoints new Vice-Chancellor

The management of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has announced the appointment of its new Vice-Chancellor. The new Vice-Chancellor, Prof (Mrs) Rita...

Kennedy Agyapong names Ghana’s best minister

Tough-talking politician, Kennedy Agyapong, has named Education Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku- Prempeh as Ghana's best minister. According to the Assin Central Member of Parliament, NAPO,...

Coronavirus: Minority calls for mass testing of final year SHS students

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has called on government to begin mass testing of teachers and all final-year Senior High School (SHS) students who...

Education Minister’s first Covid-19 test was negative but…

The Ministry of Education says its minister, Mathew Opoku Prempeh hasn’t tested positive to Covid-19, per a first test he voluntarily took. A release signed...

RE: National Executive Committee of UTAG’S response to the resolutions passed by the University of Ghana branch of UTAG

The University of Ghana Branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UG-UTAG) received a release from the National Executive Committee (NEC) of UTAG...

No ‘break time’ for returning JHS 3 students ahead of BECE

Final year Junior High students upon resumption of academic activities ahead of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) are to be engaged in five...

Govt commended for disinfecting basic schools in Savannah region

The disinfecting of basic schools in the Savannah Region would help assuage fears in both the pupils and the teachers in the region as...

Coronavirus: Accra Technical University records first case

Management of the Accra Technical University says one person has tested positive for Covid-19 at the educational facility. This is less than two weeks...

SHS 3 students stranded in Sekondi

Over 100 final year students of the Sekondi College in the Western region were on Monday evening left stranded for close to three hours...

UEW partners Right to Play Ghana in play-based learning [Photos]

Right to Play Ghana and the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) have signed a memorandum of understanding for the establishment of a Centre of...

4,500 basic schools to be disinfected in Greater Accra

About 4,500 basic schools in the Greater Accra region are expected to be disinfected by Zoomlion Ghana Limited. The exercise which will cover both public...

Man with no limbs inspires online community; bags 1st Class degree

It was the middle of 2019 when a Nigerian man attracted the attention of the online community after a social media user shared the...

COVID-19: No sporting activities in schools – Akufo-Addo directs

As Senior High Schools (SHS) students are expected back to school on Monday, June 22, 2020, the president has called on all sports activities...

Coronavirus: One school, one isolation centre – Akufo-Addo directs

All Senior High Schools (SHS) with boarding facilities are to use one of their dormitories as isolation centres as final year students report to...

Akufo-Addo’s directives to schools as they reopen [read]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has addressed the country for the 12th time on the easing of Coronavirus related restrictions. The President’s address among other...

Gov’t absorbs WASSCE registration fees

Government has absorbed the registration fees of West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) candidates for this year. President Akufo-Addo has announced this in his...

National Teaching Council to phase out private school teachers without license

The National Teaching Council says it will soon begin phasing out teachers without professional licenses from all private schools across the country. The...

Coronavirus: Heads of SHSs, JHSs to support govt to enforce protocols

Headmasters and Headmistresses of Senior High Schools (SHSs) and Junior High Schools (JHSs) in the Ashanti Region have given assurance of their readiness to...

2nd phase of SHS, basic schools disinfection launched in Central region

Central Regional Minister, Kwamena Duncan has launched the 2nd phase of the disinfection exercise in Senior High and basic schools by Zoomlion Ghana Limited...

ATTC goes digital, gets new ‘XtraClass’ learning system

Accra Technical Training Centre (ATTC), in collaboration with Real Tech, a local technology company has launched a digital educational platform to connect students to...

Low turnout of tertiary students in Western Region

The Takoradi Technical University and the Ghana Telecom University have recorded low turnout of students despite President Akufo-Addo’s call for final year students to...

Akufo-Addo launches $219m galop initiative for 10,000 low-performing basic schools

President Nana Akufo-Addo has launched the Ghana Accountability and Learning Outcomes Project (GALOP). The Project is to help drive standards and quality in some 10,000...