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Afenyo Markins writes: It is high time international schools taught Ghanaian languages

Nations across the world showcase their cultural identities in so many ways. The culture of every nation includes its set of languages. More than...

All schools to benefit from school feeding programme – Gender Minister

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has announced that it will expand the School Feeding Programme to all schools across the country. “If...

200 students at Wa Islamic SHS displaced after fire outbreak

Parts of the Wa Islamic Senior High School in the Upper West Region have been gutted by fire. The fire, which is said to have started...

Twellium Foundation puts up new school structure for Dzabukpo community [Video]

When it comes to teaching and learning, there is the need for an equipped educational facility to improve the teaching and learning process. Over the...

All schools to benefit from school feeding programme – Gender Minister

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has announced that it will expand the School Feeding Programme to all schools across the country. “If...

2019 teacher licensure exam records almost 80% pass rate

The 2019 teacher licensure exam recorded a 78.2 percent pass rate representing 27,171 out of 34,724 teachers who sat for the examination. This means 21.8...

Nkwanta South SHS students ‘refuse’ to report after Christmas holidays

Management of the Nkwanta South Senior High School has appealed to parents to allow their wards return to school after the Christmas holidays. The appeal...

GES apologises to teachers over poor organisation of training programme

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has taken responsibility for difficulties experienced by teachers who are being trained on core subjects for the new curriculum. The ...

NSS opens for registration of 2020/2021 defaulters

The Management of National Service Scheme (NSS) has announced it has opened registration for Ghanaians who missed the opportunity to do their national service in the...

GES trains core subject teachers

The Ghana Education Service has begun a 4-day intervention training workshop for all core subject teachers in the 722 Senior High Schools across the country. The...

A-G to advise on case of businessman who allegedly defrauded UCC

A docket on a case of alleged forgery and fraud involving the Managing Director of Tacoa Construction Limited, has been referred to the Attorney-General’s...

2 Ghanaian students invited to prestigious world debate tournament

Two students from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have been invited to participate in the prestigious Hobart and William Smith...

Release or justify delayed posting of some 2018 trained teachers – Group tells gov’t

A pressure group under the name Teachers and Trainees Advocacy (TTA) has queried the government on the delayed engagements of some trained teachers. In a...

New Year School opens Tuesday, January 14

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is scheduled to open this year’s New Year School and Conference at the University of Ghana. The 71st Annual New...

Russia, Ghana launch cooperation in nuclear education

The Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU), Russia and three key Ghana universities are collaborating to help the Ghanaian upcoming engineers, physicists, doctors and researchers to...

Peki SHS head ‘bribes’ auditor with students’ food items

Food items that could feed about 200 students of Peki Senior High School in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region for about...

Education of over 1000 pupils in Chereponi District hangs in the balance

The future of more than one thousand children from seventeen communities in the Chereponi district of the Northern Region hangs in the balance following...

‘Somanya University’ complete, pioneers to commence school 2020 academic year

The construction of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD), Somanya Campus in the Eastern Region is complete and set to admit its pioneer...

GES, MoE accused of denying graduate teachers postings

The Coalition of unemployed Graduate Basic School Teachers has accused the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Ministry of Education (MoE) of deliberate attempts...

UEW blasts Rawlings over resignation claims

The University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has said former President Jerry John Rawlings calls for Reverend Professor Afful-Broni to be made to step aside...

Teachers licensure exam has come to stay – NTC

The National Teaching Council (NTC) has described the licensure exam for teachers as an important tool for the teaching profession. According to the Executive Secretary,...

We won’t deliberately fail any teacher – Addai-Poku promises

The National Teaching Council (NTC) has promised a fair process for qualified teachers who will sit for the Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination. Acting Executive Secretary...

SHSs to receive funds for second term within 10 days – Education Ministry

The Education Ministry says Senior High Schools will receive their funds for the academic year within 10 days. This assurance is in response to complaints...

TUTAG declares indefinite strike again

The Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) has declared an indefinite strike effective Monday to protest the non-payment of allowances due its...

Ideas, not natural resources, are better enablers for development – NaCCA boss

The Executive Director of National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has said the country’s best bet for rapid development is ideas, not natural...

Afful-Broni must step aside – Rawlings urges UEW Council

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has supported the call for relevant authorities to ensure that Rev Father Professor Afful-Broni is removed as the Vice...

New JHS uniforms not compulsory – GES

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed reports that it has contracted a foreign firm to design the new school uniforms to...

Video: Fire ravages Konongo-based Pinamang Education Complex

A late evening fire outbreak at Pinamang Education Complex at Konongo in the Ashanti Region has destroyed properties in at least four rooms on...

GES announces reopening date for SHS students

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced Sunday, January, 5 2019 as a general school reopening day for Senior High School (SHS) 3 students. According to GES, the...

Textbooks for new curriculum to be ready in February – Education Ministry

The Ministry of Education has announced it will approve the textbooks and see to its publication for public basic schools by February...

Free SHS has increased enrolment by 69 percent – Bawumia

The Free Senior High School Policy has increased enrolment in secondary schools by 69 percent within the last three years, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia...

All you need to know about the 2019/2020 SHS academic calendar

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the new academic calendar of 2019/2020 for double-track and single track Second Cycle (Senior High School) Institutions. The GES in...

‘You have given us 21st Century skills’ – Right To Play Ghana lauded

Right To Play Ghana has roundly been praised for introducing play-based learning methodology which enables teachers to incorporate play in their lesson delivery. Keta Municipal Education Director,...

MoE rubbishes Mahama’s TVET comments

The Ministry of Education (MoE) is of the opinion that former President John Dramani Mahama’s idea of prioritising Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET)...

Licensure regime: A critical tool aimed at improving teacher standards

Ghana, as a country, has developed an enviable record in many spheres of development across the Western African Sub-Region, and the continent at large....

Mulan Activity Centre holds Carols service

Mulan Activity Centre on Saturday held its Nine Lessons and Carols to herald the Christmas festivities in Accra. The event, attended by pupils, their parents...

Over 40,000 teachers have been employed under Free SHS – John Boadu

General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, says the government has employed over 40,000 teachers under the Free Senior High School...

25% of teachers not qualified – NTC

About 25 per cent of newly trained teachers are not qualified to be in the classroom, the Executive Secretary of the National Teaching Council...

Law students peeved as their suit against Attorney-General, GLC is pushed to 2020

A suit brought against the Attorney-General and the General Legal Council (GLC) by a group of law students has been adjourned to January 2020...

TUTAG threatens industrial unrest over salary disparities

The Technical University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (TUTAG), has threatened nationwide industrial unrest to demand better remunerations and conditions of service. The Association has also...