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Flood halts lectures at UG

The University of Ghana (UG) has suspended lectures and quizzes due to flooding on its campus.The flooding in parts of the campus, according to...

No school for primary pupils today as teachers undergo training

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that pupils in primary school will not attend school on today, October 30, as the day has...

African Ministerial Conference on Information Access opens in Accra

The 3rd Ministerial Round table for African Ministers with oversight responsibilities for Libraries has opened in Accra under the auspices of the Ministry of...

Our school now a den of sex workers & wee smokers – Awutu Mankomda Christian Int’l School

Teachers and pupils at the Awutu Mankomda Christian international school in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central region have decried the activities...

Okyenhene launches tertiary education fund for Asona people

Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II, has launched the Asona Family Educational Foundation and Scholarship to assist members of the Asona clan to get...

Good strides made in improving learning outcomes – NaCCA boss

The Executive Secretary of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) says the country has made good strides in improving learning outcomes.  Dr Prince Armah...

Meet 12-yr-old home-schooled Viemens Bamfo who has gained admission to Legon

Viemens Bamfo, a 12-year-old, has become an instant internet sensation for gaining admission to study Public Administration at the University of Ghana, Legon. He is the youngest...

NAFTI beats six communication universities to win ‘fake news’ contest

National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) students studying Broadcast journalism have emerged as winners of the maiden edition of the Inter-Tertiary Media and Information...

Read: Why no girl has ever completed Sawoubea JHS in two decades

The Upper West Regional Girls’ Education Officer at the Ghana Education Service (GES), has disclosed that no girl has ever completed the Sawoubea Junior...

Accra Book Fest 2019 opens, list of speakers out

The 2019 Accra International Book Festival was opened on Thursday with the Kwame Nkrumah Writers’ Workshop at the University of Ghana, Legon. The four-day Book...

Book Aid Int’l donates books to Eastern Regional library

Book Aid International as part of an annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and RELX has donated over two thousand books to the Eastern Regional Children's Library...

Photos: Pupils forced to sit on bare floor to learn

Pupils of Buya D/A Primary School in the Kpandai District of the Northern region, who are forced to sit on bare floors to learn...

Report lecturers who invite you to cook for them – Governing Board chair

Kwabena Sarpong, chairman of the Governing Board of Baldwin University College, has urged female students of the university, to as a matter of urgency,...

KTI students sell school gate to scrap dealer

Some students of Kumasi Technical Institute have dislodged their school’s gate and deposited it with a scrap dealer for a bargain, Ghanaweb reports. The metal...

UEW begs government for financial clearance to recruit more staff

Chairman of the University of Education, Winneba Governing Council, Prof Obeng Mireku has said the council is sure of its desire to resolve all...

Govt to construct six new SHSs across Ghana

Minister for Education, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh has hinted the government will soon construct six new modern Senior High Schools (SHSs) across Ghana. According to him,...

GES begins posting teachers who passed licensure exam

The Ghana Education Service (GES) is currently undergoing the process of posting teachers who passed the 2018 Licensure Examination. According to the GES, postings will...

2018 trained teachers to be posted by November – GES

The Ghana Education Service says it has commenced the process of posting teachers who completed Colleges of Education in 2018. Only trainees who have written...

Fate of first year university students hangs as WAEC cancels Maths paper

The fate of over 1,000 graduates of Ken Hammer Senior High School (SHS) at Goaso in the Ahafo Region hangs in balance after their...

B-Akoto Basic Sch needs textbooks, other learning materials – Headmistress

Pupils at Beatrice-Akoto D. A. Basic School at Senchi in the Asuogyaman district of the Eastern region have no textbooks to learn despite preparing...

Free SHS giving hope to girls – GES

Benedicta Tenni Seidu, National Director, Girls’ Education Unit of the Ghana Education Service, has observed that the introduction of Free Senior...

Ministry introduces ‘gari jollof’ into school feeding menu

Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cynthia Maamle Morrison, has said “gari jollof” has been introduced as a new menu into the school...

Do not use office computers to watch porn sites – Cyber Security Commission

Government Institutions, Department and Agencies have been encouraged to develop security policies to secure their critical information from getting leaked into the public sphere. Additionally, they must put...

French Language to be introduced in upper primary

Professor Kwesi Yankah, Minister of State for Tertiary Education has stated that under the new educational reforms, the French Language is to be introduced in upper...

UPSA hosts Lade Wosornu, Bisi Adjapon at Reading School Project 2019

Retired Ghanaian surgeon and poet, Professor Lade Wosornu will be the main guest speaker at the Reading School Project 2019, to be hosted at the University...

Listen: Akufo-Addo lauds, endorses NSMQ

President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has lauded and endorsed the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), describing it as a healthy competition...

Fabewoso: GH₵2 million Ebenezer SHS dormitory left to rot [video]

A two million worth 18 –unit storey building for Ebenezer Senior High School (SHS) at Dansoman in Accra has been left to rot. The project, started by...

Gari fotor introduced into school feeding menu

A two-day nutrition training programme has been organised for caterers at Agona Bobikuma and Agona Kwaman in the Agona West Municipality in the Central...

SHS double-track system difficult to understand – Shatta Wale

Dancehall act, Shatta Wale, says he doesn’t understand the double-track system being implemented at various Senior High Schools (SHS) across the country. According to...

SHS Gold track set to re-open on November 12

The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has said November 12 is the new date for the re-opening of Senior High School (SHS) Two Gold...

Sexual harassment is in churches too – TUTAG president

The Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) says BBC’s ‘Sex for Grade’ documentary should not be limited to just the University of Ghana (UG). President of...

Excel in WASSCE to shame free SHS critics – Akufo-Addo urges students

President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the 21st Century demands that every country must be prepared for the world of knowledge and application of technology to...

No staff has the right to trade grades for sex – UDS

Professor Gabriel Ayum Teye, Vice-Chancellor of the University for Development Studies (UDS) has warned that no staff of the institution “has the right to...

AUCC partners Morgan State University

The African University College of Communications (AUCC) on Friday signed a Partnership Agreement with Morgan State University, Baltimore, USA, to enable the two universities to exchange...

Video + Photos: Meet the pretty Legon girl who beat her boyfriend for cheating

On Friday, October 11, 2019, news broke that a beautiful lady, who happens to be a student at the University of Ghana, has beaten...

Watch: Woman storms UG campus, embarrasses boy who ‘impregnated’ daughter

A mother, who is yet to be identified, on Friday afternoon stormed the campus of the University of Ghana (UG), Legon to embarrass a...

GES releases postings for teachers

The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the postings for teachers who have returned from their study leave. Those teachers who were...

University of Ghana responds to ‘falsehoods’ by CEO of Africa Integras

The University of Ghana has described comments by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Africa Integras in relation to the cancellation of a project...

Pass WASSCE to shame Free SHS critics – Nana Addo charges students

President Nana Akufo-Addo wants beneficiaries of the free Senior High School (SHS) policy to shame critics of the programme by obtaining good grades when...

GHANASS 1988 year group supports school with brand new computers

The 1988 year group of Ghana Senior High School (GHANASS) has presented five brand new dell desktop computers and accessories worth GH¢16,000.00 to its alma mater...