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Pure City Int School CEO wins 40-under-40 award

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Pure City International school, Precious Senafiawo has been crowned winner of the education category at this year’s 40-under-40 awards held...

Somewhere in Ghana: SHS closed down over ghost scare

A high school in Ghana’s Upper East Region has been closed down after some students reportedly saw a ghost on campus. Over twenty female students...

Audio: Former MP shares ‘Sex for Grade’ experience

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma Central, Theophilus Tetteh-Chai, has recounted how some young ladies he has mentored have been victims of 'Sex...

Farm labourer jailed for stealing two rams in Enchi

The Enchi District Magistrate court has sentenced a 29-year-old farm labourer to 18 months imprisonment in hard labour for stealing two rams valued at...

Audio: Sex for grades started from Adam – Lecturer

A lecturer at the Accra Technical University, Dr Jones Ntiamoah, has said lecturers trading academic grades for sex is an age-old problem. He noted that...

Sex for grades: I’ll never sleep with my student, I’m a gentleman – Prof. Gyampo [video]

Political Science lecturer, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has refuted claims that he sleeps with vulnerable girls in exchange for grades in the University of Ghana. Speaking...

SexForGrades: No more ‘cold room experience’ as UNILAG shuts down location

Following the revelation in the ‘Sex for Grade’ documentary released by BBC Africa Eye, the University of Lagos has shut-down the ‘Cold Room’, where...

95% BECE candidates placed under CSSPS

Ninety-five percent of candidates who sat for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) this year have been successfully placed under the Computerized School Selection...

KNUST admits over 22,000 students as female population hits all-time high

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has held her matriculation ceremony to formally admit fresh students into the University for the 2019/2020 academic year....

Education Ministry is the most attacked – Dr. Opoku Prempeh

Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh says his Ministry is the most attacked in the country. Dr. Opoku Prempeh, in an interview with Luv FM’s Prince...

Listen: Prof. Frimpong-Boateng joins CSE debate

The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng is surprised about the noise that has characterised the supposed introduction of Comprehensive...

1.2 million students to benefit from free SHS this year

Mr Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, the Minister of Information, has said about 1.2 million children will be benefiting from the Free Senior High School ...

Audio: Stop the noise, CSE is good – Counsellor George Lutterodt

Pastor Cyril George Carstensen Lutterodt, who was recently banned from counselling on either radio or television, has said the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE)...

NDC introduced CSE in 2015 – Education Ministry claims

Education Ministry has said the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) begun a process to introduce the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE)...

I will now treat CSE info as rumour but… – Rev. Prof. Frimpong-Manso

President of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council has commended the Ministry of Education for the tactical retreat over the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education...

CSE debate: ‘Intellectual witches’ responsible for ‘ugly noises’ [audio]

Former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has descended on intellectuals in the country, many of whom he...

Chief Imam speaks on CSE for kids in Ghana

The National Chief Imam Sheikh, Dr Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu, has added his voice to the many who have rubbished a proposed policy document that seeks to...

We will not accept concepts that offend Ghanaian values – NaCCA boss

The National Council for Curriculum Assessment (NaCCA), the body that develops the country’s educational curriculum, says it has no knowledge of, neither has it...

Listen: Education Ministry clears air on Comprehensive Sexuality Education for kids

The Education Ministry has denied reports which seek to suggest it has introduced sexually explicit materials in the Comprehensive Sexually Education (CSE) programme, as...

GES applauded for ‘tactical retreat’ over ‘Comprehensive Sexuality Education’

Vice-President of IMANI Ghana, Kofi Bentil, has applauded the Ghana Education Service (GES) for beating “a tactical retreat” over plans to introduce Comprehensive Sexuality...

New curriculum: What children in KG will be taught [audio]

An educationist, who has reviewed the new Standard Board Curriculum for kindergarten (KG), has said there is nothing explicit in the document. Dr Esinam Avornyo...

Audio: Afrikania Mission blasts Catholic Bishops over controversial CSE

The Head of Afrikania Mission in Ghana, His Holiness Atsu Kove, has descended heavily on religious bodies, especially the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference, (GCBC)...

Listen: CSE will empower teachers to ‘bonk’ the kids – Allotey Jacobs

The controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) policy for primary schoolchildren will empower teachers to molest their pupils, former Central Regional Chairman of the National...

Audio: Maurice Ampaw threatens suit over controversial CSE

Private legal practitioner, Dr Maurice Ampaw, has described as illegal and unconstitutional a plan to teach children Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE). According to him, he...

Listen: Our sexual lives haven’t been bankrupt without sex education – Bernard Mornah

National Chairman of the People’s National Convention, has questioned the introduction of Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) into schools in Ghana. According to Bernard Mornah, sexual...

CSE is a foreign agenda – Education Ministry

The Ministry of Education is assuring parents it will not allow any curriculum which contains explicit sexual information to be taught in schools. It maintained...

KNUST SRC president escapes kidnapping

The Students’ Representative Council (SRC) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has condemned the recent spate of assault on some...

How BBC reported on Comprehensive Sexuality Education for kids in Ghana

Parents and Christian groups in Ghana have pushed back against a planned introduction of Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) for primary schoolchildren aged four.Education officials...

Sexuality Education curriculum not approved – NaCCA

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education curriculum has not been approved for schools in the country.According to the Executive...

Audio: MP calls for increased public education on CSE programme

Member of Parliament (MP) for Tema East constituency, Daniel Nii Kwatei Titus-Glover, is calling for increased public education on the planned introduction of Comprehensive...

Audio: CSE saga: ‘Sexual Education can be done naturally’

A leading member of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Alhaji Mohammed Saani, says it is meaningless for the Ghana Education Service (GES) to introduce...

Audio: ‘CSE programme won’t promote homosexuality’

Dr Naa Adjeley Sakyi, Gender Consultant and Facilitator of Trainer of Trainers programme for the Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) Curriculum, has allayed the fears...

Listen: Comprehensive Sexuality Education: A covert attempt to introduce homosexuality – MP

Incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumbungu Constituency in the Northern region, Ras Mubarak, has kicked against the decision by the Ghana Education Service...

Audio: GES Director a disaster to Ghana, CSE to promote lesbianism – Rev. Prof Frimpong-Manso

The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, is not in the good books of many for sanctioning Comprehensive Sexuality Education...

Full document: How Ghanaian kids will be taught Sexuality

Find attached the document containing the guidelines for Comprehensive Sexuality Education in Ghana.  Beginning next year, pupils in all public schools, including 4-year-olds will be given Comprehensive...

UEW UTAG elects new executives

The University of Education, Winneba chapter of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) on Friday elected its new executives  The elections, held at the Winneba and...

USAG supports October 7 law student’s demo

The University Students Association of Ghana (USAG) has endorsed and pledged support for a peaceful demonstration by the National Association of Law Students slated for October...

93% of students fail Ghana School of Law entrance exam

Over 90 per cent of students who sat for this year’s Ghana School of Law entrance examination failed to make the cut for admission. Results...

Bawumia commends MTN for cutting sod for Girls Dormitory at Tamasco

The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has commended MTN Ghana Foundation for cutting sod for the construction of a 600-bed dormitory at the Tamale...

NaCCA holds workshop on Formative Assessment, Reporting Templates for New Curriculum

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) of the Ministry of Education has organized a two-day workshop to develop templates and manuals to build...