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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...

UG’s Animal Biology and Conservation Dep’t warns against indecent dressing

The Department of Animal Biology and Conservation Science at the University of Ghana has cautioned students of the department against indecent dressing. It is not...

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...