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GNAT president distances group from members’ strike in six regions

The leadership of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has described the strike action by its members in six regions as illegal. ALSO: Butchered...

Audio: Allotey Jacobs blasts SHS placement secretariat for discrimination

Former Central Regional chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is peeved at the seeming discrimination against indigenes of the Central region. According to...

Parents lock up headmistress for charging admission, other fees (Photos)

Some aggrieved parents of a government school at Iron City, a suburb of Kasoa in the Central region have locked up the headmistress over extortion. The parents,...

Parents fume over SHS placement challenges

Some parents and guardians have expressed frustration at their inability to print out the details of Senior High Schools (SHSs) and Technical Schools their...

GNAT declares strike in 6 regions

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has joined sister teacher group, National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) in its industrial action...

Video: Five steps to check SHS computerised placement online

The Ministry of Education has released a video guide to aid prospective Senior High School students to easily identify where they have been placed...

GES releases 2019 SHS placements

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has completed and placed all candidates who passed their 2019 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) into various Senior High...

NaCCA responds to Publishers Association

The Executive Secretary of National Council for Curriculum Assessment (NaCCA) is shocked at complaints Publishers Association that it sidestepped in the new curriculum reform....

51-year-old trader takes advantage of free SHS

Comfort Nutsugah, a 51-year old trader, has taken advantage of government's Free Senior High School Policy to further her education.Ms. Nutsugah, a mother of...

Katanga Hall conversion: Gov’t prevails upon KNUST authorities to change stand

The government of Ghana has, through the Ministry of education, written to the governing council of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to...

Video: We will not rest until we get our hall back – ‘Katangees’

Old students and current students of the University Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have vowed not to rest...

Police arrest 2 agitating on KNUST campus

Police in the Ashanti region has arrested two persons for agitating on the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology for the return of University Hall,...

Here is the academic calendar for SHS students

The Ghana Education Service has released the 2019/20  1st Semester Academic Calendar for Senior High Schools. 

30 things GES wants all parents, students to know as schools reopen

The Ghana Education Service has addressed a press conference as public schools reopen across the country. Here is a bullet-point presentation of information, the GES wants...

Textbooks for new curriculum not ready – Ghana Book Publishers Association reveals

The Ghana Book Publishers Association has revealed that textbooks developed based on the new curriculum are not ready and will not be available in...

NAGRAT declares strike

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has declared a strike over what it describes as untold pressure and hardship on teachers following the...

Govt inaugurates 17-member new UEW Governing Council

A 17-member Governing Council on Thursday was inaugurated for the running of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) following the expiration of the old...

Audio: Land guards assault woman at Legon

A group of land guards have allegedly beaten to a pulp, a woman at Legon in the Greater Accra Region when they invaded a...

Ablekuma West Assembly gives 500 dual desks to schools ahead of reopening

The Ablekuma West Municipal Chief Executive, George Bray, has presented 500 dual desks to the Ablekuma West Municipal Directorate of Education to be distributed to schools in...

Danger: KNUST campus declared a security zone

The campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been declared a security zone by the Ashanti Regional Security Council...

GES starts recruitment of teachers

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has started recruiting qualified newly trained teachers for the 2019/2020 academic year. A release issued and signed by the Director of...

GES yet to settle on requisite books for new syllabus

The Ghana Education Service (GES) is yet to settle on the requisite books needed for the new basic school curriculum.  Although it is just a week...

GES yet to settle on requisite books for new syllabus

The Ghana Education Service (GES) is yet to settle on the requisite books needed for the new basic school curriculum.  Although it is just a week...

GES to release SHS placement for BECE candidates

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced the West African Examination Council (WAEC) would be released the 2019 Senior High School placement for BECE...

Sex-for-grade undermining quality education – UPSA Lecturer

Lecturer at the University of Professional Studies, Fred Awaah, has decried the wave of sex-for-grade incidents in Ghanaian universities, urging a change in attitude. He...

WAEC cancels results of 19 BECE candidates

The West African Examination Council (WAEC), following the release of the 2019 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), says it has cancelled the entire results...

WAEC releases 2019 BECE results

The West African Examination Council has released provisional results of the 2019 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). A total of 517,331 candidates took part in...

2019 BECE provisional results released by WAEC

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the release of provisional results for the 2019 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). In a statement signed...

GES denies importation of new JHS uniform

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has described claims of importation of new Junior High School (JHS) uniform as baseless. In a statement signed by the...

WAEC yet to release 2019 BECE results

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it is yet to release the results for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE)...

WAEC yet to release 2019 BECE results

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it is yet to release the results for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for School...

Ladè Wosornu, others to facilitate Kwame Nkrumah Writers’ Workshop 2019

Retired Ghanaian surgeon and poet, Professor Ladè Wosornu has been announced as one of the six facilitators of the Kwame Nkrumah Writers’ Workshop 2019. The others include,...

Stop harassing teachers for money… GNACOPS warns Education Directors

The Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS) is warning district directors of education to desist from harassing members to pay money for training...

Teachers ill-prepared for rushed new curriculum – Educationist

A quality education specialist with the SOS Villages Ghana has indicated that the new curriculum for basic and high schools is being rushed. Beginning the...

School Feeding rot: Gender Ministry embarks on clean-up

The Ministry of Gender and Social Protection has tasked about 700 Youth Employment Agency (YEA) officers to carry out a comprehensive assessment, including verification...

Fabewoso: GH¢899,617 School Feeding cash not accounted for in 81 MMDAs[Video]

About 81 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) have been cited for causing financial loss to the State after they failed to account for...

Mulan Activity Centre supports street children

As part of its corporate social responsibility, Mulan Activity Centre has offered educational support to street children in the country. The move is to ensure...

KNUST set to open a new satellite campus at Obuasi

The Vice-Chancellor of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and a delegation from KNUST has paid a working visit to Obuasi Satellite...

GES releases GHC 7.6m for curriculum training participants

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has disbursed a further transportation allowance of GHC50 per person to participants of the just ended curriculum training programme. The...

Audio: We are thinking and changing lives – GRASAG slams Senyo Hosi over UG outburst

The University of Ghana Chapter of the Graduate Students Association of Ghana (GRASAG) has described as unfortunate the recent outburst by the Chief Executive...