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232 Senior high schools score below 30% in WASSCE

About 232 out of the 674 public senior high schools (SHSs) in the country score below 30 per cent in the West Africa Senior...

AUCC graduates urged to make a difference

President of the African University College for Communication (AUCC), Dr Koryoe Anim-Wright, has urged the graduands of the University to make good use of...

NUGS makes donation to KUMACA, promises health campaign

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has donated some items to Kumasi Academy in the Ashanti Region in solidarity over the recent deaths there. The...

Court orders reinstatement of UCC students involved in alleged misconduct

A Cape Coast High Court has ordered the University of Cape Coast (UCC) to reinstate 22 students of the institution it rusticated for alleged...

Revealed: GHANASS matron is Deaconess in a church (Hot VIDEO)

Host of Adom FM's Morning Show, Captain Smart has said Ghana’s economy will see a revamp of 50% of Christians in the country abstain...

UCC to pay GHS220k to 22 sacked students

A Cape Coast High Court has ordered authorities of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) to reinstate 22 students who were sacked for their...

No BECE candidate in the Kwahu East District has obtained grade 6 since 2008

No candidate in both Public and Private Schools in the Kwahu East District of the Eastern region has ever secured aggregate 6 in Basic...

Team of experts deployed to minimize impact of outbreak – Minister

Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang-Manu’s has told parliament that a national team of experts has been deployed to minimize the impact of the outbreak of...

PHOTOS: KUMACA students undergoes vaccination

School and health authorities have commenced screening and treatment exercise for students of Kumasi Academy. The screening and treatment became necessary following the death of...

Hot video: Bags of stolen items found in GHANASS matron's house

The woes of Madam Comfort Oduro Bruce, chief matron of Ghana Senior High School (SHS) who had been accused of stealing foodstuff meant for...

Admit WASSCE students with grade D7 and E8 into the university – Professor Adow-Obeng

Reverend Professor Emmanuel Adow-Obeng has suggested that WASSCE students with grade D7 and E8 in the core subjects be allowed to enter the universities...

VIDEO: GHANASS exposé: Heads must roll – Abronye DC demands

The Brong Ahafo Regional Youth Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has vowed to ensure persons caught stealing foods meant for students...

Photos: KUMACA turned into prayer camp after mysterious death

Authorities of Kumasi Academy in the Ashanti region has began intercessory prayer sessions following the death of four students last week. On Wednesday morning, December...

Hot Audio: Ken Agyapong to reward GHANASS whistle blower

Member of Parliament for Assin Central constituency has promised to reward the security man who exposed the matron of the Ghana Senior High School...

Four Free SHS students pregnant

A former deputy education minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has claimed that four female beneficiaries of the free Senior High School (SHS) policy are currently...

Be creators of opportunities and entrepreneurs – Graduates urged

Graduates in the country have been urged to make use of the skills they acquire in school to transform society instead of adding to...

Hot VIDEO: Police brutalise Katanga Hall students

The police in Asokwa have been captured on video brutalising students from the KATANGA of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Some police...

WAEC withholds results of 1,800 private WASSCE candidates

The West African Examinations Council has withheld the results of a total of 1,873 candidates who took the WASSCE for private candidates. According to a...

Nungua SHS to be shutdown over inadequate toilet facilities

The Ledzokuku Krowor Municipal Assembly sanitation court has ordered for the Nungua Senior High School to be shut down due to inadequate toilet facilities...

Winneba High Court quashes UEW UTAG elections

The Winneba High Court has annulled the September 15 elections of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) branch of the University of Education,...

Asantehene-AGROECOM mobile learning project trains 4,946 school children in ICT

Four thousand, nine hundred and forty-six (4,946) pupils in eight district in Ashanti and the Brong Ahafo regions have benefited from a free computer...

Hot video: KABA’s students recall fond memories of his days as a teacher

Past Students of Ebenezer 4 JHS at Mamprobi have expressed their shock on the passing of their former teacher Kwadwo Asare-Baffour Acheampong, popularly known...

I’ll pay your salaries, allowances on time – Akufo-Addo to teachers

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured teachers of prompt payment of their salaries and allowances. He said his government will rid the system of...

Free SHS impacts lives in Assin as hawkers return to classroom

Notwithstanding the barrage of infrastructural challenges, apprehensions and frustrations that characterised the implementation of Government's free Senior High School (SHS) policy, the story has...

Patrick Awuah wins prestigious WISE Prize for Education 2017

The prestigious WISE Prize for Education has been presented to Mr Patrick Awuah, founder and president of Ashesi University College, a private, not-for-profit institution...

Meet Ghana's 27-year-old PhD holder Gloria Opoku-Boateng Osardu

Dr. Gloria Opoku-Boateng Osardu is a PhD UX Researcher/ Scientist at Northrop Grumman, a leading global aerospace and security company. She received her PhD in...

2018 Budget: Over 52,000 trainees to benefit from teacher trainee allowance

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said over 52, 000 trainees will benefit from the teacher trainees allowance that has been restored by the NPP...

Free SHS policy is ‘destiny changing’ – Ofori-Atta

The flagship free Senior High School (SHS) policy by the Akufo-Addo led government has been described as “destiny changing”. According to Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta,...

Koforidua Technical University admits 3,476 fresh students

The Koforidua Technical University (KTU) has held a ceremony to officially admit 3,476 fresh students with a call for a more aggressive push towards...

Gov’t to meet Private SHS over free SHS

Government will soon meet the Conference of Heads of Private Second Cycle Schools in Ghana (CHOPSS) to discuss the Free Senior High School (SHS)...

Free SHS 90 percent successful – Napo

The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has said that Free Senior High School (SHS) policy is 90 percent successful. According to him, the...

Video: Prof Naana Opoku Agyemang was an embarrassment – Napo

Minister for Education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh has expressed disappointment in his predecessor, Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang. According to him, the educationist who should...

Jackson College SRC condemns past students

Past students of Jackson College of Education in the Northern region have condemned in no uncertain terms the decision by some of their colleagues...

Jackson College of Education condemn past students over picketing

The Management of Jackson College of Education would like to disassociate itself from the unwarranted behaviour put up at the GES headquarters by some...

Private universities face imminent collapse – Prof. Nsowah-Nuamah

Professor Nicolas Nsowah-Nuamah, President of the Regent University of Science and Technology, has said private tertiary universities are facing threatening challenges in view of...

I will restore control of mission schools to churches – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has promised a historic handing over of mission schools across the country to its original administrators, the churches. Speaking at the graduation of...

Free SHS was not introduced to collapse Private Schools – Barbara Ayisi

Deputy Minister of Education, Barbara Asher Ayisi has said the implementation of the free senior high school, was not introduced to collapse private secondary...

2018 BECE: Gov’t to pay candidates registration fees

Government has stated that it will be absorbing the cost of the registration fees for candidates in public schools who will be writing the...

Former Commonwealth Hall executives to sue UG for excluding their names from graduation list

The 2016/2017 executives of Commonwealth Hall, University of Ghana are set to sue the university for what they say is the unfair exclusion of...

Free SHS challenges: Klo Agogo students ‘packed like sardines’ in dormitories

As part of an ongoing campaign by Joy News to highlight issues in the implementation of the free SHS programme, the spotlight falls on...