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Free SHS to begin in September – Bawumia

The Vice-President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has reiterated that the government’s plan to begin implementation of its Free Senior High School (SHS) Policy in...

Akufo-Addo: Oil proceeds will support free SHS

President Nana Akufo-Addo has stated that the proceeds from the Ghana’s oil would be channeled into the funding of the Free Senior High School...

Sixty-Four Spellers qualify for national spelling Bee grand finale

Sixty-four students have been selected as the semi-finalists in the on-going National Spelling Bee Completion and Quiz Contest held at Cape Coast on Thursday. The...

WAEC denies hacking of its website

Claims that the website of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) has been hacked and fake results of the Basic Education Certification Examination have...

Cyber crime, occultism rising in tertiary institutions – Educationist

The use of the internet for extortion, dating scams, and other social vices by students is engaging the attention of authorities at tertiary institutions. The...

Boy with ‘wrong’ gender but good grades gets $50K Ashesi scholarship

Ashesi University College has awarded a scholarship worth $50,000 to Tubare Kolah to undertake a four-year engineering programme at the university. The scholarship covers his...

Over 20% of pupils enter school at wrong ages

The Coordinator of the Communication for Development (C4D) of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Mr. Fakor Disu, has disclosed that there are over 20...

GNUTS directs members to pay last academic year’s fees

The Ghana National Union of Technical Students (GNUTS) has directed technical universities/polytechnics students still pursuing their programmes of study to pay the last academic...

Schools close too early- Education Minister wants changes

Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has tasked the National Council for Curriculum Assessment to revise the closing time for basic schools. "School closes too...

Call for ECOWAS to harmonise education standards

Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye, has called on ECOWAS to harmonise the education systems and curricula of member states in order to enhance the...

Community SHS overgrown with weeds and bushes

The sight of one of the Community Day Senior High Schools initiated by the erstwhile Mahama administration is very worrying, Today can report. The school...

Don’t pay increased fees yet – USAG to students

The University Students Association of Ghana (USAG) has called on all students of public tertiary institutions not to pay their recently increased fees for...

Photos: Bomigo, VR; Pupils learn ICT with clay-moulded computers

Teachers at Bomigo Basic School, located on an island in the Keta Municipality of the Volta Region, have been forced to rely on keyboards made...

Reptiles chase pupils at Yamoakrom D/A Primary School

The already deplorable state of classrooms at Yamoakrom District (DA) Assembly Primary School in the Sekyere South District of the Ashanti Region which pose...

Free SHS students to get 4 core textbooks in first year

The Government will provide four core textbooks for all first-year students when the Free Senior High School (SHS) takes off next September, Ken Ofori-Atta, the...

'I’ll help teachers own homes' – Nana Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said his government will shore up the lives of teachers by ensuring that they improve their careers and living standards. “For...

Hot Audio: President orders UEW to resolve impasse

President Akuffo Addo has directed the governing council of the University of Education Winneba to amicably resolve all grievances for which a private citizen...

Teachers will be paid better – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stressed teachers will be earning better remuneration under his administration. Speaking at the 21st Congregation of the University of...

Employ us within 2 weeks – Graduate teachers caution government

The Unemployed Education Graduates Alliance (UEGA) has issued a two-week ultimatum to the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Ghana Education Service (GES) to...

No BECE pass, No free SHS – Gov’t

The government has announced its much touted Free Senior High School policy will be enjoyed by only students who pass their Basic Education Certificate...

Abraham Attah not charging for Free SHS envoy job – NAPO

The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has disclosed that award-winning young actor Abraham Attah volunteered to become ambassador for government’s Free Senior...

‘Stone mouse’ teacher deserves promotion – Napo

Education Minister Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has said that if he had his way, he would promote rather than punish Augustine Kusi, the class...

Economy in good shape for free SHS – Napo

Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has reiterated government’s resolve to implement the free Senior High School (SHS) policy in September, 2017. According to...

Free SHS: Government to announce implementation plan today

Government will today Thursday, July 27, announce the implementation plan for its flagship policy- Free SHS. The absence of a clear road map on the...

UG students petition Speaker over ‘killer’ fees

Some concerned students of the University of Ghana have formally petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye over what they describe as exorbitant...

Volta Region: Bomigo Basic School cry for help

The deplorable state of infrastructure at the Bomigo Basic School in the Keta Municipality of the Volta Region is affecting effective teaching and learning. The school which...

BECE candidates asked to confirm SHS selection

Parents and guardians of the 2017 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates have been advised to confirm the choices of schools of their wards...

University of Ghana Council Sworn into Office

A 16-member Council for the University of Ghana was yesterday inaugurated by the Hon. Minister of Education at a brief swearing-in ceremony at the...

Spelling Bee goes local: Dagbani is just a start

Seventy-seven school children, aged between 6 and 10 years will be participating in a pilot spelling competition in their mother tongue, Dagbani. They emerged finalists...

"Trokosi” girls graduate from vocational school

Fifteen young women rescued from ritual servitude, also known as “trokosi” have graduated from the Baptist Vocational Training Institute at Frankadua in the Volta...

Government to allocate 32.2% GETFund to tertiary institutions

The government has allocated 32.2 per cent of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), representing GH?255 million, to public tertiary institutions, Chief Director of...

2017 WASSCE: WAEC withholds results of 185 schools

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has withheld the entire results of candidates from 185 schools on suspicion of malpractices during and after the...

Make Sexual and Reproductive Health Education a core subject – Lecturer

Professor Kofi Awusabo-Asare, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), has called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to integrate critical...

Government inaugurates 16-member Council for UEW

The government has finally inaugurated a 16-member governing Council for the University of Education, Winneba. The Council is to be chaired by Prof. Emmanuel Nicholas...

Free SHS: ‘Elite schools’ will leave space for deprived students – Nana Addo

President Akufo-Addo has said elite schools in the country will be required by government to preserve 30% of their admission space for pupils from...

Govt to increase support for private health Institutions

The Minister of Health Honorable Kweku Agyemang Manu has revealed plans by government to support private health institutions in the country. This, according to him...

Government pays GH¢45m for lecturers book allowance

The Minister of State-in-charge of Tertiary Education, Prof. Kwesi Yankah, has announced the release of GH¢45 million for the payment of Book and Research...

Jack and Jill school to depend solely on solar

Jack and Jill School, located in Accra, will depend solely on solar energy and will no longer rely on power from the Electricity Company...

Education Minister commends Jackson College of Education

A Deputy Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has commended Mrs. Theodosia W. Jackson and Prof. Ebenezer A. Jackson, founders of the Jackson...

Video+Photos: Sefwi Samansuo D/A pupils forced to study on bare floor

Dozens of pupils Sefwi Samansuo D/A primary school in the Sefwi Bodi district of the Western region are forced to lie on their bellies...