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The Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has announced a limited recruitment drive for high school teachers set to commence next week. This recruitment...

MTN Ghana pledges continued support for the “Girls In ICT” initiative

Telecommunications giant, MTN Ghana has reiterated its commitment to Girls In ICT. Chief Corporate Services and Sustainability Officer for MTN Ghana,  Adwoa Wiafe, made this...

KNUST staff files another suit challenging vice-chancellor’s tenure extension

A stores superintendent at the Procurement Department at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has filed a suit challenging the recent extension...

President Akufo-Addo commissions phase II expansion project of UHAS

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo commissioned the Phase II expansion project of the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), highlighting the significance of...

President Akufo-Addo receives Honorary Doctorate from UHAS

In a ceremonious event at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was conferred with an Honorary Doctor...

Dr Adutwum to speak on the State of Education on Tuesday

The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, will provide an update on the state of education in the country at the Accra International Conference...

CETAG strike enters week 7 as leadership awaits gov’t signature on new agreement

The industrial action by the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has entered its 7th week, as members have refused to return...

Current era calls for new and better ways of imparting knowledge – Prof Kaufmann

With the emergence of the industrial revolution, the adoption of a new and better way of imparting knowledge has become necessary, Professor Elsie Effah...

Ola Girls SHS holds cultural week celebration to promote Ghanaian heritage

Ola Girls Senior High School (SHS) at Kenyasi No. 2 in the Ahafo Region has organized a cultural week celebration aimed at promoting the...

Former AGI President calls for enhancement of ICT in curriculum

The former President of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) and Executive Chairman of Celltel Networks, Dr. Prince Kofi Kludjeson, has called on the...

Asutifi North MP cuts sod for construction of staff bungalow for Ola Girls SHS

The Member of Parliament for Asutifi North in the Ahafo Region, Patrick Banor has cut sod the construction of a headmistress bungalow at Ola...

Teachers urged to accept rural postings

The chief of Sokode Dwaso, a suburb of Akyem Kukurantumi in the Abuakwa North Municipality of the Eastern Region, Barimah (Dr) Kwabena Awuah I,...

Over half of procurement irregularities recorded in 2023 came from Education Ministry

More than half of the procurement irregularities recorded in the 2023 Auditor General’s report on public accounts of Ghana came from the Education Ministry. Out...

Fire guts 3-storey KNUST student hostel

A devastating fire razed a three-storey accommodation facility known as “Father Hostel” at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The cause of...

GES distributes laptops to 233 teachers in Okaikwei North

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has distributed laptops to 233 teachers and some non-teaching staff in the Okaikwei North Municipality in the Greater Accra...

We never anticipated CETAG’s strike would drag – PRINCOF [Video]

The President of the Principals of Colleges of Education (PRINCOF), Prof Samuel Atintono, has expressed his dismay over the prolonged strike by the Colleges...

National Food Suppliers to picket at Education Ministry

The National Food Suppliers Association has announced plans to picket at the Ministry of Education due to delay in debt payments. The food suppliers said...

End Point Homeopathic Clinic reconstructs a 5-bedroom staff bungalow for Ghana National College

The CEO of End Point Homeopathic Clinic- Dr Adu Boateng handed over a 5-bedroom staff bungalow which the clinic has reconstructed to the Ghana...

CETAG to meet national council today to conclude decision on strike

The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) will hold its national Council meeting on Thursday, July 25, to finalize a decision on...

Activate shortCode, contact ICT coordinators for laptop collection – Teachers urged

Teachers and qualified non-teaching staff of the Ghana Education Service (GES) who are yet to receive their laptop computers under the government’s One Teacher...

Such things don’t move me – Deputy Education Minister reacts to GNAT walkout [Listen]

Deputy Education Minister, Professor Dr Kingsley Nyarko has expressed concern about the decision by members of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) to...

Government promises to settle CETAG allowances within two weeks amid ongoing strike

The government says the allowances for teachers from the various Colleges of Education, who went on strike, will be paid within two weeks. This follows...

CETAG withdraws all services following order for July salary freeze

The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has withdrawn all services in response to the government's order to freeze their July salaries. On...

GNAT members walk out on deputy Education Minister over delayed laptop distribution

Members of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) walked out on Deputy Education Minister Prof. Kingsley Nyarko to express their disappointment with the...

Jasikan Municipal Assembly donates 920 mono desks to GES

In a significant move to enhance the learning environment for students, the Buem-Jasikan Municipal Assembly in the Oti Region has donated over 920 mono...

GTEC justifies July salary freeze for striking CETAG members

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has defended its decision to instruct the Controller and Accountant General to withhold the July salaries of the...

Don’t pay July salaries of CETAG staff – GTEC tells CAGD

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has directed the Controller and Accountant General’s Department to withhold the July 2024 salaries of all teaching staff...

Fire guts Ahantaman Girls SHS dormitory

Fire has destroyed one of the Ahantaman Girls’ Senior High School dormitory blocks in the Sekondi -Takoradi Metropolis. The fire outbreak occurred last Wednesday, July...

KNUST: Alumni community urges old student to withdraw injunction against VC

The Alumni community of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has urged Kofi Clement Ohene Asare to withdraw the injunction he filed...

Don’t sabotage Free SHS – Okyenhene tells matrons and teachers

Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin has condemned persons working against the government’s flagship programme, the Free Senior High School policy. Known in private life as...

Tears flow at funeral of Ghana National College student [Video]

The final funeral rites as been held for Theophilus Ansah, the 18-year-old student of Ghana National College who died allegedly due to negligence. He was...

Bimbilla: College of Education students leave campus as CETAG strike continues

Students at Bimbilla College of Education are leaving the campus due to the ongoing CETAG strike, which has left them stranded for three weeks. With...

2 UDS administrators allegedly caught having sex in a washroom

Two married administrators (names withheld) of the University for Development Studies(UDS) Nyankpala campus, have been caught having sex in the washroom of the administration...

New Secondary Education Curriculum will prepare students for the 4th industrial revolution – NaCCA

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has asserted that the proposed Secondary Education Curriculum has been designed to help Ghana benefit from...

Two Tanzania scholars clamour for local solution in Western Sahara crisis in Africa for unity and development in book launch

The Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana launched a book titled Hurdles and Prospects of African Integration: The Question of Western...

NUGS rolls out stipends scheme for PWDs

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) under the auspice of its Scholarship Board has introduced a policy that serves to ensure financial relief...

2024 BECE: Teachers caught aiding in exam malpractice will be punished – GES

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced it will terminate the appointments of teachers arrested for engaging in examination malpractices during the recently concluded...

GES announces reopening date for 2024/25 SHS first-year students

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that first-year senior high students for the 2024/25 academic year are expected to commence classes on Friday,...

I want to be remembered as the Education President – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo is elated about the progress Ghana is making in its educational strides, saying his Administration wants to leave a lasting legacy...

Akufo-Addo highlights the educational achievements of his administration

President Akufo-Addo has highlighted the substantial progress his administration has made in transforming Ghana's education sector. According to him, since taking office in 2017, he...