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GES cautions students against negative use of social media

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has issued a strong caution to Senior High School (SHS) students over the rising trend of inappropriate social media...

NSMQ 2025: Preliminary stage kicks off today; check out full list of 147 schools

The stage is set for the 2025 edition of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), which officially begins today, October 20, 2025. A...

Pupils sit on bare floors as furniture shortage hits Abuakwa South Basic Schools

Headteachers of Akyem Adukrom Basic School and Kyebi Islamic Basic School in the Abuakwa South Municipality have made an appeal to government authorities and...

Eastern library improves literacy among over 55,000 pupils

The Eastern Regional Library in 2021 set out a regional target to reach out to morethan 50,000 pupils in five years in the bid...

Education Ministry sends goodwill message to SHS freshers

The Ministry of Education has officially welcomed about 590,000 newly admitted first-year students to various Senior High Schools (SHS) across the country as the...

SHS freshers report to school today

Nearly 600,000 first-year students are reporting to Senior High Schools (SHSs) across the country today (October 18) as the 2025/2026 academic year officially begins. Thousands...

Hwidiem Youth Association begins construction of modern toilet facility at Hwidiem SHS

The Hwidiem Youth Association in the Ahafo Region has initiated the construction of a modern toilet facility for female students at Hwidiem Senior High...

Mahama to launch school farm initiative October 21

President John Dramani Mahama is expected to launch the School Farm Initiative on Tuesday, October 21, in the Volta Region. The initiative aims to transform...

GES receives financial clearance to settle salary arrears of 6,249 staff

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has received financial clearance to settle outstanding salaries owed to 6,249 teaching and non-teaching staff who were recruited in...

Education Ministry pledges GH₵994 annual support per student for private schools under Free SHS pilot

The Ministry of Education has announced that it will provide GH₵994 annually for each student enrolled in private schools participating in this year’s Free...

GCTU unveils CITSET: A new hub for innovation, technology and entrepreneurship

The Ghana Communication Technology University (GCTU) has officially inaugurated its new Centre for Innovation, Technology Skills, and Entrepreneurship Training (CITSET)—a cutting-edge facility dedicated to...

Pru East MP rewards 7 education workers, calls for stronger teacher motivation

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Pru East, Emmanuel Kwaku Boam, has emphasized the need for greater investment in education and stronger motivation for...

Ahafo Girls’ Education Officer raises alarm over sexual abuse of schoolgirls

The Ahafo Regional Girls’ Education Officer of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Dakora Scholastica, has expressed deep concern over the increasing incidents of sexual...

Battle lines drawn: 2025 NSMQ schools face off in preliminary stage for national glory

The anticipation, suspense, and excitement are mounting as the 2025 National Championship of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) returns in full force. The...

2025 NSMQ launched; Ofori Panyin SHS, Kpando SHS and Awe SHTS to kickstart contest

The 2025 edition of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) has officially been launched, with the eagerly awaited balloting exercise determining the match-ups...

Asante Akyem Odumase chiefs support 20 brilliant SHS freshers

Chiefs and elders of Asante Akyem Odumase in the Ashanti region have supported 20 senior high school (SHS) freshers, comprising 14 girls and six...

Gov’t to elevate selected Category B SHSs to Category A status

The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has revealed that the government is developing a strategy to upgrade certain Category B senior high schools (SHSs)...

Galamsey fuelling defiance and truancy among students – CHASS

The National President of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), Reverend Father Stephen Owusu Sekyere, has stated that illegal mining, also...

GIMPA defends PhD rigour amid student complaints

The Management of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) has broken its silence on allegations of frustrating PhD candidates, stating it...

Ola Girls SHS debating club receives learning materials worth GH¢20,000 

A medical doctor, Dr. Gabriel Asumeng, has donated learning materials valued at over GH¢20,000 to the debating club of Ola Girls’ Senior High School...

GES targets 2027 to reverse double-track system

The Deputy Director-General for Quality and Access at the Ghana Education Service (GES), Dr. Munawaru Issahaque, has revealed that the Service is collaborating with...

Five years in a row: UCC retains position as top university in Ghana and West Africa

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has once again consolidated its standing as a force to be reckoned with within the higher education landscape,...

GES distributes over 6.6 million sanitary pads to schoolgirls nationwide

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has rolled out the distribution of more than 6.6 million sanitary pads to schoolgirls across all 16 regions as...

Stop using ‘Dr’ title – GTEC tells Kenneth Ashigbey

Following a petition and subsequent queries in relation to his use of the academic title "Dr," the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has directed...

TAAG donates sanitary pads, educational materials to schoolgirls in Ahafo Region 

Tim Africa Aid Ghana (TAAG) has extended support to 200 underprivileged basic schoolgirls in the Asunafo South and Asutifi South Districts of the Ahafo...

Adisadel 2001 year group unveils legacy project to transform Drury Gym into world-class sports arena

The 2001 year group of the Adisadel Old Boys Association has launched an ambitious legacy project to remodel the iconic Drury Gymnasium into a...

Labour unions pressure gov’t to seal public sector pay deal before 2026 budget presentation

Government is under increasing pressure from labour unions to finalise negotiations on public sector base pay before the presentation of the 2026 budget to...

Education Ministry clears GH¢9.5m NSMQ arrears, expands competition to 177 schools

The Ministry of Education has released GH¢9.5 million to Primetime Limited, organisers of the National Science and Mathematics Quiz (NSMQ), to settle outstanding arrears...

StarOil commissions first AI smart lab in Bleamezado [Photos]

A wave of hope and transformation swept through Bleamezado, a community in the Anloga Municipality of the Volta Region, as StarOil Ghana Limited commissioned...

Hwidiem Presby pastor appeals for completion of 16-year-abandoned school block

The Local Manager of Presbyterian schools in Hwidiem, Reverend Oppong Adjei, has called on the government to urgently complete and commission a new school...

Education Minister slams GNAT President over ‘date female teachers, not students’ remark

Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has strongly condemned remarks made by the President of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Rev. Isaac Owusu, urging...

PRESEC–Legon wins 6th edition of Energy Commission’s SHS Renewable challenge

Students of Presbyterian Boys’ Secondary School (PRESEC–Legon) have emerged winners of the 6th edition of the Energy Commission’s Renewable Energy Competition, showcasing an innovative...

Grand finale of SHS Renewable Energy Challenge [Photos]

The spotlight is on as the grand finale of the 6th Senior High Schools(SHSs) Renewable Energy Challenge takes place today at the Accra International...

Eduwatch urges inclusion of traditional and cultural leaders in curriculum review

Education think tank, Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), has emphasized that the effectiveness of Ghana’s curriculum relies not only on teaching in schools but also...

Richard Tiimob crowned 2025 Most Outstanding Teacher

Richard Tiimob, a teacher at Savelugu Senior High School(SHS) in the Northern Region, has been named Ghana’s 2025 Most Outstanding Teacher. This was at the...

Gov’t to tackle infrastructure challenges at Kwapong Nursing and Midwifery College – Eric Opoku

The Minister for Food and Agriculture and Member of Parliament (MP) for Asunafo South, Dr. Eric Opoku, has announced that government will soon begin...

Ahafo House of Chiefs urge teachers to promote Ghanaian culture to curb LGBTQ+ practices in schools

The President of the Ahafo Regional House of Chiefs and Paramount Chief of Ntotroso, Barima Twereko Ampem III, has called on teachers to use...

Haruna Iddrisu rallies teachers and youth to uphold discipline and integrity

The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has called on Ghana’s teachers and youth to uphold discipline, integrity, and hard work as the foundation of...

Rotary Club of Accra-East and partners embark on literacy and wellness projects

The Rotary Club of Accra-East and its partners, as part of efforts to promote and enhance literacy among school children, have embarked on an...

Goaso Bishop urges Ola Girls’ SHS headmistress to uphold discipline

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Goaso, Most Rev. Peter Kwaku Atuahene, has charged the newly inducted headmistress of Ola Girls’ Senior High...