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SEND Ghana calls on government to intensify education support

SEND Ghana has expressed solidarity with the global community in recognising the pivotal role of education as a fundamental human right and a crucial...

Government needs to redirect its attention to basic education – SEND Ghana

Policy research and advocacy civil society organization, SEND Ghana has called on government to invest more in basic education. According to the organization, government is...

51 prisoners who passed BECE gain admission to SHS

All 51 prison inmates who sat the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) have gained admission to various pre-tertiary institutions in the country. They obtained...

UG Vice Chancellor reiterates university’s commitment to research excellence

Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, has reiterated the University’s commitment to becoming a world-class research-intensive institution. She was...

University Administrators declare indefinite strike

The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) has declared indefinite nationwide strike action, effective Monday, January 29, 2024. The indefinite strike by GAUA aims to...

Strike forces University of Ghana to shift freshmen lectures online

The University of Ghana's management has been forced to shift lectures for freshmen online. This is due to the ongoing industrial action by the Senior...

UniMAC to organize grant writing workshop for faculty and staff

The University of Media, Arts and Communication (UniMAC-IJ) in a bid to strengthen research and funding opportunities for staff and faculty will organize a...

Striking Senior Staff Association members, TEWU clash with police at UG

Some members of the striking Senior Staff Association and the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU), clashed with the police during a demonstration at...

We’ve not abandoned educational facilities – Adutwum

The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, says no educational project has been abandoned, but are undergoing improvements to make them operational. According to...

KNUST basic school pupil reel under Senior Staff Association strike 

The industrial action by the Universities Senior Staff Association of Ghana is biting hard on the KNUST campus, as teachers at the university’s basic...

GTEC lifts ban on application for new programme accreditation

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has lifted its ban on the processing of new accreditation applications for academic programmes from public universities, including...

TEWU-GH threatens to join striking public university workers

Tertiary Education Workers’ Union of Ghana has served the government a 7-day ultimatum to implement their negotiated conditions of service. Else members will be forced to...

GTEC approves new courses for Universities   

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has granted approval for more than 1000 programs to be offered by public universities across the nation. This...

Samira Bawumia announces juicy package for late bodyguard’s children

The highlight of Sunday’s Islamic funeral for the late Fuseini Mumuni, bodyguard of the Second Lady Samira Bawumia, was the announcement of an education...

Canada sets two-year cap on foreign students

Canada has said it will cap the number of foreign students admitted to the country for two years in an attempt to address pressure...

Any intimidation will be resisted – FUSSAG, TEWU caution

In a resolute stand against perceived injustice, the University Senior Staff Association (USSA) and the Teachers and Education Workers Union (TEWU) have sent a...

Nkwanta South: Education Director urges govt to review curfew

The Nkwanta South Education Director, Jonathan Korsinah has appealed to government and the Interior Ministry to review the curfew imposed on the Nkwanta township....

Don’t tamper with our conditions of service – Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana

The Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana says it will not allow anybody to tamper with their conditions of services. According to the National...

Government has not neglected E-block project – Adutwum

The Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has refuted allegations that the government is neglecting educational facilities in Senior High Schools (SHSs). Speaking at...

Akosombo dam spillage: Ablakwa pays six months rent for 167 displaced teachers

The Member of Parliament for the North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, says he has disbursed about GH¢150,000 to the Ghana Education Service (GES)...

Replacing PTAs with PAs totally unnecessary – Apaak

The Deputy Ranking Member on the Education Committee of Parliament, Dr. Clement Apaak, is urging the Ghana Education Service (GES) to immediately reverse its...

Senior Staff’s strike hampering resolution efforts – NLC

The National Labour Commission (NLC) says the ongoing industrial action by the Senior Staff Association of Public Universities in Ghana (SSA-UoG) and the Federation...

Neighbors Connect supports pupils at Asofan MA4 Basic School [Photos]

In a heartwarming display of community spirit, the members of Neighbors Connect, a group of dedicated Facebook friends, have made a significant impact on...

Western North GES clarifies: 2,569 new SHS students yet to report, not 137,000

The Ghana Education Service (GES) in the Western North Region has clarified that 2,569 fresh Senior High School students are yet to report to...

Teachers are still part of Parent Associations – GES clarifies

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has clarified that teachers have not been excluded from participating in Parent Associations. Earlier this week, the National Council of...

GES settles lesson notes brouhaha

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has clarified some modalities required of teachers in basic and high schools nationwide concerning lesson notes. In the past,...

Hold govt responsible for all suffering resulting from our strike – University staff justify industrial action

The  Senior Staff Association of Public Universities in Ghana (SSA-UoG) and the Federation of Universities Senior Staff (FUSSAG) have justified their decision to embark...

Over 1k pupils in Bia West benefit from A.I. Lab to boost STEM education 

Utter contentment and a sigh of relief for primary school pupils in the Bia West District after communities in the area received their premiere...

KNUST becomes first African University to offer degree course in Herbal Medicine

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has emerged as the trailblazer, becoming the first and only public university on the African...

Senior Staff Association of Universities unable to meet NLC

The Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG) has asked the National Labour Commission (NLC) to reschedule a meeting which was set for Thursday, January...

Parent Associations can fundraise to support Free SHS policy – GES

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that Parents Associations (PAs) can fundraise in support of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy.  According...

Over 137K SHS students yet to report to school in Western North

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) in the Western North Region has revealed that a significant number of Senior High School(SHS)...

Students evacuated from Sudan demand integration into Ghanaian universities

Some Ghanaian students who were evacuated from Sudan have petitioned Parliament to support their request for integration into tertiary institutions in the country. The...

Headmaster begs govt, GES to make Worawora SHS a STEM center

The headmaster of Worawora Senior High School (SHS) in the Biakoye district of the Oti Region, Michael Damesi, has appealed to the government and...

Senior Staff Association of Universities declares indefinite strike

The Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG) and the Federation of Universities Senior Staff Association of Ghana (FUSSAG) have declared a nationwide strike. The...

Disregard GES guidelines on PTA – National Council to members

The National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (NCPTA) has called on its members to disregard any directive from the Ghana Education Service (GES) on operational...

Western North: Over 137,000 SHS 1 students yet to report due to financial challenges

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) in the Western North Region states that about 137,000 fresh Senior High School (SHS) students...

Eduwatch condemns ‘inhuman treatment’ of UG student for allegedly being ‘gay’

An advocacy organisation, Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch) has condemned the 'inhuman treatment' meted out to a University of Ghana student for allegedly being gay. In a...

Govt must partner private developers to end accommodation crisis in tertiary schools – Nortsu-Kotoe

The Ranking Member on the Education Committee of Parliament, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe is calling for private and public sector partnerships to address the perennial accommodation...

No changes to teacher licensure exam results – National Teaching Council

The National Teaching Council (NTC) has denied any modifications to the results of the Teacher Licensure Examination. This response comes in light of an...