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2020 National Best Teacher shortlisted for Global Teacher Prize

The 2020 National Best Teacher, Eric Asomani Asante, is one of 10 shortlisted finalists for this year’s Global Teacher Prize Award. Mr Asante is one...

I welcome criticisms – Akufo-Addo says as he interacts with Association Int’l school pupils

President Akufo-Addo says he welcomes criticisms because they keep him on his toes. According to him, no man knows everything so it is...

UCC’s team ‘Badwenba’ crowned winners of 2023 StatsBank Hackathon

Team Badwenba from the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has been crowned winners of the 2023 National StatsBank Hackathon. It was a three-day event which...

2023 NSMQ grand finale rescheduled

Primetime Limited, the organisers of the National Maths and Science Quiz (NSMQ) has rescheduled the finale for the 2023 edition to Monday, October 30, 2023. The finale,...

President Akufo-Addo’s alma mater appeals to him for support

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s alma mater, Kinbu Senior High Technical School in Accra, has appealed to him to assist in reclaiming encroached lands...

Fashion policies to improve basic education – Speaker urges Education Ministry

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has urged the Ministry of Education and stakeholders to fashion effective policies to improve quality at...

Ga Manye funeral: GES speaks on closure of schools

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced the amendment of an earlier letter from the Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiku Tsuru II, on the...

Akosombo dam spillage: GNAT unhappy with pace of resolving academic work

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) says it is not happy with the government’s slow pace of response to challenges confronting schools in...

NSMQ 2023: Road to the finale; story of Achimota School

Achimota School (Motown) had their last taste of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) finale back in 2009, where they engaged in a...

GES ‘chases’ JHS 1 and 2 pupils who sat for 2023 BECE

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has taken steps to identify unqualified Junior High School (JHS) pupils in Forms One and Two who skipped classes...

Akosombo dam spillage: Ntim Fordjour hails teachers

Deputy Minister of Education, Reverend John Ntim Fordjour, has commended teachers in areas affected by the Akosombo Dam spillage. Academic activities in some districts in...

Students Loan Trust Fund drags 8 institutions to police

The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has dragged eight public institutions to the police over their failure to make the necessary deductions from employees’...

NSMQ 2023: Initially, I felt pressured – OWASS Form 1 student

A 16-year-old student of Opoku Ware School (OWASS) has made a historic stride qualifying the school for the grand finale of the National Science...

NSMQ 2023: Primetime Limited reacts to Prempeh College’s protest

Primetime Limited, the organisers of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) has responded to concerns raised by Prempeh College in a petition following...

TECNO unveils scholarship scheme for STEM students in collaboration with University of Ghana

On a momentous occasion attended by over 500 students, TECNO, an innovative technology giant, proudly unveiled the "TECNO Future Star Initiative" on October 18,...

NSMQ 2023: Profiles of the 3 schools in grand finale

The stage is set for the highly anticipated 2023 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) grand finale, with the top three contenders now settled....

Prempeh College protests 2023 NSMQ exit

The management of Prempeh College is protesting its exit from the 2023 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) competition. In a letter addressed to...

STEMNNOVATION 2023: Shaping tomorrow’s job creators

In a world where innovation and technology reign supreme, the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) has set its sights on empowering the next...

Accra Institute of Technology holds 19th graduation ceremony [Photos]

The Accra Institute of Technology (AIT), a leading technology-focused private university, has celebrated another milestone as it graduates a new cohort of PhD recipients....

NAGRAT’s take on Akosombo dam spillage

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has called on the Education Ministry to put in place measures to alleviate the impact of the...

Yilo Krobo NSMQ team returns to heroic welcome after debut quarter-final appearance

It was an exhilarating moment as contestants of Yilo Krobo Senior High School returned to a heroic welcome by staff, students, and residents of...

2023 NSMQ grand finale postponed

Primetime Limited, the organisers of the National Maths and Science Quiz (NSMQ) has postponed the finale for the 2023 edition to October 31, 2023....

NSMQ 2023: Sweet revenge as OWASS cuts Prempeh College to size in Kumasi clash

Opoku Ware School rejoices in what seems like forever. They have finally got one over their archrivals, Prempeh College. It didn’t come easy, the...

NSMQ 2023: Motown stops St. Louis fairytale; survives Gey Hey scare

St Louis SHS thrilled fans of the NSMQ in the 2023 competition, taking on the favourites and eliminating them in a shocking turn of...

Dam Spillage: Teacher offers free classes for affected pupils at Mepe 

A 24-year-old teacher at Open Heaven Grace Academy at Mepe in the Central Tongu District of the Volta Region is undertaking free tuition for some students....

GNAT warns of dire consequences of using classrooms as hosting centers during emergencies

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has warned the use of classrooms as hosting centers for people during emergencies will have dire consequences. GNAT...

Mfantsipim Old Boys furious over student population hike

Four unopposed aspirants of various positions within the Mfantsipim Old Boys Association (MOBA) have expressed concern over the current large student population and have...

Hundreds forced out of school by South Tongu floods

A total of 893 basic schoolchildren in the South Tongu district are now loitering at home after five basic schools were shut in the...

Integrated Science will no longer be core subject for science students – Education Minister

The Minister for Education, Dr Osei Yaw Adutwum, has revealed that the new educational curriculum for Senior High Schools (SHS) excludes science students from...

NSMQ 2023: KETASCO dedicates win over AUGUSCO, TAMASCO to late James Lutterodt, displaced Voltarians

Keta Senior High and Technical School (KETASCO) has sent packing St. Augustine’s College and Lions of Tamale Senior High School to qualify for the...

Simms SHS students sleep in classrooms after fire incident

Following a devastating fire that engulfed the boys’ dormitory at SIMMS Senior High School (SHS) in the Ashanti region last Friday, a dire situation...

Gomoa West MP spends parliamentary break in the classroom; teaches Apam SHS students [Photos]

Member of Parliament for Gomoa West, Richard Gyan, spent his parliamentary break teaching at his alma mater, Apam Senior High School in the Central...

Ghana Library Authority holds career mentorship seminar at St. Mary Technical Institute

Students of the Saint Mary Technical Institute in Asamankese could not hide their joy when the Koforidua Youth Engagement Centres (YEC) team, set up...

Eastern Library introduces cocoa community literacy intervention

The Eastern Regional Library in partnership with the Atiwa West District Assembly and Education Directorate has introduced the Cocoa Community Literacy Intervention (CCLI) which...

UTAG threatens strike over Book and Research Allowance

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has asked government to pay them their 2023/23 Book and Research Allowance (BRA) by Saturday, October 21.  It...

Keta Floods: Concerned Youth appeals to GES for temporary closure of schools  

A youth activist at Nukpesekope, a suburb of Keta in the Volta region, Wonder Setsoafia Deynu, has appealed to the Ghana Education Service (GES)...

Fire guts SIMMS SHS boys dormitory

The boys' dormitory of SIMMS Senior High School (SHS) at Fawoade in the Kwabere East District of the Ashanti region has been gutted by...

NSMQ 2023: The 27 seeded schools for the 2024 edition

The one-eighth contest of the 2023 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) concluded with a total of 27 schools securing their place in the...

Buem-Jasikan Assembly rewards hardworking teachers [Photos]

The Buem-Jasikan Municipal Assembly in the Oti region has honoured some hardworking teachers in the area. According to the Assembly, this will motivate teachers to...

Mahama backs CHASS’ demand to handle feeding of students

Former President John Mahama has backed calls by the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) on government to allow school heads purchase...