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Free autism school opened for children with condition at Abuakwa

A compassionate woman has constructed an autism school at Abuakwa in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti Region to provide free education...

GNECC calls for nationwide sensitisation on LGBTQ+ bill before passage

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) has called for a nationwide public sensitisation on the LGBTQ+ bill before it is passed into law. The...

Binduri SHS reopens after rioting over food shortage

The Binduri Community Day Senior High School in the Upper East Region, which was closed down temporarily last week, reopened on Monday for academic...

Five inmates bag university degrees

Five inmates of the Kuje Custodial Centre have bagged university degrees in various disciplines at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). Over...

NSMQ23: Pope John SHS defeats PERSCO to win first E/R trophy

In a heated competition, Pope John SHS and Minor Seminary has defeated their all-time rivals and defending champions St. Peter’s SHS to win the...

Getting the fundamentals right: Ayawaso East Education Directorate holds reading festival [Photos]

For some time now, the performance of the students at the Ayawaso East Municipal at the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) has been nothing...

Education Ministry reacts to cancellation of teachers, nurses trainee allowances

The Ministry of Education has refuted reports that the Teachers' and Nurses’ Trainee allowances have been cancelled. In the statement, the Ministry categorically dismissed...

Mary Chinery-Hesse re-appointed as University of Ghana Chancellor

The University of Ghana has announced Mary Chinery-Hesse as Chancellor for a second term. This decision was taken after a meeting held by the...

CHASS expresses worry over food shortages in Upper East Region schools

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) says it is concerned that the agitation by students of the Binduri Community Day School...

Govt to introduce entrance exams for teacher education admissions   

The Registrar of the National Teaching Council (NTC), Dr Christian Addai-Poku, says the government will soon introduce an entrance assessment as part of the...

Education Ministry sets up committee to probe mass licensure exam failure

The Education Ministry has set up a seven-member committee to investigate the poor performance of teachers who wrote the licensure examination. The committee is...

Binduri SHS closed down after rampage over food shortage

Students of Binduri Senior High School (SHS) in the Upper East Region on Tuesday went on a rampage against management over an alleged shortage...

Kpassa ECG Basic School gets refurbished classroom block after Adom News report

Kpassa ECG Basic 'A' school in the Nkwanta North District of the Oti Region has benefitted from the benevolence of Axis Pension Trust Limited. In...

Spare BECE candidates from performing house chores – Parents urged

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Akyem Oda Constituency, Alexander Akwasi Acquah, has appealed to parents and guardians in the Birim Central Municipality of...

NDA to rebuild burnt Nakpanduri Business SHS girls’ dormitory

The Chief Executive Officer of the Northern Development Authority (NDA), Sulley Sambian, says his outfit will mobilise resources to reconstruct the girl’s dormitory at...

600 pupils diagnosed with eye-related disease

Over 600 pupils in the Upper West Region have been diagnosed with sight-related complications. This was discovered after an eye-screening exercise by the Wa West...

Uphold accountability, quality public service – Kufuor urges office holders

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has advised office holders to always demonstrate transparency and accountability in the discharge of their duties. This, he noted, was...

Respect PAC or face our wrath – Avedzi cautions Adutwum

Chairperson for the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), James Klutse Avedzi, has issued a warning to the Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Adutwum, over his...

We feel safer at Buffer Stock office than our homes – Food Suppliers Association

Despite National Association of Suppliers’ picketing and sleeping at the outskirt of buffer stock office over government's inability to pay two years arrears, the...

I don’t want to lose my house – Buffer Stock food supplier cries

A food supplier to the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) is set to lose her house if the government fails to pay her...

Anti-gay bill proponents caution schools allegedly condoning LGBTQ+ acts

Proponents of the promotion of Proper Sexual Human Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, also known as the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill, have issued a stern...

KNUST student in stable condition after attempted suicide – Management

The management of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has explained that the student who attempted suicide on Tuesday was in a...

Step up and solve Free SHS-related issues – Akufo-Addo told

Ranking member of the Education Committee of Parliament, Dr Clement Apaak, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to ensure that all challenges...

Schools likely to close down if… – Dr Apaak

A member of the Education Committee of Parliament, Dr Clement Apaak, has expressed concern about the over two years’ arrears owed to the National Food...

Education Minister pays glowing tribute to late KETASCO NSMQ star

Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has joined scores of Ghanaians in mourning late Ketasco NSMQ star, James Lutterodt, who passed on on Monday. Dr Adutwum...

Free SHS Food Suppliers sleep at premises of National Food Buffer Stock

Members of the National Food Suppliers Association spent the night at the premises of the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) on July 4...

Father of late Ketasco NSMQ star breaks silence on his death

The father of the late Ketasco NSMQ star, James Lutterodt, who passed away on Monday, has spoken out about his relentless efforts to save...

Ghana Border Control and Informatization Management Training Course holds graduation

The Ghana Border Control and Informatization Management Training Course, hosted by the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Public Security of the People's...

Oti Boateng old students donate to NSMQ team ahead of national championship

The Oti Boateng Old Students Association (OBOSA) has presented items and cash worth GHS7,000 to the school's National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) team...

Harvard University sued over ‘protocol’ admissions

A civil rights group is challenging legacy admissions at Harvard University, saying the practice discriminates against students of color by giving an unfair boost...

Three SDA nursing trainees suspended over leaked sex tape

The management of Kwadaso SDA Nursing and Midwifery Training College in the Ashanti Region has taken disciplinary action against some of its students. This was...

GapBuster Ghana resources Effiduase library

The Effiduase Library, located in the New Juaben North Municipality of the Eastern region, has received valuable support from GapBuster Ghana. This support includes the...

GNAT donates life jackets to teachers; urges govt to improve access to education

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has called on the government to remove all barriers preventing equal access to education in the country. The...

Over 400 pupils of Maase Atimatim Basic School forced to study under deplorable condition

Concerned residents of Maase-Atimatim in the Ashanti region are pleading with the government to rehabilitate the falling classroom structure of the Maase-Atimatim Basic School. The...

KNUST, Legon, other public universities receive $15m research grant  

Ten African public universities, including the University of Ghana (UG) and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), have been provided a...

Education Minister leads Ghana’s delegation to UNESCO conference

The Minister for Education and Chairperson for the Ghana Commission, Dr Yaw Adutwum, is currently leading the Ghanaian delegation to the 5th Extraordinary General...

Angel Carbonu goes berserk over death of St. Monica’s SHS student [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Angel Carbonu goes berserk over death of St. Monica’s SHS student The President of the National Graduate Association of Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonu,...

Teachers petition GNAT over Police brutality

Teachers at the St. Bernadette Technical Institute in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality in the Upper East Region have petitioned the regional office of the Ghana...

Citizenship Week Celebration: Ablekuma Central NCCE educates pupils in 43 schools

The Ablekuma Central Municipal Office of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has marked this year’s Citizenship Week Celebration by engaging 43 schools...

NCCE: Ablekuma Central office sensitises Muslims, others at Gaskia on 1992 constitution

The Ablekuma Central Municipal Office of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has rolled out public sensitisation on the 1992 constitution to mark...