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GES reacts to viral video of violence at Adisadel College

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says its attention has been drawn to a disturbing video of a violent assault involving two students of Adisadel...

Allow parents to bear feeding cost of free SHS – GNECC tells govt

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) is calling on the government and the Ministry of Education to consider a revised approach to the...

250 SHSs to contest in the 2023 edition of National STEMNNOVATION project

A total of 250 second-cycle institutions in the country have registered to participate in the 2023 edition of the National Science, Technology, Engineering and...

Free SHS has come to stay, no govt can cancel it  -  Koku Anyidoho 

A former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Koku Anyidoho, says the free Senior High School programme introduced by the governing...

Govt increases NSS allowance from GH¢559.04 to GH¢715.57

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has announced an increase in the monthly allowance for personnel of the Scheme. A statement issued by the Corporate Affairs...

Enough is enough; stop embarrassing school heads – GNAT tells GES

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has taken a swipe at the Ghana Education Service (GES) over what it says is an embarrassment to...

Ghana’s education system facing severe financial challenges – IFEST

Executive Secretary of the Institute for Education Studies (IFEST -Ghana), Peter Partey Anti, has said that Ghana’s education is going through serious financial challenges. Reacting to the...

Aflao SHS: Transformer dismantled, underground cables stolen

Some unknown persons have broken into the premises of the Aflao Senior High School (SHS) and dismantled the electricity transformer that feeds the school...

UCC to honour Energy Minister

Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, the former Education Minister and current Energy Minister, who is also the Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, has continued to...

Bishop Adonteng Boateng makes Ghana proud at UN Headquarters

Bishop Kofi Adonteng Boateng, the founder and overseer of Divine Word International Ministries, has emphasized the vital role of the Educators' Learning Environment in...

Latest on interdiction of West Africa SHS headmistress

The interdiction of Shine Agatha Ofori, the headmistress of West Africa Senior High School (SHS), by the Ghana Education Service (GES) has caused quite...

British Columbia College holds 7th Graduation and Achievers’ Awards in Accra

The British Columbia College (BCC) has held its 7th Graduation and Achievers’ awards ceremony at the Madina campus with a passionate call on the...

GES interdicts West Africa SHS headmistress

The headmistress of West Africa Senior High School (WASS), Dr Mrs Shine Agatha Ofori, has been interdicted for an unauthorised collection of money from...

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...