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99-year-old pastor walks at high school graduation to finally get his diploma

It is never too late to fulfill your dreams, and one man from Big Sandy, Texas is proving just that. The 99-year-old Dr Jack Hetzel...

Bono GES Directorate to establish ‘sanitary bank’ for deprived school girls 

The Bono Regional Girl-Child Coordinator at the Regional Directorate of Education, Ms Josephine Yalley, has announced her office’s preparedness to establish a ‘sanitary bank’...

Adom FM launches ‘Sɛdeɛ Yɛka No Nie’ to promote accurate use of Akan language

Adom 106.3 FM, the leading radio station in Ghana, has recently introduced a fresh segment called Sɛdeɛ Yɛka No Nie on its morning show. The...

Accra International Book Festival commiserates with family of Ama Atta Aidoo

The Accra International Book Festival has sent a word of comfort to the family of prolific Ghanaian writer, Ama Atta Aidoo. The acclaimed novelist and...

Ghana Authors & Publishers apologise over controversial history textbook

The Ghana National Association of Authors and Publishers has admitted the contents of a history book which attempted to explain some disadvantages of the...

IMF deal: Don’t touch free SHS – Kwame Pianim to govt

An Economist has advised government not to “touch” the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy in the quest to review flagship programmes.  Mr Kwame Pianim...

GNAT raises doubt about Bawumia’s ‘one student, one laptop’ promise

President of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Reverend Isaac Owusu, has expressed skepticism about the ‘one student, one laptop’ policy. According to him, government's...

Parents of suspended KTI students want management to revoke decision

Parents of the about 500 suspended students of the Kumasi Technical Institute (KTI) in the Ashanti region want school management to reinstate their wards.  The...

Govt to replace textbooks with laptops in SHS

The government, through the Ministry of Education, is preparing to replace textbooks with laptops in Senior High Schools across the country. The Vice President, Dr...

Kumasi Technical Institute suspends 500 students indefinitely for misconduct

Some 500 students of Kumasi Technical Institute in the Ashanti Region have been suspended indefinitely for misconduct and violation of school rules. This follows damages...

Epiroc Ghana hands over renovated KG block to Anyinam Methodist ‘B’ school

Epiroc Equipment Ghana Ltd, a subsidiary of the Epiroc Group, has renovated and handed over a four-unit Kindergarten block to the authorities of Anyinam...

Why Free SHS was not targeted

Spokesperson for the Ministry of Education, Kwasi Kwarteng, says the reason why the government’s Free Senior High School (SHS) policy is not targeted is...

Free SHS food suppliers to picket over unpaid arrears

The National Food Suppliers Association has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the National Food Buffer Stock Company, demanding payment for outstanding debts. The Association expressed...

We’ll review all flagship programmes, including Free SHS – Govt assures IMF

Government has finally indicated that it is taking steps to review all flagship programmes as part of its objectives to strengthen fiscal policy. According to...

My stepmother’s maltreatment made me who I am today – TVET Director-General

Entrepreneur and Director-General of the Ghana Technical Vocational Education and Training Service, Mawusi Nudekor Awit, has disclosed how her childhood experience with her stepmother has...

10 pupils injured as dilapidated school structure collapses at Sehwi Kramokrom

A dilapidated Kramokrom D/A Primary school structure in the Sehwi Wiawso Municipality of the Western North Region has collapsed on pupils from primary one...

University of Ghana ranked 2nd best University in West Africa

The University of Ghana has achieved a remarkable milestone by ranking among the top 6.1% of world-class universities, according to the prestigious 2023 edition...

Provide boats, life jackets for learners who travel on water – Report on the 9 children who drowned at Wiaboman

The Weija-Gbawe Municipal Education Directorate has recommended provision of boats to convey all learners who cross the estuary to school on daily basis from...

Mother weeps after son gains admission to PRESEC

The Presbyterian Boys Senior High School, Legon (Legon PRESEC) is arguably one of the best Senior High Schools (SHS) in Ghana, and many parents will...

Snakes take over dilapidated classrooms at Atobiase

Teachers and pupils of Atobiase M/A Basic School in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality of the Central Region are living in fear over snakes...

Weija canoe accident: GES commiserates with bereaved families

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has commiserated with the families of the nine school children who drowned around Faana in the Weija-Gbawe municipality. A statement...

Are you bothered about lives of citizens? Lawyer hits at govt after Weija boat accident

Private legal practitioner, Kwame Jantuah, has taken a swipe at government following the tragic boat incident which claimed the lives of nine children. Mr Jantuah...

Over 50K students enrolled into TVET schools

The narrative for Technical and Vocational Training is changing in the country as over 50,000 students have enrolled on various TVET schools nationwide. The...

New Chief Director for Education Ministry visits TVET headquarters [Photos]

The new Chief Director for the Ministry of Education, Mrs Maamle Andrews and her entourage on Wednesday embarked on a familiarisation tour of agencies...

Weija-Gbawe MCE drops shocking details about canoe accident

It has emerged that a 12-year-old boy was the person paddling a canoe that capsized and claimed the lives of nine children at Faana...

Black day for KNUST as level 200 student passes on

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has suffered another blow as a level 200 student is confirmed dead. Crispin Dari Ngmensum from...

Tamale Technical University teachers withdraw services over allowances

Members of the Tamale Technical University chapter of the Technical University Teacher’s Association of Ghana (TUTAG) have withdrawn all services effective Wednesday, May 10....

GLC withdraws its recognition of 3 universities’ law faculties

The Ghana Legal Council (GLC) has with immediate effect withdrawn its recognition of faculties of law of three private universities. The affected universities are; Presbyterian...

11-year-old wins Girls in ICT program contest in the Savannah Region

An eleven-year-old basic six pupil, Mohammed Rahima from T.I Ahmadiya Islamic School at Kpalbusi in the North East Gonja district of the Savannah Region,...

Engineering Council sets up committee to investigate recent building collapses

The Engineering Council of Ghana has set up a committee of professional engineers to investigate the recent spate of building collapses in the country. Within...

Ghana’s School of Shame: A child’s tears for a table and a chair

The quest for 11-year-old Gifty Odanjo to get furniture for decent education in her rural school, Bakpaba DA Primary School in the Northern region...

UDS to probe collapsed building

The management of the University for Development Studies (UDS) will today, May 9, inaugurate a committee of experts tasked to investigate the cause of...

Fijai Headmaster reinstated

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed the headmaster of Fijai Senior High School (SHS), Kenneth Agbomadze, to return to office. This comes on the...

Toilet dormitory saga: GHANASCO headmaster reinstated

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has reinstated the interdicted headmaster of Ghana Senior High School (GHANASCO) with immediate effect.  Doughlas Haruna was interdicted after a video...

John Peter Amewu commissions girls’ school at Hohoe

The Member of Parliament for Hohoe, John Peter Amewu, has commissioned a new school building named Santa Esther Girls’ Senior High School for the...

UG approves 2% discount on fees for some students

The Council of the University of Ghana has approved a one-time discount of 2% on the 15% fee increment for some of its students...

Students stranded as fire guts Bawku SHS girls’ dormitory

Fire has gutted the girls’ dormitory block of the Bawku Senior High School (SHS) in the Bawku Municipality in the Upper East Region. The incident,...

Checkout how much Church of Pentecost spent on scholarships

The Church of Pentecost, through its various districts, areas and ministries in Ghana, together with the headquarters, spent GHS 10,686,084.76, in 2022, to sponsor...

Girls’ schools don’t take NSMQ as seriously as boys’ schools – Prof. Kaufmann

The quiz mistress of the popular National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), who is also the Dean of the School of Engineering Sciences of...

Education Minister pays surprise visit to his class three teacher

How would you feel if a Minister of State you taught in class three walked into your home unannounced just to say thank you...