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Let’s castrate men who impregnate school girls – Queen mother

The paramount queen mother of Abura Asiebu Kwamankese in the Central Region has cautioned men who impregnate teenagers and end up stalling their education...

Okudzeto Ablakwa reacts to ‘Ghana’s schools of shame’ documentary

Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has also reacted to the Joy News’ Ghana’s Schools of Shame documentary. According to...

Govt defaults payment of teachers Tier 2 for 9 months, pensioners in a big mess

Four teacher unions have accused the government of defaulting in the payment of their Occupational Pension Scheme (Tier 2) contributions to the Ghana Education...

Ankaful-Saltpond gets first public basic school in 600 years

Ankaful-Saltpond, a fishing community in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region, has received its first-ever public basic school after it was founded some...

Police investigate drowning of 8 children on Volta Lake

The Sene East District Police command is investigating circumstances that led to the drowning of eight school children on Volta Lake on Monday. The eight,...

2022 BECE results out; results of 73 candidates cancelled

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the provisional results of candidates who sat for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for both...

Provide life jackets to pupils in island communities – Eduwatch to govt

An education advocacy group is calling on government to provide life jackets to pupils and staff in island communities who commute by water. The call...

Check out members of Committee to probe Krobea Asante riots

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah, has inaugurated a five-member committee nominated to investigate the disturbances at Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational Institute. David Prah,...

Wingimall is live in Ghana

Wingimall, the newest and most dynamic e-commerce platform, officially launches today in Ghana. With the slogan "Abundance of Choice" and an elephant as a symbol...

Check out when first year SHS students will report to school

First-year students reporting to Senior High Schools (SHS) nationwide for the 2023/2024 academic year, barring any challenges, are expected to go in February. The...

Impact of play-based learning evident in Ghana – Sierra Leone’s Education Minister

The Education Minister at the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education in Sierra Leone says he is convinced about the impact of play-based...

Address challenges facing education system – GNECC to govt

The Ghana National Education Coalition Campaign (GNECC) has called on the government to address current challenges facing the education system in Ghana. The call,...

GES reviews education in Eastern Region

The Eastern Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has concluded the regional education review forum in Koforidua for 2022, with recommendations to overcome future...

Education Ministry supplies food to SHSs

The Education Ministry is supplying foodstuff to the various Senior High Schools (SHSs) across the country. This comes on the back of reports of food...

Fake UG student arrested

Security personnel at the University of Ghana (Legon) has arrested a young man who posed as a student with a fake ID card. The...

Krobea Chaos: Student leadership to be declared wanted if… – Minister

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has asked the police to declare the school prefect and other student leaders of Krobea Asante Technical...

Fire guts 8 Wa SHS girls dormitory, 8 students hospitalised

Eight female students of the Wa Senior High Technical School (SHTS), who were traumatised after a fire gutted the girl’s dormitory block last Sunday...

Education Ministry opens STEM SHS portal

The Ministry of Education has opened Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Senior High Schools (SHSs) portal for prospective students in the 2023 school...

Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational School shut down

The Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational School at Asokore in the Ashanti Region has been closed down. This is a directive of the Ghana TVET...

40 Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational School students arrested for vandalism

About 40 students of Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational School at Asokore in the Ashanti Region have been arrested for causing damage to school...

WAEC announces date for release of 2022 BECE results

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the results for the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Exams (BECE) will be released on Wednesday, January...

Commonwealth Hall students sleeping at parking lot [Video]

Some continuing students of the University of Ghana (UG), have been left stranded on campus following the university’s new residential policy. In a video posted...

School Feeding Caterers threaten to stop cooking

Members of the School Feeding Caterers Association are demanding payment of monies owed them and an increase in feeding fees. Speaking on behalf of the...

Chiana SHS girls called back to school

The eight female students who were dismissed from the Chiana Senior High School in the Upper East Region for making derogatory comments about the...

All SHS students to receive free tablets – Bawumia

Government will distribute free electronic tablets to all Senior High School (SHS) students nationwide, Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has announced. The tablets, the...

Innocent teacher jailed 20 years over defilement regains freedom

The Accra High Court has acquitted Maxwell Bernieh, a teacher who was wrongly convicted of defilement in 2016. The judgment comes after Mr Bernieh had...

Education Ministry to appoint Dean of Disciplinary Affairs in SHS

The Ministry of Education (MoE) says it will soon appoint a Dean of Disciplinary Affairs in the various senior high schools in the country.  Their...

Chiana SHS students case: Koku Anyidoho commends Akufo-Addo

Former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, has said that the eight students who were sacked for insulting President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo should...

2023 SHS placement to begin with school choices verification – GES

The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that the 2023 school placement exercise will begin with the verification of students’ school...

Parents of embattled Chiana SHS girls express gratitude to Akufo-Addo

Parents and guardians of the embattled students of Chiana Senior High School (SHS) in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region have...

Good news for dismissed Chiana SHS students

Management of the Ghana Education Service has referred the dismissal of the eight Chiana Senior High School (SHS) students to the School’s Disciplinary Committee. GES...

UG files motion to challenge injunction on new residence plan

The University of Ghana (UG) has urged the High Court to dismiss a case filed by students seeking to halt a residence re-allocation plan...

GES on why Chiana SHS girls were dismissed – Listen

JoyNews/AdomNews · Why Chiana SHS girls were dismissed The Ministry of Education (GES) has explained why some eight female students of the Chiana Senior High...

Child Rights Int’l’s position on dismissed Chiana SHS students

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Child Rights International (CRI), has demanded the Ghana Education Service (GES) makes public, the probe that informed the dismissal of...

Students Loan Trust opens application portal

The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has opened its online applications portal for students interested in securing loans under the ‘no guarantor’ system for...

Chiana SHS girls dismissal: Minority appeals to Akufo-Addo to intervene

The Minority in Parliament has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to pardon the students dismissed by the Ghana Education Service (GES). In a statement on...

Heavy security presence on Legon campus as school reopens

There is a heavy security presence at the University of Ghana (Legon) on the first day of reopening for students. The police officers have been...

Dismissed Chiana SHS students render unqualified apology [Video]

The eight dismissed students of Chiana Senior High School (SHS) in the Upper East Region have rendered an unqualified apology for insulting President Nana...

I’m not happy and in shock – Parent of dismissed Chiana SHS student

Martin Akeleyiira, a father of one of the students of Chiana Senior High School (SHS) in the Upper East Region dismissed for insulting President...

UG management sends strong warning to students in Commonwealth

The Management of the University of Ghana has cautioned continuing students residing in all-male Commonwealth Hall to desist from invading the premises. In a statement,...