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All you need to know about new GES academic calendar

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced a decision to revert to the old standard academic calendar which was disrupted due to Covid-19. In...

NYA trains 40 students in vocational skills

The National Youth Authority (NYA) has selected some constituents to undergo training for vocational skills in the Western North Region. With a total of...

Headmistress closes down school over her missing GHC2k

The Headmistress for MalamKrom L/A Primary School in the Wenchi Municipality of the Bono Region, Gifty Pomah, reportedly suspended teaching and learning activities over...

Basic schools now run on credit, borrowing over capitation grant delays – CHOBS

https://youtu.be/HUeee2_7eqg The National President of the Conference of Heads of Basic Schools (CHOBS) has revealed that heads of basic schools now depend on loans and...

2022 BECE: Tears, miscarriage as WAEC cancels English paper

https://youtu.be/Ih8Q01aTEas A pregnant woman has reportedly suffered a miscarriage with some 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination graduates contemplating suicide in the Twifo Atti-Morkwa District of...

Probe cause of non-performance of schools – Education Minister urged

A former Deputy Education Minister, Alex Kyeremeh, has reacted to the Education Minister’s statement about closing down non-performing schools. To him, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum...

Former GES boss defends Education Minister over closure of schools

A former Ghana Education Service (GES) Director-General, Michael Nsowah, has contested claims that the Education Minister said he would close down non-performing schools. According to...

Otumfuo, Dampare present as KNUST commissions new police station to beef security

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has established a police station near the university to improve safety and security on the...

Youth of today have thrown away their etiquette – Dr Grace Sintim Adasi expresses worry

Rev. Dr. Grace Sintim Adasi, Principal of the Presbyterian Women College of Education at Agogo in the Ashanti Region, has expressed worry over the...

Fumbisi Agric SHS closed down over students’ riot

The Fumbisi Agriculture Senior High School in the Builsa South District of the Upper East Region has been closed indefinitely over students' rioting. Public Relations...

GIJ bans noisemaking activities at its Ringway campus

The University of Media Arts and Communication-Ghana Institute of Journalism (UNIMAC-GIJ) chapter, has announced an injunction on all outdoor activities at its Ringway Campus. Outdoor...

NUGS, EduWatch petition Parliament to uncap GETFund

National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) and African Education Watch (EduWatch) have petitioned Parliament to help uncap GETFUND, which to them was collapsing education...

International Labour Organisation announces partnership with TVET Service

International Labour Organisation (ILO) has expressed its quest to partner with the Ghana Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Service. The partnership is...

Tamale High Court orders police to enforce ruling against Ambariya Islamic Institute

A High Court in Tamale has ordered the Northern Regional Police Command to assist in the enforcement of a court ruling against the Ambariya...

WAEC begins 2023 WASSCE registration

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has commenced the registration of candidates for the 2023 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). The portal, according...

KNUST students train 300 pupils of Poasi-New Takoradi to make detergents, reusable pads [Photos]

Eight Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) students have trained about 300 pupils at Poasi-New Takoradi in the Western region on how...

Bibiani Anglican JHS goes double-track after fire razed down classrooms

Bibiani Anglican Junior High School has resorted to a double-track education system after fire razed down their classroom block and other facilities. On May...

IDEC Ghana presents laptops to students at Gomoa Babayin to mark Ghana’s 66th Independence anniversary

Integrated Development & Empowerment Centre (IDEC Ghana), a human rights, development, local governance, and decentralisation organisation, as part of celebrating Ghana's 66th Independence Anniversary,...

Education Minister to close down non-performing schools

The Minister for Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has called on the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) and Principals of Technical...

Use mother tongue languages in schools – World Vision Ghana urges

The Project Officer for Education and Life Skills at World Vision Ghana in the the Oti Region has called on the government to take...

March 7 declared holiday for students

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that Tuesday, March 7, 2023 is a holiday for all students in the country. This follows the Independence...

University of Edinburgh commits fund for African partnerships

A multi-year commitment to explore innovative educational opportunities for African students and build research partnerships across the continent has been announced by the University...

DACE Foundation extends help to 12 JHS graduates to attend SHS

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), DACE Foundation, operating in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region, has supported 12 needy but brilliant students who...

KNUST reactivates professorial inaugural lecture with College of Health Sciences Provost

After a decade’s break, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has reactivated its professorial inaugural lecture. Prof. Christian Agyare, the provost...

Asem Yi Di Ka: Pressure mounts on govt to fix Anum Asamoah SHS [Video]

https://youtu.be/M-wTS3D7J68 Tension is mounting on government to fix the deplorable state of Anum Asamoah Senior High Technical School (AASHTS) at Adum Kwanwoma in the Atwima...

Wulensi SHS boys dormitory gutted by fire

The boys dormitory of the Wulensi Senior High School in the Nanumba South District in the Northern Region was razed by fire in the...

Stop punishing students for speaking local languages – Historian to schools

Ghanaian historian, Nana Osei-Bonsu Sarfo-Kantanka, has called on managers of educational institutions across the country to desist from punishing students who speak local languages...

Bawumia supports Joy News’ ‘The Classroom Project’ [Video]

https://youtu.be/iIzgQ9HLFA8 Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has donated GH₵ 20,000 in support of Joy News' The Classroom Project. This comes on the back of a...

Check out number of qualified students successfully placed in SHS so far

A total of 492,437 students representing 91 per cent out of 538,399 candidates who qualified for placement have as of 9:30 am on Sunday,...

GES to sanction SHS heads who inflate prospectus

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has warned heads of Senior High Schools (SHS) to desist from tampering with the approved prospectus for first year...

GNAT’s take on GES’ directive to SHS heads over sale of items on prospectus

General Secretary for the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Thomas Tanko Musah, has said its members have been cautioned to desist from anything...

Titus-Glover makes passionate appeal over unpaid student loans

Former Member of Parliament for Tema East Constituency, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, has appealed to management of the Student Loans Trust Fund to secure...

SHS freshers report to school

Trunks, ‘chop boxes’, mattresses, pillows, brooms and brushes moved from one second cycle boarding school to the other as first-year students start reporting to...

Man arrested for alleged fraud at SHS placement centre

A man claiming to be an agent for the Ghana Education Service (GES) has been arrested by the Police at the Free Senior High...

Farouk Aliu Mahama supports over 70 students with scholarships

The Farouk Aliu Mahama Educational Care Fund (FAMEC-FUND), a scholarship fund set up by the Member of Parliament (MP) for Yendi, Alhaji Farouk Aliu...

KNUST international students to stay with Ghanaian families

International students at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) will have the opportunity to stay in Ghanaian family homes. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof....

GES sends strong message to schools, parents over prospectus

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has warned heads of Senior High Schools (SHSs) to desist from selling items on the prospectus to first year...

KNUST students develop App which allows users to earn cash while viewing adverts

Internet users are most often swarmed with advertisements as they access different websites and social media. Worst of all, they are not rewarded for...

NUGS cries over delay in students loan disbursement

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has called on the Student Loans Trust Fund (SLTF) to disburse outstanding loans due students across the...

Aspiring Juaboso MP provides scholarship to brilliant but needy constituents

An aspiring Juaboso Parliamentary candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has provided scholarships to brilliant but needy BECE graduates in the Juaboso District...