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With 16 new doctorate degrees, Accra Institute of Technology shows the way to produce PhDs in Ghana

Birthed in 2009, started walking fully in the latter part of 2010 at a one block building surrounded by beautifully designed containers at the...

No legal means will restrain us  – NAGRAT on nationwide strike

President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonu, has lashed out at the government over refusal to exempt pension funds from...

USAG kicks against public universities’ fee increment

The University Students Association of Ghana (USAG) has expressed displeasure with the increment in the fees of public universities for the 2022/2023 academic year. USAG...

World Bank leads review of free SHS

The free Senior High School (SHS) programme is under review. The exercise is being led by the World Bank as part of efforts to...

2022 Seeds for the Future closing Ceremony: 30 ladies graduate, 18 rewarded

Huawei Ghana has successfully climaxed the 2022 edition of its flagship Corporate Social Responsibility Program, “Seeds for the Future” with 30 female tertiary students...

Suspend Free SHS until economy picks up – Seth Tekper tells Akufo-Addo

A former Minister of Finance has asked the government to suspend the Free SHS policy until the economy rebounds.  Seth Tekper said the current economic crisis...

GETFund pays contractors GH¢667m

The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) has settled outstanding debts owed contractors as of November this year, amounting to GH¢667.79 million. In all, 867 claims...

I will bring back O and A level educational system if elected president – Kwabena Agyapong

A former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyei Agyapong, says the current educational system needs to be reviewed. He said the...

Mando SHTS students threaten to boycott school over poor meals

Students of Mando Senior High Technical School (SHTS) in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region, have bemoaned the poor quality of...

GES delays vacation of basic schools; This is why

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has postponed the third term vacation of basic schools which was scheduled for Thursday, December 15, 2022. On the back...

MTN Ghana to build robotic lab for Methodist Girls SHS

Telecommunications giant, MTN Ghana has cut the sod for the construction of an ultra-modern Robotics Laboratory at the Methodist Girls Senior High School, (MEGHIS)...

Eduwatch petitions Parliament over 2023 GETFund allocation

Eduwatch has petitioned Parliament to reject the allocation of ₵1.8 billion made to the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund). According to Eduwatch, the allocation of...

Study UK announces launch of the GREAT Scholarships 2023

The Study UK campaign, delivered by the British Council in partnership with the UK government’s GREAT Britain campaign, has announced the launch of the...

Zebilla SHS makes passionate appeal to govt over no balance diet, infrastructure deficit

The Zebilla SHTS was established as a Community Day Secondary Technical School by the then Zebilla elders of the Kusaug Traditional Area in September...

One injured after clashes between SHS students

A teenager is battling for his life after students of Asanteman Senior High School (SHS) and Bantama Adventist Senior High School clashed over the...

Govt to build €‎175 million stem campus at Nsutuare

The Government of Ghana has secured a 175 million loan facility to build a STEM campus at Nsuatre in the Bono Region. Speaking at the...

Check out the number of teachers who failed the teacher licensure examination

The Registrar for the National Teaching Council, Dr Christian Addai-Poku, says 44,000 out of the 120, 000 teachers who wrote the 2022 Ghana Teacher...

We will resist any attempt by govt to touch teachers’ fund – GNAT

The Ghana National Teachers’ Association (GNAT) says it will resist any attempt by the government to touch teachers’ funds. “We wish to make it clear...

Tertiary education in Ghana heading towards danger – NUGS

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has urged the Ministry of Education and other stakeholders to find amicable resolutions so that academic work...

Academic City engineering students invent ventilators to support health care

Nicholas Adjabn, head of Biomedical Engineering unit, has commended engineers for venturing into innovation field to explore opportunities to design and develop technologies to...

GIJ merges with 2 other institutions to become UniMAC

The Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), Ghana Institute of Languages (GIL), and National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) will now be known as the...

Prospective teacher trainees to write entrance exams from 2023

Applicants seeking admissions into Colleges of Education in Ghana will from 2023 be expected to write an entrance exam. The exam will be based...

2022 WASSCE results prove Free SHS is working well – Akufo-Addo

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has described the results of the 2022 batch of students who wrote the West Africa...

WAEC releases 2022 WASSCE results; 3,845 cancelled, 117 withheld

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released the provisional results of the 2022 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The Council, in a...

Nigeria to abolish English in junior school

The Nigerian government has announced a policy aimed at promoting the teaching of primary school pupils in local languages rather than in English. Education Minister...

Seven communities embark on demo against UCC [Video]

https://youtu.be/6TQhEix815M Traditional leaders of seven communities that share boundaries with the University of Cape Coast (UCC) and their subjects have embarked on a demonstration against...

Scaling-up play-based learning in Ghana: From decision to implementation and sustainability

When the Government of Ghana commits to scale-up play-based learning in primary schools, there will be measurable and significant improvement in the learning outcome...

Technical University administrators threaten strike

The National Executive Committee of the Technical University Senior Administrators Association of Ghana (TUSAAG) has threatened to embark on a strike action effective December...

Nalerigu Nursing and Midwifery Training College issues disclaimer over fake admission notices

Management of the Nalerigu Nursing and Midwifery Training College in the North East Region has urged members of the public to disregard information circulating...

DCE donates computers to Akrofuom Senior High Technical School

The District Chief Executive for Akrofuom, Hon. MauriceJonas Woode, has presented 16 computers to the Akrofuom Senior HighTechnical School. The gesture was to enhance the...

AGA holds 7th graduation ceremony

Anglogold Ashanti School at Obuasi has held its 7th graduation ceremony with a call for learners in Ghana to be strategically positioned to embrace...

Bedbugs force Breman Asikuma SHS students to sleep in classrooms, dining hall

Students of Breman Asikuma Senior High School in the Central Region have been compelled to leave their dormitories to sleep in the dining hall...

Central University VC pushes for new legal education regime

The Vice Chancellor of Central University, Professor Bill Puplampu, has called for a major shift in Ghana’s legal education regime. Professor Puplampu was speaking at...

Multimedia’s HR Manager Raymond Larbie bags LLB

Raymond N. D. Larbie, a hardworking HR Shared Services Manager at the Multimedia Group Limited has graduated with a Bachelor of Law degree. Mr Larbie...

Review ban on corporal punishment in schools – GES advised

Rev. Renault Amofa Danquah of Asante Akyem Agogo Methodist Circuit has called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to consider the ban it has...

If politics is dirty, Christians are the soap to wash it – UG SRC Secretary elect

The newly elected SRC General Secretary at the University of Ghana(UG), Emmanuella Boakye Yiadom, says Christians have a critical role to play in making...

A Plus recounts his demo in SHS against ECG

Controversial musician and political activist, Kwame A Plus, has recounted how he led a demonstration during his days in Senior High School (SHS). This, according...

256 teachers sue GES over promotional exams failure

Some 256 teachers have sued the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Attorney General over their mass failure in the December 2021 promotional examinations. The...

All roads lead to Tarkwa for TARSCO @60 Mega Celebration

The resonance that has characterised the TARSCO @60 celebration goes beyond the shores of the country as some Old students of the School in...

Bibiani teachers embark on sit-down strike over recent ‘shit bombing’

The staff of Bibiani old town Nzongo Primary and JHS embarked on a sit-down strike Tuesday, pointing to the poor hygienic conditions on the...