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Commonwealth Hall disassociates itself from violence on UG campus

A Resident Hall on the University of Ghana campus, Commonwealth Hall, has disassociated itself from the violence that took place on Friday, August 5. The...

Students loan defaulters to face prosecution

The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) will from September this year begin the prosecution of persons who have defaulted in the repayment of their...

Free SHS non-negotiable even with IMF – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo says his government will resist any attempt by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to review the Free Senior High School programme and...

Female students should take charge of their security on campus – KNUST management

The Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has asked female students to take charge of their security following a...

100,000 people targeted for 2022 Girls-in-ICT training in cyber security and data privacy

The Deputy Communications and Digitalisation Minister, Ama Pomaa Boateng has opened the training of 2022 Girls in ICT for SHS on Cyber Security and...

Appointed Time Printing Ltd set to deliver textbooks to schools

A private commercial and security printing house, Appointed Time Printing Limited, has disclosed that all is set to deliver the 800,000 school textbooks which...

WAEC ‘disowns’ Bolgatanga, Bawku Technical Institutes

The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has said it cannot take responsibility for the violence that erupted at the Bawku and Bolgatanga Technical Institutes. This,...

10 students arrested for molesting teacher

The Police at Akyem-Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region are holding 10 students for allegedly attacking and molesting a teacher of the Anyinasin Methodist Junior...

Bolgatanga Technical Institute closed down

The Bolgatanga Technical Institute (BOTECH) was Tuesday temporarily closed down following violent protests by some students of the school. The protesters, made up of final...

High Court restrains UEW from forcing Registrar to go on ‘accumulated’ leave

A Cape Coast High Court, presided over by Her Ladyship, Patience Mills-Tetteh, has restrained the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba, from forcing...

Abronye bags Masters Degree from GIMPA [Photos]

The Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, on Friday graduated with a Masters Degree. This...

ACP Kofi Sarpong graduates from GIMPA with first class honours [Photos]

Celebrated gospel musician and police officer, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Kofi Sarpong, on Friday graduated from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public...

2022 WASSCE begins today

This year’s West Africa Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) is scheduled to start today, Monday, August 1 with project work subjects. According to the schedule...

Pupils of Wulensi D/A primary school bemoan sitting on bare floor to learn

Lack of furniture continues to be a huge challenge confronting several schools in the Northern Region and the situation is more profound in hard-to-reach...

Finance Minister hints of review of Free SHS

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, has indicated that the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme will be reviewed to address the current challenges facing...

Otukonor bags PhD from University of Ghana

Congratulations are in order for a deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Boamah Otukonor as he graduates from the University...

University of Ghana gets first female Dean of Student Affairs

The Governing Council of the University of Ghana (UG) has approved the appointment of Prof. Rosina Kyerematen as the first female Dean of Student...

Education Ministry releases ₵57m to Colleges of Education

Government has announced that an amount of ₵57,460,000 has been released to the colleges of education across the country. The said amount is expected to...

Govt releases GH¢50m to WAEC for WASSCE

The government has made a part payment of GH¢50 million to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for the money it owes the council...

Two high schools clash at basketball competition; NSS person attacked

A National Service Person with the St. Mary's Boys Senior High School at Apowa in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region is...

Meet the child who conquered US, Germany, others in Mathematics competition

A Senior Secondary School one (SSS1) student, Uwakmfon Unwana Jacob, is the latest Nigerian kid that has put smiles on the faces of Nigerians...

Court remands police officer, KNUST student accused of rape

The Asokore Mampong District court has remanded a police officer, Lance Corporal Frank Adu Poku and a final year student of the Kwame Nkrumah...

GES shuts school after gang forced teacher to kneel and beg for punishing students

The Akyem Anyinasin Methodist Junior High School (JHS) in the Abuakwa North Municipality of the Eastern region has been closed down by the Ghana...

Senior Staff Association of Universities suspends strike

The National Executives Council of the Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana has announced a suspension of its industrial strike. A statement, signed by the National...

Tima Kumkum, others, light up alma mater’s SRC Week

Cynthia Tima Yeboah, popularly known in showbiz circles as Tima Kumkum, has joined others to light up their alma mater, Ghana National College. Tima and...

Teacher trainees chase govt over 7 months unpaid allowance; hint of potential food shortage

The Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana (TTAG) has expressed dissatisfaction about delays in the release of their monthly allowances which have been in arrears for seven months. They have...

Thieves steal feeding items from Adansi Asokwa Primary School [Video]

https://youtu.be/vF90DqjvdC0 Thieves have for the second time in eight days raided the Adansi Asokwa Primary School in the Ashanti Region and bolted with feeding items....

Sack GES Director-General – NPP guru to Akufo-Addo

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr George Ayisi Boateng, has called for the dismissal of the Director-General of the Ghana...

Contractors abandon major projects in Colleges of Education since 2016 – TTAG

The National President of the Teacher Trainees’ Association of Ghana (TTAG) Jonathan Dzunu has expressed worry over abandoned projects in Colleges of Education. Speaking at...

KNUST final year student shortlisted for $100k Chegg.org Global Student Prize

A final-year student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been shortlisted among the top 50 individuals for the 2022...

Ghana to revert to May/June WASSCE

Ghana will revert to writing the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in May/June in 2024, the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service...

SHS food shortage: Farouk Aliu Mahama supports Yendi SHS

Farouk Aliu Mahama, Member of Parliament (MP) for Yendi in the Northern Region, has made a donation of food items to the Yendi Senior...

Girl branded a witch for getting aggregate 30 in BECE

The issue of unfounded allegations of witchcraft against women is back on the front burner. Speaking on The Probe on Sunday, women’s rights activist Margaret...

SHSs suspend participation in NSMQ, other extracurricular activities

Senior High Schools across the country will not participate in the National Science and Maths Quiz (NMSQ) until further notice. The Conference of Assisted Secondary...

Free SHS will not be reviewed – Education Ministry

The Education Ministry and the Ghana Education Service (GES) seem to be on different pages when it comes to the future of the Free...

Patients should be ready to pay fuel cost – National Ambulance Service

Head of Public Affairs of the National Ambulance Service, Simon Yusif Kewura, says Ghanaians who need their services would need to cater for fuel...

Ghana to write 2022 WASSCE alone

Only Ghanaian candidates are left to write the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), scheduled for August 1 to September 27, 2022. This is...

Teachers and lecturers in private schools take bribes the most – UNODC Report

Teachers and lecturers in private schools in Ghana have been identified as the highest recipients of bribes in Ghana. This is based on a report...

Ghana to write 2022 WASSCE alone

Only Ghanaian candidates are left to write the West African Senior High School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), scheduled from August 1 to September 27, 2022....

Ghanaian universities to admit medical students displaced by Ukraine war – Education Minister

JoyNews/AdomNews · Ghanaian Universities To Admit Medical Students Displaced By Ukraine War - Education Minister Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has said Ghanaian...