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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...

New canteen commissioned for University Basic School

A newly built canteen has been commissioned for the pupils of University Basic School, Legon. The event was arranged on July 19, 2022 at the...

22,000 students can’t go to school in spite of free SHS

In spite of the free Senior High School (SHS) policy of the government, 22,000 students offered admission to SHS each year are unable to...

Why Ghana School of Law is called ‘Makola’ [Video]

The Director of Ghana School of Law, Yaw D. Oppong, has provided insight into what ‘Makola’ means. In an interaction on the JoyNews’ The Law...

Govt committed to provide quality education – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reaffirmed his government’s commitment to providing ease of access to quality education to enhance equal access to growth...

Free SHS will not be cancelled – President Akufo-Addo 

President Akufo-Addo has stressed that the Free Senior High School policy would not be cancelled despite the current economic crisis in the country. He said...

NTC warns unqualified teachers to acquire certification

The National Teaching Council (NTC) has given all in-service non-qualified teachers up to 2024 to get themselves trained as teachers, else the law will...

Food shortage in SHS: Students resorting to barter trading – GNECC

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) has revealed that following the shortage of food in Senior High Schools (SHS), students are now resorting...

Ministers, MPs should be compelled to send their kids to public schools – Teacher

A teacher, Emmanuel Afful, has suggested some solutions to the woes of the country’s public education system. According to him, one of the surest ways...

‘Senior high students may be forced to go home over food shortage’

Senior high schools across the country are on the verge of being shut down as the food shortage situation worsens. The Education Ministry had said...

Senior High Schools risk shutdown as food shortage worsens

Senior High Schools across the country are on the verge of being shut down as the shortage of food supplies worsens. The Education Ministry had...