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Fire destroys Tolon SHS girls’ dormitory [Video]

https://youtu.be/5HzDrB15SOo Fire has engulfed portions of the girls' dormitory at Tolon Senior High School (SHS) in the Northern Region. The fire that started around 8:am...

UG has the best scientists in Ghana – AD Scientist Index 2022 Version 2

The University of Ghana (UG) has been ranked the highest tertiary institution in Ghana by the Alper-Doger (AD) Scientific Index 2022 Version 2. Additionally, the...

UG ranked highest tertiary institution in Ghana

The University of Ghana (UG) has been ranked the highest tertiary institution in Ghana by the Alper-Doger (AD) Scientific Index 2022 Version 2. According to...

Education Minister dines with students of Afua Kobi Ampem Girls SHS

He is a man on mission and really cut out for the Education Ministry. From teaching in the classroom as Deputy Minister of Education...

Communications and Digitalisation Ministry trains 1,000 girls in Ahafo Region

The Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation has commenced training for 1000 girls selected from various districts in the Ahafo Region in basic ICT and...

Ghanaian Elementary team honoured in global robotics education contest

The Ghanaian Elementary team has been honoured after reaching the finals of the VEX Worlds 2022 robotics competition which took place in Dallas, Texas,...

Students Loan Trust pays GH¢1m for indebted KNUST students

The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has paid the fees of 500 students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) who...

Pre-tertiary education in crisis – GNAT roars

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) says the pre-tertiary Education in the country is in crisis. The teacher union laments how headteachers are...

Mawuli Fund launches inter-schools ‘Critical Thinking Tournament’ [Photos]

The Mawuli Fund, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has launched an inter-school contest dubbed the Critical Thinking Tournament (CTT). The contest seeks to among other...

We’ll complete 20 E-Blocks by end of 2022 – GETFund Administrator

The Administrator of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), Dr. Richard Boadu, has stated that the Fund’s 3-year plan which was recently approved by...

Tears flow as KNUST final year student dies

Social media has been awash with tributes in honour of a Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) final year student. Though the...

Review free SHS policy – Palmer-Buckle tells government

Most Reverend Charles Gabriel Palmer-Buckle has added his voice to the calls for a review of the free Senior High School (SHS) policy. In spite...

I had aggregate 9; but the University of Ghana Business School didn’t admit me – Education Minister

The Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has revealed that, even though he excelled in his ‘A’ level exams, he was denied admission...

GETFund obtains Parliamentary nod for infrastructure completion plan

The Administrator of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), Dr. Richard Boadu, has said the Fund has received Parliamentary approval to bring to completion,...

School Feeding Caterers’ passionate appeal to govt over feeding grants

The National School Feeding Caterers Association is calling for an increment in feeding grants due to increase in rices of food items in the...

Snake bites testicles of level 300 student

A snake has reportedly given a level 300 student at the Assin Fosu College of Education (FOSCO) in the Central region a painful fright...

Bawumia donates 100 laptops to the University of Ghana Business School

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has donated one hundred new laptops to the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS), to support teaching and...

Govt releases GH¢200m for Free SHS

The government has released GH¢200 million for the smooth running of its flagship programme, the Free Senior High School (SHS). Part of the amount...

Inadequate furniture, others negatively affecting learning – GES Director

District Director of Education in the Krachi Nchumuru district of the Oti Region, David Kwame Seddor, has said inadequate infrastructure in basic schools are...

Banda Islamic school student wins Bono region Girls in ICT competition

A student from the Banda Islamic school in the Banda District of the Bono Region emerged as the best in the Girls in ICT...

UDS Senior Staff threatens strike

Members of the Senior Staff Association at the University for Development Studies (UDS) have served notice to embark on industrial action against the management...

Govt set up committee to help absorb Ukraine students into Ghanaian universities

A 13-member committee has been instituted to come out with guidelines to help absorb students from Ukraine into Ghanaian Universities to continue their studies. The...

Free SHS puts a huge strain on national budget – Asantehene

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II says the implementation of the Free Senior High School policy has worsened the unemployment situation in the country. He said...

Govt sends SOS message to School Feeding caterers over arrears

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection says it has put in place all the necessary steps to settle the arrears of school...

UDS to integrate Ghanaian students from Ukraine

The University for Development Studies (UDS) has rolled out an initiative to help integrate Ghanaian students who returned from Ukraine into the university to...

‘Why are you bent on appealing High Court ruling that reinstated Avoke, others?’ – UEW Governing Chair quizzes

The Governing Council of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), says it’s getting frustrated how some of its principal officers are determined to appeal...

Church of Pentecost renovates dormitory blocks for Obuasi SecTech

The Church of Pentecost, Obuasi Area, through the effort of the Area Head – Apostle William Boakye Agyarko as part of its social intervention,...

Rainstorm destroys educational facilities at Bolga Girls’, Kongo SHS

A severe rainstorm that hit Bolgatanga and other areas in the Upper East Region last Wednesday evening destroyed some educational facilities and properties in...

Dr Prince Hamid Armah: Bridging the digital divide in Ghana, encouraging girls and women in ICT

Each year, the fourth Thursday in April is commemorated as the Girls in ICT Day. This day, instituted under the auspices of the United Nations...

KNUST students throng office of Student Loan Trust Fund

Students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have thronged the campus office of the Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF). Since Monday,...

Free cocoa beverages for basic schools

Niche Confectionery Ghana Limited has sealed a deal with the Ministry of Education to supply enriched ready-to-drink cocoa beverages to basic school children across...

Nchumuruman SHS headmaster elected Nkwanta North presiding member

The headmaster of Nchumuruman Senior High School (SHS), Gregory Gbandi Bawa has been elected as the new presiding member for Nkwanta-North district in the...

Prof Kaufmann calls for assessment of science and maths quiz

Having organised the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) for 29 years, it is time to commit resources to assess its impact in the...

Wenchi SHS to face court over non-competitive procurement

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday, April 25, directed the prosecution of the Wenchi Senior High School in the Bono Region for breaching...

I staked ¢10k in betting but won only ¢200 – Former UG student

A former student of the University of Ghana has opened up on how his addiction to gambling, particularly sports betting has cost him thousands...

Govt approves ‘no guarantor policy’ for tertiary students loans

The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has revealed that tertiary students can henceforth apply for loans without a guarantor. This follows the introduction...

Ashesi spiderman steals show on ‘Crazy Day’ [Photos+Video]

A male student of Ashesi University who is yet-to-be-identified stole the spotlight at the 2022 Crazy Day celebration with his spiderman costume. The day...

KNUST deferment: Over 3,550 students reinstated

About 3,350 out of the over 6,000 students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) whose programmes of study were deferred...

PRESEC, Wesley Girls must admit students with aggregate 20 – Minister

The Education Minister is asking Grade 'A' schools to learn to accept students with low grades and mould them into good students capable of...

15 student nurses, midwives asked to repeat or be expelled

About 15 student nurses and midwives at Atibie Nursing and Midwifery Training College at Kwahu in the Eastern Region have been asked to repeat...