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SONA 2022: Creative Arts SHS 70% complete

President Nana Akufo-Addo has revealed that the construction of the Creative Arts Senior High School (SHS), at Kwadaso, in the Ashanti Region, is about...

Oppong Nkrumah hands over school block to Akyem Ayirebi Presby JHS

Ofoase Ayirebi Member of Parliament (MP) Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has handed over an ultramodern three-unit classroom block he constructed for pupils of Akyem Ayirebi...

What you need to know as nationwide SHS placements exercise kick starts

A nationwide self-placement exercise under the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) started on Monday. The exercise, which is being done in all the...

Universities to go off govt payroll: Okudzeto Ablakwa predicts

JoyNews/AdomNews · Okudzeto Ablakwa reacts to government decision to wean universities off government payroll Former Deputy Minister of Education and Member of Parliament for North...

Former Legon VC gives govt low grade on free SHS

Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Ivan Addae-Mensah, has rated the Akufo-Addo-led government's free Senior High School (SHS). The academic scored the government...

Education Ministry sends important message to parents over SHS placements [Listen]

The Ministry of Education has sent an important message to parents across the country following the release of 2021/2022 Computerized School Selection and Placement...

Ghana TVET Service Director-General calls on principals to up their game

The Director-General of the Ghana TVET Service, Mrs. Mawusi Nudekor Awity, has called on principals of the Ghana TVET Service institutions to put in...

Ghana TVET Service Director-General assures Minister of full support

The Director-General of the Ghana TVET Service, Mrs. Mawusi Nudekor Awity, has pledged her outfit’s unflinching support to the Minister of Education, Dr Yaw...

Okudzeto Ablakwa secures paid internship opportunities for Ukraine medical students evacuees

North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced paid internship opportunities for some 20 medical students who were evacuated from Ukraine. The...

GIJ SRC considers re-joining NUGS a year after exit

The Students Representative Council of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ SRC) is considering re-joining the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) after its...

Use of ‘Black Boards’ blinding us – GNAT cries to Govt

The Local Chairman of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) for Anomabo and Yamoransa in the Mfantseman Municipality, Samuel Alex Arthur, has observed...

KNUST launches four books on eye care for children and professionals

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has launched four books on eye care for children and professionals. The two English books...

17-year-old SHS student attempts suicide after Taxi driver boyfriend broke up with her

A 17-year-old student of Ajumako Bisease Senior High School (SHS) is receiving treatment at Ajumako Government Hospital after an attempted suicide over a breakup...

TIS student manufactures electric off-road vehicle

A student of the Tema International School (TIS), Kevin Owusu Afriyie, has manufactured an electric off-road vehicle as part of his Middle Year Programme...

We got an entire building for lectures after admitting 10 students who failed exam – Former Law School Director

A former Director of the Ghana School of Law says his admission of some 10 students who failed the entrance examination paved the way...

Only 110 SHSs have produced medical students for Korle-Bu and KNUST in 8 years – Former UG VC

Out of the over 720 Senior High Schools in the country, only 110 of them have had their students make it to the two...

Teacher trainees cry over 4 months of unpaid allowance

The Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana is unhappy about delays in the release of their monthly allowances which have been in arrears for four...

Osenso D/A school pupils storm palace; beat linguist over desks

Pupils of Osenso D/A Primary and Junior High School (JHS) in the Western region have vented their frustration on the chief and his elders...

Teacher drowns during rainstorm at New Edubiase

The body of a 38-year-old teacher, has been found in a drainage at Aburaso within New Edubiase in the Adansi South District following a...

Institute of Transgenerational Leaders to hold public lecture on Free SHS

The Institute for TransGenerational Leaders is set to hold a public lecture on Ghana's education policy with the Free Senior High School (SHS) in...

EU supports TVET with €17m

The Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector has received a further boost, with the European Union (EU) investing €17 million in the...

Bawumia inaugurates first Islamic Nursing Training school [Photos]

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Saturday inaugurated the first Islamic Nursing Training College in Ghana. Dr Bawumia was joined by the leadership of...

Free SHS should be reviewed to reduce economic hardship – Govt advised

Samuel Boateng, a political activist, has opined that one of the New Patriotic Party government's flagship policies the free Senior High School (SHS) must...

Some SHS students use phones more expensive than Free SHS

1. Shouldn’t we be funding individuals/groups that go to court for constitutional litigation? ‘Go to court’ is a mantra used by politicians on the governing...

Free SHS Secretariat assures of smooth School Selection and Placement

The government through the Free Senior High School (SHS) Secretariat has put in place prudent measures to ensure that this year’s Computerised School Selection...

GNAT inaugurates new Board of Trustees for tier-3 funds [Photos]

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has inaugurated a new Board of Trustees to administer tier-3 contributions of members. The Board of Trustees is...

Pupils of Chati Akura M/A primary school learn under trees and sit on tree roots

Education is pain for pupils of Chati Akura M/A primary school in the Nkwanta South Municipality in the Oti Region. Some of the pupils learn...

Teachers to pay bungalow rent not new but controversial – Ministry of Information

Information Officer at the Ministry of Information, Raymond Coffie, has clarified that a release from the Ghana Education Service (GES) over the payment of...

Free SHS policy must be reviewed – Prof. Stephen Adei

Economist and Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission, Professor Stephen Adei, has called for a review of the government’s flagship Free Senior High...

GES sets records straight on 10% salary for rent

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has defended its decision to deduct 10 per cent of salaries of teachers who reside in government bungalows as...

GNAT demands withdrawal of 10% rent charges on teachers

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has asked the Ghana Education Service (GES) to withdraw its circular directing teachers or staff occupying government...

Promoting STEM education: President of All Nations University commends Education Minister

President of the All Nations University (ANU), Dr. Samuel Donkor has commended the Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum for priortising Science, Technology, Engineering...

GNAT sends strong message to GES over 10 percent salary rent directive

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has asked the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwaa, to call the Western...

Yaw Oppong appointed Director of Ghana School of Law

Legal practitioner, Yaw D. Oppong, has been appointed as the Director of Legal Education at the General Legal Council (GLC). The Director of Legal Education...

10% salary deduction for rent: NAGRAT bares teeth at govt

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has resolved to resist the Ghana Education Service (GES) directive for teachers to pay 10 per cent...

Revealed: Two UEW students died in Asuboi accident, two others still missing

The University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has set records straight on an accident at Asuboi involving some students. The accident, which occurred on Sunday...

Teachers, school staff occupying govt bungalow to pay rent

Teachers and school staff occupying government bungalows are expected to pay rent effective March 1, 2022. A circular from the Ghana Education Service, sighted by...

KNUST students to study Kofi Kinaata’s ‘Things Fall Apart’

Management of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has authorised Takoradi-based rapper, Kofi Kinaata's Things Fall Apart song to be studied in...

High Court orders UG to swear-in Prince Asumadu as SRC President

An Accra High Court has instructed the Management of the University of Ghana, Legon, to swear-in Prince Asumadu as president of the Student Representative Council...

SHS student stabbed to death at Obuasi [Video]

https://youtu.be/AXn3_CED_D0 An 18-year-old Senior High School (SHS) student, Illiasu Fuseini, has been stabbed to death by a colleague at Anyinam Obuasi in the Ashanti Region. Reports...