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WAEC releases 2021 WASSCE results for private candidates

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of 52,974 candidates who sat for the 2021 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination...

Ghanaian medical students in Ukraine transferred

Ghanaians studying Medicine in Ukraine whose education has been truncated due to disturbances in that country can now continue their studies in Grenada. Last...

UTAG sends SOS message to members over strike action

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has announced the indefinite suspension of its industrial strike action. This followed an emergency meeting by UTAG’s National...

Insecurity drives away 100 teachers from Bawku, 2,247 pupils out of school

The Municipal Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has granted the release of about 100 basic school teachers in the Bawku Municipality in...

Free SHS policy has compromised quality of high school education – Hassan Ayariga

Founder of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has asserted that the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy has not yielded the desired...

Bawumia cuts sod for STEM School at Essikado [Photos]

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has cut sod for the construction of a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) School at Essikado in the...

Headmaster found hanging dead on mango tree

The headmaster of the Hatsukorpe No.1 Basic School in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region, Israel Mawuli Afetorgbor, has been found dead....

Osu kingmakers petition Regional House of Chiefs over chieftaincy issue

The Kingmakers of the Osu Stool have filed a petition against three persons at the Judicial Committee of the Regional House of Chiefs to...

We have resolved our differences with govt – UTAG

JoyNews/AdomNews · We've been able to resolve our differences with government - UTAG The General Secretary for the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), Dr...

E-block project left to rot in bush at Nakpayili

Over 90 percent completed Mahama's E-Block has been abandoned in the bush at Nakpayili in the Nanumba south district. Speaking to Adom News, the Regent...

36 students receive President’s Independence Day Awards

Thirty-six students were honoured at this year’s President’s Independence Day Awards ceremony in Accra on March 2, 2022. They were made up of two students...

3 injured, pupils displaced after rainstorm rips off schools’ roofs at Kadjebi [Video]

At least three pupils have been injured after a violent rainstorm that hit Kadjebi Akan District in the Oti Region. The roofs of two schools...

Buffer Stock truck transporting flour to schools involved in accident

A truck transporting flour from the National Buffer Stock to Senior High Schools (SHS') has been involved in an accident at Akyem Asiakwa in...

Pupils escape death as school building collapses at Assin Dawomako [Photos]

Six pupils from Assin Dawomako D/A Basic School in the Assin South District of the Central Region have escaped death after a nine-unit dilapidated...

Supreme Court strikes out suit against Prof Avoke’s reinstatement

The Supreme Court has struck out a suit challenging the reinstatement of Professor Mawutor Avoke as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba...

NASCO Feeding Minds donates desktop computers to Gindabuo schools

NASCO Feeding Minds donated 32 desktop computers to schools at Gindabou during a launch of a new ICT centre in the Sawla district, Savannah...

2021 BECE: WAEC withholds results of 109 candidates

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the release of provisional results for the 2021 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). A statement by...

Akufo-Addo finally breaks silence on UTAG strike

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reaffirmed the commitment of his government to bring an end to the strike action that has been embarked...

SmartSapp digitalises schools to make it easy for parents to be involved with children’s educational journey

SmartSapp is the newest technological platform providing a high-value educational experience by integrating efficient communication in schools. Thus parents, teachers and students are integrated in...

Suspension of UTAG’s strike: Lectures begin today

The 15 public universities in the country are expected to resume full academic activities from today following the suspension of the industrial action by...

Return to class – UTAG urges members

The University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (UTAG) has urged members nationwide to honor its decision to return to the classroom on Monday, February 28,...

Govt committed to providing digital literacy for teacher trainees – Dr Prince Armah

Vice Chairman of the Education Committee of Parliament, Dr Prince Hamid Armah, has reiterated government’s commitment to providing digital literacy training for teacher trainees.   He...

School closed down after mentally challenged woman attacks teacher

Sukrong Junior High School (JHS) in the Upper West Akyem District of the Eastern Region has been closed down after a mentally challenged woman...

UTAG Strike: Over 73% of lecturers from 6 public universities vote against suspension

Majority of lecturers across some six public universities in the country have voted against the decision by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the...

3 members of UEW UTAG dissociate themselves from Association

Three members of the University of Education, Winneba’s branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) have disassociated themselves from the Association. They are...

UCC announces commencement date for 2021/2022 academic year

The Executive Committee of the Academic Board of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has decided that academic activities resume from Monday, February 28. This follows...

Ministry of Education to roll out Rural School Project

Head of Corporate Affairs at the Education Ministry, Kenel Kwasi Abankwa, has said the Minister for Education, Dr Yaw Adu Twum, has put in...

NUGS calls for evacuation of Ghanaian students amidst Ukraine-Russia conflicts

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has called on government to consider the immediate evacuation of Ghanaian students from the Ukraine-Russia region, following...

UTAG strike: UG lecturers vote against suspension of strike

The University of Ghana (UG) branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), has voted against a decision by the National Executive Committee...

Concerned Parents of University Students salute UTAG for suspending strike

The Concerned Parents of University Students has commended the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) for suspending its strike action as negotiations for better...

CH Group Foundation donates buses to Achimota and Mfantsipim

CH Group Foundation, the CSR wing of the CH Group, has shown its commitment to supporting quality education, by donating buses to Achimota and...

UTAG Strike: I cannot betray my colleagues – Prof Gyampo

Secretary to the University of Ghana Chapter of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), Prof Ransford Gyampo, has dismissed claims that he has betrayed...

Court sets date to rule on UTAG strike

The Labour Division of the Accra High Court will on March 9, 2022, rule on the legality of the strike embarked by the University...

UTAG suspends strike

The University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (UTAG) has resolved to suspend its industrial action temporarily. This followed an emergency meeting by UTAG’s National Executive Committee...

Nandi Krom D/A basic school pupils learn on stones

The lives of pupils and teachers of Nandi Krom D/A school in the Krachi Nchurumu District in the Oti Region are in danger due...

Paying lecturers $997 is an insult to their profession – Gabrielle Tetteh

Communications Team Member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Gabrielle Tetteh, has said the current salary being paid to lecturers is insulting. Her comment comes...

‘Education Ministry not recruiting headteachers for STEM schools’

Deputy Education Minister, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has refuted assertions by the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) that the Ministry of Education, has...

Savelugu SHS students protest quality of meals served by authorities

The students of the Savelugu Senior High School (SHS) in the Northern Region on Sunday, February 20, protested the quality of meals offered them...

One Teacher-One Laptop policy successful, 80% of laptops distributed – Bawumia

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has said the distribution of laptops to teachers under the ‘One Teacher-One Laptop’ policy has recorded impressive success...

Concerned parents of university students appeal to UTAG to rescind decision

A group of parents of university students are appealing to members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) to reconsider their strike action...