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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...

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...