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Association of Muslim Societies in Tertiary Institutions in Ghana inaugurated

An interim National Executive Association of Muslim Societies in Tertiary Institutions, Ghana (MUSTIG) has been inaugurated at its second Strategic Conference held at Lakeside...

Let’s prioritise sanitation in SHSs – Regional Coordinator

The Volta Regional Coordinator of Senior High Schools (SHSs), Mrs Doris Abayavor, has appealed to all stakeholders in the education sector to prioritise sanitation...

New twist to ‘one teacher one laptop’ initiative

A teachers group calling itself Innovative Teachers is currently in court to challenge the government's one teacher one laptop initiative. According to the group, they...

Commission for TVET awards GIZ Ghana for being solid partner

The German Ambassador to Ghana, His Excellency Daniel Krull has underscored the need for the Government of Ghana to continue to prioritize Technical and...

NSMQ 2021: Presec alumni petitions Primetime

The old students of Presbyterian Boys’ Secondary School (Presec Legon) have petitioned organisers of National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), Primetime Production over some...

Meet Ghana’s youngest graduate who entered university at age 13

Ruth Ama Gyan-Darkwa is the youngest graduate in Ghana after graduating at age 17 from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). She...

‘Beyi W’ano’: Here is a message to teacher group against 1 teacher 1 laptop initiative

A teacher group that is opposing the government's one-teacher-one-laptop policy has been directed to seek clarity from its leadership. This is because the Teacher Unions...

JHS pupils construct own classroom block

The pupils and teachers of St Paul Roman Catholic Junior High School (JHS) at Tokuroano in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region,...

Prempeh College wins 2021 NSMQ

The much touted phrase ‘serving a living God’ by the Presbyterian Boys Secondary School did not materialise as God, instead decided to ‘Glory5’ Prempeh...

NSMQ 2021: Presec-Legon holds joint prayers for contestants ahead of finals

School authorities and students of Presbyterian Boys’ Senior High School (PRESEC-Legon) on Friday morning held a join prayer session for this year’s contestants featuring...

UCC appoints another female as Pro-Vice-Chancellor

The Governing Council of the University of Cape Coast has appointed Professor Rosemond Boohene as the new Pro-Vice-Chancellor. The appointment of Prof Boohene takes...

EC proposes use of Ghana Card for 2022 voter registration

As part of preparations for its voter registration exercise next year, the Electoral Commission (EC) is proposing the adoption of the Ghana Card as...

UPSA reacts to expulsion of students over ‘lesbianism’

The Management of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) has urged the public to disregard reports of expelling two female students from the...

Technical University Senior Administrators Association hints of imminent strike

The Technical University Senior Administrators Association has registered their displeasure over the unfair treatment of some senior members who are non-teaching staff. According to the...

Tanzania to scrap ban on pregnant school girls

A 19-year-old rule that banned pregnant students from attending school in Tanzania is to be scrapped, a minister says.Education Minister Prof Joyce Ndalichako said...

Allotey Jacobs attributes NSMQ success to Free SHS

JoyNews/AdomNews · Allotey Jacobs attributes NSMQ success to free SHS The performance of some Senior High Schools (SHS) known as 'underdogs' in the ongoing National...

BECE: Here are guidelines for 2021 school selection

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released infographics to aid parents and candidates of the just-ended Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) to select their...

Konongo-Odumasi SHS killing: Court remands suspects for the third time

The Konongo District Court has for the third time remanded the five students arrested for their roles in the death of a student of...

NSMQ 2021: Good news for Keta SHTS squad

A former Presidential Staffer under the erstwhile Mahama administration, Stan Dogbe, is set to gift laptops to the 2021 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) Keta Senior...

Chief Justice turns down MP’s request for Law School admission documents

The Chief Justice has turned down a request by South Dayi Member of Parliament (MP), Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, to release details of a probe into...

GIJ to start MPhil, PhD programmes

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) will start a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) programme next academic year to help train more...

GES sets date for School Placement for JSS graduates

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says this year’s computerised school selection for Junior High School (JHS) graduates will commence on November 29, nationwide. A statement,...

GES to start nationwide public education on 2021/2022 School Placement

Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced a planned education and sensitisation programme for parents and other stakeholders of candidates who will...

Withdrawal of corporal punishment may embolden students to misbehave – CHASS

President of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), Yakubu Abubakar, says the level of indiscipline in Senior High Schools had gotten...

NAGRAT sends important message to govt over Free SHS budget

President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonu, has called on the government to make known the amount of money allotted...

Parents grateful as IGP enrolls teenagers stripped and paraded in new schools

The two teenagers stripped naked and paraded on the streets of Akuapem-Adawso in the Eastern Region have been enrolled in new schools with the...

Teachers raise red flag over ‘1 teacher 1 laptop’ initiative

JoyNews/AdomNews · Teachers raise red flag over 1 teacher 1 laptop initiative Some concerned teachers are raising issues about the 'one-teacher one laptop' initiative by...

GES receives financial clearance to recruit over 16,000 teachers

The Ministry of Education has received financial clearance to enable the Ghana Education Service (GES) to recruit 16,850 newly trained teachers. This was contained...

We should reconsider how people are enrolled into Law School – UTAG President

National President of the University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (UTAG), Prof. Solomon Nunoo, has called for a review of existing policies about legal education....

World Children’s Day: UNICEF unveils new mural designed by pupils

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Ghana on Friday, November 19, unveiled a new mural designed by school children across Ghana. Under the theme 'A...

Good news for newly-trained teachers

The Ministry of Finance has given financial clearance for the recruitment of over 16,000 newly-trained teachers by the Ghana Education Service (GES). “Financial clearance is...

Nana Obiri-Yeboah Institute supports 5 schools at Asante Akyem North [Photos]

The Nana Obiri-Yeboah Institute, on November 3, 2021, embarked on a Birthday Book Project within five schools in the Asante Akyem North District. The...

Heads of Junior High Schools at Akuapem South barred from BECE centres

Heads of Junior High Schools in the Akuapem South Municipality of the Eastern Region have been barred from Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) centres...

BECE: 9 teachers, headmaster arrested over exam malpractice

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has opened investigations into an alleged malpractice recorded in the Offinso South Municipality of the Ashanti Region during Monday’s...

2021 BECE: 25 expectant and nursing mothers at Wenchi writing exam

A total of 14 pregnant candidates are writing this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Wenchi Municipality of the Bono Region. Another set...

BECE 2021: 63-year-old woman writes at Obuasi [Video]

Rita Offin, a 63-year-old mother of five, is among hundreds of pupils who are writing the 2021 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the...

Saboba drowning: GES interdicts headmaster, committee set up to investigate the incident

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has interdicted the headmaster of St Charles Lwanga Roman Catholic Junior High School in the Saboba District of the...

Coalition of Concerned Teachers’ SOS message to govt

The Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) - Ghana has outlined six areas that need the urgent attention of the government regarding education in Ghana. According...

20 pregnant girls write BECE in Effutu

More than 20 pregnant girls are among a total of 1,758 candidates writing the exams at centers ‘A’ and ‘B’ in Winneba. The total number...

Student who beat lecturer to coma breaks silence

Final year Microbiology student of the University of Ilorin, Nigeria, Salaudeen Waliu, has opened up on why he assaulted his female lecturer and supervisor, Zakariyau.  Recall...