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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...

12 teachers arrested over BECE malpractice

Eleven teachers and a headmaster have been arrested for alleged malpractice in the 2021 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). They were arrested by security...

Male candidates dominate BECE in Northern Region

Statistics from the Northern Regional Educational Directorate indicate that male candidates outnumber their female counterparts in the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Out of...

School Feeding boss urges caterers to live up to expectation

The National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), Gertrude Quashigah, has strongly urged non-performing caterers to up their game or risk being...

2021 BECE: Wenchi Municipal records 18 absentees first day

A total of 18 students in the Wenchi Municipality of the Bono Region were absent on the first day of the Basic Education Certificate...

BECE 2021: Coalition of Concerned Teachers’ message to invigilators

Supervisors and invigilators participating in the 2021 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) have been urged to ensure they adhere to all rules and regulations...

Five Konongo Odumase SHS students denied bail

The Konongo District Court has denied bail to the five students arrested for their roles in the death of a student of Konongo Odumase...

BECE candidates at Keta participate in BECE despite tidal waves

The West African Education Council (WAEC) has indicated that candidates for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), who hail from the Keta Municipality, are...

BECE 2021: Five nursing mothers, 4 pregnant girls write at Akrofuom

Four pregnant girls are taking part in the 2021 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) at the Akrofuom SHS Centre 'A' in the Adansi Akrofuom...

GIJ postpones re-opening of 2021/2022 academic year

The Management and the Academic Board of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) has postponed the commencement of the 2021/2022 academic year to January 10,...

Right To Play, Sabre Education develop KG INSET Trainer Manual to support teachers

A Kindergarten INSET Trainer Manual designed to enhance the capacity and understanding of teachers to effectively deliver the new standard-based curriculum and integrate play...

3 students collapse as fire guts parts of Osino SHS

Fire has gutted the storeroom of Osino Senior High School (SHS) in the Fanteakwa South District in the Eastern Region. Three female students, who reportedly...

Headmaster in Saboba drowning incident remanded into prison custody

A Tamale Magistrate Court has remanded the headteacher of the St. Charles Lwanga R/C Junior High School into prison custody. Lawyers for the accused,...

Saboba drowning: The lifeless body of my son broke my heart – Father

The distraught father of a 15-year-old boy who drowned in the Oti River while returning from his headmaster’s farm has narrated how the lifeless...

Saboba drowning: Education Watch commends GES, Police for swift action against headmaster

Education think tank, Africa Education Watch, has commended GES and the Police for the arrest of the Headmaster of St Charles Liwanga R/C JHS...

Students of Charles Liwanga JHS who drowned in Oti River buried

The nine students of St Charles Liwanga R/C Junior High School (JHS) in the Saboba District of the Northern region who drowned in the...

No leakage in this year’s BECE – WAEC assures

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it has put stringent security measures in place to prevent leakages of this year’s Basic Education Certificate...

Teachers who use students as farmhands risk losing their licences – DCE

The District Chief Executive for Saboba District, Bingrini George, has said the District Security Committee (DISEC) is set to meet with the Ghana Education...

2021 BECE begins today with over 571,0000 candidates

A total number of 571,894 candidates will sit for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) from today, Monday, November 15, 2021, to Friday,...

Education Minister’s goodwill message to BECE candidates

The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Adutwum has sent a goodwill message to all Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates on the occasion of...

Akufo-Addo applauds 63 years of Ghana’s co-operation with UNESCO

President Nana Akufo-Addo has expressed Ghana’s pride in it’s membership of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) The President made this known...

10,976 BECE candidates to write exams in Oti Region

A total of 10,976 candidates are expected to write this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Oti Region beginning Monday. They include 6,006...