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Tyrone Marghuy tops class in Science & Elective Maths despite admission woes

Tyrone Marghuy, one of two Rastafarian boys in a legal battle with Achimota School has reportedly topped his class in Science and Elective Maths. The...

UTAG sends strong message to govt

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has threatened to resume its strike action if the government fails to address their concerns as agreed. The association...

Final year SHS student dies after attempt to escape from teacher

A final year student of the Tweneboa Kodua Senior High School (SHS ) at Kumawu in the Ashanti Region has died after falling on...

More females in Volta Region than other 15 regions – 2021 PHC results

The provisional results of the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) indicate that there are more females in the Volta Region than in the...

Two busted over WASSCE fraud

Security operatives have grabbed two key suspects in connection with the leakage of some questions in the ongoing West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination...

Nigerian kidnappers free 10 SHS students after collecting ransom; 21 remain in captivity

Bandits in northern Nigeria released 10 more students kidnapped two months ago from a Baptist school. Another 21 still remain in captivity despite a pledge to release all hostages,...

WAEC, Education Minister to be hauled before Parliament

The Ranking Member on Parliament’s Education Committee, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, has stated that he is expecting the Minister for Education and officials of the West...

JHS pupil who assaulted teacher over homework fined GHc1,800

The Juvenile Court ‘C’ in Accra has convicted the final year pupil of the Nungua KROMA 2 Junior High School (JHS) to a fine...

Africa Education Watch petitions CID over leaked WASSCE papers

The Executive Director of Africa Education Watch says his outfit has petitioned the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to investigate...

2021 WASSCE: How 2 teachers were arrested for attempting to help students cheat

Two teachers at the Ahamanso Islamic Senior High School have been arrested by the Kadjebi District Police for attempting to leak Monday’s English Language...

KNUST students ordered to leave campus by Saturday

The Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council has directed students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to vacate the school premises latest...

Africa Watch petitions CID over 2021 WASSCE

Africa Education Watch has petitioned the Criminal investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to investigate reports of examination leakage in the ongoing...

WAEC reschedules two WASSCE papers

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has rescheduled the Physics and Business Management examination in the ongoing West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The papers...

WASSCE leakage: Check out schools being monitored by WAEC

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has published a list of 11 schools that it is monitoring following a tip-off of 'intents to cheat'...

I got pregnant through peer pressure – 21-year-old recounts

Mobile money vendor, Ethel Ansah, has indicated that competition among friends to possess the finest clothes caused her pregnancy. The 21-year-old revealed on SVTV Africa...

Free SHS programme was implemented to simply win votes – Former Army General

Former Chief of Defense Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces, Brigadier-General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah, has said that the Free Senior High School Programme, was implemented...

Challenging Heights urges govt to fix challenges in Education sector to avert crisis

Non-governmental Organization (NGO), challenging heights is urging the government to release capitation grants to basic schools to avert a crisis. According to the NGO, the...

Achimota School, AG appeal court ruling on Rastafarian students

Achimota School and the Attorney-General’s department have filed an appeal challenging a High Court’s ruling that the former admits some two Rastafarian students. The boys,...

WASSCE candidate delivers in exams hall, returns to complete paper

A final-year student of the Gushegu Senior High School (SHS) in the Northern Region was delivered of a baby boy Monday morning, September 13,...

WAEC to introduce question serialisation to block leakages – Education Minister

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) will soon be introducing a Test Serialisation System to stamp out the perennial issues of examination malpractices. This was...

2,765 girls drop out of school due to COVID-19

A research conducted by Songtaba Organisation in partnership with Vibrant Village Foundation has revealed that about 2,765 girls dropped out of school as a...

My father died the day I was to report to St. Augustine’s College – Ken Ashigbey

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, ING. Dr Kenneth Edem Ashigbey, has revealed that his stay at St Augustine’s College for...

Legon final year student passes on; leaves ‘strange’ note

Students at the University of Ghana (Legon) have been thrown into a state of mourning following the death of a colleague who was in...

GES interdicts Jachie-Pramso SHS headmaster

Francis Donkor, the headmaster of Jachie Pramso Senior High School (SHS), who flogged a final year student mercilessly has been interdicted. The Ghana Education...

Akufo-Addo applauds Western North Minister over ‘1 Child 1 Desk’ initiative

President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo has endorsed the Western North Regional Minister, Richard Ebbah Obeng's '1 school child, 1 study desk' initiative to provide...

1 Teacher 1 Laptop: Teacher groups petition CHRAJ over ‘inflated cost’

Two groups of teachers calling themselves Innovative Teachers and All Teachers Alliance Ghana have dragged the Education Ministry before the Commission on Human Rights...

Headmaster allegedly flogs SHS final year student over cardigan [Photos]

Mary Amoako, a final year student of Jachie Pramso Senior High School (SHS) in the Ashanti Region, has reportedly been flogged by the headmaster. Reports...

North Hills Int’l School wins best, innovative, well-coordinated and organised Private School of the Year

North Hills International School, a Cambridge and Ghana Education Service accredited school, located at North Legon in Accra, has been recognised as the Best,...

Why this teacher will not accept govt’s laptop [Listen]

A teacher and a former Deputy Director of Concerned Teachers Association, has boldly stated he will not accept the government’s laptops under the ‘One...

GETFund funding 70% cost of ‘One Teacher One Laptop’ initiative

It has emerged that the Ghana Educational Trust Fund (GETFund) is the agency paying for the government’s absorbed 70% component of the cost of...

School Feeding Programme for pupils to commence tomorrow

The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) for the third term is set to run effectively Tuesday, September 7 as pupils resume after weeks of...

Final year SHS student stabbed to death over Iphone

The Police at Bekwai in the Ashanti Region have launched investigations into circumstances leading to the stabbing to death of a final year student...

This is how much each teacher will pay under the ‘one laptop’ policy

It has emerged that each teacher will pay GHS 547 as the 30% cost under the government’s one-teacher one laptop policy while the State...

Teachers group kicks against govt’s laptops [Listen]

A teachers group calling itself Innovative Teachers is worried about the quality of laptops under the ‘One Teacher One Laptop’ programme in fulfilment of...

Cape Coast Technical University: Injunction placed on end of semester examination

Some 16 Cape Coast Technical University students have filed a motion on notice for an interlocutory injunction to restrain the university and its academic...

One teacher one laptop: Check out first school to receive govt’s laptops

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has launched and handed over 350,000 laptops under the ‘One Teacher One Laptop’ programme in fulfillment of government’s...

Check out how much teachers are expected to pay as they receive laptops from govt

Teachers at all levels across the country will be receiving a laptop to aid with teaching and learning as the government officially launches a...

Oppong Nkrumah reacts to UCC’s No.1 global ranking

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has congratulated the University of Cape Coast (UCC) after the university was ranked as the number one university for...

Education Ministry clears air on food shortage in SHSs

The Ministry of Education has denied claims of food shortages in some Senior High Schools (SHS) in the country. Deputy Minister of Education, John Ntim...

WASSCE 2021: Invigilator on the run, candidate arrested over exam leakage

One candidate of the Dadieso Senior High School in the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) was picked up on Wednesday while...