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UTAG to resume strike by Friday if …

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has served notice that it will resume its strike if the government does not meet its demand by Friday,...

JHS teacher found dead in his room

A 36-year-old mathematics teacher at Bechem Methodist Junior High School (JHS) in the Tano South Municipality of the Ahafo Region has been found dead...

GAF signs historic deal with UEW

The School of Education under the Ghana Military Academy and Training Schools (MATS) of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), has signed a Memorandum of...

Covid-19: Akosombo Int’l School records new cases

At least 24 students of the Akosombo International School have been moved to a hotel at Atimpoku for isolation after testing positive for Covid-19....

J. A. Kufuor SHS, others to be ready for use in 2022 [Photos]

President Akufo-Addo has inspected work on the construction of the J. A. Kufuor Senior High Technical School, the Creative Arts Senior High School, and...

School Feeding caterers cry out [Video]

https://youtu.be/SdrcbfnL_jA?t=41 The School Feeding Caterers Association is calling for an overhaul of the secretariat over what they described as a grand scheme to milk the...

Residents chase UCC to complete rotting-away satellite campuses

Residents of Zuarungu in the Bolga East District of the Upper East Region, Upper West Region as well as Jumapo in the Eastern Region...

Law school SRC president details cause of massive entrance exam failure

The President of the Students Representative Council (SRC) of the Ghana Law School, Wonder Victor Kutor, has called for an all-inclusive approach in dealing...

Prof Azar reacts to mass failure at Ghana Law School

Private legal practitioner, Professor Kwaku Azar, has reiterated the need for the monopoly of the Ghana Law School to be broken. According to him, the...

Meet the 11-year-old Spelling B winner who represented Ghana in Dubai

Master Angel Arhin, the 2021 second runner-up of the inter-continental spelling 'B' competition who represented Ghana in Dubai, has been highly commended by the...

Teacher arrested for allegedly sodomising nine pupils

A teacher at Kulpi M/A Junior High School in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region is in the grips of the police...

Last words of lady who died shortly after graduation will break your heart

A Nigerian lawmaker has brought to light the final words of a university student who died shortly after her graduation. The deceased, Rukayat Rukayat Umar, reportedly passed...

Govt sued over Kumasi Technical University’s sale of 9 cars

South-Dayi Member of Parliament (MP), Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has sued the government over the auction of cars belonging to the Kumasi Technical University. He contends that...

D7 in WASSCE should not be a barrier to tertiary education – Minister

Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, is charging public tertiary institutions to allow students who obtain grade D7 in WASSCE to have access to...

Let’s prioritise mentorship programmes in our schools – Right To Play Ghana urges

Right To Play Ghana is urging the Ministry of Education, the Ghana Education Service and District/Municipal Education Directorates across the country to prioritise mentorship...

Abandoned ‘Mahama’ Community Day School turns cattle ranch [Photos]

An abandoned Community Day Senior High School project, which begun in 2014 at Damanko in Nkwanta North district of the Oti Region, has been...

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...