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Zorkor SHS students stand and eat in the sun and rain

9: 00 am: Wednesday, July 21, 2021. It was mealtime at the Zorkor Senior High School in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region...

Drama as Poly students celebrate exit of Rector by sweeping main gate [Video]

There was a mild drama at the Delta State Polytechnic Ozoro as students celebrate the exit of the Rector in an unusual way. The Rector...

Teenager who pulled machete on teacher jailed

The Odumase Krobo District Court in the Eastern Region has jailed a man who stormed Kodjonya Millennium Presbyterian Junior High School with a machete...

JHS pupil dies in class after being punished by teacher

A 13-year-old pupil of the Federal Government College, Yahaya Aliyu, has died after allegedly being punished by his teacher. It was gathered that the teacher...

Education Minister’s message to 2021 WASSCE candidates

The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has expressed hope the 2021 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) candidates will excel. This is because...

‘Holy kiss’ Anglican priest incurs wrath of Africa Education Watch

Africa Education Watch has petitioned the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) to, with immediate effect, investigate a viral video of an Anglican priest kissing...

Teacher allegedly impregnates three girls in same class

A teacher in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem Municipality in the Central Region has allegedly impregnated three girls in the same class. This is according to a lecturer...

Labour strike: Court slaps UTAG with GHC 3,000 cost

An Accra Labour Court 1 has slapped the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) with GHC3,000.00 fine over what the court describes as a...

Fire ravages classrooms, offices, store of St Charles SHS in Tamale

Fire destroyed classrooms, offices and a store at the St Charles Senior High School (SHS) in Tamale this morning. The cause of the fire is...

Expanding Boundaries International boosts STEAM education in rural Ghana

Expanding Boundaries International (EBI), a United States-based organization, along with its local partners, Rural Smile Foundation and Richard Akoto, aims to provide access and...

SHS final year student stabs teacher

A final year student of Three Town Senior High School (SHS) near Denu in the Ketu South Municipality has stabbed his teacher. The teacher, John...

JHS shut down as man invades premises with machete

Kodjonya Millennium Presbyterian Junior High School (JHS) in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region has been temporarily closed down. This is...

GNAT threatens govt

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has warned of a strike if the government fails to resolve outstanding issues laid before it.  Nicholas Taylor,...

Food shortage hits Damongo SHS [Photos]

Over 1,800 students at Damongo Senior High School (SHS) in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region are worried as the school is...

Siscode Ghana puts smiles on the faces of pupils at Adentan Community School [Photos]

The faces of pupils at the Adentan Community School are beaming with smiles through the benevolence of the non-governmental organisation, Siscode/Gh. This was after Siscode...

Here are WAEC’s processes in setting exam questions [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Here are WAEC’s processes in setting exams questions The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has revealed the processes it goes through before setting...

Three teacher unions threaten strike over ‘problematic’ working conditions

Three teacher unions have threatened to lay down their tools over a development they claim is a hindrance to academic activities in schools across...

Good news for students who cannot read or write

The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, says the government intends to institute measures to reduce the elective subjects of Junior High School pupils...

Okudzeto Ablakwa petitioned US Embassy over students visa appointments

The Member of Parliament for the North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has written to the United States (US) Ambassador to Ghana, Stephanie Sullivan,...

Teacher unions issue one-month ultimatum to GES over this… [Video]

Teacher Unions have issued a one-month ultimatum to the Ghana Education Service (GES) to address challenges the country's pre-tertiary education is faced with or...

Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana calls off strike

The Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG) and the Federation of Universities Senior Staff Association (PUSSAG) have suspended their industrial strike action with immediate...

Right To Play Ghana unveils interactive power resource to boost playful learning

Right To Play has unveiled an interactive resource material which contains 100 gender-responsive play-based learning activities that will boost playful learning across Ghana.   The Play...

UTAG tightens strike

Members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) in 13 public universities are demanding that the national strike continues. The association and its members...

Why UTAG won’t call off strike despite court order

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) says its members will not return to work despite an injunction sought by the National Labour Commission...

GNAT rejects 2021/2022 salary increment for public workers

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has rejected the recent upward adjustment of salaries for public sector workers pegged at four and seven...

UTAG reacts to NLC’s injunction

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has expressed disappointment in the National Labour Commission (NLC) over an injunction against their strike. UTAG members are...

NLC secures injunction against UTAG

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has secured an interlocutory injunction to compel the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) to call off their strike. The...

UG reacts to $165m judgment debt claim

The University of Ghana (UG) has debunked claims that it has been slapped with a $165m judgment debt by a New York Court for...

We will make Ghana ungovernable if … GNAT

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to set up a commission as part of measures to address...

University of Ghana suspends exam indefinitely

The University of Ghana has postponed its scheduled examination for the second semester of the 2020/2021 academic year indefinitely as the strike action by...

Islamic school for the blind under construction in Accra and Kumasi

The construction of an Islamic School for the blind is underway in Accra and Kumasi. It will provide quality education for visually impaired children in...

Management of ‘Our Day boy’ Oswald’s school has a message for all

The management of Christ Ambassadors School of Excellence has expressed appreciation to all companies and individuals who made the popular 'Oswald Day' celebration a...

Second-semester exam for UCC Affiliated Colleges rescheduled

The date for the commencement of the end of the second semester examination for level 300 and level 200 trainees of University of Cape...

UTAG strike: University students bare teeth at government

University Students have given the government a two-day ultimatum to resolve all concerns raised by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG). The students say...

BECE: 24 basic schools in E/R scored 0% in 2020 examination

A total of twenty-four (24) schools in 13 Districts/Municipalities in the Eastern Region recorded Zero percent (0%) passes during the 2020 Basic Education Certificate...

UTAG strike: UMaT cancels second semester exam

Students of the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa are feeling the brunt of the ongoing strike by the University Teachers Association of...

Primary 6 girl creates model house with cardboard

A primary six pupil of Kwaku Panfo M A Basic School in the Ga South Municipal Assembly, Franklina, has exhibited her civil engineering skills...

Free SHS: Uncompleted structures converted to classrooms at Prempeh College

JoyNews/AdomNews · Prempeh College converts parts of its uncompleted structure to classroom School authorities at Prempeh College in the Ashanti Region have been compelled to...

UTAG declares nationwide strike

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), has directed members to withdraw all teaching and related activities on...

COVID-19: University of Ghana to shut down bush canteen

The University of Ghana is set to shut down the staff market, popularly known as Bush Canteen. This, according to a statement signed by the...