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The Ghana Education Service (GES) is set to distribute some laptops to teachers under the government's one-teacher one laptop initiative. This comes after President Nana...

National Teaching Council releases licensure exam results

The National Teaching Council is expected to release results for the May 2021 licensure examination today, July 29, 2021. This was announced in a...

Good news for Osu Presby students [Photos]

Students at the Osu Presbyterian School are beaming with smiles after gaining entry into their new classroom building. The building was reportedly locked with students...

New twist to Assin North MP’s case

Lawyers of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North, Joe Gyaakye Quayson, have withdrawn an application to invoke the supervisory jurisdiction of the...

President of the National Service Personnel Association calls for an increase in allowance

The President of the National Service Personnel Association (NASPA), Emmanuel Brimpong Akosah, has appealed to the government to consider increasing the allowance paid to...

Teacher unions send strong message to govt over 4% salary increment

Teacher Unions have cautioned the government to take a second look at the four percent salary increment for public sector workers. They say if the...

Prof Nana Aba Amfo named Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana

Prof Nana Aba Appiah Amfo has been appointed the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana (Legon), effective August 1, 2021. Prof Amfo, until her...

Covid-19: 100 students in 4 Senior High Schools among active cases in Kumasi

At least, four Senior High Schools in the Ashanti Region have recorded over 100 Covid-19 active cases as the upsurge in cases continue. Almost all...

Samira Bawumia blesses teachers, pupils in Akuapem North Municipality [Photos]

The Second Lady, Samira Bawumia, has donated teaching and learning materials to pupils and teachers in the Akuapem North Municipality in the Eastern Region. Over...

7 convicted of WASSCE malpractice [Photos]

Seven persons, made up of three students, two teachers and two administrators, have been convicted of impersonation in the 2020 West Africa Secondary School...

UTAG threatens strike over conditions of service

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) is threatening to strike on August 2, 2021. The decision is a result of the government’s failure to...

Kumasi Girls’ SHS final year students allowed to go home after protest

Final year students of the Kumasi Girls Senior High School (SHS) in the Ashanti Region have been allowed to go home for their mid-semester...

6 UGBS professors named among Ghana’s top 100 lecturers

Six professors of the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) have been named as part of the top 100 lecturers in the country. The World...

Police deny assault on Kumasi Girls SHS students

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has denied claims of assault on rioting students at the Kumasi Girls’ Senior High School (SHS). Some students of the...

Disregard reports of surge in Covid-19 cases on KNUST campus – Management

University Relations Officer of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) says the school has recorded no case of Covid-19 on the...

Minister reacts to assault on Kumasi Girls’ students [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Ashanti Regional Minister comment on alleged assault on Kumasi Girls High School students The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has reacted to...

Kumasi Girls’ High School students allegedly assaulted by joint police, military during riots

JoyNews/AdomNews · Students of Kumasi Girls High School allegedly assaulted by joint police, military team Some students of the Kumasi Girls’ High School have been...

NAGRAT demands more details on COVID-19 situation in schools

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has called for more details on the Covid-19 situation in schools. The call comes on the back of...

SHS: GES makes u-turn on Form 3 mid-semester break

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has rescinded its direction to Form three Senior High School (SHS) students to go on mid-semester break. The decision follows...

KNUST: Covid-19 cases on the rise – Authorities warn

There is a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases being recorded on the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) campus, a...

Senior Staff Association of Universities threatens strike as govt’s deadline elapses

The leadership of the Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana has threatened a full-blown strike if the government fails to communicate plans to...

Govt approves payment for school feeding caterers

The government has given approval for funds to be released for the payment of arrears for caterers under the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP). The...

KNUST reacts to students’ march against hostel fees

The management of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), says it has begun engagement with private hostel owners over the high cost of...

SHS 3 students go on mid-semester break

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced a mid-semester break for Senior High School (SHS) three students, nationwide. The break, according to the outfit will...

25 teenage girls get pregnant monthly in Kpone-Katamanso

About 25 teenage girls get pregnant monthly in the Kpone-Katamanso Municipality. On average, six teenage girls get pregnant weekly; as a result, 151 teenage pregnancies...

Poor academic performance by pregnant students worrying – GES Director

Birim Central Municipal Director of Ghana Education Service (GES) has expressed worry over the low academic performance of pregnant students in the Municipality and...

KNUST students protest high hostel rent, petition management

Students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have embarked on a demonstration against what they described as, ‘killer increment’ in...

Where are last year’s ‘pasco’ you bought for WASSCE candidates? – MoE asked

Sekondi-Takoradi Zonal Chairman of the Ghana Private Schools Association, Charles Mintaba, is demanding from the Ministry of Education what happened to the past questions...

Govt defends buying WASSCE past questions for students

Government maintains it did not err in buying past questions for students preparing for the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) last year. Deputy...

NAGRAT bares teeth at govt for spending ¢68 million on WASSCE past questions

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has registered its disappointment in the  government’s decision to spend over ¢68 million on past questions for...

Students’ Loan Trust Fund publishes names of debtors [Audio]

Students’ Loan Trust Fund has published names of debtors on their website so defaulters could check their loan balance, this is according to CEO...

WASSCE: Minority questions ¢68m expenditure on past questions for candidates

The Minority in Parliament is faulting government’s decision to spend over ¢68 million on past questions for both 2020 and 2021 WASSCE candidates. On Wednesday,...

Govt grants clearance for 11,840 jobs in Security Services, Education, others

Government, through the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has granted three Ministries (Ministry of Education, Ministry of Interior and Ministry of National Security) financial...

CEO opens up on happenings around Students Loan in Ghana

It has emerged that some 200,000 Ghanaians have benefitted from the Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) since its establishment in 2005. The Chief Executive Officer...

Education Ministry terminates contract for supply of Mathematical Instruments

Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, Minister for Education, has informed Parliament that the contract for the supply of Kapek Scientific Mathematical Instruments has been...

E/R: 35 SHS girls give birth, 7 pregnant in Suhum Municipality

A total of 35 Senior High School (SHS) students in the Suhum Municipality of the Eastern Region have been delivered of babies while seven...

Let’s educate students with 21st century skills and essential moral values – Ntim Fordjour

Deputy Minister for Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour is urging educational stakeholders to help ensure students who go through the academic system are imbibed...

I am committed to building a robust education system – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo Addo says he is committed to building a robust educational sector capable of preparing Ghanaians for global demands. For him, the country’s...

Just in: Achimota School locked down

The Ghana Health Service has ordered the restriction of movement to and from the Achimota School. The school authorities have since been directed neither to...

KNUST to rusticate students found culpable in Conti-Katanga clash – URO

Students found culpable in the clash between Continental and University Halls during the Student Representative Council (SRC) Vetting of the Kwame Nkrumah University of...