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Headmaster ‘exposes’ govt over Capitation Grant [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Headmaster ‘exposes’ gov’t over capitation grant Headmaster of a basic school has revealed how the lack of government’s Capitation Grant is affecting education,...

Close friend of JHS pupil who ‘committed suicide’ reveals last conversation [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Close friend of JHS pupil who ‘committed suicide’ reveals last conversation A close female friend of Leticia Kyere Pinaman, the 14-year-old Junior High...

Kwaku Baako to bag honorary doctorate degree

The University of Professional Studies, Accra, (UPSA) will confer an honorary doctorate degree on the Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Abdul Malik...

Father of final year JHS pupil who ‘committed suicide’ suspects foul play

The father of the 14-year-old female pupil, who allegedly committed suicide at Miracle Education Academy, has said he suspects foul play in his daughter's...

School Feeding boss sacked

The National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), Gertrude Quashiga, has been sacked. This was contained in a statement signed by Minister for...

6,000 university staff workers lay down tools

Over 6,000 members of the Senior Staff  Association in 10 public universities have declared an indefinite strike. They are protesting the government’s failure to pay accumulated Tier-Two...

University Administrators threaten strike over attempted halt in allowances

The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA), has threatened to embark on strike action in June over attempts by the Finance Ministry to halt...

Ghana Law School opens admission for 2021/2022 academic year

The General Legal Council (GLC) has opened applications for admission into the Professional Law Course Programme at the Ghana School of Law for the...

SSCIC and partners to offer fully-funded masters programme to girls in Ghana and Nigeria

Settlement Support Community Interest Company (SSCIS), a company in the United Kingdom in partnership with SheCreatesAfrica, a global women empowerment initiative, is set to...

GNAT Chairman worried over delay in textbooks for 2-year-old curriculum

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) in the Akuapem South District in the Eastern Region, has lamented the absence of prescribed textbooks for...

Good news for qualified teachers in private and public schools

The Ministry of Education will begin the distribution of licenses to qualified teachers in both private and public schools on May 17. Although the Ministry...

Western North Regional Minister launches ‘One-Child One-Desk’ initiative

The Western North Regional Minister, Richard Ebaah Obeng, has launched an initiative dubbed: 'One-Child One-Desk' to provide furniture for students in the Region. According to...

Peace Council wades into Wesley Girls ‘No Fasting’ saga

The National Peace Council (NPC) says it has started series of engagements with stakeholders in the 'No Fasting' policy issue at Wesley Girls’ Senior...

Family of medical student who died in Cuba breaks silence

The family of 23-year-old Erasmus Klutse, a medical student who died in Cuba, has requested for privacy in this difficult moment. According to them,...

CIMG launches Professional Marketing Qualifications

The Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG) has finally unveiled Ghana’s first ever Professional Marketing Qualifications. The launch took place last week at the...

Body of medical student who died in Cuba to be flown in after autopsy

The remains of 23-year-old Erasmus Klutse, a Ghanaian medical student who died in Cuba is expected to be flown into the country after autopsy. The...

GNPC reacts to delayed stipends to Ghanaian medical students in Cuba

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has broken its silence over claims of Ghanaian medical students in Cuba living in horrible conditions. According to the...

Dr Adutwum engages former Education Ministers to share knowledge [Photos]

Eight former Ministers of Education in Ghana have called for the use of accumulated knowledge of all to help get the best for Ghana’s...

Students of Takoradi Technical University reject certificate

Some students of the Takoradi Technical University (TTU) have rejected the Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering certificates issued to them by the University...

Sekyere Kumawu District: SHSs get new facilities to ease congestion amidst Covid-19

Some Senior High Schools ( SHS) in the Sekyere Kumawu District of Ashanti Region have new dormitories and classroom blocks to ease congestion in...

CID probes 53 schools over alleged corruption in school feeding programme

Some 53 schools in the Ashanti Region are currently under investigations into alleged corruption in the implementation of the School Feeding Programme under the Free...

Shatta Wale’s son shocks Ghanaians with academic report [Photo]

Shatta Wale's ex-fiancee, Michy, has left a section of Ghanaians in awe after she shared her son, Majesty's academic report on social media. Though...

Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana hints of another strike

The Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG) says it will resume its industrial action in protest against deplorable conditions of service on May 18,...

Peace Council wades into Wesley Girls’ Ramadan fasting brouhaha

The National Peace Council has urged Ghanaians, particularly those who have been affected in any way by the events at the Wesley Girls’ High...

Ramadan: Old students of Wesley Girls backs ‘no fasting’ policy

The Wesley Girls’ High School Old Girls’ Association (WGHS OGA) has backed the decision not to allow Muslim students to fast during Ramadan. According to...

Parents besiege Achimota Preparatory to protest GES takeover [Photos]

Scores of parents on Tuesday stormed the Achimota Preparatory School to protest a decision of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to take over and manage...

Methodist Church replies GES over Ramadan directive to Wesley Girls

The Methodist Church Ghana has rejected the Ghana Education Service’ (GES) directive to Wesley Girls’ High School to allow Muslim students to partake in the Ramadan...

Akufo-Addo sends message to SHS graduates over free SHS

President Nana Akufo-Addo has congratulated graduates from the free Senior High School (SHS) policy implementation who topped the recent West African Senior Secondary Certificate...

Ramadan: GES issues directive to Wesley Girls

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed authorities of Wesley Girls’ High School in the Central Region to allow Muslim students to partake in...

Young girl dies after suffering ‘medical episode’ in school

A young girl has died after suffering a 'medical episode' at a secondary school in Hertfordshire. The schoolgirl, whose age is unknown, was rushed to...

Chief Imam disappointed in Wesley Girls – Sheikh Aremeyaw

Muslim cleric, Sheikh Aremeyaw Shaibu, says the Chief Imam, Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu, has expressed deep concern about the recent news of alleged mistreatment of...

Meet Ghana’s youngest Chartered Accountant; she’s 18 years

Eighteen-year-old Miss Hannah Ann Enyan, an old student of the Labone Senior High School, has been crowned the youngest Chartered Accountant in Ghana.She was...

Ramadan: Muslim MPs meet with Methodist Church over Wesley Girls’ refusal for students to fast

The Muslim Caucus in Parliament has held a meeting with the leadership of the Methodist Church in Ghana concerning the refusal of school authorities...

4th Accra International Book Festival opens in October 2021

The Fourth Edition of the Accra International Book Festival will take place from October 28 to 30. The Afro-Book Festival is expected to bring together...

NSS releases codes for 2021/2022 service personnel

Management of the National Service Secretariat (NSS) has announced the release of pin codes of 110,009 eligible Ghanaians for the 2021/2022 service year enrolment. All...

Fire destroys Nsutaman SHS girls’ dormitory [Photos]

A portion of the girls’ dormitory of the Nsutaman Catholic Senior High in the Ashanti Region has been razed by fire, Tuesday morning. The outbreak...

Takoradi Technical University dismisses first-year student for this reason

Management of the Takoradi Technical University (TTU) has dismissed with immediate effect a first-year student for spearheading a recent disturbance in the institution. The student,...

Checkout reopening and vacation dates for SHS

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released new reopening and vacation dates for all senior high schools. A press release signed by the Director-General of...

Snakes affect lessons as students study under trees in Bata [Video+Photo]

Some upper primary students who study under trees in Bata, a community in Akatsi South municipality in the Volta Region are calling on the...

Cape Coast: Muslim father storms school; threatens to withdraw ward over fasting [Audio]

An angry father on Monday stormed Wesley Girls High School in Cape Coast to withdraw his ward from the school saying he does not...