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Trainee nurses, midwives appeal to govt over unpaid allowances

The Ghana Nurse and Midwife Trainees Association (GNMTA) has passionately appealed to the government to pay allowances and all outstanding arrears. The association, in...

US university denies FDA lawyer admission because of ‘The Returned Bribe’ scandal

When the Head of Legal Affairs at Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Mrs. Cynthia Dapaah-Ntow, was denied admission to the Thomas R. Kline...

Teachers in fear as former student hires thugs to vandalise school properties

Teachers and students at the Nsawam Methodist Complex, have been gripped with fear after a former student and his thugs vandalised properties on Friday. Information...

Legon authorities break silence on student who fell from 4th floor of Sarbah Hall

The Dean of Students at the University of Ghana (Legon), Prof Godfred Bokpin, has called for calm among students after a young man fell...

Legon: Student feared dead after falling from 4th floor of building [Video]

A yet-to-be-identified young man is feared dead after falling from the 4th Floor of the Mensah Sarbah Hall Annex A at the University of Ghana...

WAEC needs a regulator – Africa Education Watch

The Executive Director of the Africa Education Watch, Kofi Asare, says the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), needs a regulator. He said the regulator would...

Headmaster found hanging dead from a tree behind his house

The Headmaster of the Queen of Peace RC JHS has been found hanging dead on a mango tree behind his home at Wiawso, a...

UEW student found dead at Winneba beach

A young man whose body was washed ashore at the Winneba beach on Wednesday, April 7, has been identified as a student of the...

Portrait of President, Education Minister must be in offices of all headmasters – Adutwum

Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has said photos of the president and the Minister in charge of Education must be fixed in the...

SMT Ghana donate building materials for Tarkwa school project

SMT Ghana has supported the construction of a school project for Jerusalem M/A primary school located at Tarkwa in the Western Region. The donation according...

No student has been reported dead at UEW in last 24 hrs – SRC

Authorities at the University of Education, Winneba say they are yet to receive any information concerning the death of a student in the school.According...

Accra Girls’ old students support Alma Mata

Accra Girls old students Association (AGOSA) has commissioned architectural projects for their Alma Mata to commemorate their 60th-anniversary celebration. The project dubbed the Greater Drive-way...

GES debunks rescheduling reopening date for SHS 3 students again

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed viral social media reports which suggest the rescheduling of reopening date for final year students in Senior...

Lecturer remanded over GHS422 SSNIT contribution

A Lecturer has been remanded by a Circuit Court in Koforidua over GHS 422.12 Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) contribution. The Lecturer, Francis...

Camera captures Ghanaian student lovers in uncompromising position during zoom lectures [Video]

A Ghanaian student identified by Zoom-registered name, Ruth Bilson, has been captured on a Zoom video in an uncompromising position with her lover during...

Ghana claims 88 percent of 2020 WASSCE 8As – Napo

A total of 411 out of the 465 candidates who scored grade A in all subjects at the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate...

Fire engulfs administration block of Mampong training college [Video]

Fire has engulfed the administration block of the Mampong College of Technical Education in the Ashanti region. Reports indicate the incident occurred in the early...

Vice-Chancellors pledge to support Education Minister, Dr. Adutwum

Vice Chancellors of Public, Private and Technical Universities in Ghana have pledged to support the Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, to transform...

Teacher licences, registration numbers, to be out on this date

The National Teaching Council (NTC) of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that it will begin issuing teacher licence and registration numbers to...

Nigerians angry as Ghanaian students topped 2020 WASSCE

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and some parents have expressed worry about the good performance of Ghanaian students as compared to their Nigerian...

Omane Boamah exposes two universities offering fake degrees

Former Minister of Communications, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, has cautioned the public against 'fake degrees' from the so-called London Graduate School (LGS). In a social...

Buffer Stock Company sets record straight on Free SHS mackerel

The National Food Buffer Stock Company has urged the public to disregard reports on the importation of Chinese mackerel to substitute egg supplies in...

Confusion in C/R NPP as School Feeding Caterers chase NPP Chairman for cash

There is confusion over delayed payment of monies for caterers of the School Feeding Programme in the Central region. The monies which are made through...

St Roses students go gaga for Stonebwoy [Video]

Students at the St Roses School at Akwatia in the Eastern Region could not hold their joy when dancehall artiste, Stonebwoy stormed the campus. Though...

Abraham Attah gains admission to top US university

Ghanaian-Hollywood actor, Abraham Attah, has successfully gained admission to Tuft University in the United States of America (USA) to further his studies. Coupled with his...

Accra: First Ghanaian authored book on Emotional Intelligence launched

The first book on emotional intelligence authored by a Ghanaian was launched in Accra last Sunday. The book titled 'My Child My Future' gives...

Rasta student’s suit against Achimota School thrown out

The Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court has dismissed an application for interlocutory injunction filed by one of the Rastafarian students refused...

UMaT to get $1.2m lecture theatre

The Ghana Chamber of Mines has begun the construction of a multi-purpose lecture theatre to support teaching and research at the University of Mines...

Court sets date for trial of JHS 3 pupil who allegedly assaulted teacher

An Accra Juvenile Court ‘C’ will, on April 29, commence trial of the final year pupil of the Nungua Kroma Two Junior High School,...

‘Ghana Award House’ initiative sparks anger on social media

There have been mixed reactions to the announcement of a building of a Ghana Award House project as a section of Ghanaians have demanded...

GES apologises for rescheduling reopening date

Public Relations Officer for the Ghana Education Service, Cassandra Twum Ampofo has rendered an unqualified apology to parents and stakeholders for the Institution’s inability...

Minority hints of free SHS funding drought

The Minority in Parliament has hinted government will face difficulty in funding the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy. Ranking Member on the Education Committee...

GES issues directive to basic schools over end of term exam

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed all heads of basic schools in the country to shelve end of term examination. Following a 10-month...

GES sends message to stranded parents, students

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has rendered an apology to students and parents who have been stranded following the rescheduling of reopening date. Students in...

GNAT wades into postponement of school reopening

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has urged the Ghana Education Service to put in place measures to prevent the postponement of reopening...

Another murder: SHS boy in police grips for stabbing 23-yr-old to death [Photos]

A 20-year-old student of Tepa Senior High School is in the grips of the police for stabbing a farm labourer to death at Asaman...

Parents, wards stranded as GES reschedules reopening for SHS 3 students

Hundreds of parents and their wards have been stranded in schools in Cape Coast because the reopening date for Senior High School (SHS) three...

Second Rastafarian student denied enrolment by Achimota School sues

One of the Rastafarian students, Oheneba Kwaku Nkrabea, who was refused admission by Achimota School, has filed a suit at the Humans Rights Division...

Queen mother makes passionate appeal to govt

The Jacobu Patabohemaa, Nana Antwiwaa Afra II, has passionately appealed to the government to bridge the gap that exists between rural and urban schools. Nana...

GES reschedules reopening date for SHS 3 students

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced Wednesday, May 5, 2021, as a new reopening date for Senior High School (SHS) 3 students. All schools...