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Winners of 2020 WAEC Distinction Awards now in Ivy League schools

Winners of the 2020 West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Distinction Awards have gained admission at Ivy League universities in the United States of America....

Achimota old students send message to GES over Rastafarian students

Old students of Achimota School have called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to rescind its directive issued to the management of the school...

Traditional priest allegedly refused admission by Dzodze-Penyi SHS

An 18-year-old Junior High School graduate has been denied admission into Dzodze-Penyi Senior High School after it was revealed he is a traditional priest. Galley...

Rastafarian student who was denied admission at Achimota School speaks

Tyrone Iras Marhguy, the Rastafarian student who has been denied admission to the Achimota School, has expressed shock at the school’s disregard for his...

GES takes decision on Rastafarian students denied admission at Achimota SHS

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has instructed authorities of Achimota Senior High School (SHS) to admit the two first year students who reported on...

Rastafarian Council to petition CHRAJ over ‘Achimota SHS snub’

The Rastafarian Continental Council of Ghana is set to petition the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) after two students with dreadlocks...

Unapproved textbooks: the regulatory gap that needs plugging – Dr Prince Hamid Armah writes

These reports have been very disturbing to all of us. As a country, our schools and education system were from the get go, not...

Achimota SHS allegedly denies two Rastafarians admission

Authorities at Achimota Senior High School (SHS) in Accra have allegedly denied admission to two Rastafarian students. A disgruntled parent, identified as Raswad Menkrabea, who...

GES releases academic calendar as double-track system continues in some schools

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the academic calendar for Senior High Schools (SHS) for the 2020/2021 academic year. This comes on the back of plans to continue...

Joe Ghartey condemns anti-Voltarian textbooks

Member of Parliament for Essikado Ketan Constituency, Joe Ghartey, has condemned the stereotyping of Voltarians. Mr Ghartey, who prides himself as “a Voltarian by choice,”...

NPP reacts to offensive Ewe textbooks

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has condemned the controversial newly-authored history textbooks titled 'History of Ghana'. The textbooks -History of Ghana and Golden English - authored...

History textbook saga: Former NaCCA boss makes passionate appeal [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Give NaCCA legal backing to sanction publishers who breach regulations - NaCCA Former Dir. to Parl. The former Director-General of the National Council...

Ewe textbook brouhaha: Ursula Owusu wants publishers sanctioned

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma West, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, wants publishers of the newly-authored history textbooks titled ‘History of Ghana’ sanctioned. In her view,...

Badu Nkansah Publications in more trouble over controversial anti-Ewe textbooks

The Ghana Publishers Association has revealed it will take disciplinary measures against one of its members, Badu Nkansah Publications for putting offensive and inappropriate...

UCC engages 3 prison inmates as facilitators

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has engaged three inmates of the Nsawam Medium Security Prison as facilitators for the university’s Distance Learning Programme...

GRASAG sends message to govt over Open University policy

The Graduate Students Association of Ghana (GRASAG) is demanding the speedy implementation of the proposed Open University policy by the government. According to GRASAG, the...

‘Offensive Ewe’ textbooks still being sold in markets – MP

The controversial newly-authored history textbooks titled 'History of Ghana' is still being sold on the market. According to the Member of Parliament for North Tongu,...

V/R House of Chiefs bare teeth at publishers of offensive history text book

The Volta Regional House of Chiefs is threatening to take legal action against publishers of the newly-authored history textbooks titled ‘History of Ghana’. According to...

‘History’ textbook sparks social media anger as publisher apologises

A textbook purporting to be that which teaches Ghana's history to pupils in Primaries 3 and 4 of Ghana's schools has suffered stillbirth. The...

NaCCA directs immediate withdrawal ‘offensive’ textbooks

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) of Ghana has called for the withdrawal of some textbooks on the market that negatively characterizes...

2021 Budget: Akufo-Addo completed 28 of Mahama’s E-blocks – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu

As part of increased efforts to provide infrastructure in the implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) Programme, 28 community day secondary schools...

SONA 2021: Govt began full absorption of WASSCE registration fees in 2020 – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has disclosed that his government had begun absorbing registration fees for candidates writing the West Africa Senior Secondary School...

Akufo-Addo announces juicy package for teacher unions

President Akufo-Addo has announced plans for the acquisition of some 280,000 laptops for teachers unions in the country. He said list of unions will include...

Former NSMQ stars Mbebo, Nathaniel, Selassie, Nii Amu head to top world universities

The National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) has gradually evolved into a national pastime where much of the country is thrown into a boisterous...

Here are the 5 types of seniors you’ll definitely meet in high school

Senior High School in Ghana is most students’ first experience of the out-of-home lifestyle. That is where we meet seniors, fellow students who are ahead...

From ‘lil naughty girl’ to an astute academic – Prof Margaret Amoakohene shares intriguing life story

On International Women's Day, today, adomonline.com has touched base with one of Ghana's fearless academics, Professor Margaret Amoakohene, one of Ghana's foremost female academics. Professor...

GES announces new reopening date for SHS 1 students

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced Thursday, March 18, 2021, as a new reopening date for Senior High School (SHS) 1 students. The students...

Registration of private candidates for BECE begins

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has opened registration for the 2021 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for private junior high school candidates. According to...

JHS 3 pupil who allegedly assaulted teacher over homework remanded

The Accra Juvenile Court 'C' has remanded a Junior High School (JHS) final year pupil of the Nungua Kroma 2 for allegedly assaulting a...

Majority of what we learn in universities not applicable in life – EL [Video]

Rapper EL is of the view that about 80 per cent of things studied at Universities are not applicable in real life. Speaking in an...

Covid-19: Ada SHS records 10 cases

Ada Senior High School has recorded 10 Covid-19 cases with four recoveries, Mr Kojo Ayibor, the Headmaster, has said. He said the school was awaiting...

Zoomlion supports KNUST students with laptops

Over 593 brilliant and needy students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have received laptops to support their education. The...

Check out how many students were disqualified for schools placement

Some 41,359 students, who wrote the Basic Examination Certificate Exam (BECE), were disqualified for school placement. Mark Sasu Mensah, the National Coordinator for the Computerised...

GES makes fresh case for double-track system

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has proposed to the government to reconsider a continuation of the double-track system in some Senior High Schools (SHS). The...

Right To Play prepares schools in Ga South, Weija-Gbawe for play integration

As part of efforts to strengthen the capacity of schools to integrate play in classroom lessons, Right To Play Ghana has donated some educational...

EducationMark for private universities in Ghana

Ghana saw the emergence of private higher education in the early 1990s. Since then, there has been an exponential increase in the number of...

Koforidua: Teachers boycott class as unidentified persons paint school with feces

Teachers of King of Glory Presbyterian Basic School at Bonya, a suburb of New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region boycotted academic work...

GES sends ‘SOS’ message over SHS placement

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has urged all pupils who missed out on the automatic computerised school placement to proceed to self-placement as soon...

Legal education must focus on all areas of the legal profession – MountCrest Rector

The Rector of MountCrest University College, (MountCrest), Mrs Irene Ansa-Asare Horsham, has called for an overhaul of Ghana’s legal education system to embrace innovative...

Minister-designate writes teacher promotion examination

The Upper West Regional Minister-designate, Dr Hafiz Bin Salih, has taken part in the teacher promotion examination for various ranks in the profession. Dr Salih...