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Coronavirus: Three schools record cases in Bono Region

A College of Education and two Senior High Schools in the Bono Region have recorded nine Covid-19 cases among students since the re-opening of...

Covid-19: Mass testing for students, workers of AIS after 40 students test positive

Mass testing of all students and workers of the Akosombo International School continue as forty-two students test positive for Coronavirus. In an interview with JoyNews,...

GES sends message to 2020 BECE graduates on SHS placement

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced preparations are underway for the release of Senior High School (SHS) placement for 2020/21 academic year. This was...

UG ends registration, deferment of courses

The deadline for the registration of courses and deferment of programmes for the first semester of the 2020/2021 academic year at the University of...

NLC secures injunction against strike by Universities’ Senior Staff

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has obtained an interlocutory injunction from the High Court against a strike by the Senior Staff Association of Universities...

Coronavirus: 40 students at Akosombo test positive

A private school at Akosombo in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region has recorded 40 confirmed cases of Covid-19. This was revealed by the...

Check out how many spaces are available for SHS 1 students

Candidates who sat for the 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) have been assured of a guaranteed place in Senior High School. National Coordinator for...

Lecturer calls for closure of Parliament over ‘Covid-19 MPs’ [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Lecturer calls for closure of parliament over ‘Covid-19 MPs’ A lecturer at the Microbiology Department of the University of Ghana Medical School has...

Napo gets new title

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has honoured the president’s representative at the Ministry of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, at his office in...

Right To Play Ghana supports schools with play equipment, teaching and learning materials

Right To Play has donated teaching and learning materials and play equipment to a total of 60 schools in the Savelugu, Kumbungu and Tolon...

Covid-19: 20 cases recorded in schools in Accra

About 20 positive cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in some schools in the Greater Accra Region. This is according to the Director-General of the...

PRESEC NSMQ 2020 stars secure Ashesi admission

Two students of the Presbyterian Boys Senior High School (PRESEC), Legon, who won the 2020 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), have gained admission...

Tamale teachers embark on strike following attack on three of their colleagues

Teachers of basic schools in the Tamale Metropolis have embarked on a sit-down strike to protest an assault on three of their colleagues. This comes...

SMT Ghana offers scholarship to needy but brilliant students

SMT Ghana, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, has supported Klaas Haven Montessori school located at Kasoa with student scholarship packages, Veronica buckets...

Why schools have not been closed despite coronavirus restrictions

Despite the surge in the cases of COVID-19 in the country, and government’s subsequent reintroduction of restrictions on funerals, weddings, concerts, theatrical performances and...

UCC students in mourning as top lecturer dies [Photo]

A Political Science lecturer at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), who is also a known political analyst, Dr Kingsley Adjei, has died, GhanaNewsPage has...

Sam George bags Masters Degree

Member of Parliament for Ningo Prapram, Sam Nartey George, has graduated from the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping and Training Centre. Mr George bagged a...

Headteachers boycott school after assault on colleagues

Some headteachers within the Tamale metropolis have boycotted school after three of their colleagues were assaulted. The headteachers for Nyonhini Junior High School (JHS) Block...

Mad rush for kitchen stools at headmaster’s funeral [Video]

It was such a funny sight to behold when mourners stormed the funeral of the headmaster in the infamous kitchen stool sex tape with...

Jackson College principal applauds Akufo-Addo for nominating Yaw Adutwum as Education Minister-designate

The Principal of Jackson College of Education has applauded President Nana Akufo-Addo for nominating Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum as the substantive Education Minister-designate. Mrs Theodosia...

28-year-old teacher found dead in his room

A 28-year-old teacher of the Oti Boateng Memorial School in Koforidua has reportedly been found dead in his room. The cause of death is...

Family announces burial date for ‘kitchen stool s3x’ headmaster

The headmaster in the infamous kitchen stool sex tape, Robert Seppey, is set to buried on January 30, 2021. The deceased became famous after a...

Napo bids teacher unions farewell

The President’s Representative at the Ministry of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has met with the leadership of the Pre-tertiary Unions (NAGRAT, GNAT and CCT)...

Parliament rejects Ayariga’s petition to suspend payment of fees by tertiary students

Parliament has rejected a motion filed by Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, for the suspension of the payment of admission fees...

Coronavirus: GES distributes over 20 million PPEs to schools

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has disclosed that over 20 million Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) have been distributed to schools. Out of that number, the...

I never said workers will receive 12.5% salary increase – Adutwum

Minister for Education-designate, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has issued a disclaimer against news making rounds that he said that there will be an increment...

UDS to be renamed after Rawlings

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that the University for Development Studies (UDS), Tamale, will be renamed after late former President Jerry John...

Time to rethink approach to handling education — Dr Armah

A former acting Director-General of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), Dr Prince Hamid Armah, has observed that the COVID-19 global pandemic...

Coronavirus: Three students infected in 2 regions since re-opening of schools- GHS

Three students in Senior High Schools in the Upper West and Western Regions have contracted Covid-19 since schools re-opened a week ago. The Director-General of...

Read: What teachers and proprietors are saying about their readiness and preparedness for school reopening in Ghana

Study Background The reopening of schools means that Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres will have to concurrently teach and prevent COVID-19 in their schools. To date,...

Govt’s ¢12.5b education investment in 2019 is yielding fruits – Kwesimintsim MP

Ghana spent a whopping ¢12.5 billion on educating young Ghanaians in 2019 alone, Member of Parliament for Kwesimintsim, Dr Prince Hamid Armah, has said. This...

Universities’ Senior Staff strike forces closure of UCC, UG basic schools

Authorities of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) and the University of Ghana (UG) have closed indefinitely all sections of their basic schools. The closure...

Excitement as Eastern library welcomes pupils back to the library

The Ghana Library Authority, Eastern Region, has welcomed all pupils back to the library after the library was closed to them in March 2020....

Death-trap school building collapses on boy, 13 [Video]

 A death-trap school building of the New Nsuta Junior High School (JHS) in the Obuasi Municipality of the Ashanti Region has collapsed on a...

Coronavirus: Two students of St. Francis Xavier Minor Seminary test positive

JoyNews/AdomNews · 2 students of St. Francis Xavier Minor Seminary in Wa test positive for Covid-19 Two students of the St. Francis Xavier Minor Seminary...

Fire destroys Suhum Islamic Girls SHS dormitory [Photos]

Fire has destroyed the storeroom of the dormitory block of Suhum Islamic Girls Senior High School in the Eastern Region. The fire incident, which occurred...

Universities’ senior staff declare nationwide strike

The Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG) has declared a nationwide industrial action. The association announced the withdrawal of its services with immediate...

What Wontumi told authorities of Prempeh College about his certificate

Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, (Wontumi), has revealed a passionate appeal he made to his Alma Mata, Prempeh...

Parliament stands down motion to suspend payment of university fees

Parliament on Wednesday stood down a motion by Mahama Ayariga, Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, calling on the Government of Ghana to...

KNUST announces new restrictions for students

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has announced new restrictions for students as a surge in COVID-19 cases is recorded. The University...