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Cancellation of licensure exams: Adutwum states position

Minister-designate for Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, says he would not advocate for the cancellation of the licensure exams because it’s a way of...

We leave women out of sciences at our own peril – Kwesimintsim MP

Women in Ghana, according to the Global Education Monitoring Team in 2018, account for less than a quarter of all Science, Technology, Engineering, and...

Coronavirus: Kennedy Agyapong wades into re-closure of schools

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has called for the re-closure of schools and churches following a rise in Covid-19 cases in...

Coronavirus: Akosombo Int’l School begins shift system

Akosombo International School is set to begin a shift system to curb the spread of Covid-19 infection in the school. This comes on the...

Pressure mounts on govt to close down schools 3 weeks into re-opening

The Executive Director of Child Rights International, Bright Appiah, has joined calls by some teacher unions for government to close down schools just three...

GES staff accused of demanding money from private schools before supply of PPE

The Ghana National Council of Private Schools is calling on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to investigate some personnel in its office who demand...

University of Energy And Natural Resources records 5 COVID-19 cases

The University of Energy And Natural Resources in Sunyani in the Bono Region has recorded five COVID-19 cases. At it’s 3rd emergency meeting held on...

Covid-19: 23 schools in Accra, other regions record cases

Some 23 schools in the Greater Accra Region have recorded 56 cases of coronavirus. A number of cases have also been recorded in Senior High...

Two JHS pupils thought to have been kidnapped found with their boyfriends

Two female pupils of the St. Louis Junior High School (JHS) in Kumasi, who were allegedly kidnapped have been found with their boyfriends, Police...

Why this virologist is calling for closure of kindergarten, lower primary schools

A virologist at the Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research, Dr Michael Owusu, has called on the government to take a firm decision to close...

Coronavirus: 13 tertiary institutions record cases

The Chairman of Vice-Chancellors Ghana, Professor John Owusu Gyapong, has revealed that active Covid-19 cases recorded in some of Ghana’s universities are...

Two JHS pupils allegedly kidnapped

Police in the Ashanti Region have mounted a search for persons believed to be behind the alleged kidnapping of two female pupils of the...

Coronavirus: Case count at Akosombo Int’l School shoots up again

Some 37 more Covid-19 cases have been recorded at the Akosombo International School, the Executive Director of National Schools Inspectorate Authority (NaSIA,) has disclosed. Dr...

UG lecturers respond to ‘threats’ from Vandals over Commonwealth Hall Annex project

Faculty members at the University of Ghana (UG) have broken their silence over claims that some 27 members of the faculty are against the...

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...