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MoE is not changing uniforms or re-painting all public schools – Kwasi Kwarteng clarifies

The spokesperson for the Ministry of Education, Kwasi Kwarteng, says contrary to reports that the Ministry is set to commence a rebranding initiative to...

Headmistress of Nyive M/A basic school appeals for infrastructure

The headmistress of Nyive M/A basic school in the Ho Municipality of the Volta Region, Benedicta Esenam, has appealed to the government, NGOs, and...

Ankobea Takyiwa basic school old students call for transfer of Headmistress

The Old Students and Parent Association (PA) of Nana Ankobea Takyiwa basic school in Mampong-Akuapem in the Akuapem North Municipality of the Eastern Region,...

Basic school heads want gov’t to absorb utility bills

The Conference of Heads of Basic Schools (COHBS) is asking the government to promptly pay the utility bills of basic schools to reduce the...

African Library Project donates 3,000 books to schools in Krachi Nchumuru

The African Library Project has embarked on a book donation initiative aimed at providing educational resources to schools within the Krachi Nchumuru District.The...

Mahama promises to include private secondary schools in free SHS programme

The flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has emphasised the importance of private schools as partners with the government...

Govt releases GH¢5m to settle arrears of Senior High Schools

Sources within the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have disclosed that the government has released an amount of GH¢5 million to settle outstanding debts...
Schools Closed in Kwahu-Bepong after fatal shooting

Schools closed down in Kwahu-Bepong after fatal shooting incident

The Kwahu South Municipal Security Council (MUSEC) has ordered the closure of schools in Kwahu-Bepong following a shooting incident on Sunday, February 4.The incident...

Ongoing educational sector strike: KNUST Basic School closes down

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has announced the closure of its basic schools in response to an ongoing industrial action...

Government needs to redirect its attention to basic education – SEND Ghana

Policy research and advocacy civil society organization, SEND Ghana has called on government to invest more in basic education.According to the organization, government is...

Oti Regional Education Directorate asks schools in Nkwanta South to reopen

The management of the Oti Regional Education Directorate, has announced the reopening of schools in the Nkwanta South Municipality.The Regional Director, Nana Kugbeadzor-Bakateyi II...

Cuties Readerfeast Foundation promotes reading, fetes pupils of Berekuso Prim Schools

In a heartwarming gathering last Wednesday, December 20, 2023, the Apesemakahene of Berekuso Akuapim, the head teacher, teachers and students of Berekuso Presby A...

2.3 million pupils have no access to desks in schools

Government would require some GH¢330 million to address the desk deficit in public basic schools to ensure that about 2.3 million pupils across the...

Aftermath of floods in North Tongu: Schools being held under trees

Five weeks after schools reopened, many children in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region still have no access to their classrooms.Some...

Nkwanta South: Over 30 schools closed

More than 30 schools in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region remain closed weeks after ethnic clashes in the area.The violent confrontations...
Ghana Education Service (GES)

GES speaks on closure of schools in Nkwanta township

The Nkwanta South Municipal Director of Education, Jonathan Korsinah, says schools in Nkwanta township and adjoining communities were forced to close to ensure the...

Fashion policies to improve basic education – Speaker urges Education Ministry

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has urged the Ministry of Education and stakeholders to fashion effective policies to improve quality at...

Keta Floods: Concerned Youth appeals to GES for temporary closure of schools  

A youth activist at Nukpesekope, a suburb of Keta in the Volta region, Wonder Setsoafia Deynu, has appealed to the Ghana Education Service (GES)...

GNAPS makes strong case for private schools

The leadership of the Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS) has raised concerns about certain agencies within the Ministry of Education (MoE) allegedly...

2023 BECE: Selection of schools into SHSs begins

The selection of schools into Senior High Schools (SHS) by the Junior High School (JHS) pupils who just completed their Basic Education Certificate Examination...

2023 BECE: 7 teachers arrested for exam malpractice; check out names, schools

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), with the assistance of security personnel, has picked up seven teachers, one of them an invigilator, at different...

WAEC to clampdown on candidates from private schools who have registered to write BECE...

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is going all out to clampdown on the registration of unqualified candidates for its school exams.This is particularly...

Character education, discipline missing in Ghanaian schools – Prof Hammond

The Chairman of the Governing Council of Dominion University College, Professor Felix Nikoi Hammond, says a combination of character education and discipline is the...

No basic school has new curriculum textbooks – Dr Apaak

A member of the Education Committee of Parliament, Dr Clement Apaak, has condemned the government for failing to deliver the full complement of textbooks...

Akotoshi M/A basic school gets help 3 years after rains ripped off roof

Pupils of Akotoshi M/A Basic School in the Amasaman Constituency of the Greater Accra Region are heaving a sigh of relief.This is because aspiring...

GNECC chases govt for special schools’ grant

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) has called on government to, as a matter of urgency, pay grant due special schools to ensure...

Hundreds displaced by tidal waves at Agorkedzi, schools closed

Hundreds of residents of Agorkedzi in the Anloga District of the Volta Region have been displaced by tidal waves after a downpour in the...
Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum

Basic school heads cry over non-payment of capitation grant

Some heads of basic schools are lamenting over the delay in release of capitation grants to schools.The situation, they say is affecting teaching and...

Osafric Group donates to schools in Fanteakwa South District

Osafric Construction and Mining and its sister company, Osafric Ventures Ltd, a freight forwarding firm, have donated items worth ¢30,000 to all schools in...

Sack all public basic school teachers and start afresh – Prof. Adei suggests

Former Director-General and Rector of GIMPA, Professor Stephen Adei, says his revolutionary strategy to transforming the poor performance of public basic schools in Ghana...

Okudzeto Ablakwa reacts to ‘Ghana’s schools of shame’ documentary

Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has also reacted to the Joy News’ Ghana’s Schools of Shame documentary.According to...

Ankaful-Saltpond gets first public basic school in 600 years

Ankaful-Saltpond, a fishing community in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region, has received its first-ever public basic school after it was founded some...
Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum

I was ashamed when I saw ‘Ghana’s schools of shame’ documentary – Education Minister

Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum says he felt embarrassed by JoyNews’ ‘Schools of Shame’ documentary.His shame, he said, stems from the fact that...

GHS begins nationwide deworming exercise among 1.9m basic school children

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has commenced a nationwide deworming exercise among basic school children to reduce the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in...

Zoomlion donates to schools to mark global handwashing day

Waste management giant, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, is donating handwashing items to schools.The donation forms part of Zoomlion’s activities to commemorate Global Handwashing Day (GHD),...

2022 BECE: Good news for candidates on selection of schools into SHSs

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has rolled out a new and easy strategy to aid parents and their wards who will be writing the...

Doreen Avio visits pupils of Luom Presbyterian Basic School on International Day of Girl...

Media personality Doreen Avio has paid a visit to the Luom Presbyterian Basic School as part of the International Day of the Girl Child...

Close down schools at Bawku over insecurity – GES urged

The Conference of Heads of Basic Schools (COHBS) in the Bawku Municipality in the Upper East Region has called for the immediate closure of...

Teachers strike: Schools will remain open – GES

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed Heads of Senior High Schools (SHS) through the Regional and District Directors to mobilise their Management teams...
Senior High School

GNAPS to sue govt over 30% priority placement into Category ‘A’ schools

Leadership of the Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS) is preparing to sue government over what they described as discriminatory and uneven distribution...