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Free SHS: Double-track crisis goes beyond infrastructure – Kofi Asare urges NDC to rethink...
The Executive Director of Eduwatch, Kofi Asare, has shared his critical perspective on the NDC’s proposal to include private schools in the Free Senior...
Lydia Alhassan applauds cleanest region ranking initiative by Graphic-Zoomlion
The Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Lydia Seyram Alhassan, has endorsed the Graphic Communications Group Ltd's and Zoomlion Ghana Limited Cleanest Region Campaign...
Source of funding for NDC’s free first-year university tuition policy [Listen]
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has revealed the source of funding for its proposed free first-year tuition in public universities.
The National Youth Organiser, George...
Free SHS bill targeted at NDC, other critics – UCC professor
A professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), George Kweku Toku Oduro, believes the government's decision to push through a...
Free SHS Bill to be presented to Parliament
The government is set to introduce the Free Senior High School (SHS) Bill to Parliament to formalize the policy and ensure its long-term sustainability.
This...
Ghanaian sparks debate for claiming Dutch passport is more valuable than Ghanaian PhD
A Ghanaian residing in the Netherlands, Kofi Gabs, has stirred controversy with recent comments on the significance of educational accomplishments in Ghana.
In a viral...
Free Wi-Fi: Government pays service provider GHS56m for no internet in schools
It was 11:00 am on July 6, 2023, at one of Ghana’s prestigious senior high schools, Accra Academy.
Students had gathered in the Information and...
NPP is the best gov’t to review free SHS policy – Kofi Asare
Executive Director of Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), Kofi Asare, says the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is the best government to review the Free...
Free SHS: The overly political nature makes it difficult to admit challenges – Kofi...
The Executive Director of Africa Education Watch, Kofi Asare has expressed doubt about the government's effectiveness in addressing the challenges associated with the Free...
Mahama criticises NPP’s hypocrisy in Free SHS policy review
The flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama, has accused the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) of double standards in the...
Free SHS review: Mahama accuses NPP of double standards
The flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has accused the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) of double standards in...
Free SHS graduate sells sugarcane to raise funds for nursing training
A free Senior High School (SHS) graduate whose parents were unable to further her education has resorted to selling packaged sugarcane on the streets...
Free SHS: Akufo-Addo’s call for improvement not same as Mahama’s review – Richard Ahiagbah
The Director of Communications for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagbah, has stated that President Akufo-Addo's call for an improvement in the...
Institutional Suppliers to picket Education Ministry
The National Association of Institutional Suppliers has announced plans to picket the Education Ministry on March 4, 2024 over debt owed them.
According...
Father of late Aburi Girls student makes shocking revelation
Kingsley Okyere, the father of a first-year student at Aburi Girls Senior High School (SHS) who died after complaining of stomach pains has said...
Pressure mounts on GES to speak on death of Aburi Girls student
An advocacy organisation, Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch)Â is calling on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to speak on the death of the first year student...
Headmaster begs govt, GES to make Worawora SHS a STEM center
The headmaster of Worawora Senior High School (SHS) in the Biakoye district of the Oti Region, Michael Damesi, has appealed to the government and...
Parliamentary primaries:Â NPP NEC to decide fate of aspirants whose eligibility have been challenged
The National Executive Council of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will today decide the fate of aspirants whose eligibility to contest the upcoming parliamentary...
Leave Cheddar alone – Mr Logic tells Ghanaians
Artiste manager and musician, Emmanuel Barnes, popularly known as Mr Logic, has come to the defence of New Force leader, Nana Kwame Bediako also...
Create new Cantonments, don’t overburden old site – Kwame Gyan
Private legal practitioner and land expert Kwame Gyan says government should end its obsession with Cantonments in Accra and instead spearhead the development of...
Mohbad’s management explains why autopsy results haven’t been released
The management of late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has revealed why his autopsy has not been concluded.
In a statement shared on the...
NDC accuses Upper Denkyira East MP for calming credit for community initiated projects
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused the Member of Parliament for the Upper Denkyira East Constituency, Dr. Festus Awuah Kwoffie of taking credit...
Ibadan explosion: Deadly blast kills 2, injures 77 in Nigeria
A massive explosion in the Nigerian city of Ibadan killed two people and injured 77 others overnight.
Rescue and recovery efforts are ongoing in seven...
Lawyer gives update on Charles Bissue’s application to stop OSP from arresting him
Private legal practitioner, Nana Agyei Barfour Awuah has denied media reports that the former Secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Charles...
Judicial Service reacts to claims of selling residence of late Justice Samuel Marful-Sau
The Judicial Service of Ghana has rejected claims that it engaged in the sale of government property previously occupied by the late Supreme Court...
Commercial transport fares to go up by 30% on this date
Commercial Transport Operators in Ghana have declared a 30 per cent increase in transportation fares nationwide, starting from Monday, January 22.
The operators justified this...
More than 100 judgements not enforced – ECOWAS Court
Approximately 131 judgements out of over 400 judgements delivered by the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice (CCJ) have not been enforced.
The Court said there...
Atta Akyea defends Bawumia over Ghana’s economic crisis
Member of Parliament for the Akyem Abuakwa South constituency, Samuel Atta Akyea, says it would be unjust to attribute the country's economic challenges solely...
NDC Vice Chairman accused of assaulting Regional Treasurer granted bail
The Northern Regional Police Command has granted bail to Alhaji Abdul Hamid, also known as Alhaji Gbewaa, the Northern Regional Vice Chairman of the...
I made my first million pounds at age 21 – Cheddar
The leader of the New Force movement, Nana Kwame Bediako, widely known as Cheddar has recounted how he made his first million pounds at...
Patrick Amenuvor halts Guinness World Record attempt
A Ghanaian photographer and content creator, Patrick Amenuvor has officially stopped his Guinness World Record (GWR) attempt for the longest-standing marathon by an individual.
He...
Education Minister speaks on subject reduction for 2024 BECE
Education Minister Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has emphatically stated that, there will be no reduction in the number of subjects for the 2024 Basic...
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...
Teacher licensure exams a necessary evil – Educationist
The Director of the Institute of Education at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Professor Eric Anane has described the teacher licensure exams as a...
Licensure exams needless; I’ll cancel it if I become President – Mahama
Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama, has reiterated plans to cancel the teacher licensure exams when elected President in the 2024...
Teacher unions want SHS calendar reset
Teacher unions are in discussion with the Ghana Education Service (GES) to realign the Senior High School (SHS) calendar with that of the basic...
I’m open to free wifi audit; there’s nothing to hide – Education Minister
Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has said he will welcome calls for an audit of the government's free wifi for Senior High schools...
National Food Suppliers Association gives ultimatum for payment of outstanding arrears
The National Food Suppliers Association has given a 14-day ultimatum for the payment of all arrears for both 2022 and 2023.
In a statement signed...
Weija canoe accident: GES commiserates with bereaved families
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has commiserated with the families of the nine school children who drowned around Faana in the Weija-Gbawe municipality.
A statement...
Oppong Nkrumah reacts to Weija Gbawe drowning incident [Play attached audio]
Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has reacted to the drowning of nine children at Faanaa, an island community in the Greater Accra Region.
In an...