EDUCATION

Nursing trainee students nationwide are ecstatic after the government paid arrears of allowances owed to them. A video shared by an Accra-based Neat FM on Facebook on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, shows several trainees from a nursing training college rejoicing after receiving their payments. Some of the trainees could be …

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has announced the termination of its long-running scholarship scheme, citing the implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) initiative by the government. In its place, the board has established the Cocoa Board Education Trust, aimed at providing essential primary school infrastructure in underserved cocoa-growing …

The pre-tertiary teacher unions of the Eastern Region on Monday, May 15 embarked on a demonstration to demand payments of four allowances that are in arrears. The four allowances include deprived area allowance, extra assessment, book/data/online and teaching support, and upward adjustment on CPD allowances. The unions, the Ghana National …

The outstanding trainee allowances for 2024 will be released this Thursday, May 16, 2024, for payment to nursing and teacher trainees nationwide, according to a statement made by Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the vice president and NPP’s flagbearer. The allowances for both teacher and nursing trainees, which the Akufo-Addo government restored …

At a campaign event in the Bono Region, a final-year nursing student confronted Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the vice president of Ghana and flagbearer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), claiming she had never received the government allowance (‘allawa’) aimed for students. Before the question from the student came, the …

Final-year Junior High School (JHS) students across the country will face a revamped Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) this year, with the addition of three new subjects, as announced by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). The newly introduced subjects include Career Technology, Creative Art & Design, and Arabic.   …

Final-year junior high school (JHS) students in the country will be writing three new subjects in this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for School Candidates. The new subjects are Career Technology, Creative Art and Design, and Arabic. Career Technology and Creative Art and Design, culled from the previous Basic …

In a recent press conference, the Ghana National Association of Authors and Publishers (GNAAP) has issued a warning to parents and the public at large regarding an impending rise in textbook prices in the Ashanti Region starting from September. The announcement, made by Mr. John Akwasi Amponsah, the president of …

  At the just-held National Golden Excellence Award 2024, Frankus Remedial School located in Kumasi in the Ashanti region, emerged as Ghana’s most promising remedial college.     The National Golden Excellence Award honors the efforts made for the welfare of the country by burgeoning entrepreneurs, businesses, actors, and other …

Nana Obiri Boahen, a private legal practitioner, is gearing up to take Parliament and the Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, to court.   His aim is to compel them to reveal the exact amount of money accrued by the NDC government under John Mahama in 2016, stemming from the acceptance …