EDUCATION

Child Rights International has issued a strong warning against proposals to transfer the cost of feeding students under the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy to parents. In a statement dated January 11, 2025, the organization emphasized the need to preserve the integrity of the Free SHS program, describing …

The Committee of Presidents, comprising presidents of various Student Representative Councils (SRCs) and associations that constitute the National Health Students Association of Ghana (NAHSAG), has issued a press release advising members, the general public, government agencies, and corporate bodies to unfollow the Facebook account of the previous administration named “National …

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Senior High Schools (CHASS) has encouraged parents to provide their children with enough provisions for school. According to the conference, this is to help with the feeding challenges in SHSs. CHASS had requested the Ministry of Education to promptly disburse pending funds for the …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says the reopening date for Senior High Schools remains unchanged despite the request by CHASS for a postponement of reopening. The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) a few weeks ago addressed the Ministry of Education, and warned that a failure to address …

National President of the School Feeding Caterers Association, Nana Amoh Otu Sekyi, has confirmed that caterers under the Ghana School Feeding Programme have begun receiving their outstanding third-term salaries.   This development comes after the Minister for Gender, Children, and Social Protection, Dakoa Newman made a promise to settle these …

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has strongly advised the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Ministry of Education against reopening schools on January 3, 2025, after the Christmas break. Barely a week ago, CHASS in a letter dated December 20, addressed to the Ministry of Education, …

A team of talented young women from Ghana who won the National Business Pitch Competition (NBPC)2024 has won the Boeing Sustainable Innovation Award at the 14th Junior Achievement (JA) Africa Company of the Year competition. The team, from Archbishop Porter Girls High School in Ghana, developed Sunsip Irrigation Systems, a …

The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has issued an ultimatum to the government, demanding the full implementation of the National Labour Commission’s (NLC) compulsory arbitration awards by December 20, 2024. In a statement signed by the National President, Mr Maxwell Bunu, and the National Secretary, Mr Fidelis …

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is in mourning following the untimely death of a student, Afia Dedaa Osae-Atuah. The victim, a third year Geography student was on her way to repair her laptop when the incident occurred. She was struck while standing at the shoulder of the …

The President of the YALI Alumni Association of Ghana (YAAG), Mr. Abdul Latif Rufai, has advised parents to refrain from choosing careers for their children but rather allow them to choose what they want to do in the future and guide them in pursuing it. The President of the YALI …