EDUCATION

The quality of Senior High School education has not declined despite the increase in enrollment due to the implementation of the free Senior High School (free SHS) policy, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. To support this point, the president indicated that prior to the creation of the policy …

Twelve schools that lost their preliminary stage contests have qualified for the one-eighth stage of the 2023 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ). These schools may have lost but they exited the prelims with high marks that gave them a shot at the next stage. Following the last prelims contest, …

Faith Aku Dzakpasu, a teacher at GRETA ‘D’ Shepherd Two Basic School in the Greater Accra region has been adjudged the most outstanding teacher for the year 2023. For her prize, Faith Aku Dzakpasu was presented with a prototype of a three-bedroom apartment to be built at a place of …

The Minister of Education Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has announced that the distribution of free tablets for Senior High School students begins this academic year. Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia speaking at the New Year school at the University of Ghana on January 17, 2023, promised that as part of …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has rescheduled the reopening date for Form One students to Monday, September 25, 2023. This follows proposals made after the release of a new academic calendar for basic schools and senior high schools by GES. Earlier, the students were scheduled to reopen on September 18. …

Africa Methodist Episcopal Zion School (A.M.E. Zion) in Manso in the Asene-Manso-Akroso District has received reading and writing materials for kindergarten valued at GH¢16,000 from Mrs. Eva Obese Bempong, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Blooms Bookshop and Trading Enterprise. Mrs. Eva Obese Bempong stated in a statement during a …

A group calling itself Students with special needs at the University of Ghana (UG) is calling for the removal of the Registrar at the Scholarship Secretariat with immediate effect. According to the group, the Registrar has demonstrated incompetence hence he does not fit to be in office. “As a person …

The Ministry of Education will soon introduce Aviation and Aerospace courses in selected Senior High Schools (SHSs) including Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem Girls Senior Secondary School in the Ashanti Region, Minister of Education Osei Yaw Adutwum has said. The initiative according to Dr Osei Yaw Adutwum who is also the …

Recently, Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament, the Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin was reported to have called for the adoption of a local language as the official language of Ghana. In his call, he advances the argument that the English language is a foreign language and does not reflect our sociocultural identity, …

Teachers and principals of colleges of education are sharply divided on whether the striking tutors should continue with their industrial action. But the College of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) insists it will continue the strike despite the government’s decision to withhold their August remuneration. According to them, freezing …