EDUCATION

The President of the 4th Republic of Ghana, H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the redeveloped Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park will attract some one million domestic and international tourists. President Akufo-Addo assured of his government’s commitment to continue to invest in the tourism sector to help revive the economy. President …

Senior Presidential Advisor, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has assured that government’s allowances given to trainees in Colleges of Education will not be scrapped. Many have raised concerns over the possibility of scraping teacher trainee allowances as part of the IMF conditionality.   Speaking at the 175th-anniversary celebration of Akropong College of Education, …

The Honourary Vice President of IMANI Africa, Bright Simons says the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is losing members of its core areas. According to him, results from the just-ended by-elections as compared to previous elections show that the party has lost a significant number of voters, usually in its strongholds. …

Businessman and philanthropist, Nelson Ndebah Ndebugre has donated Mathematical sets to all Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates in the Bawku West District to motivate them to write the exams and come out with flying colours. Mr Ndebah said at the donation is his small way of expressing the accept …

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed its profound gratitude to the people of Assin North for maintaining James Gyakye Quayson as the MP-elect for the constituency. The NDC in a release signed by the General Secretary, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey said the landslide endorsement of Mr Quayson with 57.56% …

The Teacher Trainees’ Association of Ghana (TTAG) has expressed concern over the delay in the payment of the allowances of teacher trainees for the 2022/2023 academic year. The association said the delay was causing untold hardships to teacher trainees, particularly in terms of feeding and the purchase of teaching and …

The government has announced the disbursement of about GH¢241.9 million for the payment of Teacher Trainee Allowances nationwide. In addition, GHC32.4 million has been released to cover Books and Research Allowances for eligible senior members of public Tertiary Education Institutions, including Colleges of Education, for the 2022/2023 Academic Year.   …

A 19-year-old Junior High School(JHS) pupil, Shadrach Addy, has drowned in the Densu River after reportedly sneaking out of school to swim with friends. The incident occurred at Oparekrom in the Nsawam Adoagyiri municipality in the Eastern region Thursday, June 14, 2023, but the body was retrieved on Friday. According …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has decided to suspend the introduction of tug-of-war and pillow fights as sports in basic and second-cycle schools in the country. The GES had earlier approved the request from the Tug of War and Pillow Fight Federation to introduce the sports in second-cycle schools. However, …

  Avatime Senior High School (AVASEC) in the Ho West – District of the Volta Region ranked as low performing school: Stakeholders pay lips service.   In recent years, there has been growing concern over the quality of education in many schools across Ghana. One such school is Avatime Senior …