EDUCATION

A video alleged to be a shot of a toilet facility of Ghana Senior High School (GHANASCO) in Tamale, the capital town of the Northern Region of Ghana, turned into a sleeping place for students, has gone viral. The said video, which has been sighted by GhanaWeb, showed student mattresses, …

One student sustained injuries after fire gutted the boys’ dormitory block of the Business Senior High School in the Sagnerigu municipality of the Northern Region.   According to fire officials, the incident which happened on Thursday dawn affected the school prefect’s room.   Firefighters say at the time of the …

Dorothy Ofori-Sarpong, a caterer engaged by the Ashanti Regional School Feeding Programme to provide meals for school children has claimed she and her colleagues are bonafide members of the ruling New Patriotic Party. Making the claim on Citi FM’s morning show, Dorothy insisted that her claim cannot be controverted since …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says all senior high and technical schools are to observe a break from April 6, for the Easter celebration. The Service also told management of senior high institutions under the Transitional Calendar that SHS 1 students will remain on vacation until the June 2023 resumption …

Caterers on the School Feeding Programme in Ashanti Region have withdrawn their services over unpaid arrears. The decision comes a day before the reopening of basic schools across the country. The caterers are expecting arrears for the third term in the previous academic year to be paid before they resume …

Prudential Life Insurance Ghana, a leading insurer in the country, and JA Ghana, a member of JA Worldwide, one of the world’s largest global, non-profit organization dedicated to empowering young people to own their economic success, have collaborated to celebrate the 11th edition of Global Money Week (GMW), which will …

The Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has re-echoed John Dramani Mahama’s catchphrase, ‘You have never been President before,’ ostensibly to dismiss his calls for him to resign over dwindling standards in the sector. John Mahama recently asked the Education Minister to delegate authority if he is unable to help …

Two Ghanaian senior high school graduates have clinched the first and second positions in the best student rankings for the 2022 West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Exam (WASSCE). Alex Opoku Manu and Benjamin Eyram Nana Kwame Degbey respectively from St. James Seminary SHS beat competition from Nigeria’s Ogidigbo Chioma Blessing …

Former President, John Dramani Mahama, has asked Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum to let someone take over from him if he cannot help students in low-performing schools to improve. According to the aspiring presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the Minister’s statement that all underperforming schools face …

The Fumbisi Agriculture Senior High School in the Builsa South District of the Upper East Region has been closed indefinitely over students’ rioting. Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Education Service (GES) in the district, Moses Akaatey, who confirmed the closure to the Ghana News Agency, explained that a …