EDUCATION

The Nigerian National Universities Commission (NUC) has ordered the country’s universities to close from 22 February to 14 March because of the general elections, which will be held on 25 February.   The decision follows concerns about the safety and security of staff and students during the poll.   The …

Members of a group calling itself the Concern Students Association of the University of Ghana have taken to the streets today in a demonstration dubbed, ‘Ya Br3 Mo’ (We are tired of you). The demonstration, they said, is to register their displeasure with several decisions taken by the University Management …

The Head of the Legal Department of the West African Examinations Council, Rev. Victor Brew, has clarified the grading system used for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). According to him, the performance of students at various schools determine their grades. The grades awarded to students from various schools are …

The Education Minister and the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) were the only ones given access and passwords to approve protocol placement into Category A senior high schools. This was to curb fraud, but The Fourth Estate‘s investigations found that placement into such schools happened through a network …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has cautioned the general public against unscrupulous persons who may likely defraud guardians under the pretext of securing placement for their wards into their supposed preferred senior high schools. GES gave the caution in a statement dated January 29 ahead of the opening of the …

The wife of the Vice President, Samira Bawumia, says the Samira Empowerment Humanitarian Project (SEHP), has through the library in a box project, donated over 200,000 books to sixty-four basic schools across the country since its inception. The project, it is estimated, will benefit over four hundred thousand school pupils …

The Deputy Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Bright Wireko-Brobby has appealed to teacher unions in the country to exercise restraint as government works around the clock to pay their Tier-2 pension arrears. “This is not the first time we’ve been in arrears, but it is not something that government …

Four teacher unions are up in arms against the government for failing to pay contributions to the Ghana Education Service (GES) Occupational Pension Scheme (Tier 2). The unions include the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), the Coalition of Concerned Teachers and the …

After a long wait, the West Africa Examination Council the much awaited 2022 BECE results has been released. According to WAEC, the results of the school candidates are dispatch through the district directors of education to various schools but private candidates must check their results online at the website of …

The Ministry of Education (MoE) says enough foodstuff has been sent to the various Senior High Schools (SHSs) across the country. This comes on the back of reports of food shortages in schools again.   Head of Public Affairs at the Education Ministry, Kwesi Kwarteng said truckloads of food have …