EDUCATION

The Member of Parliament for Atwima Nwabiagya South Constituency in the Ashanti region, Hon. Emmanuel Agyei Anhwere has offered scholarship worth 100,000 cedis to forty five (45) needy but brilliant tertiary students in his constituency for the 2023 academic year.   The initiative according to the MP is to cushion …

The eight students of Chiana Senior High School in the Upper East Region who have been sacked by the Ghana Education Service (GES) for insulting President Akufo-Addo have pleaded with the education authority and the President to allow them back into the classroom. The students have also rendered an apology …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed eight students of the Chiana Senior High School in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region for making derogatory comments against President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. It will be recalled that the eight students in a viral video, last year, were …

The management of the University of Ghana has suspended four former Junior Common Room (JCR) Executives of Commonwealth Hall. According to management, the students had “organized or allowed the organization” of several meetings at the JCR of Commonwealth Hall which had provided a platform for the delivery and publication of …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that Senior High Schools are expected to reopen on January 10, 2023. This change is a result of the statutory holiday on Monday, January 9, 2023. However, Junior High Schools (JHS) and other basic schools are reminded that reopening is still on January …

The management of the University of Ghana has dared persons criticising its new fees as illegal to go to court. Pro Vice Chancellor of the UG, Professor Gordon Awandare justified the increment saying the university is ready to challenge anybody who thinks otherwise in court. According to him, the university …

The University of Ghana has defended the upward adjustments in its academic user fees for the ensuing academic year beginning January 2023. Management of the school says “fees charged for the 2022/2023 academic year are legal and duly based on approved fee levels as authorized by Parliament.” This comes on …

The Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei Opare has charged universities across the country to take into account the current economic conditions facing the nation while charging school fees in order not to deprive any potential tertiary student of the opportunity to be in school. The Chief of Staff made …

The University of Ghana has been ranked Ghana’s topmost university for the year 2022, and ranked 1,124th in the world ranks. The ranking which was done by Webometrics.com is aimed at promoting web publication and their primary target is to support Open Access initiatives, electronic access to scientific publications and …

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has urged universities that are charging unlawful tuition to reverse their decision and adhere to the 15% threshold. University of Ghana (UG), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), University of Mines and Technology (UMAT), University of Cape Coast (UCC), University of …