EDUCATION

The Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana (TTAG) has expressed disappointment in the government for the inability to provide funds for their feeding. This is because, the National Conference of Principals of Colleges of Education – Ghana (PRINCOF) has directed that teacher trainees start to fund their own feeding from May …

Boateng Henry Blessing, a BECE graduate who hails from the Afigya Kwabre North constituency has been teased by the vice president of Ghana, Dr Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia .     In a recent one-on-one questions and answers series with the vice president, one student by name Boateng Blessing asked a …

An Accra High Court has granted an interlocutory injunction against the swearing-in of newly elected executives of the National Union of Ghana (NUGS), expected to be held today, Thursday, April 14, 2022. According to the applicant, who is a member of NUGS, Daniel Owusu Baffoe, the elections were held in …

The Presidency has said the government’s Scholarship Secretariat has awarded local scholarships to 45,000 tertiary students. Also, 1,600 training college students have been awarded scholarships. This is part of efforts to educate Ghana, the seat of Government said. Regarding foreign scholarships, 560 students have also been awarded under the online …

A group of stakeholders in education has kicked against the government’s plan to wean public tertiary institutions off its payroll. The stakeholders; the University Students Association of Ghana (USAG), Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition, National University of Ghana Students (NUGS) and All Africa Students’ Union under the umbrella name Campaign …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dispelled claims that teachers in public schools will henceforth wear uniforms to their workplace. Over the weekend, some social media users reported that teachers will now report to work in dull peach coloured shirts and deep brown skirts and trousers with the Ghana Education …

The Colleges of Education Non-Teaching Staff Association of Ghana (CENTSAG) has declined an invitation by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission over its intended strike. The Association contends that several efforts to get the respective agencies to improve their working conditions have proved futile, a situation which has necessitated an intended …

Tension is brewing at the Damongo Nurses Training College in the Savannah Region, with students planning a demonstration against the Principal of the institution, Hajia Iddrisu Rabiatu. The students are accusing Hajia Rabiatu of running down the school and have vowed to protest to demand her removal. There are reports …

The 2021 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) poster girl, Francisca Lamini, has gained admission into the prestigious Harvard University.     Announcing the news on social media, the American Chamber of Commerce, Ghana, revealed that she has been granted a full scholarship to complete an undergraduate program at Harvard. …

Former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Prof. Philip Ebow Bondzi-Simpson, is pushing for a change in the admission process at the senior high school level. He wants heads of schools to be allowed to admit students into their schools just as authorities at the …