EDUCATION

The Executive Director of Education Watch, Mr Kofi Asare has asked the President to heed the advise given by the Presbyterian Church to review the free Senior High School (SHS) Policy. In his view, there is no need to continue spending close to ¢1.5billionon feeding school children, some of whom …

The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has identified poor leadership and management, inefficient supervision, lack of accountability and inadequate teacher training as contributing factors to poor learning outcomes experienced in schools in the country. This, he said was because many school leaders have not undergone professional training for their …

Economist and CEO of progeny ventures, Dr Kofi Amoah has slammed government’s free Senior High School (SHS) programme saying that what currently pertains is “inferior” education. According to him, although education is important for a poor country like Ghana, the country cannot afford to give free education to every child. …

Personnel from the Ghana Police Service have been deployed to the University of Ghana campus following a clash between students of Commonwealth and Mensah Sarbah Halls. Even though the incident happened on Friday, the presence of the personnel is to ensure that calm is restored on campus for academic work …

Six students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) were on Wednesday (3 August) remanded by the Asokore Mampong Magistrate Court for allegedly gang-raping a first-year student. They are Patrick Fosu, Edwin Nii Noi Quaynor, John Wilson, Kingsley Asiedu Andoh, Thompson Nii, and Assafua Eric. ACP Kofi …

The Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has tasked governing councils of Colleges of Education (CoE) to work hard and ensure that the Colleges train critical thinking teachers so they could also train critical thinking students. He explained that for the nation to be transformed, there is the need for …

Some rampaging students of Bolgatanga Technical Senior High have today, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 clashed with Police over the arrest of some of their colleagues. The rampaging students destroyed staff and school properties in the cause of the melee.   Some of the students were picked up on Monday, 1 …

The Upper East Regional Security Council has closed down the Bolgatanga Technical Institute (BOTECH) following a riot earlier on Tuesday. Students were given a couple of hours to vacate the school premises.   The Upper East Regional Minister and Chairman of the Regional security council, Stephen Yakubu, said the closure …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has cautioned teachers against illegal collection of money from pupils and parents to organize end of term examination. According to the Ghana Education Service, it is illegal to organize end-of-term exams for the pupils since the standard-based curriculum places emphasis on homework, project works and …

A coalition of students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is demanding the immediate resignation of the President of the University’s Students’ Representative Council.   The call follows alleged deceitful and fraudulent acts perpetrated by the SRC President, Michael Abuah, including some corruption accusations leveled against …