EDUCATION

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) says it has tightened up its security apparatus as this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) starts. The Council, as part of its security measures, has serialised some question papers and used number combination padlocks in addition to ordinary padlocks for all security bags …

Teacher unions have appealed to Mr Anthony Boateng to respectfully decline the contract extension by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.   Mr Akufo-Addo has decided to extend the contract of service of the Deputy Director-General (Management Services) of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Mr Boateng for a year.   A …

The Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has made a passionate appeal to the media not to do the bidden of faceless individuals seeking his downfall at the Ministry. These people, he said, who are also New Patriotic Party (NPP) members are only pursuing a smear campaign against him …

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has extended the term of service of the Deputy Director-General (Management Services) of the Ghana Education Service, Anthony Boateng for another year. The decision was made on the request of the Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum.   During the period of extension, Anthony Boateng …

The management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has said it will release CCTV footage to the police to aid in investigations into the clash that occurred between student residents of University Hall (Katanga) and University Hall (Conti).   The University Public Relations Officer, Dr. Daniel …

The President of Ghana,  Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that his goal, since coming into office, in 2017 has been to help improve the living standards of the Ghanaian people. To that end, he said programmes such as the Free Senior High School, One District One Factory and the Planting for …

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 …