EDUCATION

The Eastern Region branch of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has joined calls for nationwide strike over failure on the part of government to pay teachers 20% cost of living allowance (COLA).   Addressing the media in Koforidua on Friday, the Eastern Regional Chairman of NAGRAT Godwin Awoonor …

Twenty-seven teachers in some basic schools in the North East Region have been dismissed by the Ghana Education Service (GES) for allegedly joining the service with fake appointment letters. The victims are said to have secured postings to the various schools with fake appointment and posting letters bearing the signature …

Seven-year-old author of ‘More Nice City’ Rachel Yram has visited the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II at the Manhyia Palace. The 7-year-old author visited the Asantehene to present a copy of her book to him.       One of the pages of the book has the image of the …

The President of Ghana,  Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has terminated the appointment of the President of the Greater Accra School Feeding Caterers Association, Juliana Cudjoe as a member of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA).   A letter dated June 17, 2022, signed by the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, …

The President of Ghana, Nana  Akufo-Addo has charged the management of the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) to manage the facility properly. He does not want the edifice to slide into the path of other health facilities, with no proper maintenance culture, hanging debt burden, and mismanagement. This was …

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) has suggested that the School Feeding Programme is in a state of emergency currently. A statement issued by the Coalition poised that the program was struggling and could collapse if authorities fail to address the challenges confronting it. “GNECC has noted the positive …

A group of female Senior High School (SHS) students have issued a strong warning to married women in the country. In a video circulating on social media, the students are asking women to hide their husbands before they vacate from school. “Wives, please hide your husbands because we the high …

Academic activities at the Walewale Technical Senior High School in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region have been suspended following a heavy rainstorm.       The storm destroyed some school properties Tuesday morning. Classroom blocks, dinning hall and a dormitory block have been totally ripped off, …

The Ministry of Education, in collaboration with the Ghana Highways Authority, has installed rumble strips on roads near the Islamic Senior High Schoolto help check unnecessary speeding on the newly-built Abrepo Junction road in the Ashanti Region.   The Deputy Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ministry of Education, Mr …

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare has removed and interdicted the deputy Ashanti regional commander DCOP Kwasi Akomeah-Apraku following Monday’s clash between the police and students of the Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi. Two other senior officers ACP George Ankomah and ACP Alex Cudjoe Acquah, the …