EDUCATION

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 …

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has elected Dennis Appiah Larbi-Ampofo as its new President. Dennis was the former Students’ Representative Council (SRC) President of the University of Cape Coast (UCC). He won by a landslide vote of 824, beating his colleague aspirants Kwesi Atuahene who had 201 votes …

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has elected Dennis Appiah Larbi-Ampofo as President despite agitations over credibility of the exercise. Mr Appiah Larbi-Ampofo won the election by garnering 78.1 percent of the votes cast. He expressed excitement at his election, promising to unite the association.   “Forget about everything, …

The General Secretary of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS), Julius Kwame Anthony, has said that the Union’s national executive elections which took place during its 56th Annual Congress at the GNAT Village in Ejisu Abankrom, has been marred by malpractices.   According to him, based on the infractions …

President of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS), Emmanuel Yiadom Boakye, has bemoaned the inability of the Student’s Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) to pay loans to students.   Speaking at the NUGS’s 56th Residential Congress at Ejisu on April 1, 2021, the NUGS president said that the SLTF has …

Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana (UG), Prof Ivan Addae Mensah, is worried about the government’s approach to improving education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The Emeritus Professor believes that building new facilities to accelerate education in these fields is not the panacea to the country’s low …