EDUCATION

Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum says the free SHS initiative introduced by the Akufo-Addo-led government has become part and parcel of the country’s educational system. According to him, government would continue to finance the initiative following its success such as encouraging girl child education and improving accessibility and participation …

Most children living with disability in Ghana are particularly vulnerable to stigma and discrimination, and are often segregated. They may not appear in the national statistics, becoming ‘invisible’ to decision makers, service providers and the public. While data on the estimated 80% children living with disability across the nation remain …

    The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has debunked publications suggesting that government will be happy if parents can pay for their students (SHS) fees. Speaking to a closed source in the ministry of Education and Dr Yaw Osei Adutwu special assistant, Kwasi Abankwa said that his boss …

The Human Rights Court 1 Division of the High Court has adjourned to April 30, the case involving one of the Rastafarian boys, Oheneba Nkrabea, who was denied admission to Achimota School over his dreadlocks. At a hearing on Thursday, April 22, 2021, it emerged that Achimota School had still …

      The Ghana National Council Of Private Schools, GNACOPS in collaboration with the MoE through the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment has successfully implemented the training of private school teachers on the Common Core Program, CCP, and the Standard-Based Curriculum, SBC, across the country. According to the …

An educationist, Mr Ekow Djan has said it is worrying that the government has not paid trainee teachers’ allowance for a whole semester. He said in a statement that this situation is not only unacceptable but insensitive, cruel and a breach of the social contract signed between President Nana Addo …

A total 411 out of the 465 candidates who scored grade A in all subjects at the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), were students from Ghana pioneering the Government’s Free Senior High School (SHS) Programme. Immediate past Minister of Education, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, at the fourth …

All teachers in Ghana would have to acquire a license in order to be qualified to practise. As a result, teachers employed by the Ghana Education Service (GES) before September 1, 2018 have been asked to register online and qualify for the license to be issued by the National Teaching …

Some Form 3 senior high school (SHS) students are stranded as the Ghana Education Service (GES) has considered a proposal from the Conference of Heads Assisted Senior High Schools (CHASS) to postpone re-opening. The final year students were supposed to report to school on Tuesday, April 6 after the Easter …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed school authorities at the basic level not to organise end-of-term exams for the current academic year. A circular issued by Deputy Director-General of the Service, Dr Kwabena Bempah Tandoh, indicated that all heads of schools should make sure that all pupils from KG …