EDUCATION

The Chairman of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) Prof Kwame Osei Kwarteng, has rejected claims that social studies as a subject have been removed from Ghana’s curriculum. The claim was reiterated by the Chairperson of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Josephine Nkrumah where she called …

Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, the Minister of Education, has stressed that bullying in schools belongs to the past and has no place in modern day. He strongly condemned the manner in which second and third-year students in some senior high schools bullied the freshers, known in local parlance as “Homo”. …

Professor Stephen Adei, an educationist and economist has said no government should ever consider making tertiary education free in the country. Speaking with Nana Yaa Mensah on Sunday Night, he said, “When it comes to secondary school and below in this modern world it is a necessary condition for anyone …

Economist at the University of Ghana Business School, Prof Godfred Bokpin fears that government’s flagship Free Senior High School (SHS) policy will deepen the inequality gap in the country. A report by Oxfam Ghana has revealed that Ghana is currently failing in its quest to minimize inequality, especially in the …

AHENKAN 93.3 FM to host the first edition of “Senior High schools cooking competition” [ASHSCOCOM 2021] and other activities as part of their one-year anniversary which is to come off at the Akim Aboabo durbar grounds in the Birim Central Municipal Assembly in the Eastern Region of Ghana on the …

The Education Ministry has disclosed that some 27 contracts for the construction of E-block Senior High Schools in various parts of the country have been terminated. According to the ministry, the contracts were terminated for various reasons, including the slow pace of work by contractors.   Speaking to Citi News, …

The Chief of Apesua in the Yilo Krobo of the Eastern Region, Nene Bawa Tetteh, has criticised the government for failing to operate the community Day Senior High School in his community a year after handing over.   The Apesua Community Day SHS started by the Mahama administration was handed …

Council of the University of Ghana has confirmed the appointment of Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo as the Vice Chancellor of the country’s first university. She now becomes the first female VC of the University. Prof Amfo was in July appointed to act as Vice Chancellor after the term of …

The Minority in Parliament has accused the Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum of peddling falsehood when he told parliament that government has not abandoned any classroom block started by erstwhile Mahama administration. The Mahama administration started construction of some 200 E-block day schools before the NDC lost political power …

Unposted trained teachers have given the Akufo-Addo-led government a one-week ultimatum to post them to start teaching.   If the government fails to post them, they will embark on civil protest to register their displeasure. The teachers said their efforts to get the GES to post them have been futile …