EDUCATION

A former Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Prof. Kwesi Yankah, says there must be a deliberate attempt to push the agenda of the inclusion of more women into education in the country. According to him, having more women in school prepares them for leadership roles at institutions …

The Ministry of Finance has granted financial clearance to the Minister of Education, to enable the director-general of the Ghana Education Service (GES) recruit 16,850 newly trained teachers. In a letter dated 19 November, the Finance Ministry, noted that approval has also been granted for emoluments to be charged against …

Two unions, Trade Unions, Innovative Teachers and All Teachers Alliance Ghana (ATAG), have jointly sued over move to award a contract on the one teacher one laptop initiative. The suit sighted by 3news.com said “Motion on Notice by Kwaku O Anim-Addo, Esq., Counsel for the Plaintiffs/Applicants praying the Honourable Court …

Fire has gutted the storeroom of Osino Senior High School in Fanteakwa South District in the Eastern Region. Although the fire was extinguished at the early stages preventing it from spreading to the entire school facility, it caused damage to some logistics used for home economics practicals. Additionally, some items …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it has put stringent security measures in place to prevent leakages of this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) papers. According to WAEC, officials of the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) monitored the production process – printing, sorting and packaging of the papers and …

The Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) commences nationwide on Monday, November 15, 2021 and ends on Friday, November 19, 2021. A total of 571,894 candidates will be writing the examinations in some 2,158 centres across the country. A statement issued on November 10, 2021 and signed by the Public Relations …

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 …