EDUCATION

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has dismissed calls by some Ghanaians to close down all Teacher Training Colleges in response to the ongoing strike by the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG). CETAG initiated a nationwide strike on June 14, citing the government’s failure to implement their …

Thomas Amoani, a brilliant student and a beneficiary of the Free Senior High School program from Adeiso, the District capital of Upper West Akim in the Eastern Region, has achieved an outstanding feat by graduating with a First Class degree in Economics and Finance from Brunel University in London, UK. …

Three unions have announced their intention to commence industrial action on August 9, 2024, if the Ministry of Finance does not authorise the payment of agreed allowances by August 8, 2024. The unions involved in this potential strike are the Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG), the Federation of Senior …

The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Cape Coast North, Horace Ekow Ewusi, has petitioned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to remove Professor Harold S. Amonoo-Kuofi as the chairman of the University of Cape Coast governing council. Horace Ekow Ewusi in his petition stated that Prof. Amonoo-Kuofi’s conduct is …

The 2024 Presidential Candidate of the governing New Patriotic Party, NPP, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has given a hint that he has proposed and will champion the recruitment and training of at least 1,000 more special education teachers, training teachers in language and speech therapy as well as occupational and behavioural …

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has directed Professor Johnson Nyarko Boampong to remain at post as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast until the Commission investigates the issues surrounding his termination. The Commission argues that it has not received any contrary communication from the UCC Council regarding a …

A group calling itself the Concerned Members of the University of Cape Coast Governing Council has disassociated themselves from the purported termination of the appointment of the Vice Chancellor, Prof Johnson Nyarko Boampong. According to the group, they were shocked by the letter solely and privately written by the Chairman …

Fifteen Senior High Schools (SHS) drawn from across the country are set to compete for the biggest prize in the 2024 National Business Pitch Competition (NBPC) The NBPC is the culmination of JA Ghana’s Company Program, an entrepreneurship program that empowers high school students to launch and manage their own …

The Governing Council of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has terminated the appointment of Prof Johnson Nyarko Boampong as the Vice-Chancellor. Prof Boampong was initially appointed to a four-year term in June 2020, which officially commenced in August 2020. His tenure as Vice-Chancellor of the university came to an …

The government will establish six new universities in the country by the end of this year, the Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has said. They are the University of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Akrodie in the Ahafo Region; the University of Engineering and Agricultural Science at Bunso …