EDUCATION

The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, will on Monday, March 22 appear before Parliament following an urgent question filed last week by North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP) Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa. The question is related to the content of controversial textbooks said to denigrate some ethnic groups – …

The Deputy General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen says it is needful for the Ghana Education Service (GES) to review the policy that frowns on students using mobile phones in schools. He indicated that at a period where technology has taken the centre stage …

    The Ghana Education Service (GES) says it has directed the Achimota Senior High School to admit two first year students who were denied admission into the school because of their dreadlocks.   The school had on Thursday turned home the dreadlocked students, asking their parents to cut off …

Children’s rights advocacy organisation Child Rights International has called on authorities at Achimota School to first of all grant admission to two Rastafarian students before talking about their hair. It said this is on the basis of the Welfare Principle of the Children’s Act of 560.         …

        A group known as Innovative Teachers has petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, (CHRAJ), to investigate the procurement of laptops by the government.   President Akufo-Addo announced in his state of the nation address that the government will procure some 280,000 TM1 laptops …

Badu Nkansah, publisher of the new history of Ghana textbooks which has some chapters describing Ewes as inward-looking, has rendered an unqualified apology for the offensive publications. According to him, the history of Ghana book which was published based on the new curriculum by NACCA, when submitted for assessment, received …

Parliament is expected to invite the Minister of Education Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum to appear on the floor of the House to answer questions relating to newly-authored history textbooks for students. This comes after lawmaker for North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said he has filed an urgent parliamentary question requesting the minister …

    The Management of the Akosombo International School (AIS) has said in a statement that all the students and staff who tested positive for COVID-19 have now recovered from the virus.   A statement released on Thursday March 11 by the Volta River Authority (VRA) said “All students and …

Some 41,359 students who wrote the Basic Examination Certificate Exam (BECE) were disqualified for school placement.   Mark Sasu Mensah, the National Coordinator for the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS), said the affected students were disqualified on grounds that they had incomplete results.   “Either you failed or …

The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof Kwasi Amankwah says government must reconsider a continuation of the double-track system in some Senior High Schools (SHS). This follows the suspension of the double-track system employed across the country after the reopening of schools for the 2020/21 academic year. The …