EDUCATION

There is confusion over the school feeding program in the Akuapem North Municipality as two groups of caterers have resumed cooking separately for the same schools. The misunderstanding over who has the legitimacy to cook for the schools in the municipality arose when the Member of Parliament for Akuapem North …

Scores of parents have swarmed the premises of Achimota Preparatory School in the Greater Accra Region following the takeover of the institution by the Ghana Education Service (GES). Some held placards expressing disappointment with the action of the GES and its management. They complained about the manner in which the …

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 …