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The Ghana Education Service (GES) has urged the public to disregard reports suggesting that the eleven headteachers who were interdicted for charging one form students unapproved fees had been reinstated. The headmistress of the Ghana Senior High School in Koforidua was interdicted on December 7 for allegedly selling unauthorized items …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has reaffirmed that the reporting date for first-year students remains December 4, 2023. This is despite concerns from wards and stakeholders that this does not provide ample time for students to prepare for the academic year. This confirmation follows a request from Parliament for the …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has rescheduled the reopening date for Form One students to Monday, September 25, 2023. This follows proposals made after the release of a new academic calendar for basic schools and senior high schools by GES. Earlier, the students were scheduled to reopen on September 18. …

The Atwima Nwabiagya Municipal Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has honoured the ruling New Patriotic Party’s First Vice Chairman for the Atwima Nwabiagya South Constituency, Honourable John Kwame Duodu, also known as “SIR JOHN,” for his exceptional support to the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates and …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has interdicted Dr Mrs Shine Agatha Ofori, headmistress of the West Africa Senior High School (WASS), for the unauthorised collection of money from students. This was contained in a press release signed and issued by the Head of the Public Relations Unit, Cassandra Twum Ampofo …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has decided to suspend the introduction of tug-of-war and pillow fights as sports in basic and second-cycle schools in the country. The GES had earlier approved the request from the Tug of War and Pillow Fight Federation to introduce the sports in second-cycle schools. However, …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has denied claims that it plans to cancel the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for junior high school students. GES explained that it is moving from the old objectives-based curriculum to the standards-based curriculum, which is likely to change the nature and form of the …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has reinstated the interdicted headmaster of Ghana Senior High School (GHANASCO) with immediate effect. Doughlas Haruna was interdicted after a video surfaced on social media showing some students of the school using toilet cubicles allegedly as dormitories. The GES in a statement issued dated April …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says all senior high and technical schools are to observe a break from April 6, for the Easter celebration. The Service also told management of senior high institutions under the Transitional Calendar that SHS 1 students will remain on vacation until the June 2023 resumption …

The Bureau of Ghana Languages (BGL) has advised Ghana Education Service (GES) to include an indigenous language as an entry requirement into tertiary education. This, according to them will rekindle the desire for the study of Ghanaian languages.   “As a means of rejuvenating public interest and appreciation for indigenous …