Tag Archives: GES

Second and third-year students in second cycle schools will be heading back to school on February 7, 2022.   According to a Ghana Education Service release, the first years have a tentative reopening date of April 4, 2022. All students in basic schools will return to school on January 18. …

  The Ghana Education Service (GES) has sacked Michael Owusu Afriyie popularly known as Teacher Kwadwo for alleged misconduct. In effect, his license which guarantees his employment with GES has been suspended while he has been relieved of his position.     In a post to announce the grim news, …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has scheduled the first edition of the National Standardised Test for December 17, 2021. The exam, which forms part of the government’s quest to build a robust education system, will be written by 15, 391 schools nationwide. With all primary four pupils in Ghana to …

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 …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has interdicted the headmaster of St Charles Lwanga Roman Catholic Junior High School in the Saboba District of the Northern Region. Jashain Emmanuel is currently on remand in connection with the drowning of 10 pupils he allegedly sent by boat to harvest rice on his farm. The Tamale …

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 …

Unposted trained teachers have given the Akufo-Addo-led government a one-week ultimatum to post them to start teaching.   If the government fails to post them, they will embark on civil protest to register their displeasure. The teachers said their efforts to get the GES to post them have been futile …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has detected fraud in the one teacher one laptop project in the Ashanti Region. This according to management arose from Metropolitan Municipal and District Directors of Education submitting names of persons who do not qualify to benefit from the project. These persons include non-teaching staff, …

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) wants the final-year student of Three Town Senior High School at Denu in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region who assaulted his teacher to be punished to serve as a deterrent to others. The student is alleged to have been manhandling …

Ghanaian comedian and professional teacher, Michael Owusu Afriyie popularly known as Teacher Kwadwo has given a vivid narration about what ensued between himself and Akrofuom District Education disciplinary committee over an alleged professional misconduct.   In video sighted by sammykaymedia.com, Teacher Kwadwo revealed that there was some form of intimidation …