Twenty schools in the Nanik and Nganme communities in the Bunkpurugu Yunyoo District of the Northeast Region have been closed indefinitely due to insecurity. The decision is a result of a chieftaincy dispute between the communities which resulted in several deaths, injuries, and the destruction of properties. The situation worsened …

A total of 21 basic primary schools in the Bimbagu Circuit in the Bunkprugu/Nakpanduri District of the North East region have been closed down by the Ghana Education Service (GES). The Supervisor for the Bimbagu Central and East Circuits, Dalukirir Jakper Jolly, confirmed the closure. He explained that the directive …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) in the Volta Region has indefinitely closed down Sokode Senior High Technical School following violent clashes between students and residents of the Sokode community. The confrontation, which began on Saturday, February 22, stemmed from unresolved disagreements and resulted in injuries on both sides.     …

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has dragged the Ghana Education Service (GES) and Ministry of Education (MoE) to court. The Commission took this step, in reaction to the decision by the GES and the MoE to defy its orders to ensure payment of online allowances to staff of the University …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has interdicted two additional headteachers for allegedly selling unauthorized items to Form One students. Mr. Afi Yaw Stephen, Headmaster of Berekum Senior High School, and Mr. Joseph Jilinjeh Abudu, Headmaster of Odomaseman Senior High School, were both directed to step aside in separate letters by …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has interdicted Patience Naki Mensah, the headmistress of the Ghana Senior High School in Koforidua, for allegedly selling unauthorized items to Form One students reporting to the school. This information was contained in a press release signed and issued by the Eastern Regional Director of …

The senior high school (SHS) placement for junior high school (JHS) students, who wrote the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) has been released by the Ghana Education Service (GHS). It was released Tuesday morning [November 28, 2023] at 9 am. Parents, students, teachers, and the public can now check …

The Ghana Education Service(GES) says the process for school selection into Senior High Schools for candidates in the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) will commence on Wednesday, August 23. In a statement signed by the Head of Public Relations, Cassandra Twum Ampofo on Friday, August 11, 2023, the GES …

The General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Thomas Musah Tanko has criticised the Ghana Education Service (GES) for asking the headmaster and the senior housemaster of Ghana Senior High School (GHANASCO), in Tamale to step aside for investigations into alleged conversion of toilet cubicles into residential …

The management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) says it has come to its attention that some heads of second-cycle institutions are issuing unapproved prospectuses and also selling some of the items on the prospectus to Form One students.   It also noted that some heads are selling free items …