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The outgone Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has broken his silence since he was removed from the post. President of the republic of Ghana. H.E  Akufo-Addo terminated Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwah’s secondment on Monday stating that the exigencies that required his service are now non-existent. “The President thanks you …

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has extended the term of service of the Deputy Director-General (Management Services) of the Ghana Education Service, Anthony Boateng for another year. The decision was made on the request of the Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum.   During the period of extension, Anthony Boateng …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has cautioned teachers against illegal collection of money from pupils and parents to organize end of term examination. According to the Ghana Education Service, it is illegal to organize end-of-term exams for the pupils since the standard-based curriculum places emphasis on homework, project works and …

Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof. Kwasi Opoku Amankwah, says a review of the Free Senior High School Policy is underway. This exercise, he reveals is geared at determining which of the cost components government can relinquish to parents to pay.     “…we can do the analysis …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed heads of all basic schools to keep the institutions open despite the strike action by the teachers. The teachers on Monday, July 4 proceeded on an indefinite strike as a result of the non-payment of a demanded cost of living allowance (COLA).   …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed Heads of Senior High Schools through the Regional and District Directors to mobilise their Management teams to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all students in schools.   This comes after the leadership of all the various unions in the Pre-Tertiary Education Sector …

Education think tank, Africa Education Watch, has asked the Ghana Education Service to channel its energies towards addressing challenges in the sector rather than introducing policies such as the semester system at the Basic to Senior High School level.   The calls come on the back of the service’s decision …

A visual arts student of Akro Senior High Technical School has beaten his teacher to pulp for asking he and his colleagues to stop disturbing other students who were writing mock exams. He also stabbed one of the school’s security officers in the chest when he was overpowered by security …

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 …

In November 2019, the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation named 14 March of every year as the International Day of Mathematics. This was in recognition of the central role Mathematics has in our lives. Prior to that, the day had been celebrated as World Pi Day, after the …