Tag Archives: Education

Government will today Thursday, July 27,  announce the implementation plan for its flagship policy- Free SHS. The absence of a clear road map on the rollout of the policy has generated various discussions especially on the qualification criteria for beneficiaries. President Akufo-Addo at his recent media encounter hinted that well-endowed …

Some concerned students of the University of Ghana have formally petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye over what they describe as exorbitant academic fees being charged by the school.The students are accusing the university authorities of arbitrarily increasing fees every new academic year, a situation they say compounds …

Seventy-seven school children, aged between 6 and 10 years will be participating in a pilot spelling competition in their mother tongue, Dagbani. They emerged finalists from a pool of 400 pupils who started the spelling competition. The children, who are from 20 schools in Yendi, Northern Region, are part of …

Professor Kofi Awusabo-Asare, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), has called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to integrate critical and progressive Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) education topics in the academic curricula. He said the timely provision of accurate and comprehensive information and life skills …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of candidates who took the 2017 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates (WASSCE).The Council says it will soon despatch the results to the schools and candidates are advised to contact their heads of school for their results, …

His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwah Akuffo- Addo has stated that, the Free Senior High School starting from September this year will be available to all those who will gained admission to the public senior high school SHS. According to him, the policy is done in such a way that would …

The University Teachers Association of Ghana [UTAG] has asked the government to as a matter of urgency to set up the governing councils of public universities in the country. They are ready to resort to industrial action within the next two weeks if there is no action to that effect. …

The public relations office for Adonia Angles Academy in the Ashanti region, Asonadehyie Kwarteng has called on government to introduce Technical Education at the basic schools, which will help build the children with tougher technical Knowledge. He revealed this to the press today in an interview adding that, the introduction …

The host of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) has suggested that then defending champions Adisadel College, might have been intimidated by the crowd in the final of the 2017 competition. Dr Elsie Effah Kaufmann said despite the fact that the contestants have practised on several occasions they get intimidated by the …

The Headmaster of Adisadel College in Cape Coast says he is not bothered about the trolling on social for wearing a “zebra coat” during the grand finale of the National Science and Maths Quiz. He indicates that he wore the customized coat to the event ground at the National Theatre …