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Some of the Private Senior high schools in the Central region records low enrollment due to the Free Senior high school policy. The National Financial Secretary for Private Schools Association, Mr. Alex Author who visited some of the Private Schools in the region explained that, only few students have turned …

The leadership of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has asked members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) to cancel their strike action.The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has directed its members nationwide to withdraw their teaching services in solidarity …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said his government will definitely find a way to make the Free Senior High School programme sustainable.“This programme is a very important one and we will find ways to sustain it,” the President said when he spoke at a dinner on Sunday in New York.The Minority …

The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, has asked heads of second cycle schools to visit the GES website and constantly update their lists of fresh students. He said the heads should not depend on printouts of lists of students to turn away candidates who presented …

The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Dadieso in Western Region, Samuel Baah, has caused the arrest of a mathematics teacher at Dadieso Senior High School for charging unapproved fees. Last week eleven Senior High School heads were sanctioned over a similar incident. The accused, Akpor Adjei, is also reported to have …

Authorities at the Accra Girls Senior High School have rejected claims a girl had been denied admission into the school because she wore dreadlocks. According to Myjoyonline.com sources, the girl was offered admission into the school even before the issue about her hair came up during a management meeting. “No …

First-year students who were posted to the Drobonso Community Day Senior High School at Sekyere Afram Plains in the Ashanti Region had to be turned away because the school is not in operation. The school, which is the first and the only Senior High School in the District, is part …

Babanawo Courage Kwabla, A Student of Nurses And Midwives Training College, Tamale, had a very successfull Health Talk with the Students of Endpoint College in Teshie Nugua First Junction, yesterday 22nd August 2017,  Touching on the topic “How To Read Have A successful academic year”. Babanawo Courage who spoke extensively …

Ghana’s future depends on developing its skill-base with free education for all, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said.According to him, the aim of providing free secondary school education for all was to build a “core of human capital” in the country.This would leave the country less vulnerable to fluctuating …

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has described as unfortunate decision by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to sack two school heads over extortion. Government has dismissed head teachers of two secondary schools in the country over extortion in the ongoing admissions under the free SHS policy. The sacked …