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The Ghana Education Service has finally released the list of heads of Senior High Schools who have been sanctioned for charging unapproved fees contrary to directives from the service. All 11 were slapped with sanctions by the Ghana Education Service (GES) Council after they were found to have charged unapproved …

A research company, AB Review, has come out with a list of the best Senior High Schools in each of the ten regions in Ghana. The rankings were done based on statistics of the schools’ performances in the last five years, that is from 2011 to 2016. Key among the …

Aside from my own struggle getting funding for both secondary and tertiary school, let me tell you a story. Occasionally when I go to my village, I spend time encouraging the youth, especially the girls to take their education seriously and aim high. A lot of those girls have boyfriends …

Addressing the press in Accra on Wednesday, the National Secretary of CHOPSS, Joseph Dzamesi, conveyed the fears members of the conference losing the investments they had made in the private secondary schools and the possible job losses. The Conference of Heads of Private Second Cycle Schools (CHOPSS), is demanding the government …

The Eastern Regional Minister Eric KwakyeDaffour has reiterated the need for parent to exercise restraint and follw of their words due process in the admission. This was in an interview with Radio 1 news when the minister visited some senior High schools in koforidua to have first hand information on …

Former Deputy Minister of Education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has said he can provide documents from President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s cabinet meetings proving that government considered implementing the Free Senior High School for every student, but could not afford it, hence had to start with only first year students.According to …

The Eastern Regional Minister, Hon Eric Kwakye Darfour has directed parents who couldn’t get admission for their children due to accommodation challenges to go home. The Eastern Regional Minister, Hon Eric Kwakye Darfour who is touring some SHS’s in the region gave the above directive when he visited Mamfe Methodist …

Director of Elections for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has exalted President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme.According to him, the NDC is not against the implementation of the Free SHS but the approach is what the party …

The Minority in Parliament has refuted reports suggesting that they are opposed to the implementation of the free senior high school education policy by government. According to them, their concern has had to do with what they call a shift from the campaign promise of providing free education to all …

President Nana Akufo-Addo says even though there may be challenges in the implementation of the free senior high school policy, he is determined to make it succeed at all cost. The President made the remark Tuesday, September 12, 2017, when he launched the much-anticipated education policy on the premises of …