Archbishop Porter Girls marks 50th anniversary
The Archbishop Porter Girls School, in collaboration with Archbishop Porter Girls Students Association, has held a symposium to educate parents and stakeholders on the fallen standards of discipline in...
View ArticleConverting Polytechnics into universities not rebranding – Ablakwa
Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Deputy Minister of Education in charge of Tertiary Education, has said the conversion of the 10 polytechnics into technical universities is not a re-branding activity....
View ArticleGNPC sponsors 46 Ghanaians for further studies
The GNPC Oil and Gas Learning Foundation (GNPC-OGLF), has granted scholarship to 46 Ghanaians to study programmes relevant to the oil and gas industry for the 2015/2016 academic year. The...
View ArticleMore school girls getting pregnant in A/R
Sexual activeness among basic school girls in the Ashanti Region has led to many of them getting pregnant and their academic dreams shattered. Mrs. Emma Awateng-Mensah, the Regional Girls’ Education...
View ArticleDevelop measures to improve education – Send-Ghana to gov’t
Send-Ghana, a social enterprise and advocacy organisation, has called on the government to develop measures to improve the country’s education sector. According to the organisation, the government has...
View ArticleGovernment asked to review capitation grants upwards
SEND-Ghana, a social advocacy organization, has called on government to take a critical look at the inflation trends on the capitation grants and review upwards its rates by at least 50 per cent. Mrs....
View ArticleNAGRAT advocates quality education
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has underscored the need for Government to ensure that the country attains quality education status. Speaking at the 11th National Delegate...
View ArticleInclude environmental edu. into school curriculum – Health Officer
The Acting Port Health Officer in Aflao, William Korletey has called on government to make use of the unemployed Environmental Health graduates in the country, by deploying them to basic schools to...
View ArticleCCT-Ghana alarmed over non-payment of feeding grants
The Coalition of Concerned Teachers of Ghana (CCT-GHANA) has expressed grave concerns over government’s delay in the release of feeding grants to Assisted Second Cycle institutions in the country. In a...
View ArticleJHS is weakest link in Ghana’s education system – Prof. Djamgba
An educationist, Professor Jerome S. Djangma, has declared the Junior High School (JHS) system which was introduced in 1974 and fully implemented in 1986, as the weakest link in Ghana’s educational...
View ArticleOtuam Community SHS named after President Mills [Photos]
The newly opened community Senior High School project at Otuam in the Central has been named after late President John Evans Atta Mills to honor him. The completed school was named after the late...
View ArticleWAEC withholds over 6,000 BECE results
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) said it has withheld results of 6,812 students who allegedly indulged in various malpractices in the 2015 Basic Education Certificate Examination pending...
View ArticleNAGRAT, Concerned Teachers to strike over unpaid allowances
The Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) and the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) arethreatening to strike by the end of the month if government fails to pay all monies it owes the...
View ArticleCPP elections: Delle returns, Akomfrah is new General Secretary
Delegates of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) have elected Professor Edmond Delle as the party’s new National Chairman. Professor Delle who went unopposed staged a comeback for the same position he...
View ArticleErnst & Young removes degree classification from entry criteria
Ernst & Young, one of the UK’s biggest graduate recruiters, has announced it will be removing the degree classification from its entry criteria, saying there is “no evidence” success at university...
View ArticleCSOs unhappy about decentralisation of pre-tertiary education
Representatives of civil society organisations (CSOs), teacher unions and directors of education drawn from Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions have kicked against the decentralisation of...
View ArticleUCC to smoke out applicants with fake results
The authorities of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) have vowed to weed out all applicants, who through dubious means gain admission into the institution. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Domwini...
View ArticleUCC records low female enrollment as general admissions drop in 2015
Statistics of admitted students for the 2015/2016 academic year of the University of Cape Coast(UCC) shows that female enrolment at the University is still low. 1,591 female undergraduates representing...
View Article16 GIJ students awarded scholarships by Lebanese Community in Ghana
The Lebanese community in Ghana has reiterated its commitment to the development of tertiary education in the country by awarding scholarships to a number of students of the Ghana Institute of...
View ArticleTamale-Sakasaka Presbyterian school overcrowded
One of the best performing schools in the Northern Regional capital of Tamale, the Sakasaka Presbyterian primary school is faced with overcrowding. With a population of 850 students, the school can...
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