Intl School of Ahafo pupil wins Commonwealth short story competition
The British Council and the Commonwealth Secretariat recently ran an international short story writing competition based on the theme of ‘Belonging’, which received over three thousand entries from...
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Kumasi Academy students protest over ‘mysterious’ deaths
Students of Kumasi Academy, a mixed senior high school at Asokore Mampong in the Ashanti Region, have demonstrated against school authorities over what they term as mysterious death of students. The...
View ArticleOver 3,600 children gain access to Christmas school
Over 3,600 out-of-school children in 32 communities where schools do not exist in the East Gonja District of the Northern Region have gained access to education following their enrolment into the...
View ArticleWFP supports school girls in Ghana
The World Food Programme (WFP) has introduced a biometric electronic-voucher model for girls under its ‘take home rations’ project to eliminate transportation costs borne by government. Mrs Magdalene...
View ArticleOnly 2% of primary two pupils can read – Report
Madam Guitele Nicoleau, the Chief of Party on Learning on Thursday disclosed that less than two percent of children in primary two are able to read fluently in the Ghanaian and English languages. She...
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Bolga: 2 BOTECH vehicles destroyed by fire
Two school buses of the Bolgatanga Technical Institute (BOTECH) in the Upper East Region, were completely burnt on Thursday on the school’s campus. Even though the cause of the fire could not be...
View ArticleTeachers to be sanctioned for pounding fufu in school
The Eastern Regional Director of Education, Gertrude Mensah, has said that an investigation will be conducted regarding the eight teachers in the Akuapem north district who were queried for pounding...
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AMEND, Puma Energy launch road safety programme for students
AMEND-Ghana, with support from Puma Energy Foundation, has launched a road safety programme to protect school children in an effort to reduce road accidents. The project, which has been endorsed by the...
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New CCT executives want gov’t to re-look at licensing teachers
Newly elected President of the Coalition of Concerned teachers-Ghana (CCT-GH) has stated that the teacher licensing policy by government is a good initiative, but has called on government to take...
View ArticleWAEC confident 2017 WASSCE won’t leak
The West African Examination Council (WAEC), has assured that stricter security measures have been put in place to avert the leaks of examination papers in the on-going West African Senior School...
View ArticleCWG Ghana awards UG’s best graduating student in Computer Science
CWG Ghana has rewarded the best graduating student of the Computer Science Department of the University of Ghana, Legon, Jessie Kwakyewa Effah, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)...
View ArticleGov’t terminates foreign printing contracts
The Ministry of Education has announced the termination of all contracts for the printing of textbooks and exercise books awarded to foreign companies under the Mahama administration. The Ministry has...
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Technical schools need retooling – Zamse Headteacher
The Headmaster for Zamse Senior Technical Institute (ZAMSTECH), Francis Banbogo, has appealed to government to take urgent steps to re-tool the technical departments of all secondary-technical...
View ArticleGES, UNICEF to monitor teacher performance with technology
UNICEF, in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service (GES), has introduced a Mobile School Report Card (MSRC) scheme aimed at improving data collection and performance of teachers in more than 700...
View ArticleSamsung, partners graduate female electronic professionals
Over one hundred young female vocational and technical students have graduated from a 1.08 million Euro programme designed to boost the number of girls and young women in the male-dominated electronics...
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Kumasi Academy ‘mysterious’ deaths caused by meningitis
The cause of the ‘mysterious’ deaths of four students at the Kumasi Academy at Asokore Mampong in the Ashanti Region, has been found to be Meningitis. This was revealed after autopsies of three of the...
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UNICEF, USAID donate to support inclusive education
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has donated some devices and basic screening materials to support...
View ArticleInclude e-learning in curricula – W/R Minister
Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, the Western Regional Minister, has called on school authorities to include e-learning in the academic curriculum to ensure that students become conversant with technology. He said...
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Tuobodom SHS, other properties destroyed in rainstorm
Hundreds of residents and schools in Tuobodom, the capital of the Techiman North District of the Brong Ahafo Region, have been displaced following a downpour that hit the area on Wednesday. The heavy...
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Aktobinsin Methodist KG now a death trap; teachers urge demolition
Teachers and pupils of Aktobinsin Methodist Kindergarten and Primary School in the Central Region, have appealed to government to demolish a dilapidated storey building which has become a near-death...
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