EDUCATION

Ghana’s president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reiterated his long-held conviction that the Sustainable Development Goals will continue to evolve around the youth and all young people. According to him, the “Sustainable Development Goals are an investment for children, youth and future generations,” therefore “it remains abundantly clear that we …

Due to government dishonesty, caterers who are part of the School Feeding Program are requesting that the government pay them all of their arrears and take over the feeding of schoolchildren. Under the school feeding program, The Caterers had suggested a GHC3.50 allotment per lunch for students. This follows the …

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration has been criticized by the school feeding program’s caterers as being callous and insensitive for ignoring their concerns. The government had been urged by the caterers to pay off their unpaid debts and raise the amount per child. The government’s offer, according to …

At the Bibiani College of Health, which is situated in Sefwi Anhwiaso in the Western North Region, a fire breakout has taken place. On Tuesday, June 6, at around 11 a.m., the fire started. The incident happened as students were having their lessons at their various lecture halls, which exacerbated …

The Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection has recommended an increase of GHS1.20, but the Ghana School Feeding Program (GSFP) caterers have stated they will not accept it. The increase is unacceptable, according to the caterers, because it is insufficient. The spokesperson for the caterers in the Ashanti Region, …

According to Lariba Zuweira Abudu, minister of gender, children, and social protection, the price of each schoolchild’s meal will rise from GHC1 to GHC1.20. Following a plea by caterers for the government to raise the cost of feeding each child, the GH1.20 suggestion was made. “In 2018, the cost of …

Dr. Clement Apaak, the deputy leading Member of the Parliament’s Education Committee, has urged the government to pay off its various debts owed to suppliers in the educational sector as soon as the initial $600 million from the IMF arrives. The first tranche of $600 million will be deposited into …

After meeting with the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, US-based Memphis University awarded scholarships to Ghanaian students valued Ghc 50 million. According to the terms of the two countries’ agreement, qualifying Ghanaian students will pursue their degrees of bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral. On May 24, 2023, Dr. Kingsley Agyeman, Registrar …

Benkum Senior High School in the Eastern Region’s male teachers who are being investigated for having illicit relationships with female pupils have also named the headmaster as the school’s top predator. The Ghana Education Service (GES) has thus detained Mr. Emmanuel Nyarko for further inquiry. He is charged with having …

On their way home from school, nine kids drowned in a lake in Faana-Bortianor, an island village in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. On Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 12 students were reportedly paddling a canoe across a lake on their way from Wiagoman to Faanaa. Nine …