EDUCATION

Frank Annoh-Dompreh, the Majority Chief Whip, has made it clear that the government has paid off a sizable amount of the debt owed to the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC). This comes after WAEC revealed that budgetary constraints may force it to postpone the forthcoming Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). …

Financial constraints may force the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to postpone its forthcoming Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). John Kapi, the Director of Public Affairs at WAEC, estimates that the council will require approximately GH₵90 million to administer the examinations. Speaking on Joy FM’s Midday News on June 21, …

The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has refused orders from the Fair Wages and Salary Commission (FWSC) to end its strike and return to work, resulting in a stop to academic activity throughout all education colleges. The academic calendar’s future is unknown because of the total stoppage …

The fate of the Vice Chancellor (VC) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Prof Mrs Rita Akosua Dickson whose desire to have a two-year extension, hangs in the balance, as the governing council meets on Thursday to discuss and make a final determination on the matter. …

The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has been directed by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission to immediately end its strike. The Commission characterized the action of CETAG in striking at this critical juncture as an act of ill faith, considering the government’s endeavors to resolve their …

Students in their final year of junior high school have been instructed to follow instructions in the examination hall in order to prevent paper cancellations. Students must always abide by a number of rules and regulations in examination halls, according to Mr. Yaw Opoku Mensah, Special Assistant to the Director General of …

The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) leadership has been invited to a meeting by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) this Friday, June 14. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the CETAG concerns that gave rise to the indefinite strike. Today, June 14, 2024, …

The government’s failure to execute the National Labour Commission’s (NLC) Arbitral Award Orders and negotiated service conditions has prompted the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) to launch an indefinite strike that will take effect on Friday, June 14, 2024. The goal of the strike, which affects all …

Ashanti Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Augustus Nana Akwasi, at a press conference in Kumasi, described as “worrying” the busing of students from various Senior High Schools to the New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s youth connect program at the Jubilee Park. “The laws of Ghana do not allow …

The Technical University (KsTU) has distanced itself from a survey predicting a win for Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in the 2024 presidential elections, stating that they had no knowledge of the survey. According to  Kwabena Danso-Dapaah’s investigation, the university claims that the survey was not sanctioned or funded by …