EDUCATION

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has started meeting in Tamale to discuss the Auditor General’s Report on Technical Universities for the year ended December 31, 2020, as well as the Reports on the Management and Utilization of District Assemblies’ Common Fund and Other Statutory Funds for the same …

The management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has informed heads of senior high schools using the transitional calendar that first-year pupils are to continue their holiday until June 2023. In order to enable a smooth academic year, it has advised Regional Directors to instruct heads of second-cycle schools in …

At the Eastern Region’s Akim Oda, the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has inaugurated an ultra-modern technological hub. The facility includes an ICT Center, a Robotics Center, and a well-stocked library. Vice President Bawumia remarked during the commissioning that the facility’s creation was intended to support people’s educational growth for the …

“I suggested that we have a national discussion on the Free SHS programme where various stakeholders and experts will share ideas about how to improve on the programme, but the Akufo-Addo government declined and we are all witnesses to what our students are going through at the Senior High Schools” …

“Ghana needs a test mechanism to determine who can pay and who cannot pay. This political thing of wanting to please everybody at the detriment of quality will hang in this country in the next decade if we don’t look back,” Haruna Iddrisu said. In the next ten years, if …

As part of celebrations for the 56th Congregation of the institution, His Royal Highness Otumfour Osei Tutu II the Asantehene officially opened the Jericho Wall Police Station at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) yesterday, March 17, 2023. The police station, which is meant to assist the …

In opposition to proposals to cap the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has submitted a petition to Parliament. Before submitting the petition to the House’s Education Committee, the petitioners—led by NUGS President Mr. Dennis Appiah Larbi Ampofo protested with signs in front of …

After a 15-year-old school girl was killed by unidentified assailants in the Assin South District of the Central Region, residents of Nsane near Ayaase have been left in dismay and dread. The deceased, Priscila Ataa Botwey alias Atta Kakra, was discovered laying supine in a thicket outside of the town, …

The top scoring WASCE and BECE students in his constituency have received assistance from Hon. Nicholas Amankwah, the Member of Parliament for Wassa Amenfi East Constituency in the Western region, to start their second cycle and tertiary education. The Amenfi East Legislator promised to assist junior high and senior high …

In an effort to protest a decision to raise tuition by 15% that was made without consulting the Student Representative Council (SRC), Tamale Technical University students skipped class on Friday. The students argue that the increase is unjustified in light of the numerous problems that remain unresolved. On Friday morning, …