EDUCATION

The preliminary results for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) this year, which was taken by school and private students, have been made public by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). According to WAEC, school candidates’ results will be forwarded to their respective schools by means of the district, municipal, …

In order to address the plethora of issues hurting the Free Senior High School program, former President John Dramani Mahama has said that the next National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration will review the policy within its first 100 days in office. During a meeting with the Trade Union Congress (TUC) …

Without mincing words, the Executive Secretary of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Hon. Osei Assibey Antwi has hit the hammer right on the head of the nail so far as the spare of the graduate unemployment rate in Ghana is concerned. “Let me share some key advice with you, Get …

Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), a research and advocacy organization for education policy, has raised concerns about the country’s educational system’s disaster readiness. This comes after the Kpong and Akosombo dam spills, which caused two weeks of educational disruption in several impacted communities and districts in the Volta Region. During the …

Following a gallant victory in today’s semi-final, Opoku Ware School, fondly referred to as OWASS, made considerable progress toward winning their third National Science and Maths Quiz championship. In the second semi-final of the day, Santasi, which won the coveted NSMQ championship in 1997 and 2002, put on a remarkable …

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has urged the government to stop plans for the establishment of five new universities and instead direct resources to improve the existing ones. While UTAG acknowledged the importance of increasing access to higher education, it emphasized that the current public universities are severely …

If the government does not resolve the University Teachers Association of Ghana’s (UTAG) concerns surrounding the payment of its Book and Research Allowance (BRA), the union has warned to sabotage labor peace. In a statement posted on Monday, October 16, 2023, UTAG issued the warning. The Book and Research Allowance, …

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has asked the government to permit headmasters and mistresses to buy supplies for their particular Senior High Schools, and former president John Dramani Mahama has backed this request. The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for 2024 stated that such …

Students at the Osu Presbyterian Senior School participated in a discussion sponsored by MTN Ghana on the motion that “Social media platforms should implement stricter security and privacy controls because users are incapable of protecting themselves online.” As part of this year’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the initiative continues MTN’s dedication to cybersecurity education …

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has urged school administrators to provide their institutions permission to buy food for students’ meals. This role, it claimed, had been a constant demand from CHASS for a number of years due to the way some suppliers had let it down …