EDUCATION

“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, …

According to the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS), if student debts are not paid off right away, students run the danger of delaying their course work. This comes after NUGS got numerous complaints from students across the nation about the non-payment of student loans despite lengthy application processes. Dennis …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has requested that all second cycle school heads in the nation adhere to the harmonised prospectus that has been authorized for form one pupils. The GES also reminded the heads of Second Cycle schools that it is against the law to distribute unapproved prospectuses and …

Mr. Samuel Osei Sarkodie (SOS), the NPP Youth Organizer for New Juaben North constituency in the Eastern region, has donated a variety of food products to the Catholic Cluster of schools in Koforidua Srodae. The generous donor provided, 20 packs of soft beverages, 10 packs of bottled water, and 50 …