The Ashanti Region’s Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational School in Asokore has been shut down. This instruction was issued by the Ghana TVET Service in response to some students’ Sunday morning rampage in protest over the subpar results of their forebears in their final exam. Forty or so of them …
Read More »Univerity students are being trained for jobs that do not exist – Education Minister
Some of the courses being offered at the numerous universities around the nation, according to Dr. Yaw Adutwum, Minister of Education, do not fulfill their intended purposes. Although these courses were intended to prepare students for the job market, the Minister claims that although the courses are still being taught, …
Read More »Report to the headmistress for alternatives to dismissal- GES to Chaina 8
Chaina 8 is expected to report to the headmistress for GES for alternatives to dismissal. The Chiana Senior High School (SHS) expelled girls’ case has been forwarded to the school’s Disciplinary Committee by the Ghana Education Service (GES). President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-involvement Addo’s prompted the GES to report the …
Read More »Gov’t to give free tablets to all SHS students this year – Dr Bawumia
All Senior High School (SHS) students across the nation will get free electronic tablets, according to plans revealed by the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. According to Dr. Bawumia, the action is a component of the government’s digitalization plan. According to the Vice President, the tablet would provide pupils access …
Read More »VP Bawumia opens University of Ghana’s 74th annual New Year School and Conference
The 74th edition of the annual New Year School and Conference held by the University of Ghana in Accra was officially launched by the vice president, dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. Since the University of Ghana’s founding 75 years ago, the New Year School and Conference, which brings together stakeholders from academia, …
Read More »Chaina 8 dismissal: GES refers matter to Disciplinary Committee for alternative sanction
The 8 girls from Chiana Senior High School were dismissed, and management of the Ghana Education Service has reported this to the school’s disciplinary committee. In a press statement from GES, Cassandra Twum Ampofo, Head of Public Relations Unit, stated that the School’s Disciplinary Committee will look into further possible …
Read More »President Akufo-Addo intervenes in dismissal of 8 Chiana SHS girls
The eight senior high school pupils of Chiana who were expelled by the Ghana Education Service (GES) for insulting the President have had their case taken up by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The President was made aware of it at that point. As a result, the GES has been …
Read More »Dismissing the 8 SHS students is too harsh and retrogressive- Minority to GES
The 8 Chiana Senior High School students from the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region who insulted President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo were dismissed from school, but the Minority in Parliament has requested the Ghana Education Service (GES) to rethink that decision. The Minority said that despite its …
Read More »Dismissed 8 Chiana SHS students apologize to President Akufo-Addo
The eight Chiana Senior High School pupils in the Upper East Region who were expelled by the Ghana Education Service (GES) for defaming President Akufo-Addo have begged both the President and the educational body to let them return to class. The President and the GES have also received an apology …
Read More »GES dismisses 8 SHS students for insulting President Akufo-Addo
Eight students from the Chiana Senior High School in the Upper East Region have been expelled by the Ghana Education Service (GES) for allegedly disrespecting President Akufo-Addo. The pupils had been suspended before being expelled. The GES claims that their investigation into the event established that the students insulted the …
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