The staff and students of the Ellen White SDA Basic School in Koforidua, in the Eastern region, have received a six-unit classroom building and an office complex from the New Juaben South Municipal Assembly. On September 29, 2022, a brief ceremony officially opened the recently completed project. The classroom building …
Read More »Majority Leader joins Vice President for investiture & swearing-in of Dr Addo Kuffour as Chancellor of KsTU
The Majority Leader/Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Hon Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, on Friday 30th day of September, 2022, joined a high-powered government delegation led by the Vice President, H.E. Alhaji Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, and the Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, at the Great Hall of the Kumasi Technical University for …
Read More »100,000 graduates to start National Service in November
Beginning on November 1, 2022, about 100,000 graduates will perform their required one-year national service. In an endeavor to increase internal revenue and achieve self-sufficiency, the National Service Scheme (NSS) management will post around 20,000 of the total to the private sector. Osei Assibey Antwi, the NSS’s Executive Director, who …
Read More »“Kwadaso Agricultural College to be upgraded into Agricultural University” – President Akufo-Addo
“The current vision of government for the Kwadaso College of Agriculture is to upgrade the institution into an agricultural university, with collaborative support from the prestigious Mendel University of the Czech Republic. And here, I want to recognise in our midst the presence of our compatriot, Professor Samuel Darkwa, a …
Read More »“Dr Kwame Addo Kufuor, first Chancellor of Kumasi Technical University, is a man of integrity” – Dr. Bawumia
“For me today is a little emotional, because I personally know Dr Kwame Addo Kufuor. We all know him as a brilliant mind, high academic achiever, high professional achiever, a statesman, a family man, a God-fearing man. But for me there is one thing that crowns all of these defining …
Read More »Four labour unions threaten strike over outstanding conditions of service
Four labor unions in Ghana’s public universities have given the government a week to address unresolved conditions of service, or they will go on strike on October 5. The unions, which include the Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG), Tertiary Education Workers Union of Ghana (TEWU-GH), Ghana Association …
Read More »Kwadaso MP donates ICT equipments to Nyankyerenease M/A JHS
The Nyankyerenease M/A JHS received I.C.T. equipment from the Member of Parliament for Kwadaso, Hon. Dr Kingsley Nyarko, on Tuesday, September 20, 2022. This act was inspired by his earlier visit to the school, during which the head of school pleaded with the Hon MP to outfit the ICT lab. …
Read More »Police use tear gas to disperse protesting UEW students
Some level 400 University of Education, Winneba (UEW) students who were protesting discrepancies in their results were dispersed by police using tear gas. The students claim that the school has not updated their portal-based academic records. The students claim that the academic results that have been submitted to their portal …
Read More »Conti-Katanga hall clash: 3 more persons arrested
In connection with the altercation at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, three further students have been detained. After the court issued a bench warrant for the arrest of more than sixty individuals in connection with the event, they were taken into custody. The three pupils, Emmanuel Appiah Amoah, …
Read More »Ghana can’t develop with tamed students- Educations Minister
Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, Ghana’s minister of education, has voiced concerns about the manner in which students are taught and learned in classrooms across the continent of Africa. He saw that students are not taught in a way that encourages critical thought and questioning. This condition, he claimed, cannot guarantee …
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