EDUCATION

On Tuesday, the Student Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) released a total of eleven loans totaling Ghc11.2 million to students enrolled in higher institutions across the nation. The money that has been released to various beneficiaries’ accounts will benefit 10,000 students from 182 educational institutions around the nation. This payment marks …

The running of several unaccredited programs since 2021 has prompted the Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, to seek an urgent meeting with the Vice-Chancellors of the University of Ghana and Kwame Nkrumah University of Technology (KNUST). The sector minister requested the urgent meeting in order to address the operation …

Three universities and colleges in the nation have received Presidential Charters from President Nana Akufo-Addo, bringing the total number of private universities to get them to six during the Akufo-Addo government. The Catholic University College, Methodist University College, and Presbyterian University College are the most recent university colleges to meet …

In 2021, more than 600 academic programs at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and the University of Ghana were not recognized. The schools’ accreditation “expired or required re-accreditation during the time under evaluation,” according to the Auditor-report General’s for 2021. According to the report, 374 of …

According to the 2021 Auditor-report, General’s 88 former Ministry of Education employees received a total of GH 1,082,455.02 in “unearned pay” after they “left” from the organization. The report stated, “We noted that 88 staff members who left their respective institutions received unearned salaries totaling GH1,082,455.02.” “We recommended that the …

The Deputy Director General of the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET), Engineer Peter Antwi Boasiako, has disclosed that the current New Patriotic Party government has invested almost $8 billion dollars in TVET infrastructure and training alone between 2017 and 2021. According to Mr. Peter Antwi Boasiako, …

According to Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia, the Akufo-Addo administration has achieved numerous outstanding victories across a wide range of industries, despite the prolonged global economic crisis, which has had a catastrophic impact on the Ghanaian economy over the past two and a half years. Dr. Bawumua said the economic difficulties the …

Dr. Clement Apaak, the MP for Builsa South, has pleaded with President Akufo-Addo to revoke Mr. Anthony Boateng’s post-retirement contract with the Ghana Education Service (GES). The contract extension for Mr. Anthony Boateng was deemed unreasonable by Dr. Clement Apaak, who is also the deputy ranking member on the Parliamentary …

A bench warrant has been obtained by the Ghana Police Service to detain 62 people in connection with the rioting that occurred at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). Property was destroyed during the riot. The KNUST administration had stated that it will provide police with CCTV …

Barimah Osei Hwedie II, the Chief of the Ejura Traditional Area in the Ashanti Region, has given the Ghana Baptist Convention 100 acres of land for the development of a postsecondary institution. The chief claims that the action is a part of the traditional authority’s efforts to guarantee that local …