EDUCATION

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 …

Exam misconduct prevention measures have been established by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). The testing organization has implemented a number of safeguards to “ensure test security.” Head of Public Affairs of the Council Agnes Teye Cudjoe explained these measures to reporters on Monday, August 22, 2022: “These include collaboration …

Following violent altercations between students from the university’s Katanga and Unity Halls, the police have brought peace back to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology campus. “The Police are in solid control of the situation and investigation is proceeding to arrest those behind these tragic, senseless, and indefensible …

Violence-filled altercations involving students from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology’s Katanga and Unity Halls have been denounced by the University Students Association of Ghana (USAG) (KNUST). When Unity Hall students objected to University Hall students using a route in front of their hall for a parade, fights …