EDUCATION

According to reports, the dining hall at Ejuraman Anglican Senior High School in the Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipality of the Ashanti Region fell on about 40 pupils, injuring them. According to accounts, the occurrence happened on Monday, February 6, 2023, about 5:00 p.m. amid a severe downpour in the region. According to …

Concerned University of Ghana (UG) students organized the “Ya br3 Mo” demonstration to voice their discontent with the most recent increase in academic facility user fees (AFUF). Students gathered at the Obra Spot in Accra for the demonstration on today, Friday, February 3, 2023, wearing red and black and holding …

On February 11, 2023, the Parliamentary Education Committee plans to summon Education Minister Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum to testify over suspected corruption in the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS). The Computerized School Selection and Placement System has come under fire when claims surfaced that some people were paid …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) Occupational Pension Scheme(Tier 2) has been requested by the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT). By the end of February 2023, the Coalition expects the government to make its payments. Although the government deducts the payments from members’ income on a monthly basis, the Coalition claims …

Today, January 24, 2023, has seen the arraignment of the 40 students who were detained in connection with commotions at the Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational Institute. The students, who went on a rampage and destroyed school property on Sunday, were apprehended by the police. While police and other interested …

The opening of the 21st Century Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) school placement portal has been announced by the Ministry of Education (MoE), Ghana Education Service (GES), Technical and Vocational Educational Training (TVET) Service, Free Senior High School Secretariat (FSHS), and Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS). Therefore, …

Examiners for the most recent Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), administered by the West African Examination Council (WAEC), have not received payment. One of the WAEC examiners, Kwame Nsiah, revealed this when he demanded payment for recent work performed by the examiners. “Teachers from various schools in various regions of …

For committing property damage to the school, some 40 Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational School pupils from Asokore in the Ashanti Region have been detained. On Sunday morning, the students went on a rampage to protest the poor final exam scores of their forebears. Four government vehicles, including a school …

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 …

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, …