The Ghana Education Service (GES), an organization under the ministry, decided to set December 4, 2023, as the date for first-year Senior High School (SHS) students who were recently placed to resume school. The Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has provided an explanation for this decision. The ministry’s …
Read More »Wa Senior High School visits Speaker Bagbin
As part of their educational visit to Parliament, seventy Wa Senior High School students and staff from the Upper West Region paid a courtesy call on the Rt. Hon. Speaker, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin. Speaking to the students as an alumnus, the Speaker recounted his modest beginnings as a Wa …
Read More »Free SHS: Teacher unions raise red flag over reopening dates
Concerning the Senior High School (SHS) reopening and reporting dates, four pre-tertiary teacher unions have filed a petition with the Ghana Education Service (GES). The unions claim that there is insufficient time between the break and the reopening to give non-teaching staff and students adequate time to rest. Additionally, they …
Read More »School placement for 2023 BECE graduates out
The Ghana Education Service (GHS) has announced the senior high school (SHS) placement for junior high school (JHS) pupils who took the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). At 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, it was made public. To find out their various placements, parents, students, teachers, and …
Read More »Gov’t to operationalize Mahama’s E-block schools after breaking the 8 – Education Minister
In order to utilize all of the E-block projects started under the Mahama government, Minister of Education Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has urged for a third term for the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The minister claims that the Nana Addo government is headed toward a revolution in education in the …
Read More »CETAG opposes Mahama’s plans to cancel teacher licensure exams
According to Prince Obeng Himah, President of the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG), the Association believes the Teacher Licensure Examination is a commendable endeavor and should not be discontinued. This comes after John Dramani Mahama, the former president, declared that if he were to run for office …
Read More »14 KNUST students graduate under full scholarship from MTN
14 recipients of the scholarships known as “Bright Scholarships” in Kumasi received their degrees from Kwame Nkrumah University Science and Technology (KNUST) on Thursday and Friday. Fourteen MTN Bright Scholarship recipients have received degrees from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology’s College of Health Sciences. 1,279 undergraduate students …
Read More »School Feeding Coordinator Getrude Quarshiga is dead
Mrs. Gertrude Quashigah, the National Coordinator of the School Feed Program, has departed from this planet. It is said that she passed away on Sunday, November 12, 2023. Mrs. Gertrude Quashigah, the CEO of Ambar Quality Foods Limited, was born on February 1, 1960, in Dzelukope, Keta, in the Volta …
Read More »WAEC releases 2023 BECE results
The preliminary results for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) this year, which was taken by school and private students, have been made public by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). According to WAEC, school candidates’ results will be forwarded to their respective schools by means of the district, municipal, …
Read More »Within the first 100 days in government, we’ll review free SHS policy – Mahama
In order to address the plethora of issues hurting the Free Senior High School program, former President John Dramani Mahama has said that the next National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration will review the policy within its first 100 days in office. During a meeting with the Trade Union Congress (TUC) …
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