Education

Ghanaian youth receiving 21st-century Skills to boost productivity

535  Ghanaian youth are being empowered with the 21st skills needed to make them economically productive for job creation and employment which is the focus of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions. The Head of Corporate Affairs at the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET), Mr. Albert Opare, who announced […]

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CTVET Undertakes Regional Sensitization Workshops On National Apprenticeship Policy & Program

503  Stakeholders in the TVET sector in the Ashanti, Bono and Eastern regions have been schooled about the contents of the National Apprenticeship Policy and the upcoming National Apprenticeship Programme under the Ghana Jobs and Skills Project. The Head of Corporate Affairs for the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET), Mr Albert […]

Education

Government commences STEM promotion Roadshow

333  Government has commenced a nationwide STEM promotion Roadshow, aimed at fostering a culture of innovation and to drive socio-economic transformation through enhanced education and innovation. Speaking at the maiden event at the Accra Senior High School on Thursday, June 22, 2023, Minister for Education, Dr Yaw Osei-Adutwum emphasised the government’s commitment to promoting STEM […]

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GTLE: Yet To Be Teachers who didn’t pass are those who failed in previous years – Dr Peter Anti

504  Executive Director of the Institute for Education Studies, Dr Peter Anti says the percentage of teachers who failed the Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination (GTLE) are those who had attempted to pass the exam in previous years. According to him, the teachers who did not pass the examination have sat for resit several times in […]

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Tamale Technical University ‘DASA’ rolls out Awards scheme to improve academic excellence

265  The Tamale Technical University branch of the Dagbon Student’s Association in collaboration with Hyperlink Entertainment has launched a maiden DASA Excellence Awards and Miss DASA. The Excellence Awards according to the Dagomba chief of the University, Naa Nurudeen Ibrahim is aimed to recognise the efforts of outstanding Students who are members of the Association […]

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Africa needs selfless and transformational leaders to change the educational system

284  Dr. Patrick Awuah, Founder and President of Ashesi University, says Africa’s economic difficulty and corrupt political system can be overcome if it changes its way of education. He said the transformational leadership, economic development and better standard of living Africans had yearned for could only be achieved if ”we began teaching and changing the […]