Education

525  ENERGY MINISTER, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh’s name has virtually become synonymous with winning prestigious and enviable awards. Nicknamed as ‘Napo’, the popular, visionary and hard working minister is has been honoured by the University of Cape Coast (UCC) on last Saturday, July 29, 2023.   Napo, who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) […]

1,120  The Ministry of Education has cautioned directors of education and supervisors of teachers’ promotion to desist from charging unapproved fees. Speaking to Citi News, the PRO of the ministry, Kwesi Kwarteng, noted that an investigation will be conducted into the activities of education officers making demands on teachers to facilitate their promotions. This follows […]

730  The Ashanti Regional National Service Personnel Association (Naspa) has taken legal demand for accountability from the previous 2021/2022 executive led by Samuel Afoakwa Boateng known publicly as Sam-Seth. Through their lawyers, the secretariat has raised concerns regarding financial transactions and the lack of transparency exhibited by their predecessors and has given them an ultimatum […]

435  A psychologist is worried about the redundancy of guidance and counselling professionals in various educational institutions. According to Dr Collins Badu Agyemang, these professionals are unable to perform their duties because they are sometimes given courses to teach. This, he says has made solving adolescent mental health issues challenging. “You go to many of […]

882  A concerned parent of a student attending Adisadel College in Cape Coast has narrated a distressing tale of how law and order seem to have completely broken down within the one-time prestigious educational institution. Speaking on the condition of anonymity on the Citi Breakfast Show on Tuesday, July 25, the parent recounted a series […]

797  The Tamale Technical University branch of the Dagbon Student’s Association has paid a courtesy call on the Northern regional Minister to seek his blessings and officially inform him about the Association maiden Excellence Awards/Miss DASA ahead of time. President of the Association, H.E Fuseini Hassan Nantogma explained the concept of the schame to the […]

1,730  The management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) has successfully obtained government approval for an upward adjustment of the monthly allowances provided to National Service Personnel. The adjustment raises the allowance from GH¢559.04 to GH¢715.57, and this change is set to take effect from January 2023. The NSS in a statement signed by Ambrose […]

567  The Bolgatanga Technical University (BTU) Branch of the Technical University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (TUTAG), has hinted at plans to embark on an industrial action effective July 31, 2023. Citi News can confirm that the TUTAG-BTU branch’s intended strike action is due to the fact that efforts to get the university’s management to implement […]

960  A total of two hundred and fifty-second cycle institutions in the country have registered to participate in the 2023 edition of the National Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Project competition dubbed “STEMNNOVATION”. The competition officially starts with the submission of project videos from all contesting institutions nationwide on 25th to 29th September 2023 […]

769  Ahead of the presentation of the Mid-Year Review of the Budget Statement and Supplementary Estimates for the 2023 Financial Year to Parliament, the Executive Director of Africa Education Watch (EduWatch), Mr. Kofi Asare, is urging government to announce a 100% increment in the Capitation Grant for basic schools across the country. This, he explains, […]