709 The Director General of the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), Dr Fred Kyei Asamoah, has announced that the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo-led government has bridged the gap between Industry and TVET over the past five years. He explained that the establishment of Sector Skills Bodies which are made up of […]
Education
75% TVET curricular outdated-Study
524 SEVENTY-FIVE per cent of the curricula of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions is outdated, a skills gap analysis between 2018 and 2022 has revealed. The analysis, which was matched with an audit of 10 economic sectors, showed that within the period, there was also an ineffective mode of teaching at the […]
We need to find out if investigation on CSSPS was concluded – Dr. Anti
767Executive Director for Institute of Education studies, Dr. Peter Anti, has called for the publication of the conclusion of the internal investigation conducted by the Ministry of Education concerning issues of corruption related to the computerized school selection and placement system (CSSPS). According to him, the only way to get to the bottom of the […]
Education Ministry cautions against payment of money for school placement
512 The Ministry of Education has cautioned parents and guardians of prospective Senior High School students against paying money as the school placement begins. In a press statement dated January 28, the Ministry noted that the placement process is purely on merit and thus no other consideration is done whatsoever. “Prospective Senior High School students, […]
Uaddara Basic School is the winnner of the maiden GSTEP competition
400 The Uaddara Basic School in Kumasi on Wednesday emerged winners of the maiden edition of the Ghana Science and Technology Explorer Prize ceremony (GSTEP) held in Accra. For emerging winners, each team member of the Uaddara Basic School team will receive Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) materials and devices valued at GHS 4,000, […]
Relevance of STEM education in 21st century, Ghana in retrospective- by Ernest Akosah
717 Mr Ernest Akosah, Deputy Public Relation Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Education Service make a case on the Relevance of STEM Education in 21st Century, Ghana in retrospect. According to him, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of the republic of Ghana while addressing the parliament on the eve of our independence on March […]
Pay our arrears or we demonstrate against you-Teacher Unions to government
355The pre-tertiary teacher unions have given the government up to the end of February this year to settle arrears due its members on the Ghana Education Service Occupational Pension Scheme (GESOPS). The unions — Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Coalition of Concerned Teachers-Ghana (CCT-GH) and the Teachers and […]
“I will stop schooling because Lecturers are worrying me”, UG Female Student Reveals
560 When it comes to higher learning institution in Ghana and perhaps Africa, everyone will choose University of Ghana over others. Going through academic hassles can sometimes be crazy on Legon campus especially when you slack your first year, it then becomes a dice to roll. A Female level 200 Student in the University of […]
UCC loses 750 acres of land to encroachers
368 About 750 acres of the 3,690 acres of the University of Cape Coast land area have been encroached on by private developers. Along some communities, the pillars on the university’s boundaries have been removed and houses fully constructed on those parcels of land. Authorities of the university say the situation has reached alarming proportions, […]
Standard of Ghana’s education has not fallen-Lecturer
573 A senior lecturer cum acting head of the Educational Studies department at Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (AAMUSTED) in Mampong in the Ashanti region of Ghana, Dr. Jacob Manu, has challenged the assertion that the standard of education in the country had fallen. “I hear this from learned professors that […]