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455 There are about 2.3 million children in Ghana’s public basic schools, who lack desks, according to education think tank, Africa Educational Watch (EduWatch). Africa Education Watch disclosed this in an alert dated February 6, 2023. It quoted the Ministry of Education’s data that indicated that by 2021, about 596,000 KG pupils, representing half of […]
730 The Ashanti Regional branch of the National Service Secretariat (NSS) on Wednesday organized an orientation forum for 200 national service persons (NSPs) who would be sent out to help Small and Medium Scale Enterprises with accounting services in the region. This new module is a new initiative set out by the Executive Director of […]
1,070 After 100 years of being in existence, students of Mampong Technical College of Education in the Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti Region go to school carrying their own plastic chairs. New entrants who were admitted in the 2022/2023 academic year, who reported to the school on admission day, January 30, 2023, presented a plastic […]
451 Strong winds that ripped off the roof of the dining hall at the Ejuraman Anglican Senior High School (SHS) in the Ashanti Region have left about 40 students hospitalized. The students were eating supper around 5pm on Monday when the incident happened. The students are currently being treated at the Ejura Government hospital […]
557 The Deputy Minister for Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has advised parents not to deny their children access to education no matter the circumstances they may find themselves. He explained that irrespective of the kind of work they did and the kind of conditions they may find themselves in, there was no way they […]
465 In line with Government’s efforts to provide basic needs and amenities to help public schools and also to improve quality of education in Ghana, about 2300 dual desks have been dispatched to over 80 basic schools to the Kpandai Education Directorate in the Northern Region. About 2700 more desks are expected to be […]
539 The Concern Students Association of the University of Ghana is demanding the immediate removal of the Vice Chancellor, Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo from office over what they described as her lack of leadership. The group also criticized the Vice Chancellor for her knee-jerk approach in resolving students’ matters. The concerned students therefore abandoned […]
439 Some students of the University of Ghana (UG) have conveyed at Obra Spot at Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra to protest against some decisions taken by the management of the school. The “Ye abre mo Demo” (We are tired of you) which is led by the University of Ghana’s Concerned Students Association is also […]
2,237 The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has reiterated his commitment to improving the education system in Ghana. According to him, his zeal to facilitate an improved sector during his tenure goes beyond mere rhetorics. The Minister has come under criticism recently for some public comments regarding Ghana’s approach to educating its populace. But […]
325 The National Programmes Manager of the Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition, Festus Longmatey, has revealed some public basic schools are turning pupils away due to lack of basic infrastructure. According to him, in some areas, the lack of desks for instance means that public basic schools are unable to enroll as many pupils as […]