Education

1,461  The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of 37,825 candidates who sat for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination for Private Candidates, 2023 – Second Series. According to WAEC, the entry figure comprised 17,389 males and 20,725 females. The figure also included 16 visually impaired candidates. A statement by the […]

3,078  The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has revealed that Accra Academy Senior High School was disconnected from the power grid due to an outstanding debt of GH¢400,000. The school experienced a power outage on Monday, February 19, following the disconnection. A teacher, who requested anonymity, mentioned that some on-campus teachers also faced disconnection. Importantly, […]

1,419  The Management of the National Service Scheme has  directed all National Service Personnel to visit their portals and validate the following information which is vital for the quick processing of personnel data for payment of their monthly allowances: 1. Name 2. Telephone number 3. E-zwich number 4. Place of posting 5. Region All National […]

1,472  The Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North, Gifty Twum-Ampofo, has lauded Ms. Abena Gyamera, the Municipal Director of Education for Abuakwa North, for her dedication towards efficient and effective education in the area. According to the lawmaker, who doubles as a Deputy Minister for Education in charge of Technical and Vocational Education Training, […]

2,166  The Director-General of NaCCA, Professor Edward Appiah, who disclosed this in an exclusive interview with the Daily Graphic, advised schools and parents to ensure that any textbook they bought had the QR Code.   “A textbook without a QR code means that it has not been approved by NaCCA and, therefore, might not be […]

1,959  The National Service Scheme (NSS) has today, Monday, 12th February, 2024 released the first batch of PIN CODES for thirteen thousand, three hundred and fifty-three (13,353) eligible Ghanaian Trained Teachers to enable them to enroll to be deployed to offer their one-year mandatory national service for the 2024 service year. All eligible trained teachers […]

1,632  The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has launched the Community of Excellence Programme (CEP) which aims at fostering collaboration between all stakeholders to improve the quality of education in the country. The initiative is to build a strong network of highly literate communities across the country where no child is left behind and […]

1,518  The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has announced that a 22-year-old Medical Doctor who graduated from Cape Coast University in 2023 has been made an ambassador for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in the country. He explained that the young Doctor would soon be supported to go around pre-tertiary institutions across […]

2,103  Mr. Emmanuel Jason Asare Adjei, a final year student of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology(KNUST) has called on Corporate Organizations and individuals with resources to support the financing of Brilliant but Needy students across the tertiary institutions in Ghana. The call by Mr. Emmanuel Jason Asare Adjei was made during a speech […]

1,792  Some students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) were left stranded on Thursday as lecture halls were locked when they turned up for lectures. This occurred after the Tertiary Education Workers Union of Ghana (TEWUG) members, whose duty it is to set up the lecture halls, abandoned their posts in […]