668 The Director-General of Ghana Education Service, Dr Eric Nkansah, has donated one hundred (100) life jackets and learning materials to the Atigagorme community at Wayokope in the Sene East District of the Bono East Region. The Director General made the donation over the weekend when he led a government delegation to the community after […]
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372,780 students successfully placed by the Computerized School Placement System
748 The Ghana Education Service and the Ghana TVET Service on Wednesday released this year’s Computerized School Placement exercise with a total of 372,780 representing 69.24 per cent successfully placed out of the 538,399 candidates who qualified to be placed. However, 165, 619 qualified candidates representing 30.76 per cent who could not be matched with […]
KsTU Launches Research And Innovation Week 2023
1,068 The Kumasi Technical University, has officially launched its research and innovation week 2023 at a conference held at the university on February 14, 2023. At a mini conference held at the university’s council chamber chaired by the vice chancellor(VC), ING. Prof. Osei Wusu- Achaw, featured industry players from both public and private sector, […]
Extend reporting date for SHS 1 students – Nortsu-Kotoe urges GES
734 Ranking Member on the Education Committee in Parliament, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe has called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to extend the February 20 reporting date for freshers into Senior High Schools nationwide. The Akatsi North lawmaker argued that parents will be financially stressed should the government decide to go ahead with such a short […]
It is unfair to say government has neglected basic schools – Education Ministry
1,139 Deputy Public Relations Officer of the Education Ministry, Yaw Mensah Opoku, says the manner in which the government is being portrayed in regard to education infrastructure challenges in basic schools is unjust. According to him, government was making several interventions to help resolve challenges facing some primary schools in the country, such as portrayed […]
SHS Freshers To Report On February 20th
774 All qualified Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates who are being placed into senior high schools (SHSs) and technical and vocational institutions are expected to report to school on February 20, 2023. This is part of the timetable the Ghana Education Service (GES) has released for the academic year for all SHSs and also […]
Headmaster Donates GHC3,000 Worth Of Educational Resources To Needy Children In Afedzi D/A Primary
653 Ghanaian headmaster of Afedzi D/A Primary School who double as 2020 Twifo Atti-Morkwa overall district best farmer and chief executive officer (CEO) of Show Bouy’s Farms, Mr. Isaac Agyiri popularly know as Show Boy has donated educational resources worth GHC 3,000 to pupils at Afedzi D/A Primary School in Twifo Atti-Morkwa district in the […]
Sack all public basic school teachers and start afresh – Prof. Adei suggests
1,054 Former Director-General and Rector of GIMPA, Professor Stephen Adei, says his revolutionary strategy to transforming the poor performance of public basic schools in Ghana is to simply sack all the teaching staff. He noted that the lack of active supervision in public basic schools have resulted in highly qualified teachers not pulling their weight […]
Shocking:About 2.3 million kids in Ghana have no desk at school – EduWatch
754 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 […]
ASHANTI NSS LAUNCHES ACCOUNTING AID MODULE FOR SMEs…ORIENTATES 200 PERSONS FOR POSTS.
1,045 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 […]