Education

4,150  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 […]

1,443  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 […]

1,713  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 […]

1,677  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, […]

2,111  The Ghana Education Service(GES) has interdicted Dr. Mrs. Shine Agatha Ofori, headmistress of West Africa SHS for unauthorized collection of money from students. In a letter signed by the head of public relations Unit at the Ghana Education Service, Cassandra Twum Ampofoh, stated that the headmistress should hand over the administration of the school […]

2,171  The Director General of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NACCA), Prof. Edward Appiah, has hinted that the nation’s Education Strategic Plan (ESP 2018-2030), is gradually transforming the nation’s education. He stated that the ESP is not only leading to the training of 21st-century skills for students but also shaping the teaching and […]

1,515  A TOTAL of GHC100 million has been disbursed to 105 enterprises at the launch of the Ghana Skills Development Fund (GSDF). The amount, is part of a total of $60 million five-year grant, which seeks to support at least 700 enterprises to upgrade skills of their workforce for businesses in four windows. Windows The […]

1,186  Mr. Andrew Asiamah, the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament and Member of Parliament (MP) for Fomena in the Ashanti region has made a passionate appealed to all parishners of Corpus Christi parish both home and abroad to contribute in support of the brilliant but needy students support fund towards the church Home coming event […]

2,051  The Managing Director in charge of World Bank Operations, Ms Anna Bjerde, has expressed her satisfaction with the progress made in the implementation the Ghana Accountability and Learning Outcomes Project (GALOP). According to her, the project has resulted in improved reading and comprehension skills among pupils due to strong teacher-student engagement. Ms. Anna Bjerde, […]

1,547  Froebel Educational Centre, one of the leading private schools in Kumasi is set to hold its first old students’ homecoming ceremony since the inception of the school thirty years ago. The school with state-of-the-art facilities was founded by a retired late educationist, Madam Daisy Vivian Buiterze, in 1993. Mr. David Owusu, Administrator of the […]