1,650 Mr. George Akom, a Senior Assistant Registrar at the Kumasi Campus of Ghana Communication Technology University (GCTU) has been duly elected as the 1st General Secretary of the Akenten Appiah- Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (AAMUSTED) Alumni Association at the Maiden Inaugural Congress of the Association in Kumasi. Mr. George Akom […]
Education
Bawumia cuts sod for construction of 32 State of the Art TVET Institutions
1,208 The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has signalled for work to begin on the construction of Phase One of 32 State of the Art Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) facilities to be built across the country in furtherance of Government’s goal of making Ghana a world-class centre for skills development and also […]
World Bank Downgrades Ghana …Over GALOP Implementation
1,023 The World Bank has downgraded Ghana in the implementation of the Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcomes Project (GALOP). This follows a report released after a technical discussion mission of a World Bank team at their second visit to inspect the implementation of the various educational interventions. Significantly, GALOP is funded by the Workd Bank. […]
Gov’t is committed to bridging the North-South disparity in education outcomes- Dr Bawumia
1,317 The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has hinted at the Government’s commitment to bridging the North-South disparity in education outcomes. He explained that although many Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) were operating in the northern sector of the country, the impact of their interventions has not translated into an optimum improvement in Education outcomes. The Vice […]
100,000 Teachers From The Northern Sector Of The Country To Be Trained In Digital Literacy This Years
1,251 The Deputy Minister for Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has hinted that the Education Ministry will from July this year begin the training of one hundred thousand (100,000) public pre-tertiary teachers from the northern sector of this country in digital literacy. The training which would be supervised by the National Teaching Council (NTC) would […]
Education Ministry refutes allegations of $1.2 million training scandal
1,391 The Ministry of Education has refuted allegations leveled against the sector minister over a training scheme scandal worth $1.2m. Dr.Osei Yaw Adutwum, minister of education,was cited in an alleged phantom world bank training scheme of teachers costing $1.2 million. In a release by the ministry today ,it was stated that,the ministry’s attention has been […]
President Akuffo Addo cuts sod for The University of Engineering, Agricultural Science at Bunso
1,455 The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Friday, cut a sod for the commencement of the construction of the University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences (UEAS), at Bunso, in the Eastern Region. The project costing ninety-million-dollar (US$90,000,000) is funded by the Export-Import Bank of Korea and the Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) of the […]
Four deprived communities in Bosomefreho District receive Educational Support from Madamfo Ghana Foundation
993 Four deprived communities in the Bosome-Freho District of the Ashanti Region, have been provided with befitting school blocks and an Information Communication Technology (ICT) Centre. Until the gesture, these communities were forced to have their classes under trees and in some cases in improvised structures due to a lack of school infrastructure. The fortunes […]
Education Minister Eats Breakfast With Students Of Afia Kobi Ampem SHS
1,545 The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, on Sunday joined students of Afia Kobi Ampem Senior High School in the Ashanti region where he ate breakfast with them. Dr Adutwum who was in the school to monitor the state of affairs in an unannounced form arrived at the school when the students were about […]
Gov’t to construct 3 -storey 300-bed capacity hostel blocks in all 45 public colleges of education in the country
1,118 The government is beginning the construction of a 3-storey 300-bed capacity Hostel Blocks in all the 45 Public Colleges of Education across the country next month. Funding for the projects estimated to cost GHc485 million is from the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund). Briefing the media on Friday in Accra, the Minister for Education, […]