Education

1,775  The Ministry of Education has cautioned parents and guardians of prospective Senior High School students against paying money as the school placement begins. In a press statement dated January 28, the Ministry noted that the placement process is purely on merit and thus no other consideration is done whatsoever. “Prospective Senior High School students, […]

1,943  The Uaddara Basic School in Kumasi on Wednesday emerged winners of the maiden edition of the Ghana Science and Technology Explorer Prize ceremony (GSTEP) held in Accra. For emerging winners, each team member of the Uaddara Basic School team will receive Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) materials and devices valued at GHS 4,000, […]

2,728  Mr Ernest Akosah, Deputy Public Relation Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Education Service make a case on the Relevance of STEM Education in 21st Century, Ghana in retrospect. According to him, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of the republic of Ghana while addressing the parliament on the eve of our independence on March […]

1,833The pre-tertiary teacher unions have given the government up to the end of February this year to settle arrears due its members on the Ghana Education Service Occupational Pension Scheme (GESOPS). The unions — Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Coalition of Concerned Teachers-Ghana (CCT-GH) and the Teachers and […]

2,066  When it comes to higher learning institution in Ghana and perhaps Africa, everyone will choose University of Ghana over others. Going through academic hassles can sometimes be crazy on Legon campus especially when you slack your first year, it then becomes a dice to roll. A Female level 200 Student in the University of […]

1,916 About 750 acres of the 3,690 acres of the University of Cape Coast land area have been encroached on by private developers. Along some communities, the pillars on the university’s boundaries have been removed and houses fully constructed on those parcels of land. Authorities of the university say the situation has reached alarming proportions, […]

2,743 A senior lecturer cum acting head of the Educational Studies department at Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (AAMUSTED) in Mampong in the Ashanti region of Ghana, Dr. Jacob Manu, has challenged the assertion that the standard of education in the country had fallen. “I hear this from learned professors that […]

2,378 President of the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Frank Owusu, is dissatisfied with the way the current  government of Ghana has  preoccupied itself with  Senior High Schools(SHS) education agenda more than the higher learning institutions in the country.  According to Master Frank Owusu, the NPP […]

2,328  A twelve-member Sierra Leonean delegation early this week visited Ghana’s Education Ministry to interact, share ideas and exchange notes on best practices for the mutual benefit of the two countries. The delegation led by the Sierra Leone Minister for Education in charge of Basic and Secondary Education, Dr David Moinina Sengeh, also met the […]

2,144 Mr. Ernest Akosah, Deputy Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ministry of Education has reaffirmed that the new Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programme which has been introduced to the Ghana Education Service is part of the Ghana Educational Strategic Plan and not the personal property of the  Education Minister.  According to him,the […]