2,255 The Ministry of Education has launched investigations into Monday’s chaos on the campus of Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi. At least 30 students of the school were hospitalised following a clash between irate students and crowd-control police there. The students were protesting against pedestrian knockdowns involving some students and teachers of the school. […]
Education
Education Ministry assures parents of Islamic SHS students’ safety
2,295 The Ministry of Education has asked parents of the Islamic High School students to remain calm as the safety of their wards is a top priority of the Ministry after the disturbances in the school on Monday. The Reverend John Ntim Fordjour, the Deputy Minister of Education, who gave the assurance, said there was […]
Let’s resolve Islamic SHS matter with cool heads—Francis Adomako
2,315 The Ashanti Regional Organiser for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Francis Adomako has urged stakeholders in the unfortunate matter at the Islamic Secondary School to allow tempers to cool down so that a lasting solution could be found to address same. Speaking to this reporter Tuesday morning, Mr Adomako said it was important […]
George Akom elected 1st general secretary of AAMUSTED Alumni Association
3,029 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 […]
Bawumia cuts sod for construction of 32 State of the Art TVET Institutions
2,314 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
2,330 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
2,441 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
2,430 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
2,675 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
2,713 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 […]