1,487 US-BASED Ghanaian Non-governmental organisation, Hulede Foundation, has offered scholarships to over 102 students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi. The scholarship project is the Hulede Foundation’s flagship programme set up by the Hulede family in honour of their late father, the first manager of the KNUST Printing Press. […]
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Frantic efforts are being made to educate out-of-school children in the country
748 The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has announced that a frantic effort was being made to educate thousands of out-of-school children in the country. He mentioned the Ghana Education Outcomes Project (GEOP) which seeks to ensure the training and reintegration of out-of-school children as well as improving learning outcomes in the project schools […]
Jirapa: Man pounds mother, 3 sisters to death at Tampaala
814 Residents of Tampaala, a suburb of Jirapa in the Upper West Region have been thrown into a state of shock and mourning after a 20-year-old man killed three of his family members including his mother. The suspect, Anthony Yendor reportedly went berserk and pounded three female members of his family last Sunday. According to […]
National Cathedral Project On Hold For Lack Of Funds
1,070 Construction works on the National Cathedral project has been briefly halted for lack of funds. Foundation works on the multi-million project has been completed, but, there is currently no work ongoing at the site for the next phase of the project due to lack of funds. The Executive Director of the National Cathedral Project, Dr. Paul […]
Auditor’s General Report: Tempane District Assembly lavished GHc 27, 201.00 on DCE’s Bungalow renovation
985According to the 2021 Auditors General report, it has been revealed that the Tempane District Assembly made a payment of GH¢27,201.00 to a contractor in charge of the renovation of the Temapne District Chief Executive Bungalow at Kugrago, for no work done. The report says, “Regulation 78 of the Public Financial Management Regulations, 2019 (L.I.2378) […]
Electoral Commission Is Boiling; Over 20 Officers Likely To Be Interdicted
834The affected officers are likely to be interdicted based on the laws governing the declaration of assets before occupying such positions. Not only that, the 21 officers refused to prove themselves clean with Police clearance. Per the laws of Ghana, they were expected to present a Police report declaring them free of any criminal record. […]
Education Ministry receives 3.7 million textbooks from USAID
879 The Ministry of Education has taken delivery of over 3.7 million English teaching and learning textbooks from the United State Agency for International Development (USAID) to enhance effective teaching and learning in the country. The books, which are part of the Transition to English (T2E) programme of the USAID Partnership for Education Learning initiative […]
TVET enrolment to hit 100,000 by 2025
935 Enrolment into tertiary Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions in the country to hit 100,000 by 2025 as against the current 62,000 after the completion of the ongoing construction works for seven TVET colleges to boost skills acquisition of artisans and learning of TVET courses at the tertiary education space. The Minister […]
Ghana Amputee Team Denied British Entry to play England in Pre-World Cup Friendly
954 Ghana’s Amputee team missed out on England tri-nation in July due to UK visa delays and may not make it to the 3rd and 4th September pre-world cup friendly against the English Amputee Football Team. Ghana was scheduled to play England and Poland in pre-world cup-friendly games between 29th to 31st July at the […]
Hon Ursula Owusu-Ekuful writes
1,009 The Government of Ghana, through the Ministries of Communications and Digitalisation, and Trade and Industries, officially launched the AfCFTA Hub earlier today. The purpose of the AfCFTA Hub is to ensure that, in our quest to export our ICT goods and services across Africa and beyond, Ghanaian businesses have a trusted profile outside of […]