EDUCATION

Colleges of Education Teachers Association calls for increased funding for feeding students

June 6, 2022

The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana has expressed worry over the amount that is being used to feed students of Colleges of Education across the country. This comes after principals of Colleges of Education revealed that GH¢6.5 is the amount per head for feeding trainee teachers per day. This, they say, has been […]Continue Reading

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Group embarks on career guidance outreach in schools within Juaben and Effiduase enclaves

June 6, 2022

The Asante Professionals Club (APC) over the weekend embarked on a health screening and career guidance outreach among student in senior high schools within the Juaben and Effiduase enclaves. The outreach saw over three thousand, five hundred final year students of these two schools taken through career choices, study tips, and motivational talks on how […]Continue Reading

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Students allegedly dies while writing exams

June 6, 2022

A Level 200 student of the Akenten Appiah Minka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development in the Ashanti Region has allegedly died while writing his end of semester examination. The student, according to sources close to the University management, complained of dizziness soon after the question papers were distributed to the students and subsequently Continue Reading

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Comprehensive sexuality curriculum was not to impose sex edu on Ghanaians – UNESCO Sec-Gen

June 6, 2022

The Secretary-General of the Ghana Commission for UNESCO, Ama Serwah Nerquaye Tetteh has clarified issues bordering on the comprehensive sexuality curriculum which angered a cross section of Ghanaians some two years ago. In an interview with Abraham Aidoo on the “Transformation Agenda Series” on Class91.3FM, she explained that it was never the intention of government […]Continue Reading

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13 government officials sponsored by Japan to pursue PhD programme

June 2, 2022

Thirteen Ghanaian government officials have been selected to pursue graduate studies in Japan this year, as part of a scholarship programme sponsored by the Government of Japan to support Ghana’s human resource development. The Project for Human Resource Development (JDS), funded by the Government of Japan, offers the opportunity to Ghanaian Government officials to Continue Reading

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‘Even the dead are celebrated’ – Teachers petition Akufo-Addo to declare October 5 as public holiday

June 2, 2022

Some teachers have petitioned President Akufo-Addo to declare Teachers Day which is observed on October 5 annually as a public holiday. Among other things, the teachers say some of their colleagues are sometimes declined permission to absent themselves to partake in activities to observe the day. In a petition signed by the President of the […]Continue Reading

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Basic students in Upper East schooled on menstrual health and hygiene

June 1, 2022

A non-governmental organisation and lead implementation partner for the USAID-funded Enhancing Water Sanitation and Hygiene Activity (E-WASH), Global Communities (GC), has provided counselling and sensitization to selected basic schools in the Upper East Region to improve menstrual hygiene management and its associated dangers. According to GC, the challenges of accessing Continue Reading

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Anglogold Ashanti supports GES in a sustained action on Menstrual hygiene

May 31, 2022

AngloGold Ashanti, Obuasi Mine joins partners to educate school children on menstrual hygiene. The days highlight was the need for continuous education on menstrual hygiene beyond the day set aside for World Menstrual day. According to Mavis Nana Yaa Kyei, the Social Development and Gender Superintendent of AngloGold Ashanti, key to joining the commemoration of […]Continue Reading

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Adutwum’s Education Ministry Accused of Rendering GES Useless

May 31, 2022

The Ministry of Education (MoE), under the sector minister Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, is being accused of making Ghana Education Service (GES) ineffective, following certain worrying actions by the Ministry which should not be swept under the carpet. According to Institute of Education Studies (IFEST), a Civil Society Organization on Education, the Ministry of Education […]Continue Reading

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National Service Personnel Directed To Vacate Posts

May 30, 2022

A group calling itself the Concerned National Service Personnel has directed all National Service Personnel (NSP) across the country to vacate their various posts following a declaration of industrial action. This comes after “many attempts to draw the attention of the National Service Scheme to our plight but yet to no avail”, the group said in a statement. “The Continue Reading