– Shalomword Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) with focus on education has observed that “period poverty” was keeping many girls, especially those in the rural areas, out of school. ‘Period poverty’ refers to the lack of access to sanitary products by girls due to financial constraints, a situation that many take for granted, the NGO
The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana (NMC) has appealed to student nurses to ignore rumours about the change of post basic trainees certificate examination from March 25, and concentrate on their studies. This was in response to rumours on social media that the date for the examination has been changed to March13. In
Rwanda is working with OneWeb, a UK based company, to unveil a satellite that will provide broadband internet to schools in remote areas. This was announced this week by the Ministry of ICT and Innovation. On Wednesday at around 23:30 pm, the much anticipated satellite is expected to be sent into orbit from a spaceport
The Management of Wisconsin International University College, Ghana (WIUCG) on Monday awarded full scholarship to three of its students for emerging second position at the maiden “Tertiary Business Sense Challenge Competition”. As part of the scholarship, the University would pay for the school fees of the students from level 100 to 400 and offer 30
Cape Coast, Feb. 26, GNA – The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has cautioned government against rushing to implement the proposed standards-based curriculum until implementers and stakeholders have been thoroughly sensitised. This is because, if properly implemented, the new curriculum would go a long way to address the shortfalls in the educational system and
The Mfantsipim Senior High School has banned its students from writing in this year’s November/December (Nov/Dec) West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates. According to the Headmaster of the school, Mr Manfred Barton Oduro, the move was to enable the students to concentrate on the main WASSCE examination in order to maximise
The Students Loans Trust Fund (SLTF) says it is taking steps to ensure that it is not overwhelmed by the number of senior high students who will apply for loans from the 2020/2021 academic year. With 145,000 students expected to enter tertiary institutions in the 2020/2021 academic year when the first batch of free senior
Education is the most powerful weapon in today’s world. One equipped with education can achieve anything. Now a days there are several institutions apart from schools and colleges from where the students can get educated. But the major drawback of these institutions or coaching are that they offer paid services only which may not be
The maiden edition of the Tertiary Business Sense Challenge (TBSC) lived up to the expectation of the organisers and sponsors when the curtain was brought down on the competition yesterday with the grand finale between the University of Cape Coast (UCC) Business School and Wisconsin International University. When the three representatives for each of the
When the Graphic Business Tertiary Business Sense Challenge (TBSC) started on Monday, nobody gave Wisconsin International University a dog’s chance and to prove everybody right, they lost out to University of Education, Winneba in their first contest. Now, they are in for the finals after staging a surprise comeback that also shoved off the business