Reverend Prof. Emmanuel Adow Obeng, President, Presbyterian University College on Saturday reiterated the call on technical universities in the country to avoid the “temptation” to offer non-technical courses. He said the future of Ghana hinged was embedded in technical education and that the only way they could make meaningful contribution to national development was to
As part of Government’s strategic reforms in the teacher education space, first degree will be the minimum requirement for teaching at any of the country’ s education system, Prof Kwesi Yankah the Minister of Tertiary Education said. Prof Yankah said the upgrading of all colleges of Education to Universities affiliated to the five public Universities
In Africa, there are a lot of brainy children who have in on way or the other proven that, Africans can also take the world by storm. Just like this 13 year-old African child, there are also many people who are currently unknown doing marvelous things in their area of jurisdiction. Oluwatunmise Idowu, a 13-year
Dr. Matthew Opoku-Prempeh and Tony Blair in a hearty chat in Dubai THE MINISTER for Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, popularly known as Napo, and ex-British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, have held fruitful talks in Dubai on Ghana’s educational sector. The talks mainly centered on what should be done to help improve the standards of
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has reiterated its caution to teachers against corporal punishment. Mr Gideon Tsawodzi, the Volta Regional Guidance and Counselling Coordinator, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) said, the Service had banned caning in private and public primary and secondary schools and would not defend any teacher reported for
Professor George Gyan-Baffour, the Minister of Planning, said for education to be meaningful, it must go beyond academic instruction and examination to the provision of skills to help graduates participate effectively in the global economy. Education, he said, must provide students with multi-disciplinary understanding, skills, competencies and moral discipline that would help them compete effectively
The World Bank has lauded Ghana’s decision to widen access to education, especially through the free senior high school (SHS) policy, and pledged its support to ensure the sustenance of the programme. It described the free SHS policy as “extremely important”, saying that it would help and support the programme because it would help create
The National Accreditation Board (NAB) has warned the general public against accepting honorary doctorate degrees from the Commonwealth University and the London Graduate School, United Kingdom. According to a press release signed by its Acting Executive Secretary, Dr. Kingsley Nyarko, the Commonwealth University and London Graduate School have not been accredited by the relevant body
The management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) is engaged in a series of meetings with the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD), the Public Services Commission (PSC) and the Ministry of Finance to resolve challenges in the processing of salaries of some staff of the GES The challenges have left 9,619 newly recruited GES
The global teacher prize is organized by Varkey Foundation the Global Teacher Prize serves to underline the importance of educators and the fact that, throughout the world, their efforts deserve to be recognised and celebrated. It seeks to acknowledge the impacts of the very best teachers – not only on their students but on the