‘Private tertiary institutions must be funded by government’

Posted by - May 6, 2019

Professor Stephen Adei, the Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission, has called on the Government not to deprive private tertiary institutions of government subsides, grants and other interventions. He said universities, whether public or private, contributed to building the human capital of a nation and that both must be beneficiaries of government funding. Prof.

Ho Technical University is headquarters for TVET – VC

Posted by - May 6, 2019

Professor Ben Hoenyenugah, the Vice Chancellor of the Ho Technical University (HTU), has described the University as the “headquarters” of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) following exploits of students in practical work. “We have arrived. HTU has arrived. With skills exhibitions that I have attended so far by our students, we can now call

Teacher incentive attracts 10% tax – GHANA EDUCATION SERVICE

Posted by - May 3, 2019

the management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) says the incentive package released to staff of senior high schools (SHSs) and technical institutions is subject to 10 per cent tax. It, therefore, directed all paying officers to withhold 10 per cent of the amount payable to the beneficiaries to remit it to the Ghana Revenue

AirtelTigo commits one per cent of its income to education development

Posted by - May 3, 2019

AirtelTigo says it is dedicating one per cent of sales proceeds accruing from airtime recharges in the Ashanti, Bono and Ahafo Regions, to support educational development in those Regions. The initiative named “Yen Nkosoo Nti” an Akan phrase translated in English as “it’s for our development”, is part of the corporate social responsibility programmes of

School Uniform dealers bare teeth at Government over Newly introduced school uniform

Posted by - May 2, 2019

Majority of this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) students who qualify for senior high schools (SHS) will not be part of the Double Track SHS System, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has said. It explained that by the time the 2019/2020 academic year would begin in September, most of the schools would have had

Double track schools to reduce; GES assures 2019 BECE candidates

Posted by - May 1, 2019

Majority of this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) students who qualify for senior high schools (SHS) will not be part of the Double Track SHS System, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has said. It explained that by the time the 2019/2020 academic year would begin in September, most of the schools would have had