UEW dismisses Nigerian Professor over ‘inciteful’ comments

Posted by - June 20, 2019

The University of Education (UEW) has, with immediate effect, sacked its visiting Nigerian lecturer, Prof. Augustine Uzoma Nwagbara over comments he made in a video that has since gone viral. Prof. Nwagbara was arrested on Tuesday but later granted bail for allegedly inciting the Nigerian community in Ghana to devise strategies that will destroy Ghana’s image

GES trains teachers on new curriculum

Posted by - June 19, 2019

A ten-day-training workshop for district and regional officers of the Ghana Education Service (GES) on the new Standards Based Curriculum is underway across the Country. A statement issued by Ms Cassandra Twum Ampofo, Head of Public Relations of the Service and copied to the Ghana news agency said Dr Kwabena Bempah Tandoh, the Deputy Director

GES approves subjects for study leave

Posted by - June 19, 2019

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has approved some subjects for study leave without pay for the 2019/2020 academic year. In a press statement issued to the Ghana News Agency and signed by Ms Cassandra Twum Ampofo, Head of Public Relations of the Service, the approved subjects applied to both teaching and non-teaching staff. The subjects

Ghana School of Law exams for repeat students in limbo

Posted by - June 17, 2019

It remains unclear if the Bar resit exams slated for later today, Monday may come off following an application for an injunction on examinations filed by students of the Ghana School of Law. Students who had failed the recent Bar exam and needed to resit appeared in the Human Rights Division of the High Court on Friday

Private universities to become autonomous soon – Prof. Yankah

Posted by - June 17, 2019

The new tertiary education policy reforms will make private tertiary institutions autonomous with no affiliation to any public tertiary institution. Per the current regulation, private universities will need to be affiliated to public universities for not less than 10 years, before gaining autonomy. But the Minister of Education in charge of Tertiary Education, Prof Kwasi

BECE: Headteacher arrested for allegedly registering foreigners as Ghanaian

Posted by - June 11, 2019

The Municipal Chief Executive for Ketu South, Elliot Edem Agbenorwu, has caused the arrest of the headteacher of the Kekeli Preparatory school in Aflao Low-Cost 2, for allegedly registering 62 foreign pupils to participate in this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) as Ghanaian pupils. The foreign pupils, mainly from Nigeria and Togo, attended a

Over 500,000 candidates sit for 2019 BECE today

Posted by - June 10, 2019

The 2019 edition of the Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) starts today [Monday June 10, 2019].A total of 517,332 candidates from 16,871 schools will write the examination at 1,880 centres throughout the country. As part of measures to curb malpractices, invigilators and officials who will supervise the exercise have been banned from using mobile phones

No cut-off point for BECE candidates – Adutwum assures

Posted by - June 10, 2019

The Deputy Education Minister, Osei Yaw Adutwum has announced there will be no cut-off point for candidates sitting this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Dr Adutwum who is in charge of Basic and Secondary Education made the revelation after some candidates in Chereponi expressed concern the conflict there would impact their performance as they have lost

Rwanda offers aspiring teachers free university education

Posted by - June 8, 2019

In an attempt to encourage young people to opt for teaching as a career, the Rwandan government has announced that it will drop university fees for those who want to study education. It will also cut secondary school fees by half for students who say they hope to become teachers. The Rwanda Education Board (REB)

WAEC mounts school selection portals for 2019/2020 academic year

Posted by - June 7, 2019

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has mounted a school selection portal to help candidates from the basic schools select secondary schools of their choice. A communiqué dated 4th June 2019 ,copied to all regional directors of education and sighted  by the Ghana News Agency, indicated that, the school selection portal will also help prospective