Re-opening for SHS three students now August 25

Posted by - August 20, 2019

The Ghana Education Service (GES), in collaboration with the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), has changed the reopening dates of the Senior High School three (SHS 3) from August 19 to 25. The decision, which the Labour Unions in the Pre-Tertiary Education Sector, also took part, would enable parents, students, teachers and

Unapproved Textbooks will not be allowed in classroom – GES

Posted by - August 16, 2019

Prof. Opoku-Amankwa said it was because of the introduction of the new curriculum, the system had moved schools from writing an objective-based to a standard-based examination to strengthen the reading, writing, arithmetic, and creativity of the students. He said all text books were, therefore, meant to be officially assessed and approved by NaCCA to make

GES directs 3rd-year SHS students to report to school on August 19

Posted by - August 15, 2019

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed that all Senior High School (SHS) third-year students are to report to school on Monday, August 19, to begin the first term of the 2019-2020 Academic Year. The directive brings forward, the re-opening date initially set for September for the third-year students, the first batch of the free SHS

Principal Urges GES To Introduce Smartphones In Teaching

Posted by - August 13, 2019

Prof. Koomson congratulating one of the graduands Professor William Koomson, the Principal of the Seventh-Day Adventist College of Education (SDACOE) at Koforidua-Asokore in the New Juaben South of the Eastern Region, has suggested to the Ghana Education Service (GES) to introduce the use of smartphones for teaching and learning in senior high schools (SHSs). According

Colleges of Education to roll out new degree programmes in October 2019

Posted by - August 8, 2019

Forty-six public Colleges of Education, will from October 2019, collaborate with five public universities in the country to roll out the new B. Ed programme approved by the National Accreditation Board in July 2018. The universities are University of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, University of Cape Coast, University of Education, Winneba

Teachers to transform education through coding and digital literacy

Posted by - August 8, 2019

Dreamoval Foundation, a nongovernmental organisation, has launched the Africa Code Week, which seeks to train teachers to enable them empower young people to enhance digital literacy. The one week training programme, dubbed: Train-The-Trainer, is a SAP initiative and essential for the acceleration of digital literacy, especially for emerging markets like Ghana. The Africa Code Week

Cabinet approves proposals for academic user fees

Posted by - August 1, 2019

Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, the Minister of Education, has announced that cabinet has approved proposals for a review of academic user fees of students. He said this was done last month and have been forwarded to Parliament for ratification. Dr Prempeh said this in a speech read on his behalf at the 11th Congregation of

Morocco to award 20 scholarships to Ghanaian students

Posted by - August 1, 2019

The government of Morocco will in the 2019/2020 Academic year award 20 scholarships to Ghanaian students willing to undertake Vocational Training Curricula in Morocco, Mr Abdelouahed Bekki, Moroccan Charge’ d’Affairs in Ghana has announced. He said the package would augment and help concretise the bilateral relations the two countries had enjoyed over the years. Mr