European and North American institutions continue to dominate the top spots, but Asia is gaining ground. Cost, location and career prospects are all key considerations for would-be students choosing a university. But reputation plays an important role, too. The annual World University Rankings, released by Times Higher Education (THE) on Wednesday, analysed more than 1,300 institutions around
A total of four hundred and sixty (460) First Year Teacher Trainees in the 46 colleges of Education in the country have been dismissed. The Students were rusticated over poor academic performances by the University of Cape Coast which is the affiliating University of the colleges. The affected students are the first batch of
Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, Minister of Education on Thursday said 432,405 (91.20 per cent) of qualified Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) graduates have been placed into senior high schools (SHSs). He said of the total, 351,022 (74.1 per cent) had automatic placement, while 81,383 (17.1 per cent) were self-placement. The Minister, who described this year’s
The Ghana Education Service (GES) says its self-placement module was sabotaged by “bad” people resulting in the chaos with the 2019 senior high school (SHS) placement. According to the Deputy Director General in charge of Quality and Access at the GES, Dr Kwabena Tandoh, it was for that reason that the module was temporally closed
Ms Comfort Nutsugah, a 51-year old trader, has taken advantage of Government’s Free Senior High School Policy to further her education. Ms Nutsugah, a mother of six, who sells used clothing after school hours, is a First Year General Arts Student of the Keta Senior High Technical School in the Volta Region. She is part
The Ghana Education Service (GES) will place about 490,000 qualified Senior High School students on school placement for the 2019/2020 academic year. Professor Kwesi Opoku-Amankwa, the Director- General of GES, who announced this at a media briefing in Aburi, said according to the results submitted by West African Examination Council (WAEC) to GES, the total
The Government has set aside an amount of GH¢194,523.37 for the payment of the fees for Free SHS for the first term. Professor Kwesi Opoku-Amankwa, the Director General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), said the amount represents the initial amount that would go to the schools for the running of the schools as part
The Ghana Education Service (GES)has announced 15th September 2019 as the reopening date for all freshers who are about entering into Senior High School. Explaining the dates to the media at a press conference at Aburi, Director General for the GES, prof Opoku Amankwah said, the Green track students are to report on the 15-9-2019.
Prospective Senior High School (SHS) students can check their school placements by close of day Friday, September 6, 2019. According to the Director of Communications at the Ministry of Education, Mr Vincent Ekow Assafuah, iterations are being done ahead of the release of the placements. According to him, a 10% quota had been reserved for
A research and advocacy policy think tank, CUTS Ghana, on Thursday said the sale of scratch cards to BECE/WASSCE candidates to access results online amounts to exploitation. It, therefore, urged the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service to scrap the scratch card requirement as it brought excess burden on students and parents. A