The BBC Africa Eye team has detailed its evidence in the recently released ‘Sex for Grades’ investigative documentary that shows that Professor Ransford Gyampo broke the University of Ghana’s rules on sexual misconduct. The team told GhanaWeb on Wednesday in a Q&A that Prof Gymapo was in clear violation of the rules when he “engaged
THE VICE Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso, has committed the university to absorb a chunk of the first batch of the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) students in the next academic year. With the establishment of KNUST Obuasi campus, he believes the university now has
The Vice Chancellor of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Professor Gabriel Ayum Teye, has urged students to report any form of sexual abuse perpetrated by lecturers on them as the institution’s rules prohibit it. Professor Ayum Teye observed that sexual abuse had been one of the problems faced by tertiary institutions, as revealed in
The reigning champion of the $ 1 million Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize, Peter Tabichi, has urged Ghanaian teachers to apply for the 2020 prize. That, he said, is for their stories to be shared for others to learn from the work they do in preparing young people to meet the challenges and opportunities of
The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has said November 12 is the new date for the re-opening of Senior High School (SHS) Two Gold Track. The decision was made at a joint meeting between the Management and Conference of Heads of Assisted Senior High School (CHASS) Executives. A release, signed by Miss Cassandra
Ghanaian female teachers claimed all the three topmost awards at the ‘2019 Ghana Teacher Prize’ event in Kumasi. The programme, organized under the auspices of the National Teaching Council, had more than forty teaching and non-teaching staff being honoured for their immense contribution to educational development in the country. Sabina Koba Dosu of the St.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the Ghana Scholarships Secretariat to issue a full scholarship to one Abednego Sackey after his attention was drawn to the plight of the senior high school (SHS) graduate on social media. Abednego Sackey, a native of Subriso, in the Eastern region, completed the Kade Senior Secondary and Technical
The Government has clarified that the approved curriculum framework for basic schools does not include Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE). Addressing the media in Accra on Tuesday, the Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, noted that “no teacher was trained on Comprehensive Sexuality Education.” “The curriculum framework from KG to P6 that has been approved by
Some heads of basic schools in Accra have urged Ghanaians not to be distressed over the sex education their wards are receiving in schools because they do not include lessons, which support the agenda of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Gender (LGBT) advocates. In an interview with the Ghana News Agency, the head teachers said
Select and Groom Future Leaders, a Non- Governmental Organisation (NGO) with focus on promoting education at all levels has organised the first Volta Inter – Universities Debate Contest in Ho. Students from the Ho Technical University (HTU), University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) and Evangelical Presbyterian University College (EPUC) took part in the debate.