The government has given approval to the management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to allow all candidates who were unsuccessful at 2019 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and could, therefore, not be placed in senior high schools, to be re-admitted to junior high school (JHS) three to enable them to rewrite the BECE in 2020.
The Commercial Division of the Accra High Court has struck out the suit filed by 110 headteachers of public basic schools who have been removed by the Ghana Education Service (GES). The headteachers stationed within the Ga West and North Municipalities in the Greater Accra Region were challenging their removal by the GES for taking
Olivia Agbenyeke graduated from the University of Ghana over the weekend as medical doctor Just six years ago, this wonderful young sister was stuck in one of Ghana’s worst slums, Agbogbloshie, serving as a bartender in her father’s drinking joint, despite attaining highly admirable results in Science – seven As and one B2 – with
A 34-YEAR-OLD Information and Communications Technology (ICT) teacher of the Awisen/Kayera MA JHS in the Offinso District, Mr Martin Opoku Asamoah, is appealing to the public and philanthropists to help him raise US$30,000 to undergo a renal transplant in India. Mr Asamoah has been diagnosed with End-Stage Kidney Disease and is currently undergoing haemodialysis at
The committee probing the infamous “Sex for Grades” scandal at the University of Ghana has presented its report to the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu. The committee presented the report on Tuesday, November 12, 2019. In a speech delivered on his behalf by Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfoh, Pro-Vice-Chancellor in charge of
Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, Minister of Education says government is working hard to ensure that Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) gains the position of first choice career and academic path. Dr Prempeh said it is unfortunate and regrettable that in Ghana, many young people see TVET as a last choice when considering an
The Headmaster of the Mampong School for the Deaf, Mr Abraham Yevuson, has called for special examiners to mark scripts of Deaf and Dumb students in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). He said the hearing impaired used sign language and interpretation as the medium for teaching and learning because of their deficiency and could
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has given approval for the extension of the mid-semester break, from November 12, 2019 to November 15, 2019. Students are therefore expected to return to school over the weekend to ensure, that full academic work resumes on Monday, November 18, 2019. A release signed by Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, Director-General of
Professor Ben Honyenuga, Vice Chancellor of Ho Technical University said the University no longer admits students on conditions that they better their grades later. He said the University now admits only qualified students as prescribed by the National Accreditation Board (NAB) and encouraged students who could not meet the requirements to better their grades and
Six basic school head teachers in the East Gonja municipality of the Savannah Region have had their October salaries blocked for vacating their duty post to serve as senior registration officers for the just ended Ghana Card registration exercise in the area. Twenty-nine other teachers from various schools in the district who also left their