A maiden virtual educational institution “Obokese University of Excellence” has been launched at the weekend via zoom by Nana Obokese Ampah, the Founder of the University. The University to begin on September 21, 2020, will operate an online digital platform to offer courses such as e-Commerce, Entrepreneurship, leadership and Education, Political Science, African History, Technology,
The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has released the second batch of the official list of textbooks recommended for kindergarten and basic schools. In all, 96 publications approved in the second batch by the council, acting on behalf of the Ministry of Education, are made up of 36 different publications in Mathematics, 27
The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) has begun investigations into allegations of plagiarism levelled against the Head of Banking and Finance Department of the institution. This is in response to several news reports, especially on online platforms, accusing the senior lecturer of allegedly causing an article to be published under his name in the
Despite the over 75,000 Electronic scholarship applications received by the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat for the 2020/2021 academic year, the representations from the Western and Western North Regions are just minimal. The Ghana Scholarship Secretariat which announced this on Thursday at a press briefing in Sekondi, therefore encouraged interested applicants to quickly log on to the
The MTN Ghana Foundation has opened entries of its “Bright Scholarship programme”, for interested learners who may need support to climb on the academic ladder. The entries, commenced from 1st May 2020, is supposed to end on 31st May 2020. A statement from MTN and copied the GNA said the MTN Bright Scholarship sought to
This year’s National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) will no longer come off between June and July as scheduled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. According to Primetime Limited, organisers of the programme, it “is closely monitoring the crisis and will share updates on new dates for the championship as soon as they are available”.
The Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, says the reopening date of educational institutions will depend on the expert advice of health professionals managing the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. That, he said, was to ensure that “we have a safe back-to-school process”. “I can assure you that the Ministry of Education, the Ghana Education Service
Huawei Technologies (Ghana) S.A. Limited has advanced its Information Communication Technologies (ICT) Academy by introducing a new initiative dubbed: ‘Huawei Study at Home Programme’. The initiative focused on equipping students with the needed technology and educational materials to enable them to take the Huawei ICT Certifications Programme online, while at home during the pandemic period.