Accra, Aug 16-President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Sunday said final year students and staff will receive one hot meal from 24th August to 18th September, All 584,000 final year Junior High School (JHS) students, and 146,000 staff in both in public and private schools, would be given one hot meal a day, as part of
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed that tertiary institutions should re-open on August 24, 2020 for continuing students who have not been able to complete their academic work for the year to do so. The University of Cape Coast (UCC), the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), technical universities and some other colleges
Former President John Dramani Mahama, the Flagbearer and Leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said the next NDC administration will maintain and improve on the free Senior High School (SHS) education policy. “We will improve the free SHS and make sure that the quality of teaching and learning is made better..,” Mr Mahama
Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Minister for Education, has reiterated that the minimum qualification for teaching at any of the Basic Schools in Ghana is now a First Degree. He registered the concern of the Government of Ghana that the early years of a child’s education were extremely significant to their future development, and the
Akeyem Abuakwa Traditional Council has written to the Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, demanding the immediate closure of Bright Senior High School located at Kukurantumi. The school was the scene of violent attacks on invigilators and a journalist during the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The attack was allegedly instigated and ordered by
It has emerged that President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo has directed the Ghana Education Service(GES) to grant clemency to all the 14 final year students who have been dismissed, Ghanaxtra can report exclusively. This portal is reliably informed that President Akufo-Addo has taken notice of the decision by the Ghana Education Education but has directed
The Ministry of Education says there are no immediate plans to reopen schools from next month for full academic activities. Consequently, it has called on the public to ignore reports to that effect. “The ministry will like to state categorically that aside from final-year students who are in school, the public should disregard reports going
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has in the interim and with effect from August 8, this year, relocated the examination centre of Bright Senior High School (SHS) to Ofori Panin Senior High School at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region. “This is to ensure the integrity of Examinations and safeguard the lives of examination officials
The leadership of the Coalition of Schools of Hygiene students says its members will not sit for the end of semester examination meant for final year students until their three-year locked-up allowances are paid. The final year students on Thursday August 6 invaded the premises of the Sanitation Ministry to picket over government’s failure to pay
The Ghana Education Service (GES) on Thursday said it will not tolerate any crass indiscipline among students and unprofessional conducts among staff, especially over examinations as rules and regulations still exist. The GES, in a statement signed by its Director-General, Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra, said Management was