Only 4 Out of 10 pupils can read fluently in Upper East region –...
If ten pupils were selected particularly from public schools in the Upper East region for a reading skill test today, the examiner would be unable to count beyond four fluent readers among them.
This is...
E/R: Pupils attend school in tattered dress as govt stops free uniform policy
Some school Pupils in the West Akyem Municipality of the Eastern Region regularly absent themselves from school due to lack of befitting school uniforms.
Some, however, defy the odds and the embarrassment of donning tattered...
No plans to privatise education – Adutwum
The Education Ministry has dismissed claims that plans are underway by the government to privatise education at the basic level in the country.
Under the supposed Ghana Partnership Schools (GPS) Project, a total of 100...
Suspend attempt to privatise Ghana’s education – Edu. Coalition
The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) is cautioning government against the implementation of the Ghana Partnership Schools (GPS) Project.
Describing the project as subtle privatisation and commercialisation of the education system, the Coalition urged...
Tarkwa Nsuaem wins 2019 W/R Independence Day Inter-District quiz competition
The University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) Basic School in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality has been crowned new champions of the 2019 Western Region Independence Day Inter-District JHS Quiz Competition held at Takoradi last...
Ayensuano: Pupils sit home weeks due to lack of bridge over a River
School pupils in Alafia and Ayuu communities in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern region are forced to stay home for weeks whenever a river they have to cross to school overflows.
The Kua River,...
Bannerman Foundation and B20 assist students
The parliamentary candidate of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for Odododiodoo Constituency in the 2016 elections, Nii Lante Bannerman, is gradually winning the hearts of many people in the area.
He has decided to...
Seidu Agongo sponsors 81 poor pupils to varsity level; honoured with citation
The management of St. Paul’s Lutheran School has presented a citation to businessman Seidu Agongo for adopting and sponsoring 17 pupils there over the past few years.The 17 are among 81 pupils Mr Agongo...
7,432 teachers fail first licensure exam
The National Teaching Council (NTC) has released the results of the maiden teacher licensure examination.Out of the 28,757 teachers who wrote the examination, 21,287, representing 74 per cent, passed, while 7,432 failed.The results of...
Government begins payment of GETFUND contractors
The government has started paying contractors for projects that have been executed under the GETFund.
A number of contractors are said to have received their cheques after a protracted delay.
The president of the Association of...