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...
UE/R: Gov’t Fulfils first promise for schoolchildren exposed to bee attacks
Government has fulfilled one of the promises it made to the over 200 schoolchildren exposed to bee attacks and harsh weather conditions for want of a classroom block in Bongo, a district in the...
Over 400k teachers to be sacked
The Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GHNACOPS) has warned that over 400,000 untrained teachers are set to be laid off come September 2019, if government insists on the teacher licensing.
Government last year through...
Creative-thinking curricular coming – Adutwum
Dr. Yaw Adutwum, deputy education minister has hinted that a new curricular which will encourage children to think creatively is in the offing.
He said the idea is to engender confidence and open minded among...
Three pupils injured, 87 escape in school building collapse
Three School Children have been injured while 87 others escaped unhurt when a wooden Church building being used simultaneously as a School collapsed at Nkawkaw-Kwamang in the Eastern Region after a strong rainstorm in...
Failure at law sch.: Working-students syndrome part of the problem – Sai
A lecturer at the GIMPA law school Justice Srem-Sai has, among other factors, blamed the mass failure at the Ghana School of law on the rising working-students syndrome.
According to him, unlike in the past...
284 fail Professional law exams, 177 referred; 64 pass
284 students who took the professional law exams last year are to repeat the entire program because they failed.
Another 177 were referred in various papers, Starr News has gathered.
The students failed mostly in Family...
Mahama completed only 29 E-blocks – Napo
Education Minister Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh has disputed the Mahama administration’s claim that 46 out of the 200 planned community day Senior High School buildings were completed before exiting office.
According to the erstwhile administration,...
Relief on the way for pupils exposed to bee attacks in Bongo
The schoolchildren whose chronic exposure to bee attacks and harsh weather conditions for lack of classrooms in the Bongo District grabbed the headlines this week have received from government a response not only very...
Palm Institute commits to offering job oriented education
The Palm Institute, a liberal arts college is pursuing an agenda of training ethical African leaders in job oriented education to facilitate the development of the continent.
The Founder and President of the Institute, Dr...