Girls in Muslim Communities encouraged to prioritise education

Vice President of the Muslimah Mentorship Network, Hikmatu Iddrisu, has encouraged girls in Muslim communities to make education a priority. According to her, that is the only way  girls can be liberated and empowered for...

Over 16k trained teachers posted for National Service

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has released the maiden postings for some 16,000 newly trained teachers. A statement by the NSS said the teachers have been posted to various educational facilities across the 10 regions...

Gold track Teachers were posted at request of headmasters – MoE

The Education Ministry has challenged claims by some head teachers that new teachers being posted to schools to handle the gold track under the Free senior High school policy are not fit for purpose. Some...
Students brandishing placards in praise of Free SHS

Headmasters reject ‘unqualified’ teachers posted for gold track

Some Heads of Senior High Schools in the Eastern Region are rejecting newly trained graduate teachers posted to their schools to teach students under the Gold Track system of the Free Senior High School...

Govt secures $100m funding for technical unis upgrade – Napo

The Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has reiterated government’s determination to ensure that institutions within the Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector are properly tooled to ensure they deliver their mandate...

Maiden edition of National Juniors Challenge launched

The maiden edition of the National Juniors Challenge (NJC) has been launched in Accra. It is a Ghana Education Service (GES) and Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) recognized TV and Radio reality educational...

More than 50% of students in Kwaebibirem cannot read nor write – G.E.S Director 

More than 50% of Students in both Senior High and Basic Schools in the Kwaebibirem District of the Eastern Region can neither read nor write, the Ghana Education Service has disclosed . The Kwaebibirem District...

Free SHS policy is working – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the increasing numbers of Ghanaian children who have gained access to Senior High Schools across the country, since 2017, is evident of the fact the Free Senior High...

Prosecute ‘predator’ teachers; dismissals not enough – Gender Ministry

The Acting Eastern Regional Director of the Department of Children under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Emmanuel Kwabena Dartey says teachers implicated in sexual abuse cases in schools must be prosecuted...

Fire guts Nsutam SHS Girls Dormitory

At least 30 female students of Nsutam Senior High School in the Eastern region have been displaced after fire gutted their dormitory . The incident occurred in House-four Room 3 at around 9:30am Thursday when...