WASSCE failure: Pidgin language affecting students – WAEC
The Head of Public Affairs for the West African Examination Council Agnes Teye-Cudjoe has revealed that Chief Examiners are worried over the growing use of pidgin language by students in their final exams.
According to...
Karaga: Teachers refuse posting to basic schools
Starr News has uncovered a disturbing development in Karaga district of the Northern region where schools in more than 15 high poverty communities have remained empty since the start of this academic term, due...
Bawku Naba decries 66 Coup; wants Bawku SHS renamed
The King of the Kusaug Kingdom, Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, has called for the Bawku Senior High School (BAWSCO) to be restored to its original name— “Azoka Secondary School”.
The punch with which the...
WAEC withholds results of 26,000 WASSCE 2018 candidates
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has put ice on the results of 26,434 candidates who sat the 2018 West African Senior School Certificate Examination.
According to WAEC, the candidates allegedly engaged in “various cases...
Ghana’s education to shift from ‘chew and pour’ – Consultant
The Team Leader of Transforming Teacher Education and Learning (T-TEL) in Ghana Robin Todd says the Government's Education reform Strategy would among other things shift the country's education system from the current "chewing and...
Stop illegal deductions from our allowances – NSS personnel to secretariat
National Service Personnel are accusing the National Service Secretariat of illegally deducting monies from their June,2018, allowances.
According to the service personnel, the NSS, without any notification, deducted GHC15 each from their allowances.
In a statement,...
UE/R: Neglected School uses Pit Latrine as Office
A neglected basic school in the Upper East region has turned a busy pit latrine into an administrative office after years of failed distress calls on successive governments.
The 4-unit pit latrine, provided by a...
V/R: N-PLEC holds two-day workshop for pupils in Peki Blengo
N-PLEC Foundation, a group of tertiary students have donated sets of books to pupils of Peki Blengo in the Volta region as part of efforts to inculcate the habit of reading among them.
The donation...
Constant research is key to success – Crown Prince MD
The Managing Director of Crown Prince Academy (CPA), Mrs Susanne Prince-Boateng, has urged her 15th graduation students to constantly research to remain relevant in their academic and future professional endeavors.
According to her, the continuous competition...
Nungua SHS students ordered to go home after ghost scare
Students of the Nungua Senior High School in Accra have been ordered by the school authorities to go home following a ghost scare at their dormitories.
According to a student who spoke to StarrFMonline.com, the...