Ashesi University founder wins $500,000 education prize
The founder of a university college in Ghana and campaigner to raise the quality of higher education in Africa has won a major global education award.
Patrick Awuah left Ghana in the 1980s with "$50...
Teachers’ Strike in training colleges disrupt exams
The strike by teachers in the country’s training colleges has disrupted exams in some of the campuses.
The teachers began the strike on November 2 to demand payment of arrears and improvement in conditions of...
Damn critics and introduce indirect taxes to fund free SHS- Gatsi
As the finance minister prepares to read the 2018 budget tomorrow, one of the key areas most analysts would be looking out for is how government intends to sustain funding for the Free SHS...
“Disgraceful” Opoku Agyemang didn’t understand education – Napo
The Education Minister, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh has descended heavily on his predecessor Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang describing her as an "embarrassment" and one who didn't understand education.
“Her four-year tenure under John Mahama was...
Be ready to admit Free SHS graduates – Akufo-Addo to Private Unis.
President Akufo-Addo has charged managers of Private Tertiary Institutions to prepare themselves to absorb free Senior High School graduates in 2020.
According to the President, Public Tertiary Institutions will not able to admit all the...
Free SHS collapsing private Schools – CHOPSS
The Conference of Heads (Proprietors ) of Private Second Cycle Schools (CHOPSS) has indicated that 50% of Private Senior High Schools in Ghana will fold up in the next four years should the current...
Abrantie College marks 10th anniversary with fashion show week
Abrantie College of Cosmetology and Fashion last week held a fashion show as part of events to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the college.
Final year students of the College, which is Ghana’s foremost Cosmetology...
E/R: Traditional Council sacks Lecturers from gov’t bungalows
The Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council has initiated moves to eject Lecturers with the Kibi Presbyterian College of Education from government bungalows which have been serving as accommodation for Lecturers for...
2018 BECE: Gov’t to pay candidates’ registration fees
Government has stated that it will be absorbing the cost of the registration fees for candidates in public schools who will be writing the 2018 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
This was contained in a...
Environmental Uni. saga: I erred with location – Ablakwa
Former deputy Education Minister in charge of Tertiary education, under the erstwhile Mahama administration, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has conceded he erred in suggesting that the supposed new location for the campus for the University...