Sunday, October 1, 2023

Funding free SHS with Heritage Fund laudable – Cudjoe  

The Vice Chairman of the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, Joseph Cudjoe, has lauded attempts by government to fund its much touted free SHS policy from the Heritage Fund. For him, the use of...

IMANI to launch free SHS tracker

Policy think tank IMANI is set to launch a tracker dubbed EQUINOX – Expanding Quality, Inclusion & New Opportunities in Education- on the Free Senior High School policy promised by President Akufo-Addo. The tracker will...

Takoradi Technical Uni. investigates 19 students over exam malpractices

Nineteen students of the  Takoradi Technical University are being investigated by the school’s disciplinary committee for various examination malpractices. The students are reported to have breached regulations regarding examination in the school. Three of the 19...

Don’t fund free SHS with Heritage fund – ACEP

The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has condemned moves by the Akufo-Addo government to fund the much touted free Senior High School (SHS) policy from the Heritage Fund. According to ACEP, depleting the fund...

Gov’t will probe KTI police brutality – Opoku Prempeh

The Minister of Education, Mathew Opoku-Prempeh has stated that government would launch a full-scale investigation into the circumstances leading to the brutality unleashed on students of the Kumasi Technical Institute by some police officers...

Free SHS: Don’t use Heritage Fund – ISODEC warns

A policy analyst at the Integrated Social Development Center (ISODEC), Dr. Steve Manteaw has kicked against government’s move to fund the free Senior High School policy from the Heritage Fund. He argued that it is...

Chaos at KTI: 20 students hospitalised after clash with Police

Over twenty  students of the Kumasi Technical Institute (KTI)  have been hospitalized after a standoff with some police officers Tuesday night. The officers were  called in to ward off  jubilant students who were said to...

Free SHS’ll be funded from Heritage Fund – Osafo Marfo

Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Marfo has hinted that the government’s Free Senior High School policy will be funded by the Heritage Fund. The Akufo-Addo government plans to fully implement the policy from September. President Akufo-Addo over...

Groupe Ideal hands over 6-Unit Classroom to Ada SHS

Authorities and students of Ada Secondary School have acknowledged the President of Groupe Ideal Dr. Nii Kotei Dzani with a certificate of appreciation for his immense contribution and support to the development of the...

Nigerian pupil, 9, brutalized for failing to complete Twi assignment

A 9-year-old Nigerian pupil, Ogechi Nwosu, of Aristoland Montessori School in Nungua, Accra, has been brutally lashed by her teacher for failing to complete her Twi assignment. “On Wednesday I didn’t do my Twi homework...