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WASSCE: GES gives dismissed students a second chance

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has reviewed its decision to dismiss 14 final year Senior High School students for their misconduct and indiscipline acts in the ongoing WASSCE. This comes after the President of the Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo called on the GES to reconsider its decision and give …

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WASSCE riots: Corporal punishment must be reintroduced – GNAT

The Ghana Education Service must think of reintroducing corporal punishment to instill discipline in most schools across the country, President of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) Phillipa Larson has stated. Speaking on Morning Starr, Madam Larson said the behaviour of some candidates in the ongoing West African Senior …

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Govt moves to avert Ghana-Nigeria Trade show down

The inter-agency Taskforce on foreign retail trade set up by Government to enforce compliance of trade regulations on foreigners engaged in retail business in the country will commence its operations today. Consequently, all foreign retail shops closed by Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) for flouting Section 27 of the …

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GES Has Power To Suspend Candidates – WAEC

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has the power to suspend candidates who fail to abide by the rules and regulations in the ongoing examinations, the West African Examination Council has said. In backing the Ghana Education Service’s decision to suspend 14 students who caused mayhem in their senior high schools, …

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Ridge hospital suspends two staff for administrative malpractice

The Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ridge has suspended two of its staff members for engaging in administrative malpractices. The officers were caught by BBC investigative team “Africa Eye” engaging in the sale of Personal Protective Equipment’s (PPEs) belonging to a private individual within the premises of the Hospital. According to their statement, …

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GES apologises for a ‘big’ mistake

The Ghana Education Service (GES) on Friday, August 7, 2020, issued a press release to dismiss some 14 students for engaging in acts of indiscipline as well as interdicting three teachers for their alleged roles in some of the reported cases. The affected students, per their dismissal letters, are barred …

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Schools not reopening Sept. — Education Ministry

The Ministry of Education says there are no immediate plans to reopen schools from next month for full academic activities. Consequently, it has called on the public to ignore reports to that effect. “The ministry will like to state categorically that aside from final-year students who are in school, the …

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Kelni GVG deal has saved Ghana $66m – Ursula

Minister of Communication, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has disclosed that Ghana has saved US$1.1 million monthly since the introduction of the Kelni GVG Common Platform. She explained that, over the five-year contract period, “a total savings of US$66 million” would have accrued. Kelni GVG was a government contract worth US$89 million in …

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Beating of invigilators, journalist, arrest of headmaster: The inside story

Bright Amponsah, the proprietor of Bright Senior High School at Kukurantumi in the Eastern region has reportedly been picked up by police from the Eastern Regional command. The arrest follows allegations of assault by some students of the school on West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) invigilators upon his alleged command …

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[VIDEO]: Meet the 11 Year Old female Barber In Ghana

While most teens in Junior High School or Primary are beginning to think about what they want to do as work in future, a Yawamatwa 11-year-old girl is well into her aspiring career after finding her niche at a barbershop. The 11-year-old barber identified as Suzy Armah was spotted at …

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Akufo-Addo Directs GES To Recall 14 Dismissed WASSCE Students

It has emerged that President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo has directed the Ghana Education Service(GES) to grant clemency to all the 14 final year students who have been dismissed, reportghana can report exclusively. This portal is reliably informed that President Akufo-Addo has taken notice of the decision by the Ghana …

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Food prices in Kumasi remain generally stable

Food prices in the major and satellite markets in the Kumasi Metropolis, have generally remained stable over the past few weeks, despite the recent increases in lorry fares across the country. A market survey conducted by the Ghana News Agency in Kumasi has indicated that prices of most vegetables and …

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Headteacher of Bright Senior High School released on bail

The proprietor of the Bright Senior High school at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region has been granted self recognizance bail by the Akyem Tafo police command following his arrest this morning. Bright Amponsah was arrested by a team of police officers on Friday when he will be billed to address …

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Free SHS has come to stay – Mahama

Former President John Mahama has urged Ghanaians to dismiss suggestions that he will cancel the free SHS policy if he wins the December polls. According to him, what he is against about the policy is its ‘poor’ implementation by the Akufo-Addo government – which initiated it. “Free SHS has come …

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WASSCE violence: GES sacks 14 students

The Ghana Education Service has dismissed some 14 final year students who are believed to have caused chaos and destroyed properties in their respective schools in the wake of the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The GES in a statement said the action is to serve as …

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WASSCE: Bright SHS no longer examination centre – WAEC

The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has relocated its examination centre from the premises of Bright Senior High School to the Ofori Panin Senior High School following the student riot that occurred at the centre on Thursday. WAEC in a statement also noted it will not hesitate to sanction students …

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Increasing debt levels worrying – IFS

Government’s policy to reduce the Communications Service Tax (CST) to 5 percent, provide free water for another three months, and pay the electricity bills of lifeline consumers and other fiscal populist strategies should be scrapped as the economy cannot raise enough revenue to support it, hence, increasing debt levels, the …

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