Mr Alex Amankwah in charge of Specific Learning Disorders at the Ghana Education Service has revealed that the West African Examination Council (WAEC) accepts oral responses from students unable to write due to disability. He said provisions have been made to accommodate students with special educational needs in examinations to …
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WAEC accepts oral response in examination
Mr Alex Amankwah in charge of Specific Learning Disorders at the Ghana Education Service has revealed that the West African Examination Council (WAEC) accepts oral responses from students unable to write due to disability. He said provisions have been made to accommodate students with special educational needs in examinations to …
Read More »Opuni Trial: Witness names farmers who drank the liquid fertilizer
Dr Yaw Adu-Ampomah, the third prosecution witness in the trial of Dr Stephen Opuni, the former CEO of COCOBOD and one other on Thursday mentioned names of some farmers, who drank the Lithovit Liquid Fertilizer. They are Nana Obeng Akrofi, the Eastern Regional Chief Farmer of the Cocoa, Coffee and …
Read More »UG Medical centre to operate next year after gov’t agrees to ownership formula
The impasse between the management of the University of Ghana and government over the ownership of the UG Medical Centre has been settled. Per an agreement between the two parties, government will take 60 percent shares of the facility with the University reserving 40. The disagreement over who takes control …
Read More »No need to travel outside for medical care, we’re fully equipped – Korle-Bu CEO assures Ghanaians
Chief Executive Officer of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr Daniel Asare, has assured Ghanaians that the over 97-year-old hospital is fully equipped to treat all types of medical conditions. According to him, the hospital is well-resourced with trained personnel and new technologies required for treating and diagnosing more complicated conditions. …
Read More »Ridge Hospital dedicates 9 doctors, 26 nurses to coronavirus fight
The Greater Accra Regional Hospital – Ridge has put in place a comprehensive system to handle coronavirus cases should there be any in the country. Medical Director, Dr Emmanuel Srofenyo who took journalists on a tour of some of the wards designated for such cases said the hospital is ready to …
Read More »A total of 9 suspected cases of coronavirus reported in Ghana – Health Service
The Ghana Health Service has said Ghana has recorded a total of nine suspected cases of the deadly coronavirus infection, but they have all tested negative. These nine cases include the two recent ones reported at the Korle bu Teaching Hospital on Wednesday. The two – a Chinese and an Argentine …
Read More »Coronavirus: Tests on two suspected cases negative – Noguchi
A virologist at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), Dr. Kofi Bonney has confirmed that tests on two suspected cases of coronavirus have proved negative. He explained that blood samples of the two suspects – A Chinese national and an Argentine – were been taken to the Noguchi for …
Read More »No Fraud Established” – Court ONlb Auditor-General’s Report
The management of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, has noted with interest, the decision of the High Court in Accra-dismissing an appeal, initiated at the instance of the leading waste management firm challenging the validity of surcharges imposed on it by the Auditor General. Though Zoomlion is yet to receive a certified …
Read More »‘Malicious panic’ hits Korle Bu as doctors flee over suspected coronavirus case
The head of the Public Health Department at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has revealed that a lack of a well-resourced holding bay at the hospital caused pandemonium among doctors on Wednesday. Dr Philip Amoo said there was a situation in which two suspected cases of coronavirus were reported at the facility …
Read More »I’ll make Absa bank suffer in Ghana – Kwame A Plus threatens
The controversial leader of The Peoples Project, TPP, Kwame A Plus has taken Absa Ghana to the cleaners. According to him, the bank is a scam and does not think of the betterment of the Ghanaian. His comments come on the back of the organization dissociating itself from a video …
Read More »Buipe SHS closed for one week following fire outbreak
About 290 students of the Buipe Senior High School (SHS) in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region have been asked to go home and report back to school in a week’s time. This follows a fire outbreak that occurred in the school last Monday that destroyed their dormitory …
Read More »Getfund Directed To Address Shortage Of Dormitories, Classrooms In SHSs
Government has directed the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to undertake educational infrastructure projects in all public senior high schools (SHSs) for successful implementation and sustenance of the Free SHS Policy. Madam Gifty Twum-Ampofo, the Deputy Minister of Education in-charge of Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET), who announced this …
Read More »GES Revises Promotion Process
Two teacher unions and some teachers have hailed the decision of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to revise its promotion process. The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), the Coalition of Concerned Teachers, Ghana (CCT-G) and some teachers have expressed their satisfaction with the decision to switch from interviewing teachers …
Read More »Korle Bu records 2 suspected coronavirus cases
Two foreign nationals on Wednesday reported at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital having developed some symptoms suspected to be coronavirus. The patients, a Chinese and an Argentine who have been living together in the country for some days, have been isolated at the facility while blood samples taken have been sent …
Read More »Anaesthetists Suspend Strike
The Ghana Association of Certified Registered Anaesthetists have suspended their nationwide strike. The suspension of the strike is expected to take effect on Thursday, 6th February 2020. The suspension, according to the Association follows a “fruitful deliberation and goodwill shown by stakeholders and the leadership of the union in a …
Read More »AngloGold to exit South Africa
AngloGold Ashanti is planning to exit its South African concessions as it plans to sell its South African assets on 21 February 2020. Its Chief Executive Officer Kelvin Dushnisky, in an interview at the 2020 Indaba Mining Conference, said it will provide an update on the sale of its South …
Read More »Duffuor, Asiama, 7 others charged over uniBank collapse
A former Finance Minister and founder of uniBank, a former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana and seven others have been charged by an Accra High Court for playing roles leading to the financial sector crisis. Dr. Kwabena Duffuor was charged by the state with 68 counts of Fraudulent …
Read More »BoG declared as 2019 Central Bank of the Year
Ghana’s central bank, Bank of Ghana (BoG), has been named winner of the 2019 Central Banking Awards. The global awards scheme’s report stated that BoG demonstrated its strengths with the delivery of a major banking sector and the microfinance clean-up operation. It added that the BoG has had an impressive …
Read More »Fire razes two dormitories at Boa-Amponsem SHS
Dunkwa-on-Offin (C/R), Feb. 4, GNA – Fire on Monday afternoon razed two male dormitories; Owusu Bore and Aggrey halls, at Boa-Amponsem Senior High School at Dunkwa-on-Offin in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality, displacing about 300 students. The inferno, causing extensive damage to property, took the intervention of the Municipal Fire …
Read More »GES shuts down Buipe SHS after fire razed school
Nearly 300 students of Buipe Senior High School have been asked to go home after they lost all their personal belongings in a fire that burnt down their dormitory, Monday, February 3, 2020. Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Education Service (GES) in the Northern Region, Kanzoni Donald, in a …
Read More »GES shuts down Buipe SHS after fire razed school
Nearly 300 students of Buipe Senior High School have been asked to go home after they lost all their personal belongings in a fire that burnt down their dormitory, Monday, February 3, 2020. Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Education Service (GES) in the Northern Region, Kanzoni Donald, in a …
Read More »Ghana Education system defective – Catholic Priest
A Kumasi based Catholic Priest, Rev. Father Mary James Opoku Ware, has described the current educational system in Ghana as defective. According to the renowned Radio preacher, the new curriculum introduced by the Ghana Education Service (GES) will gradually take away the mutual respect between a teacher and a student. …
Read More »Buipe SHS Students Sent Home After Fire Destroys Girls’ Dormitories
About 290 students of the Buipe Senior High School in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region have been asked to go home after a fire outbreak on Monday morning destroyed portions of the school’s girls’ dormitories. The incident started around 7 am when the students were in classrooms. …
Read More »Mahama Will Collapse Free SHS Policy- Napo Reiterates
The Minister of ’Education Minister, Dr.Matthew Opoku Prempeh aka ‘Napo’, has reiterated that the free Senior High School (SHS) policy will not survive under John Mahamah Presidency and his National Democratic Congress (NDC) government. Hon. Opoku Prempeh who also the MP for Manhyia South Constituency has therefore, admonished Ghanaians to …
Read More »37 Hospital closes two units for fumigation exercise
The 37 Military Hospital has announced that it will from Friday, 7 February 2020, to Friday, 6 March 2020, close down two of its units for a fumigation exercise. The affected units are the Medical and Emergency Unit (MEU) and the Trauma, Surgical and Emergency Unit. A press statement signed …
Read More »Buipe SHS girl’s dormitory destroyed by fire
Fire has gutted part of the Buipe Senior High School. The fire which swept through the girls’ dormitory, ClassFM 97.3 understands, have destroyed the personal belongings of the girls. The fire started Monday morning when the girls were preparing to go to class. The cause of the fire is not …
Read More »Kenya pleads with Ghana to design double-track system for its educational sector
The Government of Kenya has applauded Ghana’s implementation of the double-track system which has seen enrollment into the Senior High School and some other second cycle institutions double over the past two years. It has accordingly, requested from the Government of Ghana, technical support and the design of a double …
Read More »Detractor Manasseh’s Prayer to see Jospong down will end in Hopelessness
Owner of Zoomlion and the Jospong Group of Companies, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong’s long standing bad wisher and detractor, Manasseh Azure Awuni is ignorantly jubilating and jumping from one platform to another posting his aged story on the court issue between Zoomlion and the Auditor General after the High Court …
Read More »Palm wine: The health benefits of this drink will amaze you
There is nothing that is as beneficial to our health than the various gifts of nature. Unarguably, palm wine is one of them. Palm wine is a sweet, tasty drink that is gotten from the sap of various species of palm tree such as the Palmyra, date palms, and coconut …
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