Deputy Education Minister Dr. Yaw Adutwum says the Education Ministry will take action against the Youth Organiser of the ruling New Patriotic Party for visiting a senior high school to campaign despite a government directive. Henry Nana Boakye, popularly known as ‘Nana B’, is seen an in image gone viral …
Read More »DCE shuts down Dwenti SHS for breaching COVID-19 protocols
A private school, Dwenti Senior High School, in the Sekyere Kumawu District of the Ashanti Region, has been closed down over COVID-19 safety protocol breaches. The proprietor and the headmaster of the school have also been arrested. The District Chief Executive (DCE) for the area, Mr Samuel Addai Agyekum, …
Read More »NAGRAT challenges GES on interdiction of KNUST Headmistress
The National Association of Graduate Teachers, NAGRAT has opposed the Ghana Education Service Interdictory action against the Headmistress of the KNUST SHS, Felicia Asamoah Dankwa, over the demise of a final year student of KNUST SHS who died hours after he was sent to a medical facility after complaining of …
Read More »Don’t blame teachers for death of KNUST SHS student – NAGRAT
The Ashanti region chapter of the National Association of Graduate Teachers(NAGRAT) says its members in the KNUST Senior High School(SHS) did not act irresponsibly in the case involving the death of a student in that school. The Ghana Education Service has begun investigating claims that teachers and school authorities stood …
Read More »Two teachers of KNUST SHS also interdicted
The Education Directorate in the Ashanti Region has interdicted two teachers of KNUST SHS over the death of a final year student. The two are Owusu Ansah Seth, a Senior Housemaster, and Anthony Awotwe, housemaster of the Densu House, where the deceased student was. A committee has also been constituted …
Read More »Mother of boy who died at KNUST SHS speaks
Mother of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Senior High School student, who died on Tuesday, has given a harrowing and chilling account of how her son lost his life. The boy who was suffering from severe stomachache was left in the hands of colleague students for …
Read More »Stop putting exams ahead of lives – GMA to GES
The Ashanti regional chairman of the Ghana Medica Association (GMA) Dr Paa Kwasi Baidoo has appealed to the Ghana Education Service to reconsider the decision to put students in schools despite the creeping cases of COVID-19 in secondary schools. According to him, it is surprising to see how Ghana insists …
Read More »[PHOTOS]: 2 injured as Breman Asikuma SHS students clash with police
Two students of the Breman Asikuma Senior High School (SHS) have been injured following a clash with the Police. Reports indicate the clash ensued after two house masters allegedly beat a student who used a mobile phone contrary to school rules. Students, who were witnesses to the ordeal their fellow …
Read More »Headmistress of KNUST SHS asked to ‘step aside’ over death of student
The headmistress of KNUST Senior High School has been ordered to step aside as the Ghana Education Service investigates circumstances leading to the death of one of the students. Details of a statement signed by Head of the Public Relations Unit of the GES, and sighted by GhanaWeb disclosed that …
Read More »Your children will be isolated during exams if you come for them – GES to parents
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has served notice SHS students whose parents have picked them from campuses over COVID-19 fears will be isolated during exams. According to the Chairman of the GES Council Michael Nsowah, the intention of the planned action is to ensure that the students coming from home …
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