EDUCATION

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 …

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 …

The Ghana Health Service and the Ghana Education Service have advised parents to desist from picking their wards from schools which record COVID-19 cases. This, according to the two government agencies, risks increasing community spread. The advice comes after some parents besieged the Accra Girls Senior High School to demand the withdrawal …

A female student of the Wesley Senior High School(WEHIS), Konongo, in the Ashanti region has tested positive for COVID-19. The student reportedly showed signs of the virus and had to be referred to the Manhyia Government Hospital for treatment. An uncle of the student who confirmed the news on Kumasi …

The Accra Girls Senior High School has recorded six coronavirus cases. The patients, all students of the school, were isolated at the school’s sickbay on Monday, June 29, 2020, together with some other students who also showed symptoms of COVID-19. According to a Citi news report, six out of eleven students …

    Seven out of twenty-one final year students of Asanteman Senior High school allegedly bused by a tutor Bismark Okyere to register in the Asawase Constituency have been arrested. One student was first arrested when he was spotted in a queue attempting to register. The student upon sensing danger …

    Three final year students of Mount Sinai Senior High School in Akropong -Akuapem in the Eastern Region have been expelled for sneaking mobile phone into school. One of the students concealed a mobile phone to school and connived with the other students to hide it in a trunk …

      The University of Ghana Council at its meeting held on 30th June, 2020, approved a second term for the Vice Chancellor, Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2021 when he retires from the University. This followed the acceptance of the recommendation of …

    The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo disclosed in one of his addresses to the nation on measures taken against the spread of COVID-19 that the government will absorb fees for students sitting the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). Addressing the nation as final year SHS …

Some 120 students from Adiembra Senior High School in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly of the Western Region have been sacked by school authority for breaching various Covid-19 protocols.   The students, all boys allegedly left campus without permission and no supervision. This according to management is a complete breach …