EDUCATION

‘Sex for grades’: Gyampo, Butakor report ready – UG V-C

The committee set up by the University of Ghana (UG) to investigate allegations of sexual harassment made by the BBC against two lecturers of the University of Ghana has submitted its report to the management of the school, Vice-Chancellor Prof Ebenezer Oduro Owusu has revealed. Professor Ransford Gyampo and Dr …

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New curriculum was not rolled out in a rush – Education Ministry

The Ministry of Education has dismissed the assertion that the new curriculum for basic schools was rolled out in a rush. The absence of textbooks for pupils months after schools reopened has prompted criticisms from mostly educationists who questioned why the curriculum was rolled out without the availability of textbooks. …

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Secondary level enrollment increased by 43 percent – Finance Minister

The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta has said that enrolment at the secondary level has increased by 43 per cent between 2016 and 2018. Delivering the 2020 Budget Statement in Parliament on Wednesday, the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta said at the end of the 2018/2019 academic year, …

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Sex for Grades: 10 lecturers sacked, 7 suspended

The Kenule Beeson Polytechnic, Bori formerly known as Bori Polytechnic, has sacked 10 lecturers in connection with sex for grades Rector of the Institution, Onengiye Goergewill disclosed this when the Rivers State House of Assembly Committee on Education visited the school on oversight function. Georgewill said apart from the sacked …

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KNUST beats UG, ‘Ibadan’ to claim top spot in West Africa

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been adjudged the best University in Ghana and West Africa. The Ashanti Region-based university also came 14th on the African continent and 706th out of selected 1,500 best universities worldwide. It displaced two of West Africa’s prestigious tertiary institutions, the University …

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St. Mary’s Boys SHS students injured after cutlass attack by assailant

Two students of St. Mary’s Boys Senior High School at Apowa in the Western Region have sustained serious cutlass wounds after they were attacked by an unknown assailant. The two whose identities have been withheld, are currently on admission at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital. Reports indicate that they were …

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COCOBOD loan: School kids to enjoy cocoa drink everyday – Fiifi Boafo

COCOBOD says every schoolchild in Ghana will now receive a cocoa drink a day following the passage of the $600-million loan agreement for the Cocoa Productivity Enhancement Project. According to Fiifi Boafo, the executive secretary at the office of the COCOBOD CEO, the move is to develop taste of Cocoa …

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We’ve not approved any SHS book containing same-sex family lessons – GES

The Ghana Educational Service (GES)  has rejected claims that it has approved a new syllabus for Senior High Schools in the country. Images of a purported Social Studies text book have gone viral on social media following inscriptions on it which suggests that it was from a new SHS syllabus …

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UEW VC Afful-Broni in fresh trouble

Rev Prof. Afful-Broni, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba has found himself in fresh trouble as pressure has begun to mount on the University Council to remove him. This because the Member of Parliament for the Effutu constituency in the Central Region, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, has written to …

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30 students quarantined by health officials at PRESEC Legon

Some 30 students of the Presbyterian Boy’s Secondary School (PRESEC) at Legon in Accra have been quarantined by health officials. This is after some students reported to the school’s clinic complaining of headaches and general weakness. There are claims that the development is another case of a Flu outbreak but …

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