Government has rebuffed former President John Mahama’s accusations that it has abandoned the Community Day Schools project he bequeathed it. According to the Deputy Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Adutwum, the Akufo-Addo administration was already ensuring the completion of the schools dotted across the country. Maham recently expressed worry over what …
Read More »Teachers ill-prepared for rushed new curriculum – Educationist
A quality education specialist with the SOS Villages Ghana has indicated that the new curriculum for basic and high schools is being rushed. Beginning the 2019 – 2020 academic years, Ghana will be moving towards a standardized practical based curriculum with national assessment examinations to be written in classes two, …
Read More »UPSA introduces ‘dual qualification’ for students
The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), as part of its new academic policy has introduced what the University termed, as the “dual qualification scheme” for all its students. Under the dual qualification scheme which will begin this (2019/2020) academic year, students who enroll in a degree programme will compulsorily …
Read More »GES releases GHC 7.6m for curriculum training participants
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has disbursed a further transportation allowance of GHC50 per person to participants of the just ended curriculum training programme. The money has been released to the districts through GES’ regional offices. A total of 152,000 KG to class 6 teachers across the country participated in …
Read More »UEW impasse: We were naïve – Avoke apologises, begs for Napo’s intervention
The former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) Prof. Mawutor Avoke has apologised to the Education Minister for undermining the process of resolving the impasse at the University. Prof Avoke who lead a six-member delegation to pay a courtesy call on Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh said their conduct of taking matters …
Read More »UEW Impasse: Education Minister meets former VC, 5 dismissed senior staff
The Minister of Education, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh on Thursday morning met with the Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) Professor Mawutor Avoke and five other senior who were dismissed by the defunct governing council. MyNewGh.com sources gathered that this move is a major step towards …
Read More »We’re angry over Senyo Hosi’s attack – UTAG Legon
Members of the University of Ghana branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) say they are angry over the comments of the the Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distribution Senyo Hosi against the university and its management. The lecturers say they believe Mr. Hosi …
Read More »Mahama Is A “Terror” To Free SHS – Wontumi
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako popularly, known as “Wontum” has described Former President John Dramani Mahama as a terror to NPP flagship policy Free Senior High School. According to him, Mr. Mahama is against education and he appears confused and as …
Read More »Assistant headteacher of Prempeh College abusing students in a video
Ghana Education Service has on numerous times said that it has ban all forms of corporal punishments, which mostly are plain abuse of students, at primary and secondary schools in Ghana. In fact, even in the absence of this ban, what is done to Ghanaian students in the name of …
Read More »Mahama didn’t pay for E-Block schools – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo has told the chiefs and people of Wechianu in the West District of the Upper West Region that the Mahama government did not pay for the majority of the E-Block schools it constructed. The Mahama government had told Ghanaians that it constructed and completed some of the schools …
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