EDUCATION

The West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the cancellation of the entire results of some 518 candidates who sat the 2022 West Africa Senior Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE). In all, a total of 422,883 candidates made up of 219,130 females and 203,753 males sat this year’s examination. “The subject …

The Colleges of Education Non-Teaching Staff Association of Ghana (CENTSAG) has called off its indefinite strike action declared on Monday, November 14, 2022. In a statement dated November 24, 2022, and signed by its National President, Frederick Forkuo Yeboah, the Association said it was ending the action with immediate effect …

Students of the Breman Asikuma Senior High School in the Central Region have been compelled to sleep in their classrooms and corridors due to the invasion of bed bugs. According to the students, the presence of bugs in their dormitories disturbs their sleep. Speaking to Class FM’s Central regional correspondent, …

Rev. Renault Amofa Danquah of Asante Akyem Agogo Methodist Circuit has called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to consider the ban it has placed on caning in school. Speaking to Adom News, Rev Danquah called on GES to review its “no-cane in school” policy as he said it will …

Technical University Senior Administrators Association of Ghana (TUSAAG) will be striking from December 6, 2022 if government does not address its condition of service concerns. In a statement, the union said the strike was a result of the government and the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission’s “refusal” to address its grievances …

Twifo Hemang Methodist JHS Basic School in the Twifo Hemang Lower Denkyira District of the Central Region has been shut down by the school authorities following frequent defecations in the classrooms. In the recent incident, some unscrupulous persons splashed human excreta on tables, floors, and blackboards from JHS 1 to …

Some 256 teachers have sued the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Attorney General over their mass failure in the December 2021 promotional examinations. The teachers, who are on the Assistant Director Grade II position, sat for the Assistant Director Grade I promotion examination at the Ada Training College Centre. …

Ten students of Agogo State Senior High School (SHS) in the Ashanti Akim North District of the Ashanti Region have been mercilessly beaten by teachers for fetching water outside the school campus. According to the students, they went to the community near the school to fetch water following water shortage …

Teachers, parents, chiefs, and pupils of Obuasekrom in the Atwima Mponua district of the Ashanti region have expressed worry over a death trap school threatening the lives of the pupils and teachers. According to most of the parents who spoke to this reporter, some teachers, due to the poor nature …

At least eight (8) students have sustained minor injuries whilst learning materials, laptops, tools and other personal effects of 75 displaced students have been burnt to ashes in a ravaging fire outbreak at Koforidua Technical Institute (KOTECH) in the Eastern region. The fire started at about 11:30 pm Monday, November …