EDUCATION

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has lamented about the sale of lands belonging to Osei Kyeretwie Senior High School (OKESS). Addressing a colourful durbar for the 85th anniversary of his alma mater on October 8, the revered king stated that it was painful for such a thing to have occurred. Otumfuo said …

Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) has clarified the number of E-blocks (Community Day high school projects) it has completed as of December 2016. It follows what the Fund says is ‘political media debate’ on the projects particularly being fueled by the National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced plans by government to convert the Kwadaso Agriculture College into a University. Established in 1922, the Kwadaso Agriculture College has over the years trained more than 75,000 persons. Despite the institution serving as one of the pillars in training more agriculturists, it is bedevilled with …

Education authorities in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti Region have closed down Ejisu-Besease M/A Junior High School after two parents gang up to assault a female teacher of the school. Ms Serwaa Ampofo incurred the wrath the two women after she cut through the hair of a form two …

There are reports of growing agitation among University teachers following the high cost of living and what some describe as worsening conditions of service There is however uncertainty if the agitation is related to any possible breaches of pledges made after the nationwide action by all 15 public Universities in …

Some pupils of Weweso M/A Junior High School (JHS) in Kumasi have revealed they save up portions of money given to them for food to purchase sanitary pads. The pupils lamented that the expensive cost of the hygienic pads on the market is worsening the discomfort associated with their monthly …

Level 400 students at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), have been migrated to a new Online Students Information system (OSIS) from Integrated Tertiary System (ITS), Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP). This was in a statement by the Management of the University, issued on September 26 from the Office of the …

Researchers at the University of Ghana (UG) have concluded that some dolphins and other species of fish were washed ashore last week due to low oxygen concentration in the waters. Preliminary investigations conducted by the Marine and Fisheries Sciences Department revealed that “most parameters required for life in the ocean …

The quiz mistress of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), Prof. Elsie Kaufmann, has given a breakdown of the processes that go into the setting of questions for the popular national program. According to her, the process begins with an extensive work done by a team of four consultants, …

    Source: Michael Agyapong Agyapa