EDUCATION

Information reaching GhanaWeb is that violence has broken out in parts of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST. It follows clashes between residents of Unity Hall popularly known as Conti and University Hall popularly known as Katanga hall. It is not immediately known what may have sparked the clash, …

The three final-year students of Opoku Ware Senior High School (OWASS), who were arrested for robbery, have been granted bail of GHS80,000 with five sureties each on Tuesday, 16 August 2022. All three were charged with conspiracy to commit robbery, robbery and unlawful damage. Their pleas were, however, preserved. They threatened …

An Associate Professor with the School of Agriculture at the University of Cape Coast, Prof Julius Kofi Hagan, is urging teachers to reward students who exhibit good deeds with plots of land. The land he says should be solely used for farming to increase students’ interest in agriculture. According to …

The Northern Region branch of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has threatened to close down Senior High Schools (SHSs) for non-payment of monies for perishables. In a statement after an emergency meeting in the Northern region on August 15 2022, the Council catalogued a number of …

Three final-year students of Opuku Ware SHS have been arrested by the Police for their involvement in a robbery attack. The students, between the ages of 17 and 19, were reported to have chartered a taxi from Santansi to Golden Tulip around 11:30pm. When the driver got to Golden Tulip, …

The management of the University of Ghana has temporarily suspended the Hall Master and Senior Tutor of Commonwealth Hall over the recent clashes between students in the university. According to the management, the two leaders had to be removed because of their lack of cooperation in the ongoing investigation on …

Management of Senior High Technical School for the Deaf at Akuapem-Mampong in Eastern Region is alarmed by the rise in smuggling of mobile phones to school by some hearing impaired students for pornography viewing, betting and staking of lotto. The issue has been constantly raised during general meetings of Parents …

A pressure group, calling itself Concerned Parents for Free Senior High School Policy (FSHS), has called on the public to support government for the continuous running the Free SHS policy amidst global economic crisis as Ghana heading to IMF..   The group in a press release dated August 13, 2022 …

The bust of John Mensah Sarbah has not been found a week after it was vandalised and stolen during a clash between students affiliated with Commonwealth and Mensah Sarbah halls of the University of Ghana, Legon. The bust was mounted in honour of Mensah Sarbah, a lawyer, for his contribution …

The skin or clothes have traditionally been used by many students to aid in cheating during examinations. In addition to these, most invigilators are aware of the use of calculators, phones and watches to cheat. However, a study by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has found one …