EDUCATION

Philanthropist Samuel Quansah Quarcoo supports Westside School

A Philanthropist, Mr. Samuel Quansah Quarcoo has donated educational materials worth thousands of Ghana Cedis to Westside School at Ablekuma in the Greater Accra region for onward distribution to needed schools. Among the materials he donated are shoes, school bags, mathematical sets, textbooks, notebooks, boxes of A4 sheets, pens, pencils, …

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Samuel Quansah Quarcoo donates to Emmaus Met Awoshie School Complex

A US-based retired Ghanaian Teacher, Mr Samuel Quansah Quarcoo has donated items worth thousands of Ghana cedis to Emmaus Met Awoshie School Complex at Awoshie’s last stop in the greater Accra region. In a short ceremony to hand over the items, the Philanthropist noted that quality education was the most …

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E/R: Anyinasin school shut down after gang forced teacher to kneel and beg for punishing students

The Akyem Anyinasin Methodist Junior High School in Abuakwa North Municipality in Eastern region has been closed down by the Ghana Education Service after a gang from the community forced a male teacher to kneel and apologize for punishing some students. The teacher reportedly disciplined some students for misconduct on …

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Ghana Library Authority and Absa Bank prepare Youth for the Workplace

Koforidua, July 21 2022- The Ghana Library Authority (GhLA), in partnership with Absa Bank Ghana, has extended its efforts to provide Ghanaian youth with impactful skills to prepare them for the modern workplace. The session took place at a workshop at Koforidua Technical University (KTU).  Earlier this year, the two …

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VIDEO: Thieves steal feeding items from Adansi Asokwa Primary School

Thieves have for the second time in eight days raided the Adansi Asokwa Primary School in the Ashanti Region and bolted with feeding items. A distraught caterer, who spoke to Adom News’ Isaac K. Normanyo, narrated they came to school on Monday morning to cook for the pupils. However, upon arrival, they …

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KNUST SRC president asked to refund GH¢9,100 for SA educational trip

The management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has asked the President of the Student Representative President (SRC), Michael A. Abuah, to refund the over GH¢ 9,000 given him for an educational trip to South Africa. In a letter addressed to Abuah, the university asked that …

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Gov’t owes us 7-months allowance – Teacher trainees

The Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana (TTAG) has decried delays in the payment of allowances owed its members by government. According to the TTAG, the delay in the payment has worsened the living conditions of its members amidst the unbearable prevailing economic conditions in the country. National President of the …

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Free SHS is not under review – Ministry ‘corrects’ GES boss

Reports that government’s flagship Free Senior High School, Free SHS, policy, is set to be reviewed are not true. This is according to Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Education, Kwasi Kwarteng, who spoke in an interview with Accra-based Citi FM on Friday, July 22, 2022. “So far as …

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SHSs suspend participation in NSMQ, other extracurricular activities

Senior High Schools across the country will not participate in the National Science and Maths Quiz (NMSQ) until further notice. The Conference of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), which announced this said, inter-school sports and debate competitions and other extra-curricular activities have also been suspended. This is as a result of …

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Government reviewing free SHS – GES Director-General

The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof. Kwasi Opoku Amankwah, has disclosed that the government is currently reviewing the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy. According to Prof Opoku Amankwah, the review is to determine which benefits of the Free SHS will be relinquished by the government …

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