The Management of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has once again extended the deadline for payment of fees for deferred students by a month. According to the Institution, the decision follows a meeting with the Minister for Education, Yaw Adutwum and other stakeholders held today April 22, …
Read More »Turn students with aggregate 25 into 1st class if you you’re best – Dr. Adutwum tells PRESEC, Wesley Girls
The Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has said Grade A Senior High Schools including Presbyterian Boys Secondary School (PRESEC Legon) and Wesley Girls’ Senior High School in Cape Coast must be willing to accept students with aggregate 20 or 25 and make them first class students. He said the …
Read More »GIJ graduation chaos: Graduands demonstrate, family members run for shelter
The Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) on Thursday, April 21, 2022, organized the 15th congregation for its graduating students. The graduands protested the institution’s management’s poor planning of the ceremony when the rain forced them to vacate the durbar. The fresh students who were also scheduled for lectures got disappointed …
Read More »Teacher trainees directed to feed themselves starting May 8
The National Conference of Principals of Colleges of Education – Ghana (PRINCOF) has directed that teacher trainees start to fund their own feeding from May 8. This directive is in response to the inability of Colleges of Education to make payments for food items supplied to them. According to PRINCOF, …
Read More »SHSs hit by shortage of desks as students stand to learn
There is a shortage of mono desks in many Senior high Schools in the Asuogyaman District in the Eastern Region. Many students are struggling to get desks to sit on. The situation has compelled some students to resort to using dining hall tables and benches while others stand to learn. …
Read More »Murder of Dagbon State SHS teacher triggered reprisal killings of 8 – Report
Latest reports emerging suggest that the murder of a Teacher of Dagbon State Senior High School (SHS) in Yendi is believed to have triggered reprisal attacks resulting in the murder of 8 persons on Wednesday. MyNewsGh.com has gathered that one Jacob Quwalah was accosted and killed on the Yendi-Zabzugu road …
Read More »CENTSAG suspends strike
The Non-Teaching Staff Association of the Colleges of Education, Ghana, (CENTSAG) has called off its strike. This comes on the back of a meeting with the National Labour Commission (NLC) on Wednesday, 13 April 2022. The strike has been suspended pending a meeting with the Fair Wages Commission and the …
Read More »NLC orders CENTSAG to call off illegal strike
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has ordered the leadership of Colleges of Education Non-Teaching Staff Association of Ghana (CENTSAG) to call off their strike and return to engage with their employer, Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) on their concerns. The NLC ruled that CENTSAG did not follow due process before …
Read More »Lead NSMQ stars for Prempeh, PRESEC and Keta get admission into world’s top universities
The flag of Ghana has been raised high in the top educational echelons in the U.S. as the star performers of the three competing schools in the 2021 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), gear up for their next challenges. Eden Nana Obeng Kyei of team Prempeh College, Prince Debrah …
Read More »University of Ghana owes GH¢33m in power debts, ECG threatens to cut supply
The Electricity Company of Ghana has issued a disconnection notice to Ghana’s premier university, the University of Ghana, UG, over power debts to the tune of GH¢33 million. The power distributor issued a 72-hour ultimatum for the university to settle the bill or face disconnection from the national grid. Reports …
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