EDUCATION

A Professor at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), John Mawutor, has said public universities in Ghana have several ways to generate revenue in order to manage their own affairs. He said this on the Key Points on TV3 Saturday March 26 in relation to the decision by the …

Prof. Ivan Addae Mensah, a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, has added his voice to those calling on the government of Ghana to review its flagship free SHS policy. According to him, since the introduction of the policy by the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo led government, it has only produced …

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has announced that the 2021/2022 Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSsPs) into Senior High Schools (SHS)/Senior High Technical Schools (SHTS) and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Institutes will be released on Saturday, March 26, 2022. This is contained in a press release …

The Ministry of Education has announced that the 2021/2022 Computerized School Selection and  Placement Systems (CSSPS) for students into Senior High Schools (SHS) will be publicized today, Saturday, March 26. According to the Ministry, 367, 811 candidates out of the 555,353 who qualified for the placement have been placed automatically …

The Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana is unhappy over delays in the release of their monthly allowances which have been in arrears for four months. According to the association, the arrears owed them fall between May and August, for the 2020/2021 academic year. In an interview with Citi News, the President …

The pupils of Oseneso D/A Basic School in the Wassa East District of the Western Region, have embarked on a demonstration to protest the lack of chairs in their classrooms. The pupils are reported to have attacked the chief’s linguist and tore his shirt in the process. The pupils, who …

The body of a 38-year-old teacher has been found in a drainage at Aburaso within New Edubiase in the Adansi South District following a severe rainstorm that hit the town on Sunday evening. The deceased, Francis Abu, an Assistant Headteacher of Adansi Atobiase D/A Basic school, got missing during the …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has reminded heads of public basic institutions of the scheduled calendar for the 2022 academic year. According to the GES, heads of basic schools are to take note of the calendar and “implement accordingly.” In a statement issued by its Deputy Director-General, Mr Kwabena Bempah-Tandoh …

Deputy Ranking Member on the Education Committee of Parliament, Dr. Clement Apaak, believes former President John Dramani Mahama has been vindicated by the government’s likely decision to review the flagship policy, Free Senior High School (SHS). To him, though it is not too late, it has been long overdue since the policy is …

Eleven pupils of the Paga E/A primary school in the Kassena-Nankana West District in the Upper East region, have been hospitalised after the walls of two classrooms collapsed on them, GhanawEb’s Upper East Correspondent Senyalah Castro reports. A Monday (March 21) afternoon rainstorm, which swept through the town, ripped off …