EDUCATION

There have been claims and uncertainties about whether or not public universities in the country have provisions that compel them to shut down the schools when academic work is continuously disrupted for 21 days. While some reports mention 21 days, others have reported that universities can close down after 31 …

Ghanaians react to video of two SHS students kissing, fondling each other Ghanaians call on GES to investigate two SHS female students kissing each other SHS students display promiscuity in broad daylight Social media users are in a state of shock after chancing upon a video of two young female …

The Headmistress of Maakro M/A Primary ‘A’ School in the Suame municipal of the Ashanti region, Mrs. Florence Tawiah, has lamented over their classrooms been turned into a brothel by the residents. This, according to the headmistress, was as a result of lack of classrooms and poor security at the …

Ahenema-Kokoben D/A 1&2 Cluster of Schools in the Atwima Kwanwoma district of the Ashanti region have been closed down due to rampant open defecation by unknown people in the classrooms. The closure, which is temporal, was in protest by the schools authorities to alert the Ghana Education Service (GES) the …

GES inspects state of Goo-Atandaa Primary School building Parents, teachers appeal for support to complete school block Pupils study under trees at U/E school A decision by the Ghana Education Service to not allow a Junior High School to be operated in an uncompleted building may render some 150 pupils …

The Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in collaboration with the school’s Student Representative Council (SRC) have step up measures to address challenges first year students face in accessing accommodation The university as part of efforts to address the perennial accommodation problems for freshers have …

As part of Government’s agenda to leverage Science and Technology for socio-economic transformation, President Nana Akufo-Addo to cut the sod for the building of a Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Senior High School in Accra on January 12, 2022. The academy when completed will be a 21st century Senior …

An Education Think Tank, Africa Education Watch, has lauded the move by the Ghana Education Service (GES) for the termination of appointments of 11 officers over exams malpractices. Speaking to Lantam Papanko on Starr Today, the Programs Officer for Africa Education Watch, Kwesi Nimo Jnr stated that the action by the …

The Ghana Library Authority (GhLA) has declared 2022, as the ‘Year of Books’ under the theme “Libraries as Community Anchors for Transformation” as a prelude to Accra being declared the World Book Capital in 2023 by UNESCO. Mr. Hayford Siaw, the Chief Executive of GhLA made this known at an …

A candidate squarely defeated in the last University of Ghana Students Representative Council elections, one Samuel Amos Ofosu has been sworn in via Zoom. Our readers will recall how the University of Ghana Electoral Commission announced Prince Asumadu and Wisdom Ndukwe as President and Veep elect in the 2021 Student …