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Students impregnating female classmates at Ajumako Kokoben Basic School – Report

The Girl Child Coordinator for the Ajumako Kokoben D/A Basic School in the Central Region, Alberta Enyonam has denounced the worrying development where female students of the school are being impregnated by their male colleagues. According to her, teenage pregnancy has become the norm in the school and it was …

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Rotting E-blocks: Minority demands accountability for $1.5bn GETFund facility

The Minority in Parliament has served notice that it will trigger a series of actions to demand accountability from thegovernment in respect of some abandoned E-block projects started by the John Mahama administration. Wrapping up a two-day tour of the Greater Accra, Volta and Eastern regions to ascertain the progress …

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Pupils of Abansere Basic School learn under roofless shed

Pupils of Abansere Basic School in the Berekum West District of the Bono Region currently have classes under harsh and unfavourable conditions due to the absence of befitting classrooms. Pupils from classes two, three, and four learn under a shed that was constructed by the school with the support of …

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GES sends strong warning to school authorities

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has cautioned authorities at the various Senior High Schools against collecting any unauthorised and/or illegal charge from newly graduated final year students under the guise of the clearance system. In a letter to Regional Directors, the Director-General, Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, stated that the Service had …

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10-year-old Nicholas Buamah’s third book accepted into Library of Congress

• Nicholas Buamah is a child author • His first book was accepted into the U.S. Library of Congress • Like the first, his third, ‘Is Santa Really Real?’ has also been accepted into the library Nicholas Buamah became a sensation in 2019 when his bestseller book, Kayla & Kyle …

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Creative Arts, Kufuor, Bosomtwe Girls’ SHSs ready for use in 2022

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has inspected work on the construction of the J. A Kufuor Senior High Technical School, the Creative Arts Senior High School and Bosomtwe Girls’ Senior High School all in the Ashanti Region.   On Saturday, 2nd October 2021, President Akufo-Addo visited the J. A Kufuor …

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11-year-old Ghanaian crowned second runner-up at International Spelling Bee competition

• Angel Arhin has been adjudged as best in Africa at this year inter-continental spelling bee competition • Angel represented Ghana in Dubai after winning the inter-schools tournament in Ghana • Arhin is a primary six pupil at the UCC Basic School A primary six pupil of the University of …

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790 out of 2824 students pass Law School entrance exams

A total of 790 students out of 2824 representing 28 per cent passed the 2021 School of Law entrance exams. The figure is a 10 per cent drop from the total number of students who passed in 2020. A total of 1045 students passed the 2020 exams. The rate of …

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St Johns Grammar students use dining hall tables to learn – Headmaster reveals

The headmaster of St. Johns Grammar Senior High School in Accra, Dr Edmund Fianu, has revealed that over 4,228 students use dining tables and chairs in their various classrooms due to lack of furniture. According to the headmaster, the school is overpopulated and lacks enough learning desks for the students …

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Tyrone Marghuy tops class in Science & Elective Maths despite admission woes

Tyrone Marghuy, one of two Rastafarian boys in a legal battle with Achimota School has reportedly topped his class in Science and Elective Maths. The Rasta student excelled in the Exams despite his inability to study with the class against the backdrop of his predicament in relation to his admission. …

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