Claim: A ‘teachers’ laptop” exploded after a teacher tried installing windows 10, according to a social media user. Verdict: The Ghana Education Service has not started distributing the “teachers laptops.” Full Text A social media user claims that one of the laptops given to teachers in Ghana caught fire after …
Read More »How GES official tried to torpedo my 2018 Singapore trip – Blackboard ICT teacher
• A teacher who went viral in 2018 for innovative teaching technique says he was hounded by education officers • Owura Kwadwo Hottish recounts how GES officials nearly thwarted his visit to Singapore • He is backing calls by a fellow teacher calling for reforms in GES Owura Kwadwo Hottish, …
Read More »Fraud is not the best option to raise my WASSCE registration arrears – Candidate jabs critics
A 19-year-old student could miss out on the 2021 West Africa Secondary School Certificate Exams (WASSCE) if he could not raise GHC1900 withein 10days working days. Douglas Boti was billed GH₵3000 as registration fees for the 2021 WASSCE which starts on August 23, but he could only make part payment. …
Read More »Government abandons student nurses allawance
Student nurses at the Bolgatanga Nursing Training College (BNTC) in the Upper East Region, say their allowances are in four months’ arrears. The students acknowledged that allowances for January, February, and March were paid, however, they are yet to receive allowances for April, May, June and July. Mr Benjamin Asaana …
Read More »UTAG to suspend strike; demands withdrawal of court action
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) is expected to suspend its strike following an agreement with government to return to the negotiating table. The lecturers, according to a memorandum of understanding between them and government, will suspend their industrial action if the National Labour Commission withdraws all legal action …
Read More »Abandoning E-blocks disgraceful – Mahama to Akufo-Addo
Former President John Dramani Mahama has described the current state of the E-blocks his government was constructing nationwide under a community day school project before he lost power in 2016 as “a disgrace” to Ghana’s reputation. He told eminent traditional chiefs in a meeting held on Tuesday in the Upper …
Read More »KUMASI: Video of priest giving St. Monica’s female students ‘holy kiss’ on pulpit goes viral
• A video of a priest kissing female students on a pulpit has attracted massive engagement on Twitter • According to the original source of the video, it was shot at a training college in Kumasi • It has received massive backlash from tweeps A video showing a priest giving …
Read More »GH¢34.8m Worth PASCO: Few schools received their books; where is the money? – IEA Jabs GES and MoE
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire”. My dear compatriots, I deem that the delays in the arrival of past questions for final year students will not impair the students.[tps_title][/tps_title] The past questions which cost the nation over GHC34.8 million cedis and are …
Read More »Final-year student of three town SHS injures teacher in knife attack
A teacher at the Three Town Senior High School at Denu in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region, has sustained a deep cut in the arm following an altercation with a final year Visual Arts student in the school The student is alleged to have been manhandling …
Read More »Contractor of locked up Kaira D/A School hand over keys to assembly
Contractor of the newly built Kaira D/A school in the South Dayi district, which was locked up to allegedly wait for the presence of the District Chief Executive(DCE) to open, has been handed over to the district assembly. In an interview with TV3 on Tuesday, August 10, the DCE of …
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