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Ghana’s UCC ranked globally among best universities for research influence

• UCC has been named among the best in the world for research influence • This is the first time the university has been featured • The 2022 Times Higher Education rankings was set up two decades ago The 2022 Times Higher Education annual rankings has ranked the University of …

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STEPSS students sit on floor to learn, stand to eat and sleep in uncompleted building

St. Stephens Secondary Technical school (STEPSS) in Akyem Asiakwa in Abuakwa South Municipality in the Eastern region is reeling under serious infrastructural and furniture crises amidst the exponential increase in the population of students as a result of Free Senior High School policy . The infrastructural and furniture crises in …

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Burnt laptop is not that of yet-to-be distributed ‘teachers laptops’

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 …

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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, …

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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. …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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