EDUCATION

The Headmistress of the Komenda Senior High School Ama Sika has given a female student 40 strokes of cane for leaving campus without permission. The student, Mensah Sarafina, has had her buttocks sored after she received the lashes. She had gone home with her mate on Sunday, June 20 to …

The Dean of Students’ Affairs at Pentecost University, Rev. Johnathan Koffie has died. He died at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital today Tuesday, June 22. The university convened an emergency assembly meeting to break the news to management and students at the James McKeown Auditorium.   He was involved in a …

• Ghana is still fighting the deadly Coronavirussince the index case was recorded in March 2020 • Many Ghanaians, including high profile personalities have died from the virus • At the regional level, 684 students have contracted the disease in recent times  A report from the Eastern Regional Health Directorate …

The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) says it is considering a lawsuit against education Think Tank, Africa Education Watch. This comes on the back of Africa Watch’s report on the assessment of the 2020 West African Secondary Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The Think Tank, among other things noted, their investigations revealed that …

The management of the Dagban State SHS in Yendi in the Northern Region has begun probing circumstances that led to first year students of the school being ordered to perform sexual gestures as part of their initiation to the school by their seniors. The immoral gestures were videoed and disseminated …

The Technical University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (TUTAG), has suspended its strike. A Press statement dated Saturday, June 19, 2021 and signed by the National President, Dr Michael Brigandi said the suspension of the industrial action is based on trust and confidence in the assurances by the Education Minister. TUTAG …

Best performing schools in the 2020 National West Africa Secondary Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE) rankings for the Central Region have been awarded with citation of merit. The ceremony, which was to motivate hard working teachers, students and their schools, saw seven schools receiving the awards. Wesley Girls Senior High School …

  In 1958, the setting for a university graduation was obviously not as flamboyant as we have them today but the essence of those events cannot be said to have been any less. In this photo of a graduation ceremony from the Kumasi College of Technology, now the Kwame Nkrumah …

• Alhassan Suhuyini says he will kick against the approval of Gifty Twum-Ampofo nomination • He decision comes at the back of a corruption watch report which accused the MP of bribing delegates • He said the MPs response suggests that her conscience is dead to the threat of bribery …

• A photo of Mankessim SHS students reportedly abusing drugs surfaced online recently • This raised eyebrows with Ghanaians calling on school authorities to act • The school has explained that the photo was part of a project the boys were tasked with  The Visual Arts Department of Mankessim Senior …