• Days after the court ruled that the Achimota School should admit the two Rasta boys, one of them has been spotted at the school • The photos seen on Twitter show Oheneba with his parents at the school administration block • He is believed to be there to complete …
Read More »Achimota School backtracks on decision not to admit rasta students
Achimota School has temporarily backtracked on its decision not to admit two Rastafarian students. The School in a statement after the landmark ruling by an Accra High Court which was hailed by the majority of Ghanaians stated that it had instructed its lawyers to appeal the decision. But the school’s …
Read More »Vice Chancellors to be jailed for running unaccredited courses – GTEC
• GTEC has cautioned tertiary schools against running unaccredited courses • The penalties include either paying a fine of not more than GH¢240,000 • Rector of the institution could be jailed for up to 20 years The Commission of the Ghana Tertiary Education (GTEC) has warned vice-chancellors of universities …
Read More »New Ranking: Prempeh College fails to make top 3 performing schools in Ashanti Region
• The Ministry of Education has come out with two ranking schemes for all Senior High Schools • This is to help place each institution in its proper perspective and to fully assess the free SHS policy • Tepa SHS is the top-performing high school in the Ashanti Region …
Read More »‘Rasta ruling’: Achimota School can’t unilaterally decide to appeal – Education Minister
Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum says the Board of Achimota School is not clothed with the power to unilaterally decide to appeal a ruling of the Human Rights Court ordering it to admit two Rastafarian students. According to him, any such important decision should have been advised by …
Read More »Teachers threaten boycott after residents shit-bomb school
School Children at the Agona Swedru Methodist “B” School in the Agona West Municipality of the Central Region are currently having their classes under trees after some residents Shit bombed the school Tuesday Morning. Sources revealed that the action started when the school reopened and has affected both the …
Read More »Admit Rastafarian students now – High Court orders Achimota School
• An Accra High Court has ordered Achimota School to allow two Rastafarian students pursue their high school education there • The students were denied admission due to their hairstyle • In separate rulings, the court upheld the arguments of the students and asked that they are admitted The Human …
Read More »UCC confers Doctor of Philosophy degree on Akufo-Addo
• President Akufo-Addo now holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree • This was to honour him for the great works he’s done in the educational centre • He has subsequently become an alumnus of the University of Cape Coast The University of Cape Coast has on Saturday, May 29, …
Read More »Police storm Gowrie Senior High/Technical School, allegedly brutalise female students
A midnight outbreak of campus riot at the Gowrie Senior High/Technical School, a second-cycle institution in the Upper East Region, is reported to have left several female boarding students brutalised by police officers. The police officers, believed to have been dispatched from the Bongo District, where the school is …
Read More »C/R: Headmistress prevents five pregnant pupils from writing BECE
The headmistress of Efutu M/A Basic school has prevented five final year pupils from writing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) because they are pregnant. According to the students, the headmistress, Evelyn Efua Panyin, does not allow final year students who are pregnant to write their final exams. One of the …
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