Home / EDUCATION (page 70)

EDUCATION

Free SHS: Schools run out of food as gov’t funds delay

  Assisted Secondary Schools across the country have run out of food owing to failure by the Buffer Stock company to supply them non-perishable foods. The situation has been exacerbated by delays in the release of funds to the schools by government. The heads have been running the schools on …

Read More »

NSMQ2021: Mfantsipim destroys Adisadel, University Practice and Assin State College [PHOTOS]

 Mfantsipim School Mfantsipim School are the winners of the 2021 Central Regional Championship of the National Science & Maths Quiz. They crushed their archrivals Adisadel College, University Practice and Assin State College to clinch their first ever trophy at the regional level. The Botwe Boys put up a spirited performance …

Read More »

Rainstorm destroys two dormitory blocks at Sandema Sec-Tech School, over 200 students affected

Over 200 male students of the Sandema Senior High Technical School in the Builsa North Municipality have been displaced by a rainstorm that destroyed two dormitory blocks yesterday. The Tuesday night storm which rocked the area around 10 pm destroyed the roofs of the Rawlings and Azanti low Houses which …

Read More »

Add Muslims to Wesley Girls’ school board, sack headmistress – Muslim Coalition

• Coalition of Muslim Organisations, Ghana is calling for the reconstitution of the Wesley Girls’ High School board • The advocacy comes after the school prevented a Muslim student from partaking in the Ramadan fast • Authorities of the school say the ‘no fasting’ policy is strictly for health reasons …

Read More »

Students of Takoradi Technical University reject certificate

  Some students of the Takoradi Technical University (TTU) have rejected the Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering certificates issued to them by the university upon completion of the programme in 2020. They argued that before they enrolled for the course in August 2018, the authorities of TTU told them …

Read More »

Student whipped 25 times at St. Stephens SHS despite law against it

A teacher at St. Stephens Senior High and Technical School (STEPSS) in Akyem Asiakwa near Kyebi in the Eastern Region has given a male student 25 strokes of cane for assaulting another student. A leaked video captured the teacher identified only as Sir Amable whipping the student who was only …

Read More »

We stand with the school – GeyHey PTA sets records straight on why Muslim student was refused fasting

The Parent Teacher Association of the Wesley Girls’ Senior High School has expressed shock at what it says is the misinterpretation of the issues surrounding the school’s refusal to allow a Muslim student to fast during the Ramadan. According to a statement, the school PTA stated that it is quite …

Read More »

Methodist Church’s response to Ramadan saga unfortunate – Fmr. GES boss

A former Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) Michael Nsowah has expressed disappointment over the Methodist Church’s response to the ongoing impasse over fasting by Muslim students at Wesley Girls’ SHS. The Methodist Church of Ghana has rejected a directive by the GES to allow Muslim students at the …

Read More »

Methodist Church rejects GES directive to allow Muslims fast

The Methodist Church of Ghana has rejected a directive by the Ghana Education Service to allow Muslim students at the Wesley Girls’ Senior High School to fast during Ramadan. The GES directive followed a decision by the Headmistress of Wesley Girls’ High School not to allow Muslim students at the …

Read More »

U/W: St. Mary Immaculate JHS in dire need of infrastructure

Saint Mary Immaculate Junior High School at Duotang in the Nandom Municipality of the Upper West Region is in a dire need of infrastructure to enhance teaching and learning. The school currently has no staff common room and an office to keep the certificate of past students as well as …

Read More »