EDUCATION

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 …

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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 …

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‘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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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, …

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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 …

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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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Government releases funds for SHS Feeding

The Ministry of Education (MOE) has released an amount of Gh¢125,998,145.00 to the Buffer Stock Company and Headmasters of Senior High Schools for the payment of perishable food items for the school feeding programme across the country. Out of the total amount paid on May 14, 2021, Gh¢83, 184,673.00 was …

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Central University Kumasi Law Faculty shut down by National Accreditation Board

• The Kumasi Law Faculty of the Central University College was closed down for operating without authorisation from NAB • Affected students for the 2020/2021 academic year are being sorted out by the university • The main campus of the Central University College remains a top tier accredited tertiary institution …

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