EDUCATION

PHOTOS: School closes down for 3 days of prayers after ‘juju’ scare

Fear and panic have rocked residents in the Bodi district after ‘juju’ was spotted on a basic school’s compound. Sefwi Dokukrom D/A Primary and Junior High School at Bodi has since been closed down after the mystery pot with strange items was discovered on the school’s compound. Inside the pot …

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GES directive for Achimota School to admit rasta students still stands – Education Minister

The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has noted that the Ghana Education Service (GES) has not backtracked on its directive to Achimota School regarding the enrollment of two Rastafarian students. According to him, the Director-Director of GES will issue fresh guidelines to all heads of Senior High Schools with regards to …

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PHOTOS: KNUST mourns students who lost their lives in accident

Three students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have died after two separate accidents on Saturday, March 27, 2021. Confirming the incident, the University’s Public Relations Officer, Dr Daniel Norris Bekoe, said the first incident occurred when a car with five students run into a tree …

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WAEC to use QR codes to curb examination malpractice

In its quest to curb examination malpractice, the West African Examination Council (WAEC) is set to embed a QR Code in each question paper of candidates during examinations. Speaking to Citi News on the sidelines of the 69th Annual Council meeting, the council said this technology and other interventions would make it practically …

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HOT VIDEO: Two students trade blows over lady

Two young men, believed to be students, have been spotted in a viral video trading blows over a lady. Though the identity of the parties is not immediately known, the lady in question is also said to be a student of the university the two students also attend. The two …

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Siblings of embattled Achimota student risk expulsion from St John’s Grammar

Nikita and Amrita Marhguy, the two siblings of Tyron Marhguy, the Rastafarian who was denied admission by Achimota school risk being sacked from St John’s Grammar School if they do not cut their dreadlocks. This is after some old students petitioned the school to have the students trim their hair …

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See the certificates of brilliant Tyrone Iras Marhguy, the rejected Achimota School dreadlocks student

  Dreadlock would-be students, Tyrone Iras Marhguy and Oheneba Kwaku Nkrabea are trending because the authorities of Achimota Senior High School and the Ghana Education Service have denied them enrolment. The students successfully secured admission into the prestigious Achimota school by the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) of …

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19-year-old SHS 2 student defiles 18-month-old twin girls

A 19-year-old SHS 2 student, Patrick Nyarkoh, has been arrested by the Assin Fosu Police Command for defiling 18 month-old twin-girls at Assin Nsuta in the Assin South District of the Central region. EIB’s News Yaw Boagyan narrated that the mother of the victims, after several hours of searching for …

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Muslim girl allegedly denied admission into Nkawie SHS for wearing hijab

The family of eighteen-year-old Nafisatu Billy Yussif is accusing authorities of the Nkawie Senior High Technical School in the Ashanti Region of denying her admission due to her refusal to remove her hijab. In an interview with Citi News‘ Ashanti Regional Correspondent, Hafiz Tijani, Nafisatu Billy Yussif who was posted to …

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Achimota PTA justifies selective application of school rules on Caucasians

Chairman of the Achimota Parent Teacher Association (PTA), Dr. Andre Kwasi-Kumah, has justified the selective application of rules to some students at the school in the midst of the controversy over the rejection of three students because of their dreadlocks. In backing the decision of the school, Dr. Andre Kwasi-Kumah …

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