EDUCATION

A 19-year-old dreadlocked student, who has been denied admission at Osei Kyeretwie Senior High School (OKESS) in the Ashanti Region, says he is considering quitting school for good. It seems the level of stigmatization and frustration meted to students with dreadlocks at the various senior high schools is at an …

The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, will on Monday, March 22 appear before Parliament following an urgent question filed last week by North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP) Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa. The question is related to the content of controversial textbooks said to denigrate some ethnic groups – particularly Ewes – in Ghana. …

The Ghana Education Service(GES) has directed the headmistress of Achimota School to admit the two teenage students whose admissions were withdrawn because of their dreadlocks. This comes after an intensive and sustained online campaign barely 48 hours in protest against the decision of the Achimota school authorities. A former Member …

Tyrone Iras Marhguy, the Rastafarian student who has been denied admission to the Achimota School has expressed shock at the school’s disregard for his academics prowess and instead are focus on his dreadlocks. To him, his dream has always been to be a student of the Achimota School where a …

News reaching Fillabase indicates that a brawl occurred last night at Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science & Technology (KNUST) leaving some students injured. According to sources at the KNUST, a guy was wearing a Conti (Hostel) t-shirt, and decided to pass Katanga Hostel to his own hostel in Brunei, so on his …

The headmistress of Achimota School is under fire for allegedly denying a guy admission because of his dreadlocks. Ghanaians are divided on whether it was a good step to deny a student the right to education based on his choice of hairstyle. Some are hailing the Headmistress for her bold …

A public school in the Upper East Region, where schoolchildren sit on the floor to learn for lack of furniture, has received 81 dual desks after a teacher made the children’s ordeal public through social media. A number of entities donated the writing desks to the Naaga Primary School after …

First-year Senior High School (SHS) students Thursday reported to school to begin the 2021/22 academic year. A visit by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) to the St Thomas Aquinas SHS and Accra High School saw the ‘freshers’ going through the registration process. Mr Paul K. Amoasi Baidoo, the Headmaster of …

Parliament is expected to invite the Minister of Education Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum to appear on the floor of the House to answer questions relating to newly-authored history textbooks for students. This comes after lawmaker for North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said he has filed an urgent parliamentary question requesting the …

In Ghana, one’s Senior High School (Alma Mater) is one’s pride. More often than not, people will cite and tout their secondary schools, especially in the face of educational quizzes and competitions. There are several senior High Schools in the country and each has a history. A history behind its …