EDUCATION

President Akufo-Addo on Wednesday, 4th November 2020, officially inaugurated the Obuasi Campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University (KNUST), at a brief ceremony in Obuasi. It will be recalled that the idea of starting the Obuasi Campus of KNUST came up on 22nd January 2019, when President Akufo-Addo launched the Obuasi …

Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has said any headmaster who will prevent a student from enjoying the government’s free Senior High School policy because of Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) dues will be sacked. The PTA dues, he said, cannot prevent a student from enjoying the free SHS policy because the government has …

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has, for the second time in row, been adjudged the best and most prestigious tertiary institution in the country. This is according to rankings for 2021 released by the US News and World Report – an American media company that publishes news, …

Teachers at Okwenya M/A JHS in the Lower Manya Krobo municipality of the Eastern region are leaving in fear after Gang Attacked Teacher on campus.      Gangs invaded the school and attacked one Mr Eric Kpabitey for seizing a JHS 1 student known as Derrick Akwetey mobile phone.   The incident …

A 15-year-old Junior High School graduate has been defiled and impregnated by her teacher at Ajumako Afransi in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region. The victim (name withheld) told Kasapa News Yaw Boagyan that her Teacher at Ajumako Afransi Junior High School, Erasmus Canny Kattey, on the day they …

There is tension at W.B.M Zion Senior High School (AMEZSS) at Akyem Old Tafo in the Eastern region after a teacher flogged two students mercilessly for laughing at him. The two students were lashed by a senior housemaster identified as Mr. Dagar resulting in severe injuries of one of them, …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it has not released the 2020 West Africa Senior School Certificate (WASSCE) results. In a statement Monday, Mrs Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, the Public Relations Officer of the Council “…cautioned candidates to be wary of websites announcing the release of the results and of persons …

Junior High School Students at Kwahyia, a farming community in the Suhum Municipality of the Eastern region say they have not seen computers before, despite it being part of the curriculum. According to the students, the situation continues to have negative effect on their learning of Information Communication and Technology …

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Senior High Schools (CHASS) has said it meant no harm when it called for a review of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy after three years of implementation. According to CHASS, their call was only to ensure that there was the effective implementation …

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Senior High Schools(CHASS) has called for an immediate review of the Free Senior High Schol policy. The conference holds the view that the policy which implementation started three years ago has resulted in the collapse of Parent Teachers Associations in schools across the country …