Sammy Gyamfi, the National Communication Officer of the NDC says but for the E-blocks built by the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama administration, there would have been a “quadruple” track system in the Senior High Schools (SHS) with the introduction of the Free SHS policy. Gyamfi told Paul Adom-Otchere Thursday on Good Evening …
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Nurses declare strike over conditions of service
The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has directed its members to withdraw their services from Monday, September 21. According to the Association, government has failed to improve their conditions of service for the over 82,000 members. President of the Association Perpetual Ofori Ampofo on Thursday, September 17 told …
Read More »WATCH VIDEO: BECE candidate escapes death
A pupil of Kpandai SDA Junior High School, Ebenezer Waki, could not complete his Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) after he was involved in an accident Wednesday. The pupil, who is currently on admission at the Kpandai District Hospital, was injured after a motorbike collided with theirs and another bicycle. …
Read More »Bawumia holds talks with Bill Gates on polio immunisation
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on Monday, September 14, 2020 held discussions via zoom with Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Ghana’s progress on immunisation against the new circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2). The discussion according to Dr Bawumia also centred around the lessons from Ghana’s policy response to COVID-19 and the country’s digitisation …
Read More »GES Announces Recruitment For Qualified Teachers
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced applications for qualified trained teachers who completed the Colleges of Education in 2019. This was contained in a press statement released by the Ghana Education Service on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. According to a statement signed by the Director, Human Resource, Adjoa Van …
Read More »Sad! BECE candidate dies after writing four papers
Sad news reaching the desk of My News Ghana has it that a Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidate, Richard Mensah, writing this year’s exam, has died at Apremdo in the Western Region. Reports say that he died on Wednesday, September 16 2020 after writing his papers on Monday and …
Read More »There is no pressure on us to suspend teacher licensure exams – NTC
The National Teaching Council (NTC) says there is no political pressure on it to suspend the teacher licensure examinations. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the National Teaching Council, Dennis Osei-Owusu, in a Citi News interview on the matter, said the exam was postponed to 1st and 2nd October due to changes …
Read More »Atletico Madrid to replace Thomas Partey with Elisha Owusu
Spanish top-flight club, Atletico Madrid is planning to replace key player, Thomas Partey with French-born Ghanaian, Elisha Owusu as EPL side, Arsenal continue the chase for his signature. Owusu, who joined KAA Gent from Lyon and has been in tremendous form is being courted by the Spanish team as a …
Read More »BECE candidates sleep in classrooms over inadequate exam centers
The woefully inadequate examination centers in Kwahu Afram Plains South District of Eastern Region has forced hundreds of candidates in the ongoing BECE to spend nights in shabby classrooms in the district capital Tease. The Kwahu Afram Plains South District has only one WAEC approved Examination center -the St.Fidelis Senior …
Read More »1FDK – Falaa Feat Hellomenz (Official Video)
1FDK has been climbing all the top hills in the industry which is recently bringing his name to the stay. The singer has put out a number of hot songs out there and it doesn’t seize as the vibes keep coming so unexpectedly. Releasing his last project ‘We Go Win’ …
Read More »Latest list of universities not recognised by Ghana’s Accreditation Board
The National Accreditation Board (NAB) in Ghana has reiterated its call to all educational institutions and employers to refer all academic and professional qualifications to it for determination of their respective statuses before accepting them for any form of admission, employment or job progression. The call follows the continuous use …
Read More »Chinese government hands over medical supplies to Ghana
The Chinese Government on Wednesday, presented its second batch of medical supplies, to the Ministry of Health, to support Ghana in the fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The supplies were made up of 20,000 N-95 protective face masks, 350,000 surgical masks, 10,000 disposable coverall, 15,000 each of medical googles, and disposable gloves and …
Read More »Hatred and ‘juju’ retarding progress of Black Stars -Taylor
Former Ghanaian footballer Charles Taylor Asampong has admitted that there is the use of ‘juju’ in football but it does not necessarily make a team win matches. The former Black Stars player in an interview with Rainbow Sports admitted that there are players who depend on ‘juju’ to enhance their career and …
Read More »UG lecturers will be sanctioned over PUB presser – UTAG
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) says it will sanction the University of Ghana Branch of the association for holding a press conference on the Public Universities Bill without approval. According to the umbrella union of the university lecturers, the leadership of the Legon branch of UTAG has been …
Read More »Odartey Lamptey backs C.K Akonnor’s choice for Black Stars captaincy
Former Ghana international Nii Odartey Lamptey has commended coach Charles Kwablan Akonnor on his choice for leadership of the Black Stars. C.K Akonnor retained Andre Ayew as captain of the Black Stars, with Atletico Madrid star Thomas Partey and goalkeeper Richard Ofori appointed as his deputies. Public opinion has been divided especially …
Read More »Asamoah Gyan unperturbed by Black Stars captaincy shakeup
Asamoah Gyan’s business manager Samuel Anim Addo has stated the striker is not disturbed by his snub from the national team’s new captaincy ranks. On advice of new Black Stars coach CK Akonnor, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) announced a three-man leadership team to steer the affairs of the four-time …
Read More »Two Pregnant BECE Candidates Rushed To Health Center in Eastern Region
Two Pregnant Candidates sitting the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in Kwahu Afram Plains South were on Monday rushed to Maame Krobo Health Center. Whereas one was treated and discharged a few minutes the other was transferred to Donkorkrom Presbyterian Hospital after she was diagnosed with spontaneous delivery. About …
Read More »Inter Milan wants to terminate Kwadwo Asamoah’s contract – Reports
Inter Milan has initiated steps to terminate the contract of Black Stars defender, Kwadwo Asamoah, according to Italian newspaper Gazetta dello Sport. Kwadwo Asamoah’s contract with the Italian giants will expire in June 2021. However, the midfielder, who in recent years has played as a left-back, is not in head coach Antonio Conte’s …
Read More »Ghana Premier League players to be paid GHC1,500 under NDC – Sammy Gyamfi
The National Communications Director of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has revealed that his party will pay every premier league player an average of GHC1,500 every month when it wins power come December. He said that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government will set up a sports development fund …
Read More »Korle-Bu mortuary man in trouble
The Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana is threatening to deal with a Cameroonian- Ghana based mortuary worker at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. According to the group, the man, identified as Shakar Lukas, is a ‘goro’ mortuary man who is only defaming the occupation. Speaking on Adom FM’s Social Discussion Segment, ‘Y’asem Nie’, …
Read More »Teacher Licensure Exams not suspended – Gov’t
The Education Ministry has denied claims that the teacher licensure examination has been suspended. There were claims that the alleged suspension of the exams was triggered by a promise by the opposition National Democratic Congress to cancel it if they win power in December. But the Ministry in a statement …
Read More »Effiduase-Asokore Cons: Best Wishes to BECE Candidates – MP
This is to wish all Students writing this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) most especially to the candidates in Effiduase-Asokore Constituency the very best of luck as they commence their exams today. In Effiduase-Asokore Constituency, our district education directorate managed to arrest the download decline in pass rate, …
Read More »VIDEO: Tariq Lamptey breaks the internet with his performance against old club Chelsea
Ghana target Tariq Lamptey was the toast of many football lovers on Monday night with his splendid performance against his old club Chelsea at the Amex Stadium. Brighton lost the game by 3-1 but undoubtedly the best player on the night was the Chelsea Academy graduate who showed his former …
Read More »Two pregnant girls, nursing mother sit for BECE in Sissala East
Two pregnant girls including; a nursing mother are participating in the 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Sissala East Municipality of the Upper West Region. The nursing mother who delivered only a day to the examination displayed high level of determination when she managed to join her colleagues …
Read More »John Paintsil tips Michael Essien to become a world-class coach with ease
Former Ghana international, John Paintsil, said ex-Black Stars teammate, Michael Essien, will easily become a world-class coach, because of the level his playing career has reached. Danish giants, Nordsjaelland, signed the former Chelsea and Real Madrid midfield sensation last week as a player-coach for this forthcoming season. That will help …
Read More »Meet the 60-year-old JHS woman writing the 2020 BECE
Final year Junior High School students across the country started their final exams today. The Basic Education Certificate Examination started today amongst JHS 3 students across Ghana. The examination which will last for a week kick started on Monday September 14 with the English paper. At the Agona Odoben …
Read More »What Nelson Mandela told Black Stars players in 2010
A sub-story of Ghana’s successful participation in the 2010 World Cup was when the Black Stars paid a visit to the highly-revered Nelson Mandela. The team called on the former South Africa President after their dramatic qualification to the quarter-final which came as a result for a stupendous extra-time strike from Asamoah …
Read More »UTAG makes U-turn on intended book and research allowance strike
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has suspended its intended strike. The strike was supposed to help the university teachers demand the payment of their book and research allowance. According to the Association, the government has shown the needed commitment to pay the allowance for the 2019/2020 academic year, …
Read More »Beyi W’ano: The ‘death trap’ called ‘school building’ in Upper Denkyira East [PHOTOS]
When Adom 106.3 FM launched its new segment called Beyi W’ano on the morning show, Dwaso Nsem, little did the station know that its maiden edition will not be just another development gap. What the producers of the show have had to deal with is a production of a ‘life-and-death situation; it’s a story …
Read More »26-year-old lotto forecaster gives interesting reason for writing BECE
A 26-year-old lotto forecaster has joined the over 530,000 Junior High School pupils nationwide to partake in the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Isaac Arthur, a pupil of Juaboso School ‘A’, after successfully writing his English Language paper, spoke to Adom News on his motivation to sit for the first paper …
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