Tag Archives: 2021

12,964 candidates failed 2021 promotion test

Some 12,964 out of the 39,918 candidates who were shortlisted for the December 2021 promotion test to various teaching grades within the Ghana Education Service (GES) were not successful. In a statement released by the GES, some 26,954 candidates representing 67.5 per cent were successful. The promotion test was written …

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89 buses for AFCON 2021 missing in Cameroon

The Cameroonian government has reportedly been on red alert after 89 of the buses they bought for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations vanished into thin air after the tournament. According to the Cameroonian daily L’Anecdote, 89 out of the 90 buses put into circulation for the occasion have vanished …

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Otto Addo explains Black Stars’ failure at 2021 AFCON

Interim Ghana head coach, Otto Addo, has explained the Black Stars’ poor performance at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations(AFCON). Otto said the Black Stars’ shambolic performance at the tournament in Cameroon was due to some strokes of bad luck. He said Ghana were unlucky to have experienced a collection of bad circumstances …

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2021 NSMQ’s Francisca Lamini to study at the Harvard Medical School

The star girl of the 2021 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), Francisca Lamini, is on her way to the Harvard Medical School. This was announced by the American Chamber of Commerce in Ghana through its LinkedIn page. Francisca Lamini caught the attention of the nation with her sterling performance …

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2021 BECE: Private schools demand re-marking over alleged discrimination

The Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNCOP), has called for an independent probe into the marking of scripts of Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates from private schools. Candidates in private schools often do much better than their counterparts in public schools, but the Council argued that private school …

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2021 AFCON Probe: Andre Ayew snubs Parliament

Chairman of Parliamentary Select Committee on Sports and Culture, Johnson Kwaku Adu, has confirmed that Black Stars captain, Andre Dede Ayew did not honour the committee’s invitation for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations probing. The body reportedly served the Al-Sadd man a letter to appear before them and answer questions regarding Ghana’s terrible …

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Publish Chief Examiner’s report of 2021 BECE – Chief Imam demands

The National Chief Imam, Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu, has called for the publication of the 2021 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) Chief Examination Reports. He has expressed worry over the issues that have characterized the 2021 BECE conducted by the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC). In a statement from the just-ended …

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Ivory Coast’s Olivia Yace wins 3rd place at Miss World 2021, crowned Miss Africa

Olivia Yace from Cote d’Ivoire has been a model since the age of 13. She got an opportunity to show her modeling and other talents on one of the world’s biggest stages, the Miss World competition. Of course, this was after she had conquered the contest back home in the …

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WAEC releases 2021 WASSCE results for private candidates

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of 52,974 candidates who sat for the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination(WASSCE) for private candidates. The results of 696 candidates alleged to be involved in various examination malpractice have been withheld pending the conclusion of investigations. “These malpractices …

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36 trafficked persons rescued on Volta lake in 2021

The Oti regional commander of the Ghana Police Service, DCOP Charles Domanba has disclosed that some 36 persons including children were rescued from human trafficking activities on the Volta lake last year. He made the disclosure during a stakeholder engagement led by the International Justice Mission (IJM) at Kete-Krachi in …

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