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The Ghana National Association of Teachers, (GNAT,) has protested the introduction of the Ghana Basic Education Skills Examination Test proposed by the National Teaching Council (NTC). According to the association, it is protesting against what it refers to as an attempt by the NTC to “craft a policy and arbitrarily …

Commercial sex workers operating around Kwadaso Municipality in the Ashanti Region have taken over the premises of the Kwadaso M/A Basic School using classrooms in the facility for their unscrupulous business. According to the teachers, the activities of Commercial sex workers are due to the absence of security and proper lighting systems at the school premises. According to them, …

Inadequate furniture at the Adjikpo Dokuyo M/A Basic School at Adjikpo, a suburb of Somanya in the Eastern Region is affecting academic work in the school. Reports say most parents end up withdrawing their children from school as a result of the problem. Despite a fairly good classroom block to …

  •Lydia has bemoaned why citizens are working hard just to afford basic necessities • The actress has lamented about the high cost of living in Ghana • She has asked Ghanaian companies to desist from charging in dollars Popular and outspoken actress, Lydia Forson has questioned why basic necessities such as …

  The Police in Okorase in the Eastern Region are on the hunt for the killer[s] of Besease Basic School teacher who was shot dead over the weekend. According to reports, Mr. Solomon Arhin, a 36-year-old man was murdered on Saturday, June 19, 2021. The sad incident reportedly occurred around …

  Senior staff in state-run universities in Ghana have extended their strike to essential services on campuses following a break down of government negotiations. The action has affected activities in basic schools, hospitals, clinics, fire and anatomy departments. During a visit to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology …

The Presby Basic School at Huhunya, a farming community, in the Yilo Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region, has over the past years been using a deathtrap school building facility that poses danger to both teachers and pupils of the school. The dilapidated basic school, built with laterite which serves …

Basic schools managed by some universities in have been closed down indefinitely–as their senior staff’s strike begins to bite hard. The Universities of Ghana and Cape Coast, have in a letter informed stakeholders including parents of the development. “It is very unfortunate to inform you of a postponement of in …

Weeds have now taken over the compounds of some basic schools in the Western Region following the long closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, some of the school blocks have developed serious cracks on them. With barely a week to the reopening, the situation in some schools visited by the Ghana …