Tag Archives: EDUCATION

The Right to Information (RTI) Commission has fined the Minister of Education GHC50,000 for denying the education think tank Africa Education Watch (EduWatch) access to information on the Computerised Schools Selection and Placement System (CSSPS). According to EduWatch, the RTI commission also ordered the Ministry to immediately make the information …

The president for the Islamic Youth League of Ghana, Alhaji Isahak OB, has advised the youth of Zongo to resist from riot but rather seek for education and peace. Talking to Evans Kweku Oboafi Junior (HARDROCK), a Journalist in central region, during the 25th National Annual DA” WAH and Fund-Raising …

The government is set to reintroduce a quota system for admission into the various public colleges of education in the country. A letter addressed to principals of colleges of education by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), indicated that the quota system will start in the 2022/2023 academic year. The …

Afghanistan’s Taliban-run education ministry has suspended university education for female students until further notice.   A letter published Tuesday, Dec. 20, by the higher education ministry instructed Afghan public and private universities to suspend access to female students immediately, in accordance with a Cabinet decision.   This comes after girls …

The chief of Opah a community in the Ga west municipality Nii Ayitey Okuansuro II   has advised Ghanaian parent’s to desist from wasting money on funeral clothing and invest such a resource in their children’s future especially in the area of education. According to him, education is a tool and …

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has confirmed the approval of fees and charges in Public Tertiary Education Institutions for the 2022/23 Academic Year. In a letter copied to the Minister of Education, it says all public tertiary institutions may adjust their fees for the academic year by up to …

The chief of Asafo, in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region, Akyeamfour Asafo Boakye Agyeman Bonsu, says education must remain one of the important tools for national development adding that education is the base to the society.   He has therefore urged major stakeholders in the education sector to …

Nigeria’scabinet, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a National Language Policy for use in all primary schools across Africa’s most populous nation. The major highlight of the policy is that the first six years of basic education should be undertaken in the mother tongue of pupils. Minister of Education, …

The Colleges of Education Non-Teaching Staff Association of Ghana (CENTSAG) has called off its indefinite strike action declared on Monday, November 14, 2022. In a statement dated November 24, 2022, and signed by its National President, Frederick Forkuo Yeboah, the Association said it was ending the action with immediate effect …

Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has lamented the state of affairs in the current education system where students are reluctant to ask questions of their teachers. The Minister, who doubles and Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe, believes that reluctance must be done away with if fully rounded children relevant …