A new education reform outline by the Ministry of Education, Ghana Education Service and National Council for Curriculum Assessment has emerged on social media. Per the document, all students in JHS 1 – SHS 1 shall run a Common Core Programme (CCP), which comprises 9 subjects; namely – Maths, Languages, …
Read More »Uganda’s education sector to recover from Covid impact after 2030
Uganda’s education sector will fully recover from COVID-19 impact and aftereffects after 2030, according to Makerere University-based thinktank, Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC). In the research in which experts analyzed levels of key education advancement indicators such as enrollment, transitioning, and quality of education in the years preceding 2020 when the pandemic …
Read More »Food Shortage: Gov’t to distribute foodstuffs to affected SHSs by July 12 – Education Ministry
Senior High Schools hit by food shortages will receive supplies by Tuesday (July 12), authorities have announced. That’s according to the Education Ministry as it races against time to avert an imminent closure of second-cycle schools whose students have been affected by an ongoing strike by members of four teacher …
Read More »Education Ministry downplays reports of food shortages in SHSs
The Education Ministry has downplayed concerns being raised about shortage of food items in secondary schools in parts of the country. Speaking on Eyewitness News, the Ministry’s PRO, Kwasi Kwarteng, said his ministry has “not had any such official complaint.” Despite reports indicating that certain schools currently lack key ingredients like …
Read More »VIDEO: Education Minister visits his 96-year-old Class 1 teacher
The Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has stressed the importance of teachers throughout his academic journey, “I am eternally grateful to them all,” he said in a July social media post. He mentioned the specific case of two of his teachers who he met recently, one during a …
Read More »UGBS denied me admission despite having aggregate 9 – Education Minister recounts
Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, Minister for Education and MP for Bosomtwe, has disclosed that he failed to secure admission to Ghana’s premier university despite excelling in his A level exams. He said, having made aggregate nine, he was hopeful of gaining admission to the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) …
Read More »Education boss requests closure of schools over Daasebre Oti Boateng’s funeral rites
The New Juaben South Municipal Director of Education Victor deGraft -Etsison is requesting for a temporal closure of both public and private schools in the Municipality due to the final funeral rites of the late paramount Chief of New Juaben Traditional Area , Daasebre Prof.Emeritus Oti Boateng and the Queenmother …
Read More »KNUST ranked best university in quality education in Africa, 14th in the world
Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST, have congratulated its stakeholders on a recent feat the university has achieved. The latest Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Ranking adjudged KNUST as the best university in quality education (Sustainable Development Goal 4) in Africa and 14th globally. KNUST …
Read More »Gov’t begins disbursement of ¢67M to Colleges of Education for feeding trainees
The Chairman of the Conference of Principals of Colleges of Education (PRINCOF), Dr. Emmanuel Nyamekye has confirmed that some colleges have begun receiving their cheques for their feeding grants as announced by the government. Government through the Education Ministry on Wednesday, April 20, announced that some GH¢ 67 million have …
Read More »1,600 Colleges of Education students awarded scholarships – Gov’t
The Presidency has said the government’s Scholarship Secretariat has awarded local scholarships to 45,000 tertiary students. Also, 1,600 training college students have been awarded scholarships. This is part of efforts to educate Ghana, the seat of Government said. Regarding foreign scholarships, 560 students have also been awarded under the online …
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