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GES delegation visits Konongo Odumase Senior High School

The Ghana Education Service, GES, on Monday November 8, 2021, send a six member delegation to Konongo Odumase Senior High School to extend heartfelt condolences to the students over the recent murder case recorded in the school. Led by the Asante Akyem Central Municipal Education Director, Mrs Patricia Sarpong, the …

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GES sends strong warning to school authorities

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has cautioned authorities at the various Senior High Schools against collecting any unauthorised and/or illegal charge from newly graduated final year students under the guise of the clearance system. In a letter to Regional Directors, the Director-General, Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, stated that the Service had …

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One Teacher one Laptop: Teacher only pays Gh¢549.44 – GES

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says government has absorbed Gh¢1,282.30 representing 70 percent of the cost of the Teacher Mate 1(TM1) laptops being distributed to teachers under the One Teacher One Laptop initiative. Per the computation, the teacher only pays about Gh¢549.44. as 30 percent of the total cost of …

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GES interdicts headmaster of Jachie-Pramso SHS for caning student

The Headmaster of Jachie-Pramso Senior High School in the Ashanti Region, Francis Donkor has been interdicted by the Ghana Education Service (GES) effective September 7, 2021, for mercilessly caning a female student. He has been directed to hand over the Administration and Management of the school to the Ashanti Regional …

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Viral blackboard ICT teacher recounts how GES officials summoned him in 2018

• In 2018, a teacher who improvised to teach ICT in rural Ghana went viral • Owura Kwadwo Hottish recounts how the GES officials in his district hounded him despite the good that came from his initiative • He has joined the #FixGES campaign being championed by fellow teacher and …

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GH¢34.8m Worth PASCO: Few schools received their books; where is the money? – IEA Jabs GES and MoE

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire”. My dear compatriots, I deem that the delays in the arrival of past questions for final year students will not impair the students.[tps_title][/tps_title] The past questions which cost the nation over GHC34.8 million cedis and are …

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I spend more on transportation than the GH¢1,500 I take as salary – Teacher Kwadwo to GES

Comedian cum Teacher Michael Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as Teacher Kwadwo has said that he will never be bothered should the Ghana Education Service (GES) sack him. According to him, he spends more even on providing basic needs for the school in which he teaches and therefore will not be …

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Methodist Church’s response to Ramadan saga unfortunate – Fmr. GES boss

A former Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) Michael Nsowah has expressed disappointment over the Methodist Church’s response to the ongoing impasse over fasting by Muslim students at Wesley Girls’ SHS. The Methodist Church of Ghana has rejected a directive by the GES to allow Muslim students at the …

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Methodist Church rejects GES directive to allow Muslims fast

The Methodist Church of Ghana has rejected a directive by the Ghana Education Service to allow Muslim students at the Wesley Girls’ Senior High School to fast during Ramadan. The GES directive followed a decision by the Headmistress of Wesley Girls’ High School not to allow Muslim students at the …

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GES to dismiss teachers who fail to register with National Teaching Council

  The Ghana Education Service (GES) is expected to dismiss teachers who fail to register with the National Teaching Council (NTC). The National Teachers Council directed graduate teachers who want to practice teaching as a profession to register on its portal before 7th May 2021. According to a press release …

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