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JHS, SHS 2 students must return to school on Monday – GES directs

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed all form two students of Junior and Senior High Schools to return to their various schools starting from Monday, October 5 2020. This is to enable them complete the third and second term of the current academic year respectively. This was contained in …

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Angry teachers picket GES over legacy arrears

The Coalition of Aggrieved Teachers with arrears dating as far back 2012 on Wednesday, 30 September 2020 besieged the Ghana Education Service Head Office to petition the Director-General of Education on their legacy arrears which they say is long overdue.   According to the aggrieved teachers, it has been rumoured …

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Nine new model schools to be completed by end of 2020 – Education Minister

The Minister for Education,  Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has assured President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo that the nine model schools being constructed by government will be completed by the end of the year. According to Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the establishment of these new senior high schools comprises the construction of …

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Schools In Oti Benefit From 3rd Disinfection Exercise 

Public and private basic and senior high schools (SHSs) in the Oti Region have benefited from the third phase of the on-going national disinfection and fumigation exercise.   The exercise—a collaboration between the Ministry of Education, Ghana Education Service (GES) and Zoomlion Ghana Limited—was in response to President Nana Addo’s …

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GES recruits 16,500 trained teachers

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has begun the process to recruit 16,500 trained teachers who completed the colleges of education last year. Earlier this year, the GES recruited 1,500 teachers in a special mop-up exercise for trained teachers who completed their studies in the 2017/2018 academic year but could not …

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GES postpones 2020/2021 academic year for Basic Schs&SHS to Jan 2021

The Ghana Education Service (GES) according to the President of Ghana has postponed the 2020/2021 academic year to January 2021. This was made known by the President of Ghana in his 16th address to the country. This according to the President is to ensure that the Service works on proper …

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Mobile Phone usage in schools to be reviewed – GES

Stakeholders in the education sector are considering reviewing the ban on mobile phone usage in schools. Mrs Esther Jones Safo, Ga North Municipal Director of Education, who disclosed this in Accra on Thursday, said the review would be done so that mobile phones could be used strictly for academic purposes. …

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GES apologises for a ‘big’ mistake

The Ghana Education Service (GES) on Friday, August 7, 2020, issued a press release to dismiss some 14 students for engaging in acts of indiscipline as well as interdicting three teachers for their alleged roles in some of the reported cases. The affected students, per their dismissal letters, are barred …

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GES apologises for a ‘big’ mistake

The Ghana Education Service (GES) on Friday, August 7, 2020, issued a press release to dismiss some 14 students for engaging in acts of indiscipline as well as interdicting three teachers for their alleged roles in some of the reported cases. The affected students, per their dismissal letters, are barred …

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WASSCE violence: GES sacks 14 students

The Ghana Education Service has dismissed some 14 final year students who are believed to have caused chaos and destroyed properties in their respective schools in the wake of the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The GES in a statement said the action is to serve as …

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