Tag Archives: Institute

Over 500 students of Kumasi Technical Institute sent home for misconduct

Authorities at the Kumasi Technical Institute have sent more than 500 students home due to misconduct and violation of school rules. The students involved according to a citinewsroom.com were all residing in the boarding house and allegedly caused damage to school properties during a rampage on May 17. While school …

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Bawku Technical Institute closed down after violent clash with Bawku SHS

The Ghana Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Service has closed down the Bawku Technical Institute after students of the institute violently clashed with students of Bawku Senior High School on 25 March 2023. The management of the Ghana TVET Service in a statement said upon advice of the Upper East Regional …

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Otumfuo Gold Coin project: Asanteman to institute taskforce to combat galamsey

The Otumfuo Commemorative Gold Coin project is instituting measures for the formation of a task force to combat illegal gold mining (galamsey) in the Ashanti Region. The task force, to be known as Asanteman Task Force Against Illegal Mining, will be a corporate social responsibility initiative of the Otumfuo Commemorative …

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Snake bites student of Have Senior Tech Institute while going to prep

A final year Auto Mechanic Student of Have Senior Technical Institute in Afadjato South District of the Volta Region is battling for his life after he was bitten by a snake while going to prep in the evening. The student, named Constant, after being bitten on Saturday, March 11, 2023, …

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Institute programme to screen newborns for sickle cell diseases – Government told

Professor Fiifi Ofori-Acquah, Director of the Ghanaian Genome (GhGenome) project, has called on the Government to institute a national programme where every baby born in the country is screened for sickle cell diseases. He said, “The reason we advocate screening of newborns for sickle cell is once you have been …

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PHOTOS: Fire guts boys dormitory of Koforidua Technical Institute; 8 students injured

Fire has gutted the the Boys’ dormitory of the Koforidua Technical Institute in the New Juaben North Municipality of the Eastern Region. The fire which started around 11:45 pm on Monday swept through four rooms before personnel of the National Fire Service brought it under control and prevented it from …

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Bolgatanga Technical Institute closed down after final-year students riot

The Upper East Regional Minister,  Stephen Yakubu has asked students of the Bolgatanga Technical Institute to leave the school premises before 4pm today, 2 August 2022, following the rioting of some final-year students. The students destroyed school and staff properties after some of them were arrested on Monday, 1 August …

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Akufo-Addo runs to World Bank for US$50m loan to build Judicial Training Institute – Ablakwa

After the Judicial Training Institute were razed down by the government to pave way for the construction of the controversial National Cathedral, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is alleging that the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s government desperately needs a US$50 million loan to construct a new Judicial Training Institute at the Cocoa Affairs Court land. …

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Exclusive: How Nigeria’s Forestry Research Institute boss, Olusola returned ‘N17m from stolen funds

The Director-General of the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), Ibadan, Oyo State, Prof Adepoju Olusola has returned N17 million, part of the over N50 million meant for cooperative societies in the institution which had been diverted in 2020. SaharaReporters had reported how Olusola allegedly embezzled staff deductions (Contributions of …

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Bolga Tech Institute shut down over student clashes

The Bolgatanga Technical Institute in the Upper East Region has on Wednesday, 17 February 2021, been shut down. This follows a clash between two student groups of the school on Tuesday night. The situation which got out of hand by Wednesday morning, led to the destruction of school property. Some …

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