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Fear and panic have rocked residents in the Bodi district after ‘juju’ was spotted on a basic school’s compound. Sefwi Dokukrom D/A Primary and Junior High School at Bodi has since been closed down after the mystery pot with strange items was discovered on the school’s compound. Inside the pot …

The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has noted that the Ghana Education Service (GES) has not backtracked on its directive to Achimota School regarding the enrollment of two Rastafarian students. According to him, the Director-Director of GES will issue fresh guidelines to all heads of Senior High Schools with regards to …

  Dreadlock would-be students, Tyrone Iras Marhguy and Oheneba Kwaku Nkrabea are trending because the authorities of Achimota Senior High School and the Ghana Education Service have denied them enrolment. The students successfully secured admission into the prestigious Achimota school by the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) of …

A school bus that was transporting 30 children to school was involved in an accident at Agona Swedru in the Central Region Tuesday morning. There were no fatalities. A KIA Combi bus with registration number GW 2495-11, which belongs to the Christ the King Preparatory School at Agona Swedru, collided with another …

  “Our public schools have always tolerated religious rights. Achimota allowed Major Boakye Gyan to practice his “ancestral worshipping religion”, says Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare a.k.a Kwaku Azar. Major Boakye Gyan, a former student of Achimota, was a former military officer and a member of those who spearheaded the June …

A 19-year-old dreadlocked student, who has been denied admission at Osei Kyeretwie Senior High School (OKESS) in the Ashanti Region, says he is considering quitting school for good. It seems the level of stigmatization and frustration meted to students with dreadlocks at the various senior high schools is at an …

The Ghana Education Service(GES) has directed the headmistress of Achimota School to admit the two teenage students whose admissions were withdrawn because of their dreadlocks. This comes after an intensive and sustained online campaign barely 48 hours in protest against the decision of the Achimota school authorities. A former Member …

A beleaguered father has called out one of Ghana’s elite secondary schools, Achimota over what he describes as ‘gross human right violation’ after the institution allegedly refused his ward admission. Raswad Menkrabea while sharing his ordeal on Facebook alleged that authorities of Achimota School rejected his dreadlocked son with claims …

First-year Senior High School (SHS) students Thursday reported to school to begin the 2021/22 academic year. A visit by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) to the St Thomas Aquinas SHS and Accra High School saw the ‘freshers’ going through the registration process. Mr Paul K. Amoasi Baidoo, the Headmaster of …

The management of the Ghana School of Law has directed the President of the Students Representative Council (SRC) of the school Philemon Laar to resign after he failed an exam. The School of Law in a statement said Mr. Laar cannot continue to hold himself out as President of SRC …