Aduman Senior High School students have been attacked and one seriously butchered on his forehead and other parts of the body by unidentified hooligans. The incident occurred on Tuesday, 5th July 2022, in the evening at around 7:15 pm there about at Aduman in the Afigya Kwabre District of the …
Read More »Asesewa SHS student dies in fatal crash while returning from night club
A first-year Home Economics student of Asesewa Senior High School in the Eastern region has died in a tragic motorbike accident at Mampong stretch of Somanya to Odumase krobo road while returning from a nightclub. The 20-year-old Batsa Florence currently on vacation as a result of double-track SHS policy was …
Read More »IMF programme won’t affect free SHS, other flagship programmes – Gov’t
The Ministry of Finance says government flagship programmes like the free SHS policy, Agenda 111 among others, will not be scrapped following government’s decision to seek an IMF bailout. The Ministry says government will ensure that pro-poor policies are not affected by the IMF conditionalities. Government last Friday announced plans …
Read More »Free SHS food vehicle involved in accident, five critically injured at Gomoa Okyereko
Five persons have been critically injured after GMC private car with the registration number GR 8670-15 collided with a Toyota Hiace with registration number GX 6981-21 carrying food from Accra to Ajumako Mando SHS. The accident occurred at Gomoa Okyereko on the Kasoa Cape-Coast Highway in the Central Region. Reports …
Read More »Free SHS graduate given scholarship by Akufo-Addo excels in first year at UK varsity
A brilliant but needy Free Senior High School, SHS, graduate who was given a scholarship by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has continued his streak of academic excellence in uni. Thomas Amoani scored 8As in his West African Senior High School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, a record at his alma mater, …
Read More »IMF Bailout: Free SHS, NABCO, National Cathedral & other policies to be cancelled
Key projects and policies could be affected by the government of Ghana’s eventual decision to go to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout. Based on the terms and conditions that usually come with an IMF bailout where the government is told to cut down on expenditure and focus …
Read More »Aggrey Memorial SHS headmistress confirms rape of student by security man
Headmistress of Aggrey Memorial Senior High School in Cape Coast, Mrs. Kate Wilberforce Annan, has confirmed the news that a female student of the school was raped by a security man at post on Friday June 17, 2022 on the school campus. GhanaWeb picked up information about the said sexual …
Read More »Islamic SHS chaos: Four more Police officers interdicted
Some four more Police Officers have been interdicted over the chaos that occurred at the Islamic Senior High School. The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Dr George Akuffo Dampare interdicted the officers for derogatory comments they made about Muslims during the chaos that occurred at the school. The four officers who …
Read More »Probe GHC38m Free SHS T-shirts deal – Educationist to Parliament
An Educationist, Samuel Zigah, has called for an independent investigation into the 38 million Ghana cedis printed Free Senior High School (FSHS) T-Shirts to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the initiative. Speaking to Starr News, the Educationist further demanded that the culprits in the printing scandal must be brought to book. “In the …
Read More »Islamic SHS shooting: Train your officers in crowd control — Ken Agyapong to IGP
Chairman of the Defense and Interior Committee of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, has asked the Inspector General of Police to take immediate steps to train his officers in crowd control. This, in his view, will enable the officers determine when to, or not to use excessive force to control crowd. The …
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