Tag Archives: SHS

Students of Mankessim SHS smoking Marijuana on campus causes stir

A photo making rounds on social media sees some male students of Mankessim Senior High School smoking wee on campus as if their lives depend on it. The 5 students as seen in the photo donned their uniform and had their pieces in their hands ready to set it rolling. …

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2 SHS Students expelled for committing abortions on campus

The Management of Zamse Senior High School(SHS) in Bolgatanga the Upper East regional capital, has suspended two female students for committing abortions on campus. According to Bolgatanga-based based Dreamz Fm, the students, one in First-Year one and the other in Second-Year 2 were suspected to be pregnant. They were sent …

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Congestion at Kamgbunli Islamic SHS: Chop boxes, trunks of students abandoned in the sun

• Students of Uthman Bin Affan SHS are appealing to the government to come to their aid over the lack of amenities in the school • The lack of space in the dormitory have propelled students to pack their chop boxes and trunks outside • The students join long queues …

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NIB investigates SDA SHS headmistress for feeding students in private hostel with boarding food

  The Headmistress of Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Senior High School in Koforidua -Asokore in the Eastern Region is being investigated by the National Intelligent Bureau (NIB) for administrative infractions. The Headmistress, Naomi Abena Nyarkoa Yeboah Abasi has been accused of collecting feeding fees from students at her private hostel …

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Free SHS: Schools run out of food as gov’t funds delay

  Assisted Secondary Schools across the country have run out of food owing to failure by the Buffer Stock company to supply them non-perishable foods. The situation has been exacerbated by delays in the release of funds to the schools by government. The heads have been running the schools on …

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Free SHS funding: Q & A with Education Minister

Host Francis Abban (right) and Education Minister Dr Adutwum FUNDING FREE SHS AND SHARING COST HOST: The matter of Free SHS, thus far, per the Budget that was read by the Finance Minister, we’ve spent a little over GHC 3 billion on the flagship program Free SHS. Three years after …

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Free SHS: Parents are free to pay fees – Adutwum

  The Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has said parents who wish to pay the fees for their wards despite the Free SHS program are free to do so. According to him, the government would applaud any parent who does so. He told Starr News’ Francis Abban in an …

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Techiman St. Paul’s SHS teacher hangs himself in staff room

  A teacher at the St. Paul’s Senior High School at Techiman, Paul Dwamena has been found dead in the school’s Staff Common Room. In what is being reported as an alleged suicide case although there was no suicide note cited at the crime scene, the Religious and Morals Education …

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3 SHSs deny admission to student after realizing he’s an ex-convict

  23-year-old ex-convict, Abu Safianu Yahaya who dreams of becoming a nurse has his hopes dashed because of his ex-convict status. He has therefore appealed to the government to come to his aid to gain admission into any of the three different Senior High Schools who refused to enroll him. …

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SHS 2 student, 22, jailed 10 years for defiling 18-month-old twins

A 22-year-old SHS 2 student, Patrick Nyarko who defiled 18-month-old twins has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. The Assin Fosu Divisional Crime officer DSP Daniel Kwabena Darkoh confirming to EIB Network’s Central Regional Correspondent Yaw Boagyan on Thursday, April 15th said, the accused was arraigned before Cape coast Circuit …

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