Tag Archives: STUDENTS

Teachers and students missing after attack in Nigeria

A university for girls in northwestern Nigeria was targeted Thursday, June 17, in an attack that left one police officer dead, three teachers and an unknown number of students missing, police have said. It was the third attack targeting schoolchildren or students in less than three weeks in northwestern and …

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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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Admit Rastafarian students now – High Court orders Achimota School

• An Accra High Court has ordered Achimota School to allow two Rastafarian students pursue their high school education there • The students were denied admission due to their hairstyle • In separate rulings, the court upheld the arguments of the students and asked that they are admitted  The Human …

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

The Headmistress, Naomi Abena Nyarkoa Yeboah Abasi has been accused of collecting feeding fees from students at her private hostel but feeds them with meals meant for boarding students. Dormitory infrastructural constraints in the school disabled the school from admitting hundreds of first-year students who wanted to be boarders. Due …

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Headmistress takes JHS students to shrine over missing capitation grant cash

  An investigation by the Human Rights Reporters Ghana (HRRG) has revealed that the headmistress of the Mt. Sinai Methodist JHS located at Kumasi in the Dompoase Circuit of Asokwa Municipality in the Ashanti Region, Madam Akyaa Kusi, has taken her students to a Deity known as Obosom in the …

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School for the Blind Students demand removal of Headmistress

Students of School for the Blind in Akropong in AkuapemUnited North Municipality in Eastern Region on Friday morning embarked on a demonstration for the removal of the Headmistress of the School. The students accused the headmistress Mahela Narh of mismanagement leading to the gradual collapse of the school and poor …

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More Nigerian students kidnapped in fresh attack

An unknown number of university students have been kidnapped in the south-eastern Nigerian state of Abia. The group was abducted on Wednesday, the same day that 29 students seized last month in the north-western state of Kaduna were released, reportedly after the payment of a ransom. Authorities in Umuahia, in …

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Allow Muslim students to fast – GES to Wesley Girls

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed management of Wesley Girls’ High School to allow Muslim students at the school to fast in the ongoing Ramadan.  It comes after reports that the headmistress of the school has denied a Muslim student her right to fast during the ongoing Ramadan. The development …

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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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GES directive for Achimota School to admit rasta students still stands – Education Minister

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 …

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