Education
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Over 500 JHS, SHS students in Nsawam to benefit from extra classes
Over 500 Senior High School (SHS) and Junior High School (JHS) students in the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Constituency are set to benefit from extra classes funded by Frank Annoh Dompreh, MP for the area. The …
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Wesley Girls PTA defends decision not to allow Muslim students fast
The Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) of Wesley Girls’ High School in Cape Coast has justified a decision by the school not to allow Muslim students to partake in the Ramadan fast. This support for th…
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Ghana gained 411 ‘8As’ but Nigeria with 70% of 2020 WAEC candidates claimed 54 – Bawumia
Ghana’s Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has said even though 70 percent of the students that sat the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) were Nigerians, Ghanaians st…
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Koforidua Technical University to establish School of Medical Sciences by 2023
Koforidua Technical University, one of the first batch of Polytechnics in Ghana to be converted into a technical university (Technical University Act 2016 – Act 299) and the only second university in…
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Ghana has the best managed SHS education in the world – Adutwum
Education Minister Dr Yaw Adutwum is claiming the bragging rights for the management of the Senior High School sector in the country saying it is the best managed in the world. According to him, Pres…
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SHS 3 reopening date has not been extended, it remains the same – GES affirms
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has stated that reopening date for final year senior high school students has not been extended. The GES which took notice of a Facebook post being circulated that t…
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Any teacher that fails to obtain license will be disqualified
All teachers in Ghana would have to acquire a license in order to be qualified to practise. As a result, teachers employed by the Ghana Education Service (GES) before September 1, 2018, have been ask…
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Court throws out 2nd Rasta student’s ‘force Achimota to admit me’ application
The Human Rights Court 1 Division of the High Court has dismissed the interlocutory injunction application filed by a Rastafarian student, Tyrone Marhguy, against Achimota Senior High School. Dreadlo…
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Convert boarding schools into Day Schools to cut cost – Terkper urge govt
Former Finance Minister Seth Terkper has proposed the conversion of some boarding senior high schools under the Free SHS policy into community day schools in order to cut down costs on running them. …
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GES issues apology over late communication of SHS 3 reopening date
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has apologized for the late communication in reopening of schools for SHS 3 students. The Service says it has rescheduled the reopening for Senior High School (SHS) …