Education
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School reopening committee tenders final report to Ministry of Education
A committee chaired by former Minister of Education, Prof. Dominic Fobih, inaugurated to advise government on the reopening of pre-tertiary schools for the 2020/21 academic year, have presented their…
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WASSCE, BECE records 43 pregnant candidates at Kassena-Nankana West
The Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region has recorded 43 pregnancies in the just ended West Africa Senior Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the Basic Education Certificat…
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BECE 2020: Teachers taking 1 & 2 Cedi from candidates is more depressing – Kwaku Azar
Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare fondly called Kwaku Azar has decried the leakage of examination questions yet again in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), noting that it is depressing t…
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57-year-old mother-of-four completes BECE, ready to enjoy Free SHS
Madam Elizabeth Yamoah, a mother-of-four, was among the hundreds of thousands of candidates who completed the 2020 edition of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) 18 September 2020. The…
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CHOPSS welcomes NDC manifesto due to promise to include private schools in Free SHS
The Conference of Heads of Private Second-Cycle Schools (CHOPSS) has welcomed the National Democratic Congress (NDC) manifesto with emphasis on the promise of the flagbearer John Dramani Mahama to in…
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Ghana Government to roll out FREE WiFi for SHS in October
Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has disclosed that government’s plan to provide free WiFi for all Senior High Schools (SHSs) will be rolled out next month. She explained that the initiat…
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University of Ghana moves to commence 2020/2021 in November
Management of the University of Ghana has proposed to start the 2020/2021 academic year in November. They are proposing that first-semester academic activities for Level 200 and Level 400 students co…
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BECE must be abolished, ‘the examination is not necessary’ – PPP Chairman
National Chairman of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Nana Ofori Owusu has called on the Government of Ghana to abolish the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Making his submissions…
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2020 BECE: Nursing mother, two pregnant girls sit exams at Sissala East
Two pregnant girls including; a nursing mother are participating in the 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Sissala East Municipality of the Upper West Region. The nursing moth…
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UTAG abandon calls for strike action
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has given government up till the end of September to complete the payment of last academic year’s Book and Research Allowances. Members of UTAG thr…