According to the Ghana Education Service (GES), it will from June 15, 2020, begin a radio learning programme as a section of the virtual learning roll out by its partner the Ministry of Education. The Education Service explained that the soon to begin radio learning programme is targeted to reach wider students who are currently at home…
Following the directive of the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, all final year students shall return to campus on Monday. 15th June 2020, to resume lectures the same day. A revised timetable for lectures has been prepared, taking into consideration the maximum number of students that can be in a lecture hall per the President…
The Academic Board of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST, has made arrangements for Final Year students to resume lectures. At a meeting in Kumasi, it was agreed by the Academic Board that some categories of final year students will be allowed back on campus to write their final examinations, while the rest…
T. I. Ahmadiyya Secondary School has grown from small beginnings to become one of the most respected Senior High Schools not only in Kumasi but in the Ashanti Region and indeed Ghana. The Schools has contributed greatly to the intellectual, moral and spiritual development of both Ghanaians and non Ghanaians and is today justifiably proud…
Over 90% of students of the University of Ghana partook in the institution’s online learning programme despite the protests that it was greeted with when it was introduced in March. This is according to the University’s Pro Vice Chancellor in charge of Academic and Students Affairs, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo. Students, after University management…
The Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the government is prepared to reopen the country’s borders for final year foreign students who left Ghana to their home country amid the unexpected closure of schools over the novel coronavirus pandemic. The reopening of borders to only the final year foreign students is to enable them to…
The Sakasaka Primary School in Tamale – the alma mater of the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, was destroyed by heavy rainfall on the 9th of June, 2020. The heavy downpour ripped off the school’s entire roof which resulted in the destruction of the school’s furniture and learning materials. The Sakasaka Primary School Headmistress, Ms…
Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has been selected as the recipient of the Harvard Ministerial Medalin Ghana in 2020, in recognition of his work over the past four years to strengthen public education. A letter signed by the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program Executive Director, Michael R. Sinclair, PhD, conveyed the Program Team’s and the Advisory Board’s…
The Management of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) entreats all final year students who are having issues completing their NSS Registration to forward their details to academic Affairs on phone number 0269501772 for assistance. According to the Management, the deadline for submission is Friday, June 26, 2020. Details should include the following: 1. Full Name( Surname…
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The Minister for Education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh has urged institutions in the country to join forces to change the myths and other social perceptions of menstruation. He said despite the novel coronavirus pandemic, there was a need to educate teenage girls about menstrual hygiene and help deal with various misconceptions. The Education Minister petitioned this…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has in a meeting with the Registrar of the Scholarship Secretariat, Kingsley Agyemang and members of his management team, commended them for the decentralization of the scholarship process. He said the difficulty many deserving students suffer in their bid to obtain scholarships will be a thing of the past if…
Guidance And Counselling (G&C) Unit FUNCTIONS OF THE UNIT Guidance and Counselling is a support service that is aimed at helping individuals discover and develop their educational, vocational and psychological potentials and thereby achieve an optimal level of personal happiness and social usefulness.To achieve the above goal, the Unit performs the under listed functions within…
As part of efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic on school campuses ahead of school reopening, Zoomlion Ghana Limited in partnership with the Western Regional Coordinating Council (WRCC) will reportedly embark on a mass disinfection and fumigation exercise in the region, GNA has reported. The disinfection and fumigation exercise would benefit 13…
We congratulate the government of the New Patriotic Party for introducing Free Secondary Education Programme in Ghana this year; as it gives every child, especially girls, equal opportunity to have secondary education. The policy is commendable because it allows all qualified students, especially girls from poor homes to go to secondary school free of charge,…
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Preparations are underway for the reopening of 16 tertiary institutions.There is currently a comprehensive strategy underway to disinfect the schools and make them safe and secure for reopening. The plan bills the 16 institutions for disinfection in the week to come. Meanwhile, in collaboration with Zoomlion Ghana Ltd, a disinfection exercise was carried out yesterday…
The Ministry of Education has engaged the waste management giant, Zoomlion Ghana Limited to as a matter of urgency disinfect all Universities, Colleges of Education and Nursing Training Colleges, SHSs, JHSs, and Basic schools before school reopens on June 15 this year. The Minister for Education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh in his last press briefing assured that…
Such a laudable achievement in being selected as the sole recipient of the 2020 Harvard Ministerial Medal of Achievement Award, in recognition of your accomplishments as the Minister of Education since 2017 is worth mentioning and congratulating. Thereby, it cannot escape us today as we continuously stand in awe of your greatness. Honorable Dr. Matthew…
As part of the government’s effort to support Businesses amid the novel coronavirus pandemic through the COVID-19 Alleviation Program (CAP), the Ghana National Council of private schools (GNACOPS) has begun validating potential private school operators who have applied for support through the Council. According to a memo sighted by Georgeweb.org, the process is ongoing in all the…
Reverend Robert Seddoh, Chairman of the Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS) in the Volta region’s South Tongu District, said it would be difficult for the district’s private schools to reopen for students in the final year to prepare for their final exams – due to lack of wage payment funds. In an interview…
The National Commission for Civic Education, NCCE, has received 50 Isuzu vehicles from the President, Nana Akufo Addo through the Office of the Chief of Staff to support the Commission’s public education campaign on COVID-19. In addition, a sum of Two Million, Five Hundred and Seventeen Thousand Ghana Cedis has been released to the Commission…
Re-opening of the Balme Library The Balme Library of the University of Ghana will resume work on 15th June, 2020 as indicated in the Registrar’s Communique titled: ‘UG Strategy to safely resume on-site academic work in the midst of COVID 19’ dated 3rd June, 2020. 1. The Balme Library will open to the public at…
Government has given clearance for public universities to recruit six thousand teaching and non-teaching staff.The granting of the financial clearance is to address human capacity challenges facing public universities. President Akufo- Addo announced this when he met Vice Chancellors of both public and private universities at the Jubilee House in Accra. The President also announced…
Reopening of Accra City Campus Library Dear all, The Accra City Campus (ACC) Library will resume work on 15th June, 2020 as indicated in the Registrar’s Communique titled: ‘UG Strategy to safely resume on-site academic work in the midst of COVID 19’ dated 3rd June, 2020. The ACC Library will open to the public at…
Festive Kids Foundation International, in collaboration with GBC Radio Central, has introduced a program called Radio Learning as part of measures to help reduce the pressure on parents due to the impact of Covid-19 coupled with the closure of schools. The Radio Learning program aims to provide tutorials for JHS pupils on air learning, and…
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PROTOCOLS GUIDING THE REOPENING OF THE UNIVERSITY TO FINAL YEAR STUDENTS Pursuant to the President of the Republic’s directive to reopen educational institutions to final year students, the University will be receiving final year undergraduate and graduate students back to campus from June 15, 2020. In order to minimise the risk of COVID-19 transmission, the…
In the Manso Nkwanta Constituency in the West District of Amansie in the Ashanti region, five six-unit classroom blocks were inaugurated for some poor communities. The neighborhoods that benefit are Abodom Brofoyedu, Pakyi Village, Keniago, Nsiana and Mpatuom. Each school block is fitted with a toilet, an adjacent mechanized borehole and a poly tank to…
The 2020 U-Multirank global universities rankings has listed the University of Professional Studies, Accra as one of the top universities in the world. UPSA is the only university in Ghana featured in the global rankings that assesses universities on a multi-dimensional approach to higher education including teaching and learning, research, knowledge transfer, regional engagement and…
Zoomlion Ghana Limited Disinfects University for Development Studies – UDS, Tamale.Following the President of Ghana’s directive on the disinfection and fumigation of all tertiary institutions in Ghana for resumption of academic activities, the Government in partnership with Us led by the Regional Manager of the Northern Region (Zoomlion Ghana Limited) Mr. Peter Dawuni has disinfected…
Great news! We (The Sharks Quiz Ghana) have signed an agreement with the Singapore International Mastery Contest Center (SIMCC) to have students in Ghana partake in their Olympiad examinations. This means that students from Grade 2 (Class 2) through to SHS 3(Grade 12) have the opportunity of taking the Olympiad exams in Math, ICT and…
Final year residents of the Commonwealth Hall, University of Ghana have been handed a June 13 ultimatum to submit their room keys to the hall’s management. This is particularly to those who will be continuing with the University’s online learning programme at home. In a statement from the Junior Common Room of the Hall, residents…
Management welcomes final year students to Campus to complete the semester. Students are to note the following guidelines: Report at any of the Halls of Residence closer to your Faculty/Department. Rooms would be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis at no cost. Students are encouraged to carry additional face masks to complement what the government would…
This is to inform intending candidates for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates, 2020 – Second Series are hereby informed that the registration has commenced. The examination will be urban-based and will be conducted at a period to be announced in due course. Thirty-Six subjects will be available for the examination. Intending…
Heads of Second Cycle institutions in the Upper East Region have appealed to the government, to post health workers to the various schools in order to test students on their return. They noted that while the government had promised to provide some Personal Protective Equipment to teachers and students, it was imperative for the Ministry…
UCC lecturers have been urged to support Management to implement the COVID-19 measures and protocols when the University re-opens for final-year students. The Head of UCC COVID-19 Rapid Response Taskforce, Dr James Prah, made the call when he gave a presentation on the theme “Return of Students to Campus in the Face of COVID-19: What Lecturers Should…
Alexander Kareem, the younger brother to ex-Big Brother Naija reality star, Khafi Kareem has been murdered in London, United Kingdom. The young boy was reportedly shot at Askew Road in Shepherd’s Bush on Monday, June 8, 2020, by a yet-to-be-identified culprit after a trip to a convenience store. According to the BBC, Alexander, 20, died from gunshot wounds…
Donald Trump has said he found the sight of the National Guard using tear gas on Black Lives Matter protesters a ‘beautiful scene.’ Speaking at an event, the president shared his views on protests held in Minneapolis in the wake of George Floyd’s death, and the subsequent efforts made by the Minnesota National Guard to restore…
Legon, a suburb of the Ghanaian city Accra, is situated about 12 kilometres north-east of the city center in the Accra Metropolis District, a district in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Legon is home to the main campus of the University of Ghana. Ghanaians loosely refer to the University of Ghana simply as “Legon”….
The Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu is recovering in hospital after testing positive for COVID-19. Information available to Citi News indicates that the Minister has been receiving treatment at the University of Ghana Medical Centre in Accra over the past week. Multiple sources in the medical team at the hospital who confirmed the information toCiti News say…
Inadequate water supply at the Bolgatanga Girls’ Senior High School (BOGISS) in the Upper East Region, would adversely affect academic work when students return to school, as they would spend long hours in search of water. The single-sex school, which has a student population of about 2,300 has only two boreholes, a hand pump, and…
Davido and his fiancee, Chioma Avril Rowland has reportedly ended due to irreconcilable differences.According to blogger, Stella Dimorkokus, the estranged love birds no longer live in the same house and are presently not in good terms. Read the full gist from as shared by Dimorkokus below; “Popular Musician Davido and his woman Chioma (whom he…
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has shown its availability to sort out an autonomous West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Ghanaian applicants this year because of the flare-up of the coronavirus ailment (Covid-19) which has brought about the closure of schools in West Africa. The Minister of Information, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah…
Applications are invited from qualified applicants for admission to the under-listed Postgraduate Programmes by Distance Learning, offered in blended mode with more than 70% online learning interactions and activities, for the 2020/2021 academic year. Available Programmes Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Accounting and Finance Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Auditing Master of Business…
The Executive Committee of the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) after its 52nd (Emergency) meeting held on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, has agreed to reopen the school for final year students of the University. UMaT’s Monday, June 15, school reopening is in line with President Akufo-Addo’s directive issued on May 31 in his 10th televised nation’s…
The National Science and Maths quiz competition is organized into five main stages which tell how the schools are paired to compete against each other in a transparent and fair manner. Meanwhile, the entire national contest begins with various regional competitions within the year. In the contest, a seeded school is simply any Senior High…
The Minister for Information, Hon Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has disclosed that the tertiary final year students, lecturers, and non-teaching staff will be equipped with 3 reusable face masks on Monday, June 15, 2020, as part of measures to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus in schools. The Member of parliament for the Ofoase-Ayirebi constituency in…
The Member of Parliament for the North Tongu Constituency Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has ordered touchless solar handwashing system for schools in his constituency. The touchless solar handwashing system was developed by the Kumasi based innovator Mr Richard Kwarteng Anning to help fight the coronavirus pandemic through frequent hand washing. Mr Ablakwa made the information…
By NewsGhana24.com The BECE and WASSCE examinations are here again and every student is looking for Apor. We have the authentic for passing 2020 BECE and WASSCE. To help students pass the exams, teachers are to give the candidates, the last and best “Apor” whiles parents and others interested in the success of final year students…
Ghanaian most popular rapper king of rap and also the CEO of SarkCess Music Record label Michael Owusu better known as Sarkodie has urge Africans to come together and build Africa. Sarkodie, the Fa Hook Me crooner said there is a lot of issues in Africa we need to settle to gain our pride back…
The Akufo-Addo led government as part of efforts to enhance and make education accessible by every Ghanaian child has constructed an 18 unit classroom block and dining hall in Osei Adutwum SHS in the Bosomtwe District in Ashanti Region. The facility is under President Akufo-Addo’s Free SHS program aimed at affording every Ghanaian child accessibility, equality and…
As part of an effort to reach wider students who are currently at home as a temporal school break amid the outbreak of COVID-19, the Ghana Education Service in partnership with the Ministry of Education, GBC, and USAID will be starting an exciting new Ghana learning radio program for B1, B2 and B3 pupils to help them…
How to select the right public Senior High Schools for Free SHS in Ghana is becoming complicated and tricky. A lot of dynamics play out in getting a BECE graduate placed. The Basic Education Certificate Examination – BECE 2020 will commence on Monday. 14th September and end on Friday 18th September across the country. Candidates with the…
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508 dual desks, valued at GHS127,079, were presented to the District Directorate of Education for distribution to the various schools in the area by the Adaklu District Assembly. The offices were provided with investment grant funds under the District Performance Appraisal Tool. The DCE, Mr. Phanuel Donkor Kadey, said that education was one of the…
Ghanaian Highlife artiste, James Nana Tuffour, popularly known as Nana Tuffour, has passed on. Information gathered indicates Nana Tuffour has been sick for some time now but died in his home on the dawn of Monday. The man popularly known as 9-9-2-4 recently lost a blood brother with whom he is very close to. Although…
Bollywood and TV actor Sushant Singh Rajput has reportedly committed suicide at his home in Mumbai. The actor was living alone during the lockdown The Bollywood actor was found dead at his home in Bandra, Mumbai on Sunday (14 June). News agency Press Trust India (PTI) report Manoj Sharma, additional commissioner of police, Western Region,…
Nigerian dancehall singer, Cynthia Morgan, now known as Madrina is set to release new songs following her re-emergence into limelight. Cynthia whose budding music career plummeted over the years due to contract related issues with former label boss, Jude Okoye, has got the luxury of a second chance at claiming her stake in the entertainment…
Final year medical students who are due to undertake their clinicals at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital are expected to undergo strict supervision amidst their duties. Speaking ahead of Monday’s reopening of the schools for final year students, President of the Korle-Bu Junior Common Room, Philip Christian Armah stated that management of the facility has resolved…
The Caroline Group, an education and training consulting company, is set to launch a range of programs aimed at supporting the growth of the education sector. The gathering, which is scheduled to take place on June 26, 2020, is on the back of emerging developments such as online learning and other forms in the face…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has planned to evacuate Ghanaians stranded in New York back to Accra on June 25, 2020. They will be evacuated via an Ethiopian Airlines flight. There will be a 14-day mandatory quarantine upon their arrival in Accra and the cost of the quarantine, as well as that…
Each year the Ghana Education Service releases what is called the school’s register, which contains some vital information to help among other things, B.E.C.E candidates in their selection of senior high schools of choice. The register contains all categories of SHS both public and private, their locations, courses offered, accommodation status, and whether it is…
The Management of the Ho Technical University has warned students and staff of the school that they will face disciplinary action if they fail to comply with COVID-19 protocols. There are signages of “No mask, no entry” and hand washing directives at lecture halls. Security men also check the temperature of students and staff before…
This comes to inform all applicants and prospective applicants to the University’s 3-Year Post-First Degree Bachelor of Laws (LLB) programme that new dates for the entrance examination and the selection interview for applicants have been fixed as follows: Entrance Examinations Date: Saturday, 11th July, 2020 Time: 9.00 am Venue: LBC Selection Interview: Date: Monday, 27th July to Friday, 31st July,2020…
The Management of the Accra-based Pentecost University (PU), which recently received a Presidential Charter to operate as a fully-fledged university has appointed Professor Kwabena Agyapong-Kodua as its first Vice-Chancellor. 40-year-old Prof Agyapong-Kodua is a pastor of the Church of Pentecost, the Management of the Pentecost University replaces Apostle Dr. Daniel Okyere Walker, the current Rector who has…
GTUC announces for the information of prospective Applicants and the general public that applications are invited from eligible candidates for admission to our collaborative undergraduate, Top-Up, Postgraduate and PhD Programmes for the September 2020/2021 Academic Year. Applicants who have examination results as at the time of application and applicants who will be writing WASSCE in…
In her bid to provide quality education to students despite the global pandemic, the University of Ghana Business School, UGBS, held a series of online orientations for its first semester Sandwich programme cohorts. The two-part series covered areas relating to various aspects of teaching and learning at the Business School in the light of the…
Pressure Group, OccupyGhana, has said Ghana is likely to lose the ‘strength in racing with the covid-19 virus’ following reopening of schools. It argued this could be the worst decision in the fight against the novel coronavirus warning “If we are not careful, these schools could turn into hotspots for disease transmission and the students…
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has set up a treatment and isolation centre to help respond swiftly to COVID-19 cases. This is to enhance safety on the campus as the University re-opened to final year students on Monday, June 15, in line with the government’s partial lifting of the ban on…
Since students started writing the WASSCE nationwide, many individual and institutional apor masters have flooded the social media, bombarding students groups on Facebook and Whatsapp with their messages and inviting students and other interested persons to chat them for questions and solutions at a fee. Activities of such persons undermine the efforts of teachers, the…
Could we say this is one classical example of how history repeats itself? Who would have thought that there will come a time again when SHS candidates would have to take a home-set examination as it was the case with SSCE in the early 1990s through to the middle of the 2000s when WASSCE was…
Education is a key factor in nation building and growth. As a result most countries including nation Ghana pay key attention to it. It was not surprising when the NPP government introduced free SHS in other for everyone enjoy the right to education. The pandemic Covid-19 has caused changes in the education system of which…
Presbyterian College of Education 2020/2021 Admission Forms: Colleges of education otherwise known as Teacher Training Colleges Admission Forms for the 2020/2021 Academic year would be released in March 2020. All prospective applicants are to carefully read through the admission requirements and to make sure that they are qualified before they apply for admission. Applicants are…
Winners of Opera News Hub’s Original Articles of the Week Reward(5) The results have been collated and the winners of Opera News Hub’s ‘Original Articles of the Week’ reward for writers on the Opera News Hub platform are here. It’s week 5 of Opera News Hub Ghana’s weekly reward. The articles were carefully selected from a…
Information obtained by the News Desk of the Colleges of Education Weekly Journal suggests that, on Tuesday, 9 June 2020, Mott MacDonald Limited signed a contract with the MasterCard Foundation worth $719,250.00, to encourage Transforming Teacher Education and Learning (T-TEL) to work in collaboration with the National Council for tertiary education (NCTE) to ensure that…
Mr Bartholomew Kudzo Hosu, the Headmaster of Adaklu Senior High School (ADASEC), said the School was ready to welcome final year students to prepare for their examinations. He said with assistance from the Adaklu District Assembly, Zoomlion Ghana Limited had fumigated all classrooms and dormitories ahead of the reopening. Mr Hosu said the School was…
Ghana’s Free SHS ambassador, Rahim Banda has reportedly received a brand new pickup from the Government of Ghana (GoG) through the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFUND) to enhance his duties in providing support and education on the government’s flagship programme. The Akufo-Addo led government in September 2017 introduced the Free SHS policy for every child in…
Waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, has embarked on disinfection and fumigation exercise on campus as part of arrangements to re-open the University for final year students. The team fumigated and disinfected all the halls of residence, lecture theatres, and other academic areas of the University. Purpose of Allowance Speaking to the media, the Acting…
Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Student Affairs) has led a team of officials to inspect facilities on campus to ascertain the state of preparedness to receive final year students back to campus after the closure of the University due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In compliance with the presidential directive for final year…
Honorable Robert Dwomoh Mensah, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Asutifi South in Ahafo Region, has urged Circuit Supervisors (CS) in the region to help improve the standard of education because the government is tackling their major challenge. Hon. Robert Dwomoh Mensah said this at a brief ceremony which COVID-19 protocols were closely observed, to present…
Some non-residential students of Koforidua Technical University (KTU) say private hostel operators are demanding payment of hostel fees, despite not occupying their facilities for three months after Universities were closed down by government over Coronavirus pandemic. According to the students, the private hostel operators’ argument are that payments made for accommodation for the second semester…
Former Member of Parliament for Navrongo Central Constituency in the Upper East Region, Mark Wayongo has opened up on his greatest regret and experience in life. Mr. Woyongo in a personality profile interview on A1 Radio reflected how he violently slapped his wife out of anger in the presence of his friends. The crime of…
It is announced for the information of the University community and the general public that at its Special Meeting held on 17th June, 2020, the University of Cape Coast Council took the following decisions: 1. Appointment of Vice-Chancellor Council appointed Professor Johnson Nyarko Boampong, currently the Provost of the College of Health and Allied Sciences…
Student performances at the BECE have been described as average over the years by chief examiners. Many candidates demonstrate poor knowledge of grammar, incorrect spelling, and similar anomalies and a lack of preparation can easily place any student in this category. Even though there has been several recommendations to help salvage this problem, the strongest…
Dr. Eric Opoku Mensah The Management of the Ghana Institute of Journalism with the approval of the Governing Council has appointed Dr. Eric Opoku Mensah as the new Deputy Rector’s of the Institute, effective August, 2020. Dr. Eric Opoku Mensah is a seasoned educationist with over seventeen years of experience in academia He joined the University of…
The Minister of State in Charge of Tertiary Education, Prof. Kwesi Yankah has lauded the Management of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) for its proactive steps to receiving final year students back on campus, after an unusual break occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. From left to right; Prof. Ofori-Birikorang, Prof. Kwesi Yankah, Prof. Afful-Broni…
The School, Preset Pacesetters Senior High School, is the outgrowth of what started basically as an individual Mathematics Teacher’s desire to assist poor students in improving their SSSCE grades for admissions into the Nation’s tertiary institutions. Preset today is the success story of the first meeting of 9 students in the backyard of Mr. William…
The Management of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science for frontline Security Personnel and Hall Assistants of the University. The sessions which took place at the Great Hall, aimed at educating participants on measures to protect themselves and students in the line of their duty. The Dean of Students’, Professor Wilson Agyare, in his opening address,…
Management of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has today, Wednesday, 17th June, 2020 signed a Memorandum of Commencement with Kingdom Books and Stationery Limited at the Council Chamber, North Campus, UEW. This is to enable Kingdom Books and Stationery Limited (KBSL) to commence the construction of a purpose-built UEW Bookshop at the University’s North campus….
Around 12,000 applicants from the Northern Region were interviewed by the Scholarship Secretariat. This year, about 600 students from the Tamale metropolis have applied for the scholarships. Kingsley Agyemang, the Secretary of Ghana’s scholarships, told journalists in Tamale that GHS80 million was earmarked to be spent by government to eligible candidates. “This is the third…
BRINGING IN FOREIGN MATERIAL (1) Where a candidate is found in the examination hall with notes, textbooks, prepared materials or any other printed materials, the candidate’s entire results in the examination shall be withheld pending the cancellation of result of the subject involved by the appropriate Committee of Council. (2) Where a candidate is found…
The Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Ghana (WiSTEM Gh) in Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has donated an undisclosed amount of money to the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR). The donation forms part of WiSTEM’s objective to inspire the next generation of young scientists and also support KCCR in…
The University of Cape Coast has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and Affiliation Agreement with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-College of Science and Technology (CSIR-CST) to seal the relationship between the two institutions. Speaking at the ceremony, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah described the relationship between UCC and CSIR-CST as mutually…
Professor El Anatsui, a globally distinguished artist and an alumnus of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has donated books worth One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) to the College of Art and Built Environment (CABE). Professor Anatsui earned his BA (Art) Degree and a Postgraduate Diploma in Art Education from KNUST. As a…
Organized by UNITED NATIONS STUDENTS ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST, CAPE COAST, GHANA THEME: DISCOVERING THE NEED FOR EDUCATION, DIPLOMACY & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Conference slated on the 22nd-27th of June, 2020. The leadership team has put together a list of topics that we believe are important for all of our members to deal in…
In this article, we present to you the top 20 senior high schools in the Ashanti region of Ghana. There are currently 192 senior high schools in the Ashanti region, comprising of 122 public SHS, 66 private SHS, and 4 technical and vocational high schools. We keep updating this list as we compile more data…
Education Minister Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has descended heavily on ex-President John Mahama, accusing him of trying to do politics with a sensitive national issue such as the Public University Bill. According to him, the government has made the necessary consultations with the various stakeholders about the Bill which is currently before Parliament; therefore, the…
The Chairperson of the Board of Trustees for COVID-19 National Trust Fund, Sophia Akuffo, has announced Senior High Schools (SHSs) in Ghana will soon benefit from the Fund. According to her, though the government is already supporting schools with Personal Protective Equipment, the Trust Fund will offer additional support to the schools. She disclosed this while receiving donations…
Senior high schools (SHSs) in the Ahafo Region on Tuesday benefitted from the Ministry of Education, Ghana Education Service and Zoomlion Ghana Limited disinfection programme against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The schools were Boakye Tromo Senior High Technical School, in the Tano-North District, Presbyterian Senior High Shool, Bechem, Bebusco SHS, Serwaa Kesse SHS, Duayaw Nkwanta,…
A leading Global IT Firm, Huawei has provided the Ministry of Education with a set of fully installed Body Sensing Cameras to allow the Ministry to screen all persons coming to their premises as a measure to curb the spread of COVID-19. The donation which took place on Thursday 18 June 2020 at the Ministry…
Presby SHS Nkwatia, scoring 10 points showed their character and efficiency but couldn’t deliver. The 5 times champions of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) The nerve racking national science and math quiz for this year 2018 has change gear to the one-eight stage, which obviously is one of the hottest stages of the…
Engaging in exam malpractice may Earn you better Grades ButIf caught in the act, ruins your academic life &If not caught deprives you of the real knowledge you paid for. Don’t envy anyone that makes his/her papers through exam malpractice because there is an old saying “every day is for the thief but one day…
Mr. Frank Pierre Laporte, Country Representative of the World Bank in Ghana, praised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his outstanding leadership, innovative approach and bold commitment to improving education in Ghana. Mr Laporte made these remarks today at the Jubilee House in Accra during the launch of the Ghana Accountability Learning Outcomes Project (GALOP)….
FINAL YEAR STUDENTS—GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.OUTCOME OF MANAGEMENT MEETING WITH COHBS ON REOPENING OF JHS CANDIDATES @ THE GES HEADQUARTERS ON 9TH JUNE, 2020 ISSUES DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: That, we encourage parents to willingly release their children (even pregnant ones) to attend school. Do assure them that their wards will be…
Lately, there have been questions by Opera News-Hub writers such as “Why do my articles have extremely low or no reach at all? This is a good question to ask but besides the factor of title and topic, another reason that explains this question is that we have introduced a quality dimension to our distribution…
Zoomlion Ghana Limited says it has completed the distinction of all Senior High Schools in the Western Region. This will pave way for the return of final year students next week. The Western Regional Manager of Zoomlion, Alhaji Abdulai Abdala, said this in an interview with Citi News during the disinfection of the Anaji Cluster of schools….
The maiden edition of Ghana High School Fashion Week (GHSFW) which came off at the Triple Hill Hotel, Kasoa weeks ago saw a host of different students from different schools take the runway. Models from schools such as Abuakwa State College, Mfantsiman Girls, Labone Senior High, Methodist Girls High School and other schools took turns…
St. Thomas Aquinas SHS, a boys day school in Accra, emerged winners of the 2013 edition of the National Science and Maths Quiz held at the University of Ghana campus on Tuesday. They beat defending champions, Legon PRESEC also in Accra and Mfantsiman Girls SHS from Saltpond in a keenly contested final. Each of the…
Henceforth, people who fail to wear face masks in public would be committing an offence that carries a prison sentence of four to 10 years or a fine of GH¢12,000 to GH¢60,000, or both. This was contained in a new Executive Instrument (E.I. 164) signed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on June 15, 2020, as…
Ghana has reviewed its COVID-19 discharge policy to ease pressure on health facilities, among others. At a press briefing on Thursday morning, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Aboagye, explained that the review will affect patients who do not display symptoms of the virus and patients whose symptoms die down during treatment….
The Quality Assurance Directorate is assessing the implementation of the Learning Management System (LMS) moodle employed by the University of Education, Winneba. The Directorate, consequently, has developed four (4) forms covering both Regular and Distance Learning to carry out the evaluation exercise. Various users of the UEW LMS are kindly entreated to visit appropriate form via links indicated…
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) has received one million litres of IV fluids donation from Intravenous Infusions Limited to support the fight against COVID-19. Mr Samuel Appenteng, Director of Intravenous Infusions Limited, who made the donation on behalf of the company, applauded the Institute for their commitment and dedication to combating the spread…
President Akufo-Addo stated that while the government has made substantial strides in the basic education sub-sector, more remains to be done to boost learning outcomes at that point. The President made these remarks when he launched the Ghana Accountability for Learning Results Project (GALOP) earlier today at the Jubilee House in Accra. The $218 m…
Gardenia Medicals, a distributor of pre-hospital emergency medical supplies, equipment and pharmaceuticals for EMS providers, has donated a disinfecting tunnel to the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research. The Technical Manager of Gardenia Medicals, Madam Patience Yeboah who led the team, noted that the disinfecting tunnel was manufactured purposely to help limit and stop the…
Peki College of Education 2020/2021 Admission Forms: Colleges of education otherwise known as Teacher Training Colleges Admission Forms for the 2020/2021 Academic year would be released in March 2020. All prospective applicants are to carefully read through the admission requirements and to make sure that they are qualified before they apply for admission Applicants are…
The Chinese Embassy in Ghana has donated a large quantity of PPE’s and food items worth GHS 480,000 to the University of Ghana Medical Centre. The items include 15 ventilators with 60 nasal masks, 20,000 medical masks, 1,600 N95 masks, 120 protective suits, 100 medical goggles as well as nutritional items. The delegation from the Chinese…
A TRAVESTY IN THE MAKING – GES TRANSFERS BOKASSA AND ONE OTHER FROM MOTOWN???By: Akora Neil Armstrong-Mortagbe (OAA 1987) Good day, Akora, I trust we are all keeping well and safe as we continue to navigate the tortuous path of the Covid 19 pandemic. And as if Covid 19 was not enough of a challenge,…
Former Radio Univers News Editor, Nancy Emefa Dzradosi, has been named among the 2020/2021 cohort of Journalism fellows of Massey College, University of Toronto, Canada. She becomes a member of the Gordon N. Fisher/JHR Journalism Fellowship. The Gordon N. Fisher/JHR Journalism Fellowship provides an opportunity for a journalist from one of JHR’s program countries in…
Social media platform Instagram was down across several countries around the world.People were prevented from posting pictures of their breakfast on Wednesday after Instagram went down for about an hour from 8am BST.Several cities, including London, San Francisco and Singapore reported an outage. Its app displayed the Instagram name and icons at the bottom but…
UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS FOR THE 2020/2021 ACADEMIC YEAR The University of Ghana announces for the information of the general public that applications are open for the admission of prospective applicants into various undergraduate programmes for the 2020/2021 academic year. Applicants should take note of the following: GHANA WASSCE/SSSCE – Minimum/General Entry Requirements General Entry Requirements into Legon Campus, Accra City Campus…
The National Inspectorate Board (NIB) is one of the autonomous bodies established by the Education Act 778, of 2008 under the Ministry of Education to set and enforce standards in all public and private pre-tertiary schools in Ghana. The agency is looking for a Private Secretary to provide technical support in the provision of effective…
Young Ghanaian actress, Clara Benson known in the showbiz as Maame Serwaa has been nominated for the prestigious Ghana Outstanding Women Awards (GOWA) for the first time. She, together with Fella Makafui of YOLO fame will be vying for the ‘Young Actress Act’. Other nominees in this category include Afima Kpodo, Elaine Attoh, Jackson Yaa,…
Tri-continental Teacher Training (TTT) is an exchange programme among three Universities: University of Education, Winneba, Ghana, University of Hamburg, Germany, and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA. The purpose of TTT is to foster the professional development of budding teachers/teacher educators and offer them international exposure through collaboration and partnerships. The participants of the programme will navigate…
The Ghana School Feeding Programme in collaboration with the World Food Programme has organized a week-long Innovative Nutrition Training and Sensitization for caterers and head cooks under the GSFP from Monday, June 15 to Friday, June 19 in the Agona West Municipality. The purpose of the programme was to train Ghana School Feeding caterers in a practical…
The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) says classes will start from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Monday to Friday for Junior high school (JHS) final year students when school reopens on June 29. As part of measures to prevent the spread of the novel virus, each classroom is entitled to contain a maximum of at…
Despite Media Group, owners of Peace FM, has lost one of its popular presenters. Daniel Adjei Peprah, a renowned broadcast journalist, popularly referred to as Nana Adjei Sikapa, passed away on Friday, June 19, 2020. According to reports, he has been sick for the past two years. The late Sikapa was a professional teacher, he…
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This morning, I presented 420 monodesks, 370 dual desks and 250 KG tables and chairs to public schools in the Manhyia South Constituency during a short ceremony. Funded through my share of the GETFund, the donation is intended to improve teaching and learning in schools in my constituency. Mr. David Oppong, the Kumasi Metro Director…
IRREGULAR ACTIVITIES INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE EXAMINATION HALL (1) Where a candidate is apprehended for offence(s) such as those listed below inside or outside the examination hall, the candidate’s result in the entire examination shall be withheld pending cancellation of the entire results by the appropriate Committee of Council. (a) Stealing, covering or misappropriating the…
Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Hon. Lydia Seyram Alhassan has donated face masks and boxes of hand sanitizers to the Mensah Sarbah Hall Junior Common Room. The items are to be distributed to final year students residing in the hall. The donation, according to the Ayawaso West Wuogon MP, is part of efforts…
The Government and the World Bank are investing $219 million in the Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcomes Project (GALOP) to enhance the quality of education in 10 000 targeted low-performing basic schools across the country. The initiative, which is also funded by the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) and the Global Partnerships for…
Teacher trainees at the Public Colleges of Education shall get their allowances in June, as reported by the Teacher Trainees’ Association of Ghana (TTAG). In a statement issued on 18 June 2020, the Association stated that students who do not receive their allowances during their first semester will be paid arrears for their second semester…
The incumbent Member of Parliament for Okaikoi North constituency, Issah Fuseini has won the New Patriotic Party (NPP) primary in the area. He has thus been given another opportunity to lead the NPP as its parliamentary candidate for the Okaikoi North constituency in the 2020 parliamentary elections. Mr. Fuseini faced competition from the Managing Editor…
The fees for all final year students across Ghana have been taken care of by the Government. This new development was made available on the official page of NET 2 TV. Net 2 reports that President Akufo- Addo says the for the first time in history, his government has taken over the full payment of…
Reza describes himself as a “proud husband and girl dad, engineer at heart, sports enthusiast, and Logical thinker”. On the journey to establish itself as the “school to beat” PRESEC, Legon has managed to successfully dominate the NSMQ since winning for the first time in 1995. After nearly 10 years since their first Championship win,…
The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has indicated its preparedness to receive final year students of senior high schools (SHSs) back into the classroom next week. It follows a presidential directive for the various levels of schools to open to enable final year students to sit for their final examination. At a…
The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) following the June 22 school reopening for final year students as well as form 2 Gold Track students in Senior high school (SHSs) has released guidelines to ensure the safety and well being of students, teachers, and non-teaching staff. The Service guidelines form part of measures to ensure the…
President Akufo-Addo will later tonight addressed the country for the on measures his administration has put in place to fight Covid-19. Information Minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, announced this on Twitter Sunday. The address, he stated will focus on the impact of easing of lockdown restrictions and measures being put in place ahead of re-opening of Senior…
A strong rainstorm has blown off the roofs of the classroom blocks of three second-cycle institutions and a basic school at the Hohoe Municipality, in the Volta Region. The schools concerned are Likpe Senior High School, Alavanyo Secondary Technical School, Evangelical Presbyterian (E.P) Technical Vocational Institute and E.P. Primary school, Alavanyo Kpeme. Mrs Menu Mawuli…
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) held its Parliamentary primaries on Saturday ahead of the 2020 general elections. A total of 374 aspirants contested in 168 constituencies. There were 325 men and 51 women contesting. Some of the aspirants, 67, went unopposed and were acclaimed by delegates of the party in the various constituencies. In…
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) held its Parliamentary primaries on Saturday ahead of the 2020 general elections. A total of 374 aspirants contested in 168 constituencies. There were 325 men and 51 women contesting. Some of the aspirants, 67, went unopposed and were acclaimed by delegates of the party in the various constituencies. Among…
Headmasters and Headmistresses of Senior High Schools (SHSs) and Junior High Schools (JHSs) in the Ashanti Region have given assurance of their readiness to support government to enforce the COVID-19 safety protocols in their schools to protect the final-year students to write their exit examinations. This came to the fore when Zoomlion Ghana Limited last…
Following the June 22 SHS reopening, surge, and increase in coronavirus cases and deaths, the Information Minister, Hon Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has disclosed His Excellency Nana Akufo-Addo will later tonight address the citizenry. The President of the Republic will update the nation on measures being put in place ahead of the June 22 school reopening for…
SHS 3 students will be in school for 6 weeks before sitting for WASSCE over a period of 2 weeks. Gold Track students will be in school for 6 before going on vacation. All SHS in the country have been fumigated and disinfected. Govt is making pickup vehicles available to senior high schools that did…
Final year Junior High School (JHS) students preparing to write the Basic Education Certificate(BECE) are to spend four hours in school daily, with a maximum of 30 students in a class, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has said. This forms part of the measures put in place by the GES against the spread of the…
The Minority in Ghana’s Parliament is appalled and deeply embarrassed at the shocking demolishing of properties belonging to the Nigerian High Commission in Accra under the cover of darkness on the 19th of June 2020. The Minority forcefully condemns in no uncertain terms this totally reckless act of aggression which violates international law and gravely…
All Senior high schools (SHSs) throughout the country have been tasked to designate one dormitory block each for use as isolation centre as final year students to resume school tomorrow Monday, June 22, President Akufo-Addo has directed. As part of measures to ensure safety in schools, he added that each of the over 1,100 senior high schools…
Final Year students in Senior High Schools(SHSs) will be reporting to their various schools today to begin studies ahead of their final year examinations. Also going back to school are the Gold Track students who have to complete their semester This is after all Senior High Schools in the country have been fumigated and the necessary safety…
Government has made available 350 buses and 840 pickup vehicles to Senior High Schools (SHSs) that could not receive vehicles in 2016, President Akufo-Addo announced Sunday. Government had also absorbed GHc 75.4 million WASSCE examination fees of the 313,837 SHS three students, the first batch of beneficiaries of the free SHS, who would sit for…
As Senior High Schools (SHS) students are expected back to school on Monday, June 22, 2020, the president has called on all sports activities in schools to be put to halt till further notices. According to him, there should be no mass gathering in the various Senior High Schools to stop the spread of the…
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) will on Tuesday, 23rd June 2020 hold a ceremony at the Alisa Swiss Spirit Hotel in Accra, to officially launch the US$600 million syndicated loan facility which it signed with some Development Finance Institutions (DFI) to provide funding for various investment projects within Ghana’s cocoa industry. The institutions providing the…
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has launched the Ghana Accountability and Learning Outcomes Project (GALOP), which will help drive standards and quality in some ten thousand low-performing basic schools across the country. Launching the Project on Thursday, 18th June, 2020, at Jubilee House, President Akufo-Addo indicated that, in spite of the…
Management of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has today, Monday, 22nd June, 2020, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a global organisation, ‘Right to Play’ at the Council Chamber, North Campus, UEW. The MoU gives ‘Right to Play’ the green light to support UEW in the training of future teachers in different Faculties in…
YOLO actress, Etornam Bedi says she looks forward to meeting a better-looking rich man that declares himself to her. In an interview on Spotlight Pulse on Univers TV, the young actress, who is affectionately called Etty Bedi, urged men falling in love for her to meet her in person to make their intentions known to…
The Government of Ghana (GoG) is reportedly set to supply all Senior High Schools (SHSs) across the country with a ‘special’ cellular phones for use by students as part of measures to stem the virus and limit contacts in schools. Madam Enyonam Afi Amafuga, the Volta Regional Director of Education disclosed this in an exclusive interview with…
Achimota-based St John’s Grammar got an easy victory Saturday to secure qualification to the knockout stages of the ongoing National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ). They dominated the entire contest and finished with 54 points, much higher than their challengers. Jachie Pramso SHS who have carved a niche for themselves as giant slayers in 2017…
About 4,500 basic schools in the Greater Accra Region are expected to be disinfected by Zoomlion Ghana Limited. The exercise, which will cover both public and private basic schools, began on Monday in the Ablekuma North Municipal Assembly of the Greater Accra Region. General Manager, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Greater Accra Region, Ernest Morgan Arthur, made the…
In the Builsa North District in the Upper East Region , final year students of the Sandema Senior High School (Sandema SHS) haven’t reported to campus in spite of the President’s expectation that every school reopens today. Teachers and non teaching stafff were seen standing in front of the entrance to the administration of the…
A total of 313,837 SHS 3 students across the country will sit for the forthcoming West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), President Akufo-Addo has disclosed. The President revealed this figure in his 12th televised nation’s address monitored by Georgeweb.org updating the citizenry on measures put in place to ensure the safety of students on June 22…
Earlier today we (Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa) and my Constituency leaders launched a new intervention in my beloved constituency known as: “Operation Brighten Every Corner (OBEC).” OBEC will lead to the installation of at least 1,000 streetlights across the North Tongu constituency. We are beginning with all Senior High Schools to ensure the improvement of visibility…
The Mayor Hon.Osei Assibey Antwi together with the Metro Director of Education has paid a working visit to some SHS schools within the Metropolis. The visit was to ascertain whether the school authorities are adhering to the Protocols concerning the Covid-19 pandemic as schools reopened today. We gathered that each student was given bottles of…
Mr Paul Amoasi Baidoo, the Headmaster of St Thomas Aquinas Senior High School (SHS), on Monday said safety measures are in place to protect final year students returning to prepare for the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The second year Gold Track students are also back to school to complete their first semester,…
Over 100 final year students of the Sekondi College in the Western Region were on Monday evening left stranded for close to three hours at the school’s main gate. The students, most of whom had come from outside the Region, were seen with their personal effects lined up at the school’s entrance. When 3news.com got to the…
William Adomako, a 24-year-old security man, who kissed the cheeks of an eight-year-old girl and removed her pant at East Legon, has been sentenced to a year’s imprisonment by an Accra circuit court. Adomako pleaded not guilty to his charge of indecent assault but at the end of the trial the court, presided by Mrs…
On Tuesday 9th June 2020 the Chairman/Special Envoy of the International Human Rights Commission to Ghana, Ambassador Professor Michael Kwateng paid a courtesy call on the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Jean Adukwei Mensa along with some IHRC Executives in Ghana at the headquarters of the EC, Accra Ridge. The Chairperson of the EC…
The Accra Technical University – formerly known as Accra Poly – has recorded its first COVID-19 case, authorities announced to students on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. The affected patient is a national service personnel at one of the academic departments, a circular to the university community said. “The said person is currently in isolation at…
Scores of final year Students of Suhum Senior High and Technical School (SUTESCO) in the Eastern Region were left stranded last night for reporting late to school. The over 70 stranded students made up of both males and females many of whom were from outside the jurisdiction of Suhum were prevented from entering the campus…
After an unusual break, schools have re-opened, and candidates in JHS and SHS are going back to school. Academic work must go on amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. As I pray for divine protection for our kids and staff (teaching and non-teaching) in the various schools, I also advise them to adhere to the COVID-19 protocols…
The call for a close collaboration between the International Human Rights Commission (IHRC) and the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) was made on Friday, 12th June 2020 by Prof. Michael Kwateng. Prof. Kwateng, the Chairman/Special Envoy to Ghana made the call during a familiarization visit to the CHRAJ by the IHRC-Ghana. The…
The government has made available GH¢8 million to be awarded as bursaries to deserving students under the Local Tertiary Decentralisation Scholarship Scheme. The package is meant to support successful applicants to pursue tertiary education in the country leading to the award of a diploma up to a doctorate degree. The bursary, being issued through the…
Four students at the Odorgonno Senior High School have been isolated after temperature checks on Tuesday, 23rd June 2020. According to the authorities of the school, the students were taken through temperature checked upon arrival at the school. After the temperature scans, four (4) of the students who recorded very high temperatures were isolated from the rest for…
Senior high schools (SHSs) throughout the country reopened yesterday to prepare final year students for the West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The Yellow Track students in second year are also back to school to complete their first semester, in line with the Presidential Directive as part of the gradual easing of the COVID-19…
The Academic Board wishes to announce for the information of all final year students that 25th Congregation for 2019/2020 graduands is slated for August 2020. Consequently, all final year students are to ensure that: full payment of fees has been made; and appropriate clearance processes in the University have been completed. Management wishes all final year…
•Tributes Rain For Late Federal Legislator, As Lagos Assembly Holds Special Plenary In His Honour It was a solemn moment in the chamber of the Lagos State House of Assembly, as rain of tributes and dirges poured out for the late lawmaker representing Lagos East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Sen. Adebayo Sikiru Osinowo,…
The University has donated five sets of computers and accessories to the Central Regional Police Command. The accessories were five sets of Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) and a Coloured Printer. Presentation Presenting the items, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, noted that the donation was to support the Police to enhance their work. Prof. Ampiah said…
EXAMINATIONS OFFENCES AND PENALTIES 1. ILLEGAL POSSESSION, KNOWLEDGE OR USE OF EXAMINATIONS PAPERS (1) Any person who, before or during an examination conducted by the Council, without lawful authority, the proof of which shall be on him-(a) has in his possession any examination paper;(b) is found to have had fore-knowledge of the contents of any…
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR APPOINTMENT OF PROVOST OF THE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES The University of Cape Coast invites applications from experienced, results-oriented and highly motivated individuals for the position of Provost for the College of Health and Allied Sciences which will become vacant on 1st August, 2020. Key Responsibilities The Provost is the Academic and Administrative…
Starr News has gathered that a medical team from Ghana Health Service was at the Education Office to take samples of other staff in the congested education office and informed them about the case and the need to be at post regardless. Meanwhile, the office has been fumigated. However, the case recorded has created apprehension…
The Office for Institutional Advancement (OIA) invites members of the University Community as well as the general public to the 9th Webinar Session on the topic Covid-19: Perspectives on Educational Studies. The Web is scheduled as follows: Date: Friday, 26th June, 2020 Time: 6:00pm. Presenters: Prof. Samuel K. Hayford, Dean, Faculty of Educational Studies, UEW…
The Ashaiman Senior High School is getting ready to start academic work in earnest after authorities disinfected the entire school in anticipation of the commencement of academic work. Mr Isaac Narh Dorh, Assistant Headmaster, Academic Affairs, speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, said the school had made adequate preparations ahead of the…
A total of 2.7 million pupils in public Primary schools have been enrolled on the National School Feeding Programme. The government is determined to undertake further expansion, Mrs. Cynthia Mamle Morrison, Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection has said. According to her, the programme established by former President J.A. Kufuor has also created over…
The Bono Regional Office of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has intensified education and sensitization of staff of teacher cooperative credit unions in the region on the COVID-19 disease prevention. First, in the series, it aims at using the staff as educators to educate the entire membership of the Unions’, which include non-teachers such…
Two students at the Mawuko Girls School in Ho have reportedly been isolated by school authorities over fears they have contracted coronavirus. Sources at the school told Starr News the Covid-19 response team in the region was called in to assist in isolating the students. Meanwhile, Ho Central MP Benjamin Komla Kpodo has lamented over…
The Vice Chancellor of UMaT, Prof J. S. Y. Kuma has held a meeting with the final year students of the University shortly after their arrival on campus. The meeting took the students through the COVID-19 protocols as they come back to Campus to finish their studies and write their examinations for a period of…
Strict compliance with COVID-19 safety protocols took center stage yesterday when senior high schools (SHSs) reopened for the final year and second year Gold Track students. In a number of schools visited by the Daily Graphic across the country, it was observed that all the no mask protocols, no entry, temperature control and placement of…
Headmaster of Odorgonno Senior High School Samuel Mensah has dismissed reports that some six returning students have contracted coronavirus and are in isolation. He told our reporter Grace Hammoah Asare on Wednesday that four of the returning students indeed recorded high temperatures and were placed in isolation for further checks. The checks conducted by nurses…
The Registrar, Mrs. Mercy Haizel-Ashia, has donated two hundred and fifty (250) reflective jackets to the Security Services Unit. At the presentation ceremony, the Registrar noted that there had been a number of burglaries in recent times, prompting the Security Services to intensify its night patrols, especially, around the residential areas. She said it is…
Mr. Yiadom Boakye Emmanuel (YB) who is a law student of KNUST paid a courtesy call his Alma Mater to make a timely donation to the school as part of his “SUPPORT YOUR ALMA MATER CAMPAIGN “. “As part of the social responsibilities of the Association, we saw it a necessity to help in the…
The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, is in isolation at the University of Ghana Medical Center (UGMC) in Accra after being suspected of contracting coronavirus. This follows a voluntary test he undertook of COVID-19 at the same centre on Monday evening after he returned from his constituency. The Minister reportedly had symptoms of…
A group call Youth Advocates Ghana(YAG) has observed with concerns lapses in Covid-19 preventive protocols in St.Martins Senior High School in Nsawam in the Eastern region exposing students to health danger. The observations were made when the group in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service and Ghana Health Service in the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipality visited the…
A final year student of Ofoase Senior High/Technical School (OSETS), Miss Esther Nyamekye, has reportedly died in a gory accident while returning to school to prepare for the West Africa Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). She reportedly died in an accident at Banso when the taxi in which she was travelling in with other…
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), has received proposals from a number of international banks to raise funds for its annual syndicated loan and is presently engaged in the usual negotiations which follow such proposals before reaching an agreement. It is expected that the cocoa authority and its financing partners will complete negotiations and sign an…
The Governing Council of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. G. Koryoe Anim-Wright as Registrar of the University. Dr. Anim-Wright is a seasoned professional with more than 25 years of management experience in higher education. Her experience spans the areas of fundraising, institutional advancement, and grants…
Only 31 students, made up of 15 boys and 16 girls out of 206 final year students of Adaklu Senior High School at Adaklu Waya reported when schools reopened on Monday, June 22. Mr. Batholomew Kudzo Hosu, Headmaster of the School told the Ghana News Agency in a telephone interview on Tuesday. He said management…
The Minority Caucus in Parliament has called on government to begin mass testing of teachers and all final-year Senior High School (SHS) students who report to campus for the coronavirus. Additionally, government must provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) for the teachers and students to co-exist on the various campuses. “Although education is very important you…
Following President Akufo-Addo’s order for final year students to go back to school Monday, June 22, 2020, Headmaster of Armed Forces Senior High Technical School (AFSHTS), Lieutenant Colonel Osman Zuneidu has noted that management has drawn a line between day students and boarders on campus to monitor them. “We also separated the day students from…
ATC-Ghana, a licensed Company providing telephone infrastructure services, has donated Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs) to the Greater Accra Regional office of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE). The gesture is in recognition of the work of civic educators as frontline workers in the fight against COVID-19. The items include 100 pieces of liquid soap,…
Past questions have become a part of every examination candidates must-do while preparing for an exam. People have varied opinions about its importance and if it is a norm that should be encouraged. Regardless of which side of the divide you stand, past questions help determine one’s preparedness for an examination. This week, the government…
Parts of Ghana have been hit by an earth tremor. This occurred a few minutes to 11:00 pm on Wednesday, June 24, 2020. Citi News understands that the tremor was recorded in parts of the Greater Accra, Central and Eastern Region. Some of the affected areas include Dansoman, Lapaz, Achimota, Gbawe, Weija, Madina, Nsawam, Koforidua,…
The Management of the Accra Technical University (ATU) has reportedly closed down the academic department of the university after a staff tested positive for the novel coronavirus that has killed 95 peoples. The Accra-based Technical University recorded the first case of the virus on campus a week after a final year student reported to school after the…
Discharged. • I’ve spent my first 24 hours in almost two weeks outside the University of Ghana Medical Center. I came in, through these doors, as an uncertain patient. I walked out an emboldened miracle. • To God: all glory is yours. To family: the support has been incredible. To colleagues/friends: thanks for being there…
THE EXECUTIVE Director of Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS), Mr Enoch Kwasi Gyetuah, has called on the Ministry of Education to immediately stop the ongoing licensing of private school teachers and rather focus on educational policy for private schools. According to GNACOPS, until the Ministry of Education and Ghana Education Service (GES) develop…
Though Ghana is far away from the major earthquake zones of the world, it is, however, prone to earthquake disaster. Ghana has records of damaging earthquakes dating as far back as 1636. The last three major ones occurred in 1862, 1906 and 1939. The most destructive earthquake that struck the then Gold Coast and caused…
A few major earthquakes and countless minor ones have occurred in recent times in the West African sub-region. The most destructive ones occurred in the Accra region of Ghana and in northwestern Guinea. The Cameroun volcanic line is another zone where several earthquakes have occurred in the past. There is, in general, a very low…
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has appointed Prof. (Mrs.) Rita Akosua Dickson as the new Vice Chancellor of the University. Her appointment takes effect August 1, 2020. She becomes the first female to be appointed as Vice-Chancellor of the instituition. Prior to her appointment, she was the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University,…
Ghanaian investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas who has been on the low for some time now has just announced on his official social media handles that, there will be an explosive expose’ as he usually do. According to the short statement he released, this version will focus on the occurrences during this corona virus period….
Why do Earthquakes Happen at Night? Any time studying plate-activity, the entire most effective starting position will likely be investigating any composition among the globe. Our planet is fairly the same as an apple as part of its own format. At the centre, the core can great. Around that interior is definitely the outside centre, next…
Following the June 29 school reopening for final year students in Junior High Schools, the President for the Heads of Conference of Basic Schools (COHBS), Mrs. Mercy Akayila Anuembi has said there will be no ‘break time’ for students during school hours. Mrs. Mercy Akayila Anuembi, in an interview with Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem morning show on…
Reverend Faustina Baidoo, Headmistress of Adisadel College in Cape Coast has debunked rumours circulating that a student in the school had contracted COVID-19. According to the School, speculation trending on social media indicating that one of the students who returned to school on Monday, June 23, had tested positive for COVID-19 and had been quarantined….
An Indian TikTok star Siya Kakkar, reportedly died today after committing suicide, according to Indian media reports. Coming a few weeks after Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death by suicide, news about Kakkar has left Indians shocked, with many taking to Twitter to discuss mental health among youngsters. With over 1.1 million fans on the…
Director of the University of Ghana Sports Directorate, Dr Bella Bello has said that there is no policy document that supports the payments of bonuses to Ghana Universities Sports Association (GUSA) winners. In an exclusive interview with Univers Sports, he disclosed that the only bonuses paid are the pledges and promises made by the Vice…
Public Relations Officer for the Ministry of Education (MoE), Kwasi Obeng-Fosu has admonished heads of senior high schools that are yet to receive government’s COVID-19 items to claim them from their respective education offices. According to him, government distributed Personal Protective Equipment including alcohol-based hand sanitizers, Veronica Buckets, packets of soap, and tissue papers to…
The North America chapter of the Krobo Girls Alumni (KOGA) has supported their Alma mater with medical supplies to enable the students to observe the anti-COVID-19 protocols. The items worth GH₵27,661, is to complement the school’s supply, and made up of 10 hands-free basins, 50 gallons of liquid soap, gun thermometers, facemasks and gloves. Mrs…
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a grant of US$800,000 to the University of Ghana, to support the establishment of a Centre for Teaching and Learning Innovation in the Humanities. The grant which will run for four years, starting from the 2020/2021 academic year, forms part of an amount of US$4 million the Foundation…
Some teachers at the Northern School of Business located in Tamale on Thursday dispelled social media posts that suggested that two students of the school had tested positive for COVID-19. The teachers, who did not want to be named, told the GNA in Tamale that all their final year students, who arrived at the school…
In a bid to end the double-track system currently ongoing across the country’s Senior High Schools, the Akufo-Addo led government decided to construct more classroom blocks and dormitories for schools with high enrollments. Kwahu Ridge Senior High Technical School in the Kwahu-South District of the Eastern Region was one of the schools that benefitted from…
President Akufo-Addo on June 5, announced the easing of coronavirus restrictions that would enable the partial re-opening of some sectors of Ghana’s economy. The president as part of the lifting of the partial restrictions, partially opened senior High schools to pave way for the final year students to write their final exams. In compliance with…
General Secretary for the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), Kwame Eduiome has indicated that final year SHS students will receive three-square meals in, and beyond the first week of reopening. According to him, until the government supplies senior high schools with new food items, the students will be fed with the remainder…
Yemeni Southern Transitional Council member and former Aden Governor Nasser Al-Khabji, left, and Yemen’s deputy Prime Minister Salem Al-Khanbashi sign a power-sharing deal in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. A Yemeni delegation including members of parliament and advisors to President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi’s arrived in Riyadh from Cairo, Al Arabiya TV reported on…
The University of Professional Studies, Accra formerly known as Institute of Professional Studies, is a public university in Ghana. The main campus is located in Accra. UPSA is the first university in Ghana to provide both academic and business professional education. Timetable for Admission Deadlines for 2020/2021 Academic Year Type of Applicant /Activity Starting Date…
The Ada Senior High Technical School (ASTECH) has received its share of the COVID-19 prevention items provided by government as school reopens for final year students and form two gold track students. Veronica Buckets, liquid soaps, basins, tissue rolls, dustbins, face masks, hand sanitizers and thermometer guns had duly being received by the school authorities….
Africa Education Watch (AEW), an education policy research and advocacy organization, has proposed the abolishment of the teacher trainee training allowances. The move, according to a statement issued by the organization in Accra on Saturday, was to help government speed up the country’s development agenda, and allocate resources to the areas needed. The organisation, led…
WAEC Liberia Former Head Of Office Will Be Laid To Rest On Saturday MONROVIA, June 25, 2020 – WAEC Liberia former Head of National Office, Mr. John Y. Gayvolor will this Saturday, June 27 be laid to rest at the Nimba United Cemetery in Mount Barclay, Montserrado County. The body of the late WAEC Liberia…
Today, 25/06/2020, I had the opportunity to visit Ada Senior High School, Ada Technical School and Growth Technical institute to distribute face masks, alcohol based hand sanitizers, Veronica bowls, dustbins, gallons of liquid soap, tissue papers to students, teachers and non-teaching staff. Thereafter, I went to Amlakpo to hand over three unit classroom block to…
As schools have been opened for our kids who are in their final year, it’s a responsibility on us as parents, guardians and well meaning individuals to express our collective love to them. I believe when we do so, it will go a long way to motivate and encourage them to take their studies very…
Indigenous house of innovation, SystemSpecs, has once again, reinforced its commitment to fostering e-governance by providing registration access through PINs for the forthcoming Aug/Sept West African Examination Council (WAEC) via its award-winning fintech application, Remita. Today’s Echo gathers that prospective private candidates of the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) – Second Series…
