The Minister designate for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum says he would not advocate for the cancelation of the licensure exams because it’s a way of accessing the future teachers in this country. He said this when he appeared before the Appointment Committee earlier today.
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Members of the Free SHS Graduates Association of Ghana have extolled the commitment and continuous assistance of their chief patron, Dennis Kwakwa.
According to the group, Mr. Kwakwa who is the Ashanti regional Youth Organiser has assisted them through their time of formation till now.
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The implementation of the Free Senior High School Education policy by President Akufo-Addo has drastically reduced the adverse number of street children in Kumasi and Ashanti Region in general, Mrs Elizabeth Agyemang, Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister has stated.
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The highly anticipated contest at the One-eighth Stage of the National Science & Maths Quiz came off with Prempeh College emerging winners. The four-time NSMQ Champions – Prempeh College (1994, 1996, 2015, and 2017) – gave a spectacular performance against St. Thomas Aquinas SHS (NSMQ 2013 Champions) and Asanteman SHS.
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The Minister for Education, Hon. Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has assured the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, that the nine model schools being constructed by his Government will be completed by the end of the year.
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Mr. John Owusu, an Educationist has called on the Former President John Dramani Mahama to introduce what we call Public Private Partnership(PPP) to end the double track instead of making Free SHS promises if voted into power come 2020.
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The next NDC administration will absorb 50 percent of fees for tertiary students for 2020/21 academic year as an incentive to mitigate the effects of COVID 19 on students and their families,Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang announced,whiles giving highlights of the 2020 NDC manifesto on Monday, September 7, 2020 at the University of Professional Studies, Accra.
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The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has promised to cancel the Double-track system which was introduced after the implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy. The Free SHS programme was introduced by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in 2017.
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The Management of Kumasi Technical University has announced that it will conduct its end of semester examinations into two batches.
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After receiving reports from various Senior High Schools on issues of indiscipline acts from writing of the integrated science Examination Paper on Monday August 3 2020,Management of the Ghana Education Service have decided to dismiss some 14 dismissed Senior High School students.
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After months of uncertainty and apprehension arising out of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) commenced on July 20, 2020 for Ghanaian candidates with a total of 313,837 students.
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The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned the University of Environment and Sustainable Development, in Somanya, in the Eastern Region, and cut the sod for the commencement of construction of Phase Two of the University.
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Member of Parliament for Builsa South Constituency in Upper East Region who doubles as the Deputy ranking Member of Education Committee in parliament, Hon. Clement Apaak has described the double track system as extremely unpleasant.
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The Secretary of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), Mr. Kwame Owusu Aduomi has indicated that Senior High School students across the country are in shape and ready to write the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) with measures being put in place to safeguard them including the invigilators in this covid-19 era.
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The Public Relation Officer for the Ghana Education Service (GES), Mark Ofori has said that the Ghaha Education Service has begun investigations into a case that led to the death of a final year student at the KNUST Senior High School in Kumasi.
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The Public Relation Officer (PRO) for the Ministry of Education Ministry, Ekow Vincent Assafuah has said that a committee has been set up to investigate the interdicted headmistress in the case that has led to the death of a final year student at the KNUST Senior High School in Kumasi.
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Three universities in the country have been ranked in joint third positions in the sub-Saharan region, the 2019 Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings has released.
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Hon. Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum ,the Deputy Education Minister in charge of Basic & Secondary Education writes.
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.
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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.
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Chief of Mamponteng in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti region, Nana Saase Ayeboafo II has charged the government to ignore the pressure from some Ghanaians to lift the ban on schools.
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Some Teacher Unions in Ghana want schools to remain closed even if the ban on public gatherings is lifted by the President, following the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the country.
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The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) after examining the Public University Bill, 2020 have submitted a 25 paged memorandum for the consideration of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Education.
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The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has said the Free SHS policy introduced by the Akufo-Addo-led administration has improved access to senior high schools but bridled with substantial challenges.
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The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), the Coalition of Concerned Teachers, Ghana (CCT-G) and some teachers have expressed their satisfaction with the decision to switch from interviewing teachers to the writing of aptitude tests as the method to grade them for promotion.
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A group calling itself the Aggrieved Student Loan Beneficiaries wants the SLTF to continue publishing the names and photographs of some persons who have defaulted in repaying the loans they took while pursuing their tertiary education.
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On December 3, 2018, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming January 24 as International Day of Education, in celebration of the role of education for bringing global peace and sustainable development.
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The Technical University Teachers Association Ghana, TUTAG has dared the National Labour Commission, NLC to head to court if they think their ongoing strike is illegal.
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The Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) has described as unfortunate threats by the National Labour Commission (NLC) that some members of the union risk losing their salaries if continues its strike action.
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The National Labour Commission has ordered striking teachers across the country to return to their posts or risk losing their December salaries.
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The National President of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Philipa Larson, has said the three unionised teacher groups who have declared a strike will persist with their industrial action until all of them have been paid their legacy arrears.
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The National Inspectorate Board of the Ministry of Education (MoE) has said it will soon shut down non-compliant schools operating below the required standards.
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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been ranked as the best University in Ghana and West Africa, 14th best on the African Continent and 706th best University globally by the US News & World Report.
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The General Overseer of Life Assembly Worship Center who doubles as leader of new political party Ghana Union Movement (GUM), Rev. Christian Kwabena Andrews popularly known as Osofo Kyiri Abosom believes that Ghana is not reaping any benefits from the Free Senior High School Policy implemented by the Nana Akufo Addo led NPP administration.
The Ghana Education Service (GES) is beginning the first of its teacher development programme under the new curriculum across the country.
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The Vice-Chancellor of the Kumasi Technical University (KsTU), Nana Ing. Prof. Osei-Owusu Achaw, has appealed to the government of Ghana to address matters relating to the strike of the Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) to avoid derailment of their academic calendar.
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The Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has launched the maiden edition of the ‘Ms Geek Ghana’ competition with a call on women and girls pursuing Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) careers to reorient themselves to become main drivers of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sectors.
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The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has honoured Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, for his hard work, dedication and unique leadership qualities that has transformed the educational sector in the country.In a citation presented to him at the National UTAG Conference, the association described Dr Prempeh, popularly known as Napo, as a delusional and true leader, who can easily sail through in good and bad times, and thus deserved commendation and support from all.
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The Ghana Education Service (GES) will, from next term, introduce sex education into the curriculum of basic schools to equip pupils to know and experience their sexuality.
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The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has expressed disgust over incidences of sexual abuse, harassments, and defilement, being perpetrated by some teachers in basic schools.
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The Dagliboari Primary and Junior High Schools have been closed down following the outbreak of strange skin disease in some communities in the North East region.
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Some Students of University of Cape Coast's Distance education in Ashanti region have registered their anger and dissatisfaction towards the University's authorities over what they (the students) describe as biased, heartless, unprofessional and uncomprehending act from the said leadership.
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The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) plans to channel funds, set aside for its Farmers Scholarship Trust for beneficiaries entering senior high schools (SHS), into developing school infrastructure for needy communities.
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Some three hundred and ten Ghanaian students have been awarded full scholarships by the Chinese government.
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Six deviant students of the OLA Girls’ Senior High School, Ho, who engaged in a boozing spree on campus immediately after writing their final WASSCE papers, have apologised to the school authorities for their misconduct.
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Authorities of the OLA Girls Senior High School in Ho have set up a committee to investigate some students caught on camera getting drunk on “kpokeke”, an alcoholic beverage.
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Former Champions Opoku Ware School won the all-Ashanti Region one-eighth contest of the ongoing National Science and Maths Quiz staged on Tuesday at the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS).
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The Navrongo campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS) in the Upper East Region is to be named after the Late Chairman of the Council of Elders of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), C.K. Tedam.
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A ten-day-training workshop for district and regional officers of the Ghana Education Service (GES) on the new Standards-Based Curriculum is underway across the Country.
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Works on 804 infrastructural projects targeted at eliminating the Double Track system in senior high schools (SHS) across the country, are near completion.
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The Chief of Kwanwoma, in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of Ashanti Region, Nana Amponsah Kwaah IV, has donated 20 computers and their accessories to the Kwanwoma D/A and Aburaso Methodist Junior High Schools.
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The District Chief Executive of Amansie South district, has reiterated government’s commitment in providing favourable environment for the development of education in the country.
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The Aspiring Assembly member for Apagya-Akrofrom electoral area in the Afigya Kwabre South District Mr Reindolf Amankwah has donated ninety-two Mathematical Sets to Apagya D/A Junior High School and Akrofrom D/A Junior High School.
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The Samira Empowerment and Humanitarian Projects (SEHP), with support from the Helping Africa Foundation (HAF) and the Friends of Yamoransa Foundation (FYF) have provided the Choggu Demonstration School, in the Sagnarigu District with an ultra-modern ICT laboratory.
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Ghana is joining hands with the rest of the world today, May 28, in celebrating the 2019 edition of the Menstrual Hygiene Day.
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The Chief of Garu in the Garu-Tempane District of the Upper East Region has lauded the Nana Akufo-Addo government for implementing policies that have brought relief to him and his people.
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In its strong belief that a reading nation is an empowered nation, and that an educated people greatly enhance a nation’s quest to achieve accelerated national development, the Ghana Association of Writers, in partnership with Prince Foundation over the weekend organised a reading clinic for the inmates of Remar Ghana Children’s Home at Patasi in the Ashanti Region.
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Students benefiting from the Free Senior High School policy of the government have been asked to vindicate the policy.
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Thirty per cent of the annual budget goes to the educational sector, President Akufo-Addo has stated.
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Student leaders of the University of Ghana, Legon, are to meet school authorities over an attack on one of the students over the weekend.
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The Minister of Education in charge of Tertiary, Prof Kwesi Yankah has stated that, many children at the school going age became dropout because of canning which was seen as the only way of punishing a student.
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The University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has launched a five-year corporate strategic plan to help make the school more vibrant and efficient in order to overcome challenges facing universities worldwide.
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The study of the French Language as a subject in basic schools will remain optional in Ghana, the Chairman of the Ghana Education Service (GES) Council, Mr. Michael Nsowah, has said.
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The University of Education, Winneba (UEW) is to reopen on Monday, April 8, after series of violent protests by students led to the closure of the school.
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Chemu Senior High School has beaten the highly-fancied Presec Legon in the maiden Greater Accra Regional Championship of the National Science and Maths Quiz.
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The Headmistress of Assin Manso Primary A in the Assin South District Mrs. Charity Bediako has pleaded with the government to grace them with a school feeding program.
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Telecommunication giant, MTN Ghana has built an ultramodern Library and an ICT centre for the New Juaben Senior High School at Koforidua in the Eastern Region.
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National Service has now been made compulsory for everyone who has completed any accredited tertiary institution in Ghana being it a diploma holder, degree holder etc, says the acting Ashanti Regional Director.
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There is a political fight between the Vice-Chancellor Rev. Fr. Prof. Anthony Afful-Broni who appears to be on a purging spree, eliminating critics and dissidents.
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Police are firing warning shots and teargas at the University of Education Winneba (UEW) in a bid to push back student protestors who have since Tuesday been demanding the reinstatement of some dismissed lecturers.
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The Vice Chancellor of the Sunyani Technical University (STU) in the Bono Region, Professor Kwadwo Adinkrah-Appiah, says some students of the university have resorted to using their school fees to gamble at the expense of their education.
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The student body and alumni of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) have served notice of a planned demonstration against the Vice-Chancellor of the school, Rev Father Prof Afful-Broni for the rate at which he is dismissing lecturers.
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The Proprietress of Bethelinter Academy, Kumasi Mrs. Vida Adu- Amankwa has appealed to the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) and the Metropolitan Chief Executive of Asokwa, for the urgent construction of speed ramps and provision of zebra- crossing on that stretch of the school.
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Six members of the GHL Bank Real Estate Club from the KNUST came top during the Housing Innovation Challenge competition at the Real Estate Club.
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The acting Executive Director of Ghana Library Authority, Hayford Siaw has been selected by the Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) as one of Africa’s young Public Library Innovator.
Initiative for Young African Library Innovators (IYALI) is an initiative of EIFL Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP) which aims to expose public library innovators in Africa to professional learning experiences and ideas from other countries.
IYALI 2019 is a partnership between EIFL and Aarhus Public Libraries in Denmark. Other innovators selected by EIFL came from Kenya, Namibia, Uganda and Zambia.
Mr. Siaw will participate in high-level Next Library 2019 conference in Denmark and is expected to share his innovations in transforming the public library landscape in Ghana with other forward-thinking professionals, innovators, and decision makers from around the world, people who are pushing boundaries and making changes to support learning in the 21st century.
Mr. Siaw assumed the Executive Director role at Ghana Library Authority in January 2018 after his appointment by H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
In February 2018, Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II awarded him as a Commonwealth Point of Light. He is a Member of Trustee of ICGC’s Central Aid. He served as an Advisor on UNICEF Generation Unlimited.
He is credited with restoring 20-year-old broken partnership with one of the world largest book donors to Ghana. He has increased the revenue of the authority by over 500% in 1 year. Recorded over 64% increase in patronage across the library network and is currently rolling out its library automation program.
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Political Science Lecturer at the KNUST, Dr. Kwesi Amakye Boateng has drop a bombshell that he’s observed some lecturers have very little or no knowledge in the courses they teach yet call themselves holders of doctorate degrees.
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The Presbyterian University College, Ghana, (PUCG) at Abetifi-Kwahu has appointed Mrs. Mary Abena Agyakoma Agyepong as its Registrar.
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Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Education Minister has stated his case for the need to promote the French Language nationwide.
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The Monitoring and Evaluation expert at Voluntary Partnership for West Africa (VPWA), Mr. Kwame Twum Adabor has advised government to engage the citizenry on how to make the Free Senior High School program a success.
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The Ghana Education Service (GES) has suspended the collection of the PTA levies in all public Senior High Schools (SHSs) and Technical/Vocational Institutions (TVETs).
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After 10 years of inaction, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has activated processes to revise the syllabi of Basic, Junior and Senior High Schools this year.
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At first glance, Esther Okade seems like a normal 10-year-old. She loves dressing up as Elsa from "Frozen," playing with Barbie dolls and going to the park or shopping.
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The biggest telecommunications giant in Ghana, MTN, has donated a special bed and a mono desk to the tallest student ever admitted to the Swedru School of Business (SWESBUS).
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The Ghana Library Authority (GhLA) has signed a new partnership with mining giant, Newmont Ghana Ltd.
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Drolor Bosoo Adamtey I charged the newly inducted Executives when he chaired the UPSA Alumni Dinner and Handing Over ceremony held on Saturday, 15 December 2018.
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A huge, black-coloured sea turtle that has been tagged by the University of Ghana became the centre of a standoff between local authorities and fisherman in Arkra, a fishing community in the Ekumfi District of the Central Region.
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Students of the Koforidua Technical University (KTU) are calling on the IGP to relieve the Okorase District Commander of his post over what they say is professional breaches in their arrest.
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The MTN Ghana Foundation has handed over a fully refurbished e-Library to the Takoradi Technical University (TTU) at the cost of GH¢375,196.00.
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The University of Ghana has taken down the statue of India’s independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, campus-based Radio Universe has reported.
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The Students Representative Council of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has called on Parliament to probe the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS).
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Some Heads of Senior High Schools in the Eastern Region are rejecting newly trained graduate teachers posted to their schools to teach students under the Gold Track system of the Free Senior High School Policy.
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The Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has announced that from now, only PhD holders will be allowed to lecture in Universities.
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The Board Chairman for Sekyere Rural Bank, Mr. Francis Denteh has called on the government and other stakeholders in education to recognize and appreciate the great efforts put up by Ghanaian teachers.
Mr. Francis Denteh saluted teachers in giving true meaning to the lives of the nation’s population, particularly the youth when he was speaking as the Guest Speaker during the Golden Jubilee celebration of Adu Gyamfi Senior High School at Jamasi over the weekend.
Speaking on the theme: “Academic Excellence and Holistic Development in Retrospect, the way forward,” he said it is not in dispute that the success or otherwise of any educational enterprise is predicated basically on the efforts of teachers.
He said that, teachers’ high level of sacrifice, selflessness, dedication and sense of responsibility are always critical, on daily basis for attainment of high academic prowess and enviable discipline.
However, he reiterated that the good efforts of these teachers often go unrecognized and uncompensated for, in our part of the world. “Effort by the Nation’s leadership to recognize the difficult work of teachers, and accordingly reward them here on earth, before the other reward in heaven would be well appreciated.”
He encouraged teachers to up their game, and make sure they do not impart only knowledge, but also imparts the requisite skills and good values in the youth, in order to build the needed human capital which can stand the test of current and future challenging world that we live in.
“We need youth who are built with the skills that will drive and facilitate the needed innovation and economic growth our country so much desires.”He urged them to constantly prepare and update their skills and their lessons notes with modernity, and teach the students efficiently with the care and discipline required to meet the needs of today’s world.
Mr. Francis Denteh, who is also the Board Chairman of Sekyere Rural Bank acknowledged the contributions made by educational administrators and non- teaching staff of ADGASS. He also encouraged them to critically re-examine their efforts, and try to integrate modernity in their leadership and administrative approach towards stimulating the needed co-operation and Progress of the school.
“As administrators, trainers, counselors, resource persons, field workers, curriculum research staff, your contribution towards this school’s success story today cannot be overlooked,” he added.
Sadly, Mr. Denteh admitted that many people have erroneously marginalized or belittled the great contributions of the non- teaching staff, in helping to deliver discipline and academic progress in different but equally important ways.
"See yourself like that NASA Cleaner who affirmed to all and sundry who dared to ask him why he was always serious with his work, but said ‘I am working hard to put man on the moon’ ” the Sekyere Rural Bank Board chairman encouraged the non- teaching staff.
To the Governors of the school, he appealed to them to roll up their sleeves in guiding, controlling and directing the leadership, to help steer the school towards not only the right direction, but also with dignity and respect, since the school and its students face diverse competitions from their peers in other schools.
Mr. Denteh urged parents and guardians of the school to respond positively towards their numerous obligations in the training and development of their wards.
He urged the students to match the conducive environment they enjoy with an even better academic performance and a heightened discipline as they prepare to face more challenging world. “Seize the opportunities that have come your way. Challenge yourself, and make significant strides in life, beginning from today, for time and tides wait for no man,” he said.
Mr. Francis Denteh pleaded with the traditional council and the people of Jamasi and its environs to be on the watch against bad practices of students outside the school premises, particularly their addiction to substance abuse and other forms of immoralities.
Mr. Denteh who is also an old student of Adu Gyamfi Senior School, said his alma mater has contributed immensely towards the training of the nation’s required manpower, through the delivery of sound and quality secondary education, intermingled with great discipline, insisting that, countless number were the men and women who have passed through the walls of ADGASS, and were making their mark in all spheres of life, including academia, administration, politics, civil service, engineering, accountancy, law, medicine and many others.
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Clara Benson popularly known as Maame Serwaa in the Movie Industry has chalked another success in her movie career.
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Twenty-nine private Senior High Schools (SHSs) have benefited from the Free SHS program since its inception, Jose Bertha Gyan-Kwakye, Public Relations Officer of the Free SHS Secretariat, has said.
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The Supreme Court has reversed the Winneba High Court decision which led to the removal of Professor Mawutor Avoke as Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba.
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The Governing Council of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is to be reconstituted on Friday November 2, 2018, the Minister-designate for Information, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said.
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The government has absorbed the school fees of all final year day students in senior high schools across the country as part of the Free SHS policy.
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The government has released GHC129, 020,705.00 to the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) under the Ministry of Gender Children and Social Protection to pay caterers for the Third Term of the 2017/2018 academic year.
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The embattled Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Prof. Kwasi Obiri Danso has been asked to step aside following violent protests last week Monday.
The National Council for Tertiary Education has informed the Vice-Chancellor to make way for the interim governing council to take over the administration of the university.
Lecturers at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have declared an indefinite strike.
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The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, will later today, Thursday, meet with the Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Prof. Obiri-Danso and other stakeholders over last Monday’s violent student protest on campus that saw the destruction of properties and the subsequent closure of the school.
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First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo on Wednesday launched the ‘Learning to Read, Reading to Learn’ initiative aimed at encouraging the habit of reading and learning among Ghanaian children.
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Two drug addicts, Larbi Appiah Benjamin, 30, and Joshua Ohene Arjarquah, 32, have taken advantage of Government’s Free Senior High Education policy to return to the classroom.
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The Staffs and students of Osei Kyeretwie Senior High School (OKESS) in Kumasi, over the weekend in a grand ceremony bid farewell to their Headmistress Mrs. Mary Owusu Cromwell.
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Some irate students of Nyinahin Catholic Senior High School in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region on Monday, 16th October 2018, beat up Madam Mary, a Social Studies tutor of the school.
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Many at times do we hear most Ghanaians undermining technical/vocational education trainees as those who are academically weak, hence refuse to attend such institutions.
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The Ashanti Regional Education Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has interdicted two Senior High School (SHS) teachers pending a Disciplinary Committee hearing for allegedly raping their students.
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Three lecturers of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) have been dismissed for allegedly soliciting for sex from some female students.
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The Greater Accra Regional Coordinator of the School Feeding Programme, Christiana-Lovia Nkansah, says the secretariat has settled all arrears to caterers.
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President Akufo Addo says the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) has secured a 500 million dollar facility boost infrastructure at the various schools in the country.
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The Council of the University of Ghana (UG) has petitioned the Minister of Education against threats by the Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, to forcibly terminate post-retirement contracts of 212 staff of the university, as well as other public universities.
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The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has donated some 10,000 Core Mathematics Revised Guide to the Ministry of Education to support government’s flagship programme – Free Senior High School (SHS).
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The double-track system took off smoothly in various senior high schools (SHSs) throughout the country yesterday to ease congestion in public schools.
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Mrs. Samira Bawumia, the second lady of the Republic of Ghana has donated books to schools in the Wenchi and Techiman Municipalities in the Brong Ahafo Region.
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The Ghana Health Service (GHS) in partnership with the Ghana Education Service (GES) will screen over 490,000 newly- admitted SHS students.
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The Ghana Health Service (GHS) in partnership with the Ghana Education Service (GES) will screen over 490,000 newly- admitted SHS students.
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The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has thrown their full support to the government on the much talked about ‘Double – Track’ system through the ministry of Education.
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The President of Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE), Ing. Steve Amoaning- Yankson, has inaugurated 112 new engineers at a colourful ceremony at the Engineers Centre, Roman Ridge, Accra, on Thursday, August 23, 2018.
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Leadership of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has called for broader consultations with major stakeholders to discuss the way forward in addressing issues with regard to the free SHS policy, and the double-track system which will be introduced this year.
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The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has suggested that persons who can afford to pay fees for the education of their wards be excluded from the government's Free Senior High School (SHS) Programme.
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A total of 362,118 first-year students from public Senior High Schools across the country are currently benefiting from the government’s fee-free education policy, the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has said.
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The National Service Scheme has released postings for the 2018/2019 service year.
Addressing the media at the Secretariat on Wednesday 18 July 2018, the Executive Director of the scheme, Mustapha Ussif said, “the Scheme in accordance with the Ghana National Service Scheme Act, 1980 (Act 426), has deployed over 85,705 personnel to the Agriculture and Agro Business, Education Support, Business Services, Community Health, Rural Development, Administrative Support, NSS Support, Urban Traffic and Urban Sanitation.”
He added, “The Scheme is guided by government’s priority areas and policy direction to deploy National Service Personnel (NSPs). We have therefore deployed Personnel in accordance with these set objectives to meet the requirements of our user agencies and capacities of the various regions to contain the numbers.”
“We also considered issues such as acute health conditions, married women, people on study leave and persons with disabilities,” he added.
The Scheme also deployed 500 personnel to a new module called the Entrepreneurship and Innovation module. This module will ensure the 500 personnel are deployed to acquire direct entrepreneurship skills under the supervision of skilled and well established entrepreneurs in Agriculture and ICT.
The Scheme in collaboration with Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) and National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP) will accept business proposals from these personnel and assist them with the needed capital to enable them start business skills acquired.
Over 5000 personnel have also been deployed to support the Planting for Food and Jobs across our various districts in the country. This Scheme believes will help the flagship program improves on the previous year.
Service personnel are expected take advantage of the new automated system to print their appointment letters from Friday and proceed to book an appointment on the Scheme’s website before one can report to register at the various registration centers. This automated system is expected to check the overcrowding and long queues witnessed at the various registration centers.
The Scheme this year suspended the application of over 1200 personnel for suspicion of fraud, stolen identification, stolen pin codes, fake National Identification cards and inconsistent information and pictures to help sanitize the process.
Personnel are expected to successfully go through their registration smoothly and starting from Friday, 20th July to Friday, 24th August. They are also supposed to report at their various places of service on Monday, 3rd September to begin their mandatory service after successfully going through the registration process.
The Ministry of Business Development has launched the maiden edition of its Schools Entrepreneurship Initiative (SEI) to provide students at the secondary level with entrepreneurial and innovative skills.
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This followed the recommendations by the Ashanti Regional Education Directorate Disciplinary Committee which investigated allegations of sexual harassment against the four teachers.
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The Municipal Chief Executive of the Nkoranza South Municipality, Hon. Diana Ataa -Kusiwaa has handed over 265 dual desks and chairs to the Municipal Education Directorate for distribution to some schools in the municipality to ease congestion and facilitate effective teaching and learning in the schools.
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Imagine this: At 14-years-old, your father dies, forcing your family into a life deprived of education and the essentials needed to survive. Determined to succeed, you work as a head porter, escape the horrors of sexual abuse, and save enough for school, only to have it stripped away when a bus hits your mother who needs the money for medical care.
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The Ministry of Education has disclosed that over GHS 480 million has been spent on free Senior High School (SHS) programme as of May 23, 2018.
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The Deputy Minister for Education in charge of General Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has urged young people to work hard towards the realization of their dreams and bring honour not only to themselves, but to their families, schools and the country.
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The National Council for Curriculum Assessment has decided to revise the closing time for the basic schools.
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Asokore T.I Ahmadiyya girls Senior High School has emerged winners of the first ever French quiz competition beating their closest contenders Prempeh college, St. Louis SHS, and other grade "A" schools in Ghana.
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The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the strategy of his government is to enlarge technical and vocational opportunities at both secondary and tertiary levels, and, thereby, strengthen the linkages between education and industries, as well as empower young people to deploy their skills, to employ themselves and others.
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Twenty-three students of Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) have challenged the university decision to suspend them for one year for allegedly indulging in sexual activities on campus.
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Hon. Diana Attaa Kusiwaa, Nkoranza South Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), has advised students to take their academic work seriously and avoid cheating during examination.
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Selfless and compassionate Member of Parliament for Manso Nkwanta, Hon. Joseph Albert Quarm (Prof. Quarm) has pledged to make the constituency the hub of education.
According to the lawmaker, education is the most powerful weapon which one can use to change the world, hence has vowed to ensure that students from his jurisdiction get the best of education to develop the human resource capacity of the constituency.
The honourable member of parliament made this pronouncement when he donated a deep freezer and three gas cylinders to the Home Economics Department of Mansoman Senior High School at Manso Atwere on Monday, 23 April, 2018.
The donation made by the MP was to support the school after its Home Economics Laboratory was razed down by fire a week ago.
“During my tour in the school, after I was elected as the Member of Parliament for this constituency, I noticed that this school (Mansoman SHS) lack some basic facilities but I said to myself I would help the school to raise its image,” he disclosed.
Prof. Quarm assured the school of getting support from the Ministry of Education to renovate the burnt block of the Home Economics Laboratory.
He appealed to the authorities of the school to exhibit the culture of maintenance.
The MP used the occasion to thank the Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh for always assisting Mansoman SHS when he makes a request on behalf of the school.
Expressing his appreciation, the Headmaster of Mansoman SHS, Mr. Manu Antwi thanked the MP for his kind gesture and constant support, adding that in a space of three months the MP has presented the school with a brand new bus and has helped in the construction of a boy’s dormitory.
“I assure the Honourable MP that we will use the donated items holistically,” he said, disclosing that the gesture has been done at a right time as the final year students and other student would use them for their practicals and other learning activities.
Later on, Prof. Quarm took time to encourage students who were writing their final exams (WASSCE) and promised to help students who would excel to enter tertiary institutions.
By: David Afum/SilverOnline24.com
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A Ugandan university has suspended 23 students for one year, after they were found guilty of engaging in love affairs, consuming alcohol and drugs and committing offences of theft, contrary to the institution’s regulations.
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With highly competitive admit rates of 4.59% for Harvard, 6.3% for Yale and 6.9% for MIT, young Katia Maame Dufie Osei and Afia Sarpong Frimpong (both of Wesley Girls’ High School) and Isabelle Quaye (Ghana International School) managed to find their way through thousands of applicants worldwide.
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Renowned counselor and educationist Mr. Daniel Fenyi has advised that access to quality education is a basic constitutional right of every child and so pregnancy should not stop a child from going to school.
Counselor Fenyi made this assertion on the Agona Swedru-based Anuanom FM on Tuesday following a recorded incidence at the Nyakrom Senior High Technical School (Nyastech) where the headmistress sent a third year pregnant student home disallowing her from writing her WASSCE.
Mr. Daniel Fenyi, who is a native of Agona Swedru, advised that headmasters and teachers have no right to send a child home due to pregnancy.
Counselor Fenyi insinuated that children who feel shy and afraid of going to school during pregnancy should make it a point to resume schooling immediately after they give birth.
Counselor Fenyi also thanked the MP for Agona West, Mrs. Cynthia Morrison for her donation of about 1000 mono-desks to SWESBUS, NYASTECH and Nyakrom Siddiq SHS.
A Facebook user who goes by the name “Poko Poko” has narrated the inside story about how a University graduate was led to commit suicide after three years of unemployment.
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Some teachers in Lawra Municipal and Nandom District of the Upper West Region have kicked against the decision by authorities to scrap Agriculture Science as a major teaching subject in Junior High School (JHS).
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The Ghana Education Service (GES) has issued a directive to all heads of public senior high schools (SHSs) to reduce fees to be paid by final-year students in the third term by 50 per cent.
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The Minister of Education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh warned heads of Senior High Schools (SHS) to remove Parent Teacher Association (PTA) dues from students’ bill effective September 2018.
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With just a blackboard and a talent for drawing, a Ghanaian teacher has explained in detail to his students the secrets of Microsoft Word, earning numerous headlines and worldwide admiration.
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Professor Emmanuel Owusu-Marfo, a Chemical Crystallographer and Supramolecular Chemist, has been invested as the Rector of the Wa Polytechnic.
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President Akufo-Addo says the goal of his government is to make Ghana a world-class centre for skills development and the leading country in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) delivery in Africa.
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Former GIMPA rector Prof. Stephen Adei is questioning the competence of teachers in basic public schools across the country, and suggested they are all dismissed from service to save the educational sector from collapse.
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LACK of interest in reading of books among Ghanaian students has become a major concern to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration, headed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
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Nine Teachers of the Ghana Education Service (GES) have been interdicted in connection with the Ejisuman SHS sex scandal.
A fact-finding committee instituted by the GES in Ashanti Region recommended the interdiction of the teachers after some students of Ejusuman SHS in the Ashanti region alleged that the teachers forced them to perform several sexual acts.
One female student said a teacher forced her to stroke his manhood.
On the contrary, the accused teachers have denied the allegations and are claiming that there is a deliberate attempt to defame them.
In this regard, the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) have registered their displeasure about the directive given by the Ghanan Education Service.
Head of Public Relations at the GES Cassandra Twum Ampofo says the teachers in question will appear before another disciplinary committee constituted by the Regional Education Directorate.
However, GNAT is questioning the basis for another probe.
"If you have conducted an investigation and you have found people to have flouted the regulations of the GES...you don't submit the people to another investigation," the spokesperson said.
He said it was baffling that the investigation report has been sent to the GES headquarters in Accra.
"What kind of interest has the GES headquarters [in the matter]?" he quizzed.
A former Deputy Minister of Education under the John Mahama administration, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has said the government’s move to make technical and vocational education training (TVET) free is only papering over the cracks in the sector.
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The Environmental Health Director of the Old Tafo Municipality in the Ashanti Region, A.G Offin Boateng, has indicated that his outfit will ensure the closure of the Afia Kobi Ampem Nursing Training School for flouting sanitation laws.
The school is reported to have directed its sewage pipe, to a nearby open drain, dumping faecal matter directly into it at Tafo Nhyiaeso in Kumasi.
Mr. Offin Boateng said they will pray the court to close down the school until the insanitary conditions are addressed.
While complaining about the situation, he said the closure will serve as a deterrent to all residents in the metropolis who engage in similar insanitary practices.
“We had a call from Tafo Nhyiaeso that there was something going on so I quickly dispatched my officers and when they got there, it was a nasty scene. The whole place was scattered with faeces and there was a pipe that was coming from a toilet and discharging into the open drain which flows downstream. This would lead to the outbreak of diseases especially cholera, knowing very well of the coming of the rains.”
“We met with the officer in charge of the school and we are preparing to send him to court to serve as a deterrent. When we get to the court, we will plead with the honourable court to close down the school till such time that sanitation issues are at its best,” he said.
Common practice in Kumasi
Mr. Offin Boateng further expressed worry that many homes in the metropolis directly discharge faecal matter into nearby drains, warning that his outfit will descend heavily on such people.
“It is a common practice in Kumasi that people discharge their effluence and toilet into open drains. We are aware, and this time around we are not going to sleep,” he said.
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Three female students from Ghana emerged the Overall Best Student, the first runner-up and the second runner-up of the 2017 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
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The failure on the part of government to give Technical Universities an independent role and clearance to begin offering a straightaway four-year Degree programs is largely affecting technical Universities and contributing to low patronage by applicants, SRC President for Kumasi Technical University Amos.
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Ghanaian teacher who received a global applause for finding a unique way to teach his students how to use Microsoft Word without a computer has finally gotten Microsoft come to his aid.
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Technical Universities in the country are likely to embark on a sit down strike from Thursday over plans to strip them of their autonomy.
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued new recommendations to establish global care standards for healthy pregnant women and reduce unnecessary medical interventions.
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The government of Japan has commissioned a children’s ward at the Zabzugu Children’s Hospital in the Northern Region of Ghana.
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A group calling itself ‘Patriotic Intellectuals’ of the Takoradi Technical University (TTU) has applauded New Patriotic Party (NPP) government for fulfilling its campaign promises.
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Staff of the six polytechnics converted into technical universities are demanding the Ministry of Education withdraws from Parliament, the technical universities amendment bill of 2017.
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There were two major casualties at the end of the regional contest of the 2018 National Science and Maths Quiz for the Central Region.
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The Ghana National Council of Private Schools, GNACOPS have charged on the government to take a critical look at its decision which went a long way to compelling candidates of the private schools to pay Ghc75.00, a triple amount as compared to last year where they paid Ghc21.00; whereas those in the public schools are given free registration.
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The ICT Department of E.P.C Mawuko Girls, have for the time developed a novelty in the election of student leaders by introducing an Electronic Voting System.
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