Officials of the Computerised School Selection Placement System (CSSPS) have started addressing various concerns of thousands of parents and children who have massed up at the Independence Square seeking senior high school placement. The process, which ended abruptly on Monday without a single case being attended to, was masked by chaos, frustration, anger and confusion, […]
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SHS placements to be released by Friday
Prospective Senior High School (SHS) students can check their school placements by close of day Friday, September 6, 2019. According to the Director of Communications at the Ministry of Education, Mr Vincent Ekow Assafuah, iterations are being done ahead of the release of the placements. According to him, a 10% quota had been reserved for […]
Education Ministry and GES officials visit family of murdered teacher at Asiakwa
The Minister of Education, Hon Mathew Opoku Prempeh on Monday led a delegation to visit the family of the late teacher, George Somuah who was callously murdered by some social miscreants at Asiakwa in the Eastern Region. After commiserating with the bereaved family, the team interacted with the aggrieved teachers who have laid down their […]
Pay us our salary arrears by May or be prepared to feel our wrath-newly recruited teachers bare teeth at GES
The Association of newly recruited teachers has again threatened to take further action if the Ghana Education Service (GES) fails to pay their salary arrears by the May deadline. According to them, though several promises have been made by GES, it has not fulfilled any of them. The association is also giving the GES until […]
Prioritize peace in all your dealings, Minister of Education to UEW VC and Governing Council Chair
The Minister for education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh has directed the Vice Chancellor and the chairman of the Governing Council of the University for Education Winneba to henceforth, make peace a priority in all their dealings at the University. The admonishment was made when the a Minister invited the Vice Chancellor of the university, Rev. […]
Provide evidence that gov’t is privitising schools-Ministry of Education challenges GNEEC
The Ministry of Education has challenged the Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNEEC) to provide evidence to back its claims of privatisation of pre-tertiary education or retract and render an unqualified apology. The ministry stated that at a meeting with GNEEC in 2018, the discussions were on partnership and not privatisation. Director of Communication at […]
Napo lobbies investors for University of Environmental and Sustainable Development
Construction works on the campus of the University of Environmental and Sustainable Development (UESD) in Somanya are 60 percent complete. The Minister for Education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh who paid a day’s working visit to the project site expressed satisfaction with the progress of work and impressed upon the contractors to do a good job. […]
Phase 1 of UESD campus project in Somanya 60 percent complete, Napo woos investors
Construction works on the campus of the University of Environmental and Sustainable Development (UESD) in Somanya are 60 percent complete. The Minister for Education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh who paid a day’s working visit to the project site expressed satisfaction with the progress of work and impressed upon the contractors to do a good job. […]
Gov’t to review 4 year university duration to 3 years in conformity with global standards-Minister for Education
The Minister for Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh has hinted that the government will soon engage universities for the possible reduction in the time spent on pursuing an undergraduate degree program. He said the government is looking at reducing the duration from the current four years to three years. According to him, in most countries all […]
Breaking News: Speaker of Parliament, Freddie Blay, John Boadu and Ken Ofori-Atta made Board Members of Danquah Institute
Pro-ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Think-tank, Danquah Institute (DI) has assembled the most powerful Board in the history of the country with an unprecedented eighteen (18) big names. Information picked by BestNewsGH.com indicates that the Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye has been made the chairman of the Board of the Think-tank, which is […]
GNAT under fire for blowing 15 Million Cedis as salaries for 200 staff in 1 year
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has come under fire from some of its members for what they describe as profligate spending by its leadership. The Association has been accused of spending some 15 Million Ghana Cedis on the Salaries of some 200 staff across the country in 2018 alone. Per the figure, it […]
Gov’t launches Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa Training Programme
Government in collaboration with Bloomberg today Monday January 14, 2019 launched the Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa training programme in financial journalism. The event which took place at the Kempinski Hotel saw officials of Bloomberg and scores of government officials in attendance. Minister for education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh in a speech said it was important […]