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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Government has released an amount of Fourteen Million, One Hundred and Seventy Two Thousand, Three Hundred and Thirteen Ghana Cedis twenty three pesewas for the payment of outstanding transfer grants and other allowances of staff of the Ghana Education Service. A letter signed by the Minister for Finance Ken Ofori-Atta and addressed to the Controller […]
The Minister for education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh today Monday December 3, 2018 inaugurated a state-of- the- art eletromechanical laboratory for the Tamale Technical University. The facility is to support in skills areas such as electronic, electrical and mechanical automotive, and it is an example of the preferred laboratories that would be in our Technical […]
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology will be reopened on Thursday, 8th November 2018, government has announced. A statement issued by the Ministry of information and signed by the Minister-Designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah and which seeks to update the public on happenings in the University stated in part that government has requested the […]
Embattled Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Prof. 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. The Professor of […]
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has served notice it will embark on a strike action after the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is reopened within 14 days as instructed by government. President of UTAG, Dr. Eric Opoku says government has disrespected the teachers by dissolving the university council and inaugurating an […]
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has lampooned government for the dissolution of the Governing Council of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), saying the move smacks of political interference. A statement issued by UTAG and signed by Professor Eric K. Furkuo, President of the KNUST branch of UTAG said in […]
Government has inaugurated an interim seven-member council to run the affairs of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology for the next three months and has directed the new council to ensure the reopening of the University within 14 days. The Interim Council, chaired by Nana Effah Apenteng, Paramount Chief of the Bompata Traditional Area, has […]
The National Youth Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye otherwise known as Nana B has assured agitated and aggrieved students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) that government is taking steps to address their challenges with the school Authorities and that the Vice Chancellor of the […]
