The Ghana Education Service (GES) has strongly criticized the reported assault of a student by the Assistant Headmaster (Academics) of Nkwatia Presby Senior High School (SHS). Photographs and videos of the student’s heavily bruised face have been widely circulated on social media generating widespread outrage. Expressing deep concern, the GES has released a statement denouncing […]
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Free SHS: There has been a 5% increase in science enrolment – Education Minister
The Minister for Education says Ghana has witnessed a five per cent increase in the number of students pursuing Science at the Senior High School level. According to Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, the Science subject saw an increase in enrolment when the New Patriotic Party (NPP) came to power in 2016. He said that even […]
Curbing indiscipline in SHSs: Scrap boarding system – Educationists propose
Two educationists have proposed the scrapping of the boarding system as a major step in curbing indiscipline in senior high schools (SHSs). A former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Stephen Adei, and a former Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, contend that the rationale for […]
Government pays GH¢55million to WAEC for BECE and WASSCE examinations
The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has received a sum of GH¢55 million from the government to facilitate the organization of this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). This confirmation was made by Ms. Winifred Ampiaw, the Public Relations Officer of WAEC, during an interview with […]
Submit report today – Deputy Minister directs ADISCO management
The Deputy Minister in charge of General Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has directed management of Adisadel College to submit the report of the investigation team set up to look into the bullying case in the school to the ministry today. The directive is a revised timeline for the investigation team which was initially expected […]
Culprit in viral Adisadel College assault video suspended – GES
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has acted swiftly in response to a troubling video that emerged, depicting an act of violence involving two students from Adisadel College. The video, which has been widely circulated on social media, has ignited public outrage and raised concerns about the safety of students within educational institutions across the country. […]
Investigations begin into toilet dormitory: GHANASCO authorities refute report
A fact-finding mission, led by the Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) in charge of Management Services, Stephen Kwaku Owusu, yesterday visited the Ghana Senior High School (GHANASCO) in Tamale, following reports of a toilet facility being converted into a dormitory to house some students of the school. The visit was to assess […]
Give SHSs autonomy to develop – Prof. Aryeetey urges govt
A former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana (UG), Professor Ernest Aryeetey, has called on the government to grant senior high schools (SHSs) some level of autonomy to help improve education in the country. Such autonomy, he said, would give the schools the authority to mobilise funds to complement what the government provided for education, […]
SHS freshers to report February 20
All qualified Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates who are being placed into senior high schools (SHSs) and technical and vocational institutions are expected to report to school on February 20, 2023. This is part of the timetable the Ghana Education Service (GES) has released for the academic year for all SHSs and also basic […]
Minister directs GES to vary Chiana SHS girls’ dismissal after President’s intervention
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has intervened in the case of the eight senior high school students of Chiana who have been dismissed by the Ghana Education Service (GES) for insulting the President. This was after the President’s attention was drawn to it. Consequently, the Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has directed the […]
SHSs ready for 2023 academic year — CHASS President
Many second-cycle schools have expressed their readiness to reopen for the commencement of the 2023 academic year. In separate interviews with the Daily Graphic, the management of some second-cycle schools expressed their readiness to reopen for the commencement of the 2023 academic year. According to the management of some of the schools, they had put […]
Teacher unions, Labour Ministry to conclude meeting over acting GES Director-General’s appointment
The three teacher unions and the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations is meeting today to conclude their meeting over the industrial action embarked upon as a result of the government’s failure to terminate the appointment of Dr Eric Nkansah as the acting Director General of the Ghana Education Service (GES). This is after they […]