Education

AMA Launches GH¢6m Education Endowment Fund
13th February, 2010
THE Accra Metropolitan Assembly Chief Executive, Alfred Vanderpuije, yesterday launched a GH¢6 million Educational Endow-ment Fund aimed at providing infrastruc-ture for all public schools in the ...
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Otumfuo Commissions Post Graduate Block For KNUST
12th February, 2010
THE Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II on Wednesday, commissioned a post graduate block for the College of Architecture and Planning at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology ...
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Achimota School Risks Closure
29th January, 2010
Achimota School considered the pride of Ghana’s pre-tertiary education system faces imminent closure following the collapse of its sewerage system. A number of the sewerage pipes have burst, ...
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WESGOSA Presents To Alma Mater
28th January, 2010
THE Wesley Grammar Old Students Association (WESGOSA),has presented various educational materials to the Wesley Grammar High School with the aim of promoting the academic performance of students and ...
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Pupils In VR Receive Free Uniforms, Textbooks
27th January, 2010
The Volta Regional Coordinating Council has received 1,000 school uniforms and 474,000 exercise books for distribution to needy pupils in public basic schools in the region under the ...
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Away With Dresses That Show Your Breasts And Thighs
27th January, 2010
The acting Secretary General of the Ghana National Commission for UNESCO, Ms. Silvia Lutterodt, has charged students of teacher training colleges, especially the females of the SDA College of ...
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Accra Institute of Technology Partners Malaysian Varsity
27th January, 2010
The Accra Institute of Technology (AIT) and the Open University of Malaysia (OUM) have entered into a partnership agreement to run an Open University programme in Ghana. Under the agreement which ...
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German Builds Schools For Four Communities
25th January, 2010
A German philanthropist, Cornelia Woolfing has constructed a Kindergarten block for the children of Sovie, in the Kpando district. The project, which was commenced last year at the cost of ...
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Distribution Of Free School Uniforms Begins
30th December, 2009
The government yesterday started distribution of free school uniforms to pupils in deprived communities, giving a boost to its efforts at rigorously developing basic education in the country. The ...
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Three IPS Lecturers Inducted As Fellows Of IPFM
21st December, 2009
THREE lecturers of the Institute of Professional Studies IPS) Legon have been inducted as fellows of the Institute of Professional Financial Managers (IPFM) of the United Kingdom. The lecturers, ...
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Government To Revamp All Science Resource Centres
5th December, 2009
Government is to commence a programme to revamp all science resource centres in selected schools in the country to give impetus to the quest to promote the teaching and learning of science, ...
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Industries To Be Levied To Fund Technical Education
13th November, 2009
The Government is to levy industries to raise money to fund Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the country, Minister of Education, Alex Tetteh-Enyo has said. In addition, the ...
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UEW To Introduce Master Of Science Programme In Early Childhood Education
13th November, 2009
The University of Education, Winneba (UEW) will introduce Master of Science programme in Early Childhood Education as from the next academic year. The introduction programme is in partnership with ...
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3 Bodies Provide Educational Materials To Disabled Children
5th October, 2009
The Volta Regional branch of the Young Men Christian Association (YMCA), Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO), Ghana and the Voice of People With Disabilities in Ghana, Ho are supporting ...
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\'One Laptop Per Child\' Policy Under Microscope
2nd October, 2009
The Minister of Education, Alex Tettey-Enyo, says the “One laptop per child”(OLPC) project needs further consideration to determine its cost effectiveness before one can think of a national roll ...
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224 Girls Fail BECE In Sissala West
2nd October, 2009
About 392 candidates,224 of whom are females, in schools in Sissala West who wrote this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) failed. In all, a total of 676 candidates, including ...
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\'Childbirth Comes With Responsibility\'
1st October, 2009
From Samuel Opare Lartey, Trom-Koforidua A retired educationist, Mrs. Lilian Ofori Adjei,has advised parents to have the pre-requisite knowledge, skills and good attitude for the upbringing of ...
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Hohoe Library Leaks ... Begs For Immediate Repairs
25th September, 2009
The building housing the Hohoe branch of the Ghana Library Board requires immediate renovation to repair the leaking roofs. The library materials have been at the mercy of the rain, which pours ...
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Build More Schools In Cocoa Growing Areas
25th September, 2009
The siting of more schools in the cocoa growing communities will help children of farmers to have uninterrupted education, says Mentoring and Supporting Rural Youth and Children (MASRYAC), an ...
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A New Private University To Be Opened In Accra
24th September, 2009
As the education sector continues to become vibrant with the active participation of private universities, a new university is set to make an appearance to enhance tertiary education in the ...
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