Education

Legon PRESEC Celebrates 72nd Anniversary
19th May, 2011
The Presbyterian Boys High School (PRESEC), Legon, has celebrated its 72nd anniversary, with a call on parents to ensure that the student body rises up to the virtues of discipline which is the hall ...
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Give Polytechnics Mandate To Issue Own Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) Certificates
18th May, 2011
The Conference of Rectors of Polytechnics (CORP) has called on educational authorities to give polytechnics the mandate to issue their own Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) certificates. The ...
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Bayport Financial Services Awards Scholarships To Teachers Children
16th May, 2011
Bayport Financial Services, a micro finance company, has awarded scholarships and bursaries to 13 students who are children of Teachers, in second cycle schools across the country. This brings to ...
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Ministry Of Education Grants Amnesty To Teachers On Study Leave
16th May, 2011
The Ministry of Education has granted amnesty to all teachers who have pursued degree programmes without the approval of the ministry. They are therefore not enjoying the study leave with or ...
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Pupils Abandon School Which Is Not On Feeding Programme
16th May, 2011
Pupils of the Sota DA Basic School in the Dangme West District in the Greater Accra Region have abandoned the school because it is not on the school feeding programme. According to the headmaster, ...
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Abolition Of School Shift System Causing Congestion In Basic Schools
15th May, 2011
It has emerged that the abolishment of the school shift system has created serious congestion in some basics schools within the Accra metropolis due to the lack of adequate infructure. As a result, ...
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Some School Heads Indicted For Embezzlement
11th May, 2011
Some heads of Public Senior High Schools in the country have been indicted for embezzling and misapplying funds meant for the development of their schools. The Chairman of the Public Accounts ...
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Drivers Need To Do Refresher Courses - Ladzekpo
9th May, 2011
THE Chief Executive Officer of the National Drivers Academy, Mr. Etse Ladzekpo, has said that it is necessary for drivers to go for refresher courses to familiarise themselves with modern rules in ...
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CR BECE Results Very Disappointing
8th May, 2011
Only three out of the 17 districts in the Central Region, scored 70 per cent in the 2010 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). They are Assin North, Upper Denkyira East and Upper Denkyira ...
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World Vision-Ghana Presents To Schools In Zebilla
7th May, 2011
The World Vision-Ghana, a non-governmental organisation based at Zebilla in the Bawku West district has presented 1,203 assorted teaching and learning materials, as well as 869 copies of various ...
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GES Signs MOU With USAID
7th May, 2011
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Worldreader, a US non-profit organisation, to adopt a ...
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Private Schools Top In BECE In Gt. Accra
7th May, 2011
Statistics of 2009 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) results in the Greater Accra Region, showed that private school occupied the top 10 positions. Ms Kean Adjei Appiah, an Education ...
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Jubilee Partners Reward winners of First Oil National Essay Competition
19th March, 2011
An awards ceremony has been held to reward winners of the jubilee first oil National Essay Competition that was launched in November last year. The competition was launched as part of activities ...
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Four Institutions Collaborate With China Varsity
16th March, 2011
A six- member delegation from the University of Electronic Science and Technology in China, led by its president, Mr. Wang Jinsong, arrived in Accra on Sunday, to discuss issues relating to ...
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Publish Research Projects In Recognised Journals - Alabi
24th February, 2011
The chairman of the Governing Council of the Accra Polytechnic, Prof. Joshua Alabi, has urged lecturers to place high premium on publishing their research projects in recognised journals to enrich ...
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Evans Aidoo Inspects School Project
24th February, 2011
The Western Regional Minister, Mr Paul Evans Aidoo, has inspected work on a GH¢140,065 six-unit classroom block project under construction at Borkorkope in the Shama District, as part of his ...
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Principal Bemoans Emphasis On Liberal Arts In Schools
24th February, 2011
The Principal of the Grace Hill School of Technology (GHIST) at Ankaful in the Central Region, Mrs Beatrice Anamuah-Mensah, has bemoaned the over emphasis on liberal arts, at the expense of vocational ...
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Dangme West Worried About Fallen Standard Of Education
23rd February, 2011
The Dangme West District Assembly and the District Education Directorate have began broad consultation with stakeholders in deprived communities to address the falling standard of education in those ...
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Institutional Review Sub-Committee Tours UCEW
21st February, 2011
The Institutional Review Sub-Committee on Education of the National Accreditation Board has paid a two-day official working visit to the University of Education, Winneba. The committee, led by ...
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Basic International Assists Chorkor Children To Advance
17th February, 2011
Basic International, a non-governmental organisation, has put up a new building at worth $350,000 at Chorkor in Accra, on Tuesday, to help train children to improve their quality of life. Basics ...
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