The Ghana Education Service has said the new curriculum being introduced by the service will extend basic education from the primary level to the Senior High School level.
He said the changes are holistic and will affect every aspect of the education process of the country.
“The reforms we are interested...
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has urged traditional leaders to work with government as nodes of continuity to improve the life of Ghanaians.The Asante monarch who doubles as Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) said due to the firsthand relationship that exists between chiefs...
Parents will pay for the cost of the newly introduced school uniform for Junior High School pupils in the country, the Ghana Education Service has said.
The uniform, unveiled by the GES in Accra Thursday, will replace the popular brown and yellow khaki uniform which has been used for over...
Former Minister of Education, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has urged the government to accommodate views of teachers and headteachers in its policies in order to create a stable education system in Ghana.
According to her, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration was largely successful in its educational policies because it...
All district education offices in the country are to be equipped with printing machines to be used in the production of examination papers for basic schools, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has said.
The move comes after photographs of teachers in some basic schools in the Ashanti region writing examination...
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has introduced a new uniform for Junior High School (JHS) students.The students will start wearing the new uniform from the next academic year.Making the announcement at a press conference in Accra on Thursday, 11 April 2019, the Director-General of the GES, Prof Kwasi Opoku...
Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof Ernest Aryeetey says a draft Public Universities’ Bill in its current form, will stifle initiative and politicise the universities.
According to him, the draft Bill, which will see government control the majority of the membership on the universities’ councils, and leave them...
The 2019 edition of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) begins today. Final year Senior High School (SHS) students are expected to take part in the exams in various centers across the country.
The examination is commencing with Basketry 3 project work.
Per the timetable, the first core paper...
North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has described as a “national disgrace” recent events in the educational sector where some teachers in the Ashanti region had to write examination questions on the chalkboard following a directive by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to heads of schools not to collect...
Professor Ransford Gyampo of the University of Ghana, Legon, has accused the Akufo-Addo government of seeking to curtail academic freedom by taking absolute control of public universities in the country.
According to him, a draft bill is currently being considered to enable the government appoint majority of the members on...