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Two female resident students of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) have been expelled from the institution’s hostel for allegedly engaging in a threesome with a non-resident male.

Three pre-tertiary education labour unions have given the government up to the end of September this year to address a number of issues affecting their members as well as teaching and learning in schools.

The Ministry of Education will this year begin the rehabilitation of old and dilapidated basic schools that have not seen any renovation or facelift in decades.

Graphic Online BY: Education desk 30.5k Shares 705 Gold Track senior high school form two students are to begin their end-of- semester vacation today, May 28, 2021 to pave the way for the Green Track Form Two students to report to school on June 1, 2021. A statement signed and issued by the Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) in charge of Quality and Access, Dr Kwabena Bempah Tandoh, and addressed to all Regional Directors of Education, added that  all SHS Two student...

Eight former Education Ministers have expressed their preparedness to share experiences of the sector and also make proposals for the betterment of education for national development.

Graphic Online BY: Daniel Kenu Category: Education Nana Acheampongmaa Anima Kotroka II (middle), Morsohemaa, being supported by Dr Anthony Boateng (right), Deputy Director-General of the GES, and Nana Otuo Acheampong (left) to cut the tape to inaugurate the building (left) 30.5k Shares 705 After two failed attempts to get the Morso Senior High School (SHS) and Technical School in the Asante Akyem South District in the Ashanti Region off the ground to run full academic programmes, indigenes, b...

705 Teacher unions in the country have expressed concern over the delay in the supply of food items to senior high schools (SHSs) in the country. The unions, made up of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers — Ghana, (CCT-GH), warned that any further delay would impact negatively on the smooth running of the Free SHS policy. Disturbing “It is unfortunate, heartbreaking and disturbing that ...

Graphic Online BY: Severious Kale-Dery 705 The dream of an 18-year-old orphan of becoming a doctor in the future is being dashed for lack of finances to pursue his education at the medical school. Edward Elorm Gbanaglo, who completed Presbyterian Boys’ Senior High School (PRESEC) with  seven A1s and two B2s, has gained admission to the University of Health and Allied Sciences at Ho in the Volta Region but managed to pay his admission fees with the help of his late mother’s friends. Howeve...

Graphic Online BY: Maclean Kwofi Category: Education Mr Isaac Appaw-Gyasi (right) and Dr Ghann cutting the tape to commission the cyber security centre as some staff look on 30.5k Shares 705 The Koforidua Technical University (KTU) has opened a cyber security centre in Koforidua in collaboration with Cyber Ghana to train students in cyber security. The new state-of-the-art facility, established by Cyber Ghana under the National Initiative for Cyber Engineering, Science, and Technology Educati...

Graphic Online BY: Judith Lamiokor 705 The Methodist Girls Senior High School (MEGHIS) in the Eastern Region has for the second time won the World Robotics and Coding Competition. They beat the Avenues FLL MG Team from Avenue World School based in New York, USA in a virtual contest, which consisted of 5000 teams across the world. The competition, also known as CoderZ Juniors League, was held by the Intelik/Robogroup from the USA and Israel.  The 2020 virtual edition of the World Robotics and...