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Restore academic calendar – Education Minister urges GES and WAEC

The Ghana Education Service (GES) and the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) have been urged by Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu to return the academic calendar for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to its pre-COVID...

Education Minister unveils GH¢40 million seed fund for emerging public Universities

A significant boost to Ghana's higher education industry has come with the announcement by the government of a GH¢40 million seed financing package to strengthen recently founded public universities. At the 5th Congregation Ceremony of the C.K. Tedem University of Technology and Applied Sciences...

Education Ministry mourns seven Lawra SHS students lost in Black Volta boat tragedy

Following the terrible death of seven Lawra Senior High School students who drowned in the Black Volta River on the morning of Saturday, June 14, 2025, while participating in a regular school activity, the Ministry of Education has expressed its profound sorrow. The Ministry...

Education Ministry mourns seven Lawra SHS students lost in Black Volta boat tragedy

Following the terrible death of seven Lawra Senior High School students who drowned in the Black Volta River on the morning of Saturday, June 14, 2025, while participating in a regular school activity, the Ministry of Education has expressed its profound sorrow. The Ministry...

Good News As Senior Staff of Universities of Ghana Suspend Strike Action

Members of the Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG) have been instructed to return to work on May 23. In response to the government's failure to implement a collective bargaining agreement that was signed in November of last year, the Association announced...

Free SHS: Allow people who can afford to pay – Otumfuo urges govt

According to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, Ghana's Free Senior High School (SHS) policy should be reviewed. Families who can afford it should make contributions so that government funds can be used to help kids who truly need them. Speaking at a courtesy...