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Govt owes £17m in unpaid fees to 927 Ghanaian scholarship students in UK – Minority alleges

The government owes nearly £17 million in unpaid tuition to 927 Ghanaian students who were on scholarship in the UK for 27 months, according to information revealed by the minority members of the Parliamentary Education Committee. According to the caucus, certain universities were compelled to...

AI is a powerful educational tool for trainee teachers – Dean of UGBS

Professor Justice Nyigmah Bawole, the dean of the University of Ghana Business School, has highlighted artificial intelligence's (AI) potential as an effective teaching tool for prospective educators.  Speaking at the Wiawso and Komenda Teacher Training Colleges' Second Biannual Conference at Sefwi Wiawso in the Western...

NAGRAT urges political parties to prioritize teacher welfare

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has urged political parties to promote teacher welfare in their education policy and to go above and beyond their campaign pledges. According to NAGRAT, demotivation and unfavourable working circumstances have resulted from successive governments' emphasis on assisting kids...

Embattled UCC VC seeks Asantehene’s intervention to resolve leadership crisis

In order to address the recent leadership issue at the University of Cape Coast, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, the Vice-Chancellor, is pleading with the Asantehene for assistance. John Mevemeo, a Central Region resident of Millennium City-Kasoa, filed a request for an injunction against the Vice-Chancellor,...

GES announces reopening date for basic schools.

The 2024–2025 academic year will begin on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, when students in basic schools across will return to study.  Previously, students in the first cycle started the academic year in September, but this year is different because of COVID-19. Beginning on October 3, 2023,...

GES begins investigation into O’Reilly SHS stabbing, commiserates with family

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has expressed sadness over the tragic incident at O’Reilly Senior High School, which led to the untimely death of a final-year student, Edward Sackey. In a statement signed by the Head of Public Relations, Cassandra Twum Ampofo, the GES extended...