GES Directs ”Eight Chiana SHS Girls” to report to their HeadMistress for further action
Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) says it has reversed the earlier position on the punishment meted out to the Eight Students of the Chiana Senior High School (SHS) following an intervention by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Eight students of the school were dismissed for using some unprintable words against the President in […]
Child Rights International commends President for pardoning dismissed students
Mr Bright Appiah, Executive Director, Child Rights International (CRI), an NGO has commended President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo for pardoning eight female students of the Chiana Senior High School (SHS). Mr Appiah said the President’s intervention was timely and appropriate in ensuring that the students were not denied their rights to education. On Friday, November […]
Students clean up; ready for academics first day of re-opening
By: Valentia Tetteh Public Basic Schools in Ghana resumed a new academic year on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 per the new GES calendar. GBC News Team visited some public schools in the city to witness the readiness of teachers and students as the new academic term began. According to the Ghana Education Service (GES), the […]
More than 1,500 Girls benefit from STEM Education
More than 1,500 young girls in selected Junior High Schools (JHS) within the Central and Eastern Regions have benefited from the girls in Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) training. The four-year partnership project between the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) aims at promoting girl Competency and participation in […]
Install CCTV cameras in examination halls to curb malpractices – Eduwatch
Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), an Education Policy Research and Advocacy Organisation, has recommended the installation of CCTV cameras at examination centres and halls to curb examination malpractices. The Organisation also called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the security services to enhance punitive measures and sanctions on persons involved in examination fraud. Mr Kwasi […]
GES Director-General Prof Opoku-Amankwa sacked
The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa has been relieved of his post. He is to go back to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) from where he was seconded to the GES. A letter from the Presidency, signed by the Secretary to the President, Nana Bediatuo Asante […]
2022 BECE Begins Monday with assurance from WAEC of Security of Examination
A total of 552, 276 Candidates from 18,501 schools will tomorrow, Monday, October 17, 2022 begin the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). A statement issued by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) in Accra said this year’s examination would be run for both school and private candidates at 2,023 centres throughout the country. The […]
Government should revert to Trimester system- CHASS
By Michael Kofi Kenetey The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools, CHASS has called on government to revert to the traditional trimester system in the 2023 academic year, since the current semester system puts a lot of stress on school facilities and infrastructure as well as staff and students. In a Communique released by […]
Creative Arts High School opens in Kumasi
By: Juliet Korkor The Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum says the establishment of the Creative Arts High School in Kumasi the Ashanti Regional Capital will help fashion out a new portfolio for Ghana’s educational system. This, he noted will be the first of its kind in West Africa and will attract students across the […]
