EDUCATION

One student at the Bawku Senior High Technical School in the Upper East Region has been confirmed dead at the Bawku Presbyterian Hospital following what is believed to be an outbreak of meningitis at the school. Nine other students, one…
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The New Juaben Municipal Health Director of the Ghana Health Service in the Eastern region has attributed the spread of meningitis in some Senior High Schools across the country to congestion in those schools. So far over five students…
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Mr. John Kwadjo Teku, the Volta Regional Director of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has called on parents to prioritise girl child education to bridge poverty gaps. He said education remained the best strategy to empowering…
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The death toll from a scourge of two viral diseases on the campuses of Senior High Schools (SHSs) in three regions across the country has hit eight. The latest case is the death of a student of Tempane SHS in the Upper East region who is…
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The Minority in Parliament has blamed government for the recent health crisis in some senior high schools. Health complications have led to the death of some students with others being hospitalized. An outbreak of Meningitis, a…
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85 cases of the deadly Influenza H1N1 have been recorded so far in the recent outbreak at the Kumasi Academy in the Ashanti region. 11 out of the number are currently on admission at various hospitals in the region. The outbreak of …
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About 232 out of the 674 public senior high schools (SHSs) in the country score below 30 per cent in the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) annually. Some of these schools score zero per cent, indicating that not…
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The Akufo-Addo Administration plans to create another Director-General position within the Ghana Education Service (GES) which will focus on technical and vocational education. The Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo, said the plans were…
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A private company contracted by the Ministry of Education has carried out a fumigation exercise at the Kumasi Academy (KUMACA) following the suspected swine flu outbreak at the school. The pandemic strain of influenza type A, H1N1 2009 …
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Students of the Koforidua Secondary Technical School, (SECTEC) in the Eastern region have embarked on a special clean up exercise of the dormitories upon advice from health officials who were in the school Saturday morning. The health…
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