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Free SHS Gets GH¢1.2b In 2018 Budget
The government plans to allocate some GH¢1.2 billion to the implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme in 2018.
The amount is three times higher than the GH¢400 million that was allocated to the programme in its first…
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Prepare To Admit Free SHS Graduates – Akufo-Addo To Private Unis.
President Akufo-Addo has charged managers of Private Tertiary Institutions to prepare themselves to absorb free Senior High School graduates in 2020.
According to the President, Public Tertiary Institutions will not able to admit all the…
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Robbers Terrorize SHS
REPORTS OF cases of theft are on the increase on the campus of Osei Kyeretwie Senior High School (OKESS) at Tafo, a suburb of Kumasi.
Some unknown hoodlums, who operate daily in the school, are said to be stealing valuable items of both…
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Gov’t Not Interested In Building Universities For Votes – Prof. Yankah
Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah has said the Akufo-Addo administration is not interested in building universities simply for votes or as a mode of thanking supportive constituencies.
“Let me…
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2018 BECE: Govt to Cater For Registration Fees
The government will be bearing the cost of the registration fees for candidates in public schools who will be writing the 2018 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
A statement dated 6 November 217, issued by the West African…
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NDC Communicator Exposed Over SHS Shift Sleeping System
SAMMY GYAMFI, a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Communication’s Team, has been exposed on UTV.
This was after he alleged on Wednesday that some students were sleeping in shifts at some Senior High Schools (SHS) across…
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No Caning Policy To Be Implemented By GES
The Ghana Education Service through its guidance and counseling unit, is set to implement what it calls the Positive Disciplinary Tools in basic and Senior High Schools (SHS) across the country.
This, it says, is to focus on building a…
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UEW Directs 6 Officials to Step Down Over EOCO, BNI Probe
The Governing Council of the University of Education, Winneba has stated that six top officers were directed to step down due to an ongoing investigation by the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) and the BNI.
According to a…
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Parliament Was Misled By Dr Prempeh – Ablakwa
Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says the Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh misled Parliament by stating that the previous administration made no allocation for its Progressively Free Education…
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NDC Never Paid For Progressively Free SHS
The previous government under President John Dramani Mahama failed to make payment for the progressively free Senior High School (SHS) it had introduced before exiting office, Education Minister. Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has disclosed.…
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