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Tap the Youth’s Potential for Socio-economic Dev – Gyampo
A research fellow of the Institute of Economic of Affairs (IEA) Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has stressed the need for the nation to appoint competent young people to sensitive positions as a way of tapping their fullest potential for…
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Free SHS is a life saver – Mustapha Hamid
The Information Minister Mustapha Hamid has described as “life saver” the government’s implementation of the free SHS policy.
The policy was officially launched by the president, Akufo-Addo Tuesday September 12, 2017.
The rollout of…
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Accra Girls Denies Admission to Girl with Dreadlocks
A parent seeking admission for his ward at the Accra Girls Senior High School has been denied because she had dreadlocks.
According to the father, his daughter is a Rastafarian and it is against their religion to cut off the locks.…
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GES Summons SHS Heads over Allegations of Fee Charging
The Ghana Education Service (GES) Council has summoned some headmasters of senior high schools (SHS) to Accra to respond to allegations that they are requesting parents and guardians to pay fees already absorbed by the government under its…
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Free SHS Threatens Our Investments – Private School Heads
The Conference of Heads of Private Second Cycle Schools (CHOPSS), is appealing to the government to expand the coverage of the free secondary education policy to include private schools to save them from possible collapse.
The conference…
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UTAG nationwide Joins UTAG-UEW in Strike Action
In disagreement with a court ruling which instructed the Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), to step down temporarily, members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), will on Monday, 18th…
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Ghana Will Be Better Off With Free SHS – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo believes that the country will be better off in the future with the full implementation of the Free Senior High School programme.
According to him, the policy programme is a useful investment in the youth which will…
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Students to Wait Next Year for Placement – Education Ministry
Parents who couldn’t get their wards placed last year and this year by the Computer School Selection Placement System (CSSPS) may have to wait another year to send their children to school, according to the Education Ministry.
Many of…
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Free SHS won’t stand test of time – Ablakwa
A former Deputy Education Minister says the Akufo-Addo government's flagship Free senior high school (SHS) policy will not stand the test of time.
Samuel Okdujeto Ablakwa says the Akuffo Addo government cannot find the money to continue…
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Minister Denies Stories on Teacher Licensing
The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has strongly dismissed media reports that his ministry will license all teachers before they are eligible to teach.
According to the minister, he has not on any platform said anything…
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