It has emerged that the University of Ghana (UG) is in a serious financial quagmire, a situation that has compelled authorities to borrow money to pay salaries of staff and workers for the last two months. Salaries of staff for March 2018 is set to delay as authorities of the premier University have ceased borrowing … Read more
WASSCE in Ghana – Education Minister, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh has disclosed that the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will be moved from February to May/June. See Also: Failing Free SHS: Mahama Calls For Review of NPP’s Flagship Policy This move he said, will enable the students and teachers complete the nine-term secondary … Read more
President Nana Addo and his New Patriotic Party (NPP) have come under intense criticisms following their assurance of the implementation of the Free SHS policy. This policy promised by the government during the 2016 electioneering entails free public senior high school education for all eligible Ghanaians from the 2017/2018 academic year -September 2017. The policy … Read more
Tutors at second cycle institutions say the success of otherwise of government’s Free Senior High School education hinges squarely on how much money is made available. Vice-President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Gabriel Kabornu said, they are ready to support the policy once there is an assurance that funding will not … Read more
Education Minister Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has said that if he had his way, he would promote rather than punish Augustine Kusi, the class six teacher of Assin Asamankese D/A Primary School in the Central Region, who was creative enough to have used stones to demonstrate how a computer mouse worked as he taught his … Read more
Ghana’s economic strains will not prevent the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government from effectively implementing its Free Senior High School education policy, the Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has asserted. Speaking at the press conference on Thursday, the Education Minister said the commitment to the Free SHS policy, earmarked to start in the 2017/2018 … Read more
Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has given the clearest indication yet that government’s Free SHS Policy would not cater for persons who completed Junior High School before 2017. This means students who wrote the Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) in 2015 and 2016 who for some reasons could not go to school but want … Read more
Ghana’s economic strains will not prevent the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government from effectively implementing its Free Senior High School education policy, the Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has asserted. Speaking at the press conference on Thursday, the Education Minister said the commitment to the Free SHS policy, earmarked to start in the 2017/2018 … Read more
Member of Parliament (MP) for Asawase constituency in the Ashanti Region, Alhaji Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka, yesterday quizzed the Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, on the current number of mission schools across the country, and their regional composition. Answering the question on the floor of Parliament, Dr. Opoku Prempeh disclosed that there are 25,262 mission … Read more
She’s not just any weightless propagandist or faceless serial caller whose words ought to be disregarded or treated with contempt. She is a lawyer. She is the Member of Parliament for Dome Kwabenya Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, the second biggest constituency in Ghana in terms of voter population. She is the Deputy Majority … Read more
Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called on government to reconsider the policy of universities remitting part of their internally generated funds to government. He said at a time when universities were grappling with how to fund teaching, research and other community services, government cannot continue to take away their meagre source of funding for … Read more
Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday denied reports of a “breakthrough” in talks with Hamas over returning Israeli citizens and bodies of soldiers held in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. According to Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar, Israel and Hamas were on the brink of an initial deal in which the Islamist Gaza rulers would provide … Read more
It would cost the government about $200 million to renovate dilapidated basic school structures across the country. This is according to Education Minister, Mathew Opoku Prempeh, who has said the government has identified about 8,000 basic schools that need urgent refurbishment. Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday, the Minister said the schools identified … Read more
Voter turnout in the second round of France’s parliamentary election is sharply down on the last vote five years ago, official statistics show. By midday on Sunday only 17.75% had cast a ballot, down from 21.41% at the same time in the 2012 election. The second-round vote is a run-off between the top candidates from … Read more
Each year, the Basic Education Certification Examination (BECE) is fraught with question leakage. But this year, the story is different. The five-day exams ended without any hint of leaks. The Ghana Education Service has attributed the development to better “supervision” by Education Minister, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, the Director General of Ghana Education Service (GES) … Read more
Education Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh says the President’s comment about the disconnect between Ghana’s educational curricula and the job requirements was distorted. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his address at the 50th Anniversary of the Association of African Universities in Accra last week said a university education in the country no longer guarantees a … Read more
Against a backdrop of limited support for Ghanaian students abroad, GRASAG-USA was inaugurated at the forecourt of the Ghana Embassy on Saturday, May 27th, 2017. The 1st President, Juliet Ohemeng-Ntiamoah, reiterated the successes and challenges of the Ghanaian student in the United States. The 1st President, Juliet Ohemeng-Ntiamoah, reiterated the successes and challenges of the … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has presented a 19-member Cabinet to Parliament. The President had been under immense pressure from the minority to name his cabinet after he named his ministers some three months ago. Conspicuously missing from the list read by the Speaker of Parliament Professor Mike Ocquaye Tuesday is the Sports Ministry which … Read more
The Promise Trackers Association Of Ghana (PROTAG) has expressed concerns over the contradictions and inconsistencies surrounding the implementation of the ruling NPP government flagship Free SHS education policy. Many Civil Society Organizations including Northern Network for Education and Development (NNED), IMANI-Ghana as well as Educationist have already called on the government to come clearly on … Read more
Israeli right-wingers celebrated US President Donald Trump’s visit after he made no mention of the two-state solution, but a lack of specifics on how he would resolve the conflict with the Palestinians raised concerns. Trump visited Israel and the Palestinian territories on Monday and Tuesday, and in a closing speech talked extensively about his commitment … Read more