US President Donald Trump’s trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories saw the unpredictable leader tightly following protocol, but a few moments provided low-scale scandal and humour. Walking on the red carpet from the plane that had just brought them from the first leg of their trip in Saudi Arabia, Trump reached for his wife … Read more
Anyone who has carefully listened to H. E. President Akufo-Addo throughout the 2016 campaign and after assuming office will understand that the free Senior High School (SHS) programme is intended for all Ghanaian children regardless of their academic abilities, and family backgrounds. Consistent with this view, government intends to seek constitutional amendment to redefine basic … Read more
Anyone who has carefully listened to H. E. President Akufo-Addo throughout the 2016 campaign and after assuming office will understand that the free Senior High School (SHS) programme is intended for all Ghanaian children regardless of their academic abilities, and family backgrounds. Consistent with this view, government intends to seek constitutional amendment to redefine basic … Read more
“We’re trying to bridge the gap between what students are taught in classrooms and what is happening in the real world because in the real world of employment, in industries, among the professions and even the public sector people who graduate from tertiary institutions are often not deemed to be ready for employment. They may … Read more
The Executive Director of the Institute for Education Studies (IFEST) formerly VIAM Africa has said government’s ‘pass-BECE-and-qualify-for-free-SHS’ mantra could be counter-productive. Dr Prince Armah says while the government remains committed to helping vulnerable groups and making Senior High School education accessible to all, it will be shooting itself in the foot if it goes ahead … Read more
The President of policy think tank, IMANI Ghana Franklin Cudjoe, has charged the government to immediately clarify the seeming incoherence regarding the implementation of its free SHS policy. Barely three months to the implementation of the policy, the Education Minister Mathew Opoku Prempeh disclosed to Morning Starr host, Francis Abban, that only students who passed … Read more
On Tuesday, May 16, 2017 we published a story with the headline: “Only brilliant students will benefit from Free SHS – Napo” based on an interview the Education Minister Mathew Opoku-Prempeh granted us. The use of the adjective “brilliant” was based on inference and had no malice attached. We updated the headline later to reflect … Read more
The confirmation of Presidents Akufo-Addo’s nominee for Techiman North District Assembly, Peter Mensah helped to unite two feuding chiefs in the area. The two chiefs, Nana Obeng Ameyaw and Nana Baffour Asare exchanged pleasantries as they both served as honoured guests at the event on Tuesday, May 16. There was great anxiety in the area … Read more
Education Minister, Mathew Opoku Prempeh, has denied saying the free Senior High School (SHS) policy would apply only to brilliant JHS graduates. The minister has come under fire for saying only brilliant students qualify for the policy with some critics suggesting that government appears to be flip-flopping on its major campaign promise. However, in a … Read more
Education Minister Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh has denied media reports suggesting that the NPP’s Free Senior High School policy set to be rolled out this September is for ‘brilliant’ students only. Dr. Opoku Prempeh has described as ‘false’, ‘twisted’ and ‘misleading’, the said comments attributed to him following an interview he granted to Accra based … Read more
Policy think tank IMANI Ghana has heavily chastised the Akufo-Addo government for being incoherent in its quest to implement its much-touted free SHS policy. Barely three months to the implementation of the policy, Education Minister, Mathew Opoku Prempeh, has disclosed in an exclusive interview with Francis Abban, the host of Morning Starr that only students … Read more
The president of the Ghana Mathematics Society, Professor Sitsofe Anku is advocating for a revolution in the teaching and studying of mathematics in Ghana to help advance the development of the country. He was of the view that the failure of Ghanaians to overcome their aversion of mathematics is the cause of the many fundamental … Read more
The Principal of E. P College of Education (AMECO) has been summoned to Accra to answer questions as to why a bus donated to the school by government less than a year ago, is being used to cart firewood. The Eicher Bus with registration number GV 158-16, was one of the 500 buses presented to … Read more
A government cash-incentive scheme has helped place almost 90,000 underage Pakistani brick kiln workers into school, officials said Friday, an initiative aimed at easing the long-standing problem of indentured labour. Campaigners estimate there are more than two million Pakistanis trapped in a vicious cycle of debt bondage to factory owners that continues for generations, a … Read more
Bawku Central MP Mahama Ayariga has fiercely rubbished rumours that he features in the alleged sex videos involving Chinese galamsey kingpin Aisha Huang. Aisha who is currently in custody for illegal mining is allegedly circulating sex videos involving herself and some highly placed Ghanaian officials who allegedly gave her protection to continue with her illicit … Read more
A Ugandan court ordered the release on bail Wednesday of a prominent academic charged after she called President Yoweri Museveni a “pair of buttocks” in a Facebook post. Outspoken university lecturer Stella Nyanzi, 42, who had been detained for more than a month, collapsed as she entered the court in Kampala for the hearing. Nyanzi … Read more
Policy think tank IMANI Africa has taken it hard on the New Patriotic Party describing major decisions taken by the young Nana Akufo Addo administration as indicative of a government which is ill prepared to deliver on its promises to the country. President of IMANI Africa Franklin Cudjoe made the sharp assertions at a public … Read more
Tanzanian President John Magufuli has sacked nearly 10,000 civil servants for having fake education certificates. He was responding to the release of a government report into fraudulent qualifications in the public sector. The education minister said that some had been using their relatives’ school certificates, while others did not appear on official records at all. … Read more
Tanzanian President John Magufuli has sacked nearly 10,000 civil servants for having fake education certificates. He was responding to the release of a government report into fraudulent qualifications in the public sector. The education minister said that some had been using their relatives’ school certificates, while others did not appear on official records at all. … Read more
Tanzanian President John Magufuli has sacked nearly 10,000 civil servants for having fake education certificates. He was responding to the release of a government report into fraudulent qualifications in the public sector. The education minister said that some had been using their relatives’ school certificates, while others did not appear on official records at all. … Read more