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
The union of polytechnic teachers says Education Minister, Matthew Opoku Prempeh has been avoiding them. According to the Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG) many attempts to meet the minister have hit a snag. “His outfit keeps on rescheduling meeting appointments but has the time to meet NCTE [National Council for Teacher Education] anytime they … Read more
Parents in Zimbabwe who cannot afford school fees can offer livestock such as goats or sheep as payment, a government minister has said. The country’s education minister Lazarus Dokora told the pro-government Sunday Mail newspaper that schools will have to show flexibility when it comes to demanding tuition fees from parents, and that they should … Read more
A Muslim former government minister took a strong lead Wednesday over Jakarta’s Christian incumbent governor in a divisive run-off election that has stoked religious tensions in Muslim-majority Indonesia. Anies Baswedan was on 56-57 percent in the fight to lead Jakarta compared to 41-43 percent for Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, who is battling for his job as … Read more
Polls opened Wednesday in Jakarta’s election run-off with the Christian governor fighting for his job despite standing trial for blasphemy, in a vote that has stoked religious tensions in Muslim-majority Indonesia. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama is facing a Muslim challenger, heavyweight ex-minister Anies Baswedan, in a neck-and-neck race to lead the teeming capital of over 10 … Read more
A prominent female academic and activist was charged on Monday with cyber-harassment for calling President Yoweri Museveni a “pair of buttocks” in a Facebook post. University lecturer Dr Stella Nyanzi, 42, has raised eyebrows in the conservative country for sexually explicit social media posts in which she has frequently criticised the president and his wife. … Read more
A reporter of Luv FM in Kumasi – a subsidiary of Multi Media – Erastus Asare Donkor, is in hot waters over an alleged unprofessional conduct. The reporter is likely to be hauled to court for allegedly publishing palpable lies about the Education Minister, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh aka ‘Napo’. Asare Donkor has been given … Read more
A prominent academic has been arrested for criticising the wife of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on social media, police said Saturday. Stella Nyanzi criticised Janet Museveni, who is education minister, on Facebook after the government reneged on a campaign pledge to supply free sanitary pads to schoolgirls struggling to afford hygiene products. Police spokesman Emilian … Read more
Director of Elections of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo has pointed out that though all 275 Members of Parliament (MPs) took the oath of an MP as well as that of the Oath of Allegiance the same day, – January 6, the day the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic was … Read more
Director of Elections of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo has counseled Alhassan Suhuyini to apparently pay some respect to the hierarchy in Parliament. Commenting on the behaviour of the Tamale North MP Alhassan Suhuyini in the Legislative House, Mr. Ofosu Ampofo called on the legislator to remain calm as there are … Read more
The Association of newly trained teachers (NETTAG) has accused government of reneging on its promise of paying them their seven months’ salary arrears and feeding grants. According to the teachers, the government failed to pay the monies in spite of an assurance by the education minister Mathew Opoku Prempeh. “At a meeting held between the … Read more
The Association of newly trained teachers (NETTAG) has accused government of reneging on its promise of paying them their seven months’ salary arrears and feeding grants. According to the teachers, the government failed to pay the monies in spite of an assurance by the education minister Mathew Opoku Prempeh. “At a meeting held between the … Read more
The Minister of Education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, popularly called Napo, has banned the importation of exercise and textbooks for public schools in the country with immediate effect. “Henceforth, we shall not import exercise books, textbooks and teacher manuals for our public schools from countries like China again,” the minister, who is also the Member … Read more
India had been assisting Ghana in areas such as rural electrification, agro processing among others The Indian High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr Birender Singh, on Monday paid a courtesy call on the Education Minister, Dr Mathew Opoku-Prempeh, to discuss areas of mutual co-operation for the needed development. Mr Singh expressed India’s commitment to continuously support … Read more
Ningo Prampram Member of Parliament has released a dramatic video in which Education Minister Mathew Opoku Prempeh is seen gesticulating, pointing his finger to his head in anger during the spillover of the Ayariga bribery scandal which was heard on the floor of Parliament Thursday. According to Sam George the minister was swearing at another … Read more
The maiden Ghana Education Evidence Summit (GEES)-not GES as in Ghana Education Service-has just ended in Accra. As a vital part of the Research Agenda of the Secondary Education Improvement Project (SEIP), GEES managed to bring together over 200 researchers, policy-makers, practitioners and academicsto think of how to advance education in Ghana. The GEES, which … Read more
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale North Constituency in the Northern Region claims his presence in Parliament is making some New Patriotic Party MPs uncomfortable. Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini has observed that “it is the mindset of some people on Majority side, not all of them, that some people do not deserve to be in … Read more
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale North Constituency in the Northern Region claims his presence in Parliament is making some New Patriotic Party MPs uncomfortable. Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini has observed that “it is the mindset of some people on Majority side, not all of them, that some people do not deserve to be in … Read more
March 30, 2017 is a day many who belong to Ghana’s third arm of government, the legislature, will want to quickly forget. It was the day an otherwise regular presentation of a fact finding committee set up by the Speaker of the House turned heads and pitched ‘the three musketeers’ against members of both the … Read more
Government has announced that it will no longer award contracts to companies which are owned by foreigners home and abroad even if the employees are all Ghanaians under the Ministry of Education. It said henceforth, only companies owned by Ghanaians will be awarded contracts to print educational materials in the country in order to generate … Read more