President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has indicated that his government is on course to fulfilling the election campaign promises made to Ghanaians. “We were voted in by the people to solve their problems and that is what we have begun to do.” The President, who was on a three-day day visit to the Ashanti Region … Read more
Education Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has called on Ningo Prampram MP, Sam George to render an apology to him for making “unfounded allegations” against him. The Education Minister, in a statement issued today (Friday), took “grave exception to the scurrilous and unfounded allegations” by Hon Sam George, and impressed on the latter to do … Read more
The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, wants the Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam George, to apologize for his claims that he [Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh], called the Tamale North MP, Alhassan Suhuyini “a fool” thus escalating tensions in Parliament to near-fisticuffs. This was after the Joe Ghartey committee found the Bawku … Read more
The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, wants the Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam George, to apologize for his claims that he [Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh], called the Tamale North MP, Alhassan Suhuyini “a fool” thus escalating tensions in Parliament to near-fisticuffs. This was after the Joe Ghartey committee found the Bawku … Read more
Exam malpractice in Ghana range from copying and other sorts of cheating popularly known as ‘expo’, to paper leaks known in students’ parlance as ‘Lagadia’. The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has warned candidates sitting for the 2017 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to desist from all forms of examination malpractice in order … Read more
Although the Ministry of Education has directed the Heads of Assisted Senior High Schools not prevent any student from writing the West African Examination (WASSCE), over fees, teachers of the Adeiso Presby Senior High School is said to be sacking and beating some of the students. Our Eastern regional correspondent Prince Collins Bening in a … Read more
Heads of Secondary Schools have been instructed not to prevent any final year student from writing their exams due to non-payment of school fees. The instruction, given by the Education Minister Mathew Opoku Prempeh follows a dialogue between the Ghana Education Service and the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS). A statement signed … Read more
The headmistress of Mfantsiman Girls’ Senior High School in the Central Region has called on government to aid it fight an invasion of its student dormitories bedbugs. Mrs Agnes Letitia Hawkson made the call on Saturday March 25 at the school’s 57th speech and prize-giving day at Saltpond in the Central Region, Accra News’ Adu … Read more
Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness, Northern Ireland’s former deputy first minister, has died aged 66. It is understood he had been suffering from a rare heart condition. The former IRA leader turned peacemaker worked at the heart of the power-sharing government following the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. He became deputy first minister in 2007, standing alongside … Read more
Education Minister’s cheeky and abrasive response to remarks by pro-Vice Chancellor of University of Cape Coast, Prof George Kwaku Toku Oduro on government’s proposed “Free SHS” policy has ‘turned’ sour for Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh. The Minister, who launched scathing attacks on Prof Oduro for counseling government to think through its plans to implement the … Read more
The Vice Chancellor of the Central University College Professor Kwesi Yankah has been nominated minister of state in charge of tertiary education by President Akufo-Addo. He will work with the Manhyia MP Mathew Opoku Prempeh, who is Education minister, if approved by parliament. The President has also nominated deputy minority leader Sarah Adwoa Sarfo as … Read more
A former Minister of Education, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang, has said that efforts must be concentrated on improving the current educational system rather considering proposals to reintroduce the former ‘O’ and ‘A’ level system. According to her, the previous education system also had challenges for which reason it was changed. She called for caution … Read more
A former Minister of Education, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang, has said that efforts must be concentrated on improving the current educational system rather considering proposals to reintroduce the former ‘O’ and ‘A’ level system. According to her, the previous education system also had challenges for which reason it was changed. She called for caution … Read more
The Government would consider the introduction of non-custodial sentences that use community service programmes to reform petty, crime offenders. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who announced this, said the reforms would serve the dual purpose of providing the appropriate punishment for an offence while getting some public good out of the service that would be … Read more
St. James College has really made a great name for itself this year by producing the Best WASSCE Candidate 2016 as well as the third best… Pius Kyere, a 20-year-old former student of the St. James Seminary/Senior High School, in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana, has been declared the overall best candidate in the … Read more
President Nana Akufo Addo has appointed Professor Christopher Ameyaw Akumfi as the Board Chairman of the Ghana Infrastructural Investment Fund (GIIF). His appointment is in accordance with Section 8 of the GIIF Act, 2014 (Act 887). A statement signed by the Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare confirmed the appointment of the former Education Minister. … Read more
The Government would consider the introduction of non-custodial sentences that use community service programmes to reform petty, crime offenders. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who announced this, said the reforms would serve the dual purpose of providing the appropriate punishment for an offence, while getting some public good out of the service that would be … Read more
The Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast is predicting doom for the yet to be rolled out free Senior High School Education if government does not take steps to ensure quality. Prof. George Kwaku Oduro says the current situation at the Senior High Schools is nothing to write home about and that is likely … Read more
The Upper East Regional Minister Rockson Ayine Bukari has hinted that, the Bolgatanga Polytechnic will soon be converted into a technical university by close of 2017. The Bolgatanga Polytechnic was among other three polytechnics that did not meet the conversion requirements for technical universities but Rockson Bukari said the school could become a technical university … Read more
Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Monday that the United States has warned that annexing the West Bank would lead to an “immediate crisis” with President Donald Trump’s administration. Lieberman sought to push back against those in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition calling for a declaration of Israeli sovereignty over all or part of … Read more