President Akufo-Addo has indicated his readiness to join the fight against the stealthy encroachment of school lands in the country. This follows concerns raised by headmistress and old students of the Achimota School about the nefarious activities of some private developers at the 90th anniversary celebration of Achimota School on Saturday. Concern After listening to … Read more
President Akufo-Addo yesterday gave a chilling account of what he went through to become what he is today, including borrowing to pay for school fees. He talked of the ordeal his late father and Ghana’s former president, Edward Akufo-Addo, went through raising him as a child, in a bid to inspire the country’s youth. This … Read more
The Education Minister says the implementation of the President Nana Akufo-Addo’s flagship campaign promise of free senior high school (SHS) which begins this September won’t be smooth and easy. Mathew Opoku Prempeh also added that technical and vocational education would be given the priority it deserves at the secondary level under the Nana Akufo-Addo-led administration. … Read more
The race for governor of Jakarta will be decided in a run-off, election authorities said Saturday, after incumbent Basuki Tjahaja Purnama failed to cross the 50 percent threshold. Purnama, who is on trial for blasphemy, topped the first round with 43 percent and will go head-to-head with Anies Baswedan who came second with 40 percent. … Read more
Final year students preparing to sit for the West African Senior Secondary Certificate examination (WASSCE) are being charged monies by teachers and authorities of their schools to provide them with ‘apor’ during the sitting, to aid them sail through, Kapital News’ Sani Abdul-Rahman has uncovered. Charging illegal monies from students preparing to sit for WASSCE … Read more
A report severely criticising Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership in the 2014 Gaza war may weaken the self-styled “Mr Security”, analysts say. The state inquiry published Tuesday attacked Netanyahu’s governing style throughout the war in which 68 Israeli soldiers died, prompting opposition figures to demand his resignation. Netanyahu lashed out at the report, accusing … Read more
Guinean President Alpha Conde has sacked three ministers, including his education minister, in a reshuffle after a long strike by teachers and violent protests. The unrest saw a three-week strike culminate in clashes that left seven people dead in the capital and forced the closure of schools. Conde responded with a reshuffle which Monday saw … Read more
Minister for Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has announced the release of GHC 55 million cedis to pay state owned university lecturers as their book and research allowances. He said in addition to the book and research allowance, government will also establish a research fund to facilitate further research and innovation. The Education Minister announced … Read more
Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, Minister for Education has announced the release of GH¢55 million to pay state owned university lecturers as their book and research allowance. He said in addition to the book and research allowance, government would also establish a research fund to facilitate further research and innovation. The Education Minister announced this at … Read more
The city of Mosul is intertwined with human history, tracing its roots to 4,400 years ago when civilisation rose in fabled, fertile Mesopotamia. Today, as Iraqi forces backed by an international coalition inch forward in their fight to recover Mosul from the Islamic State (IS) group, historians are looking at how to save, repair or … Read more
Israeli ministers were upbeat Monday on the prospects of working with the new US administration, even after remarks by President Donald Trump that have fallen short of rightwing hopes. Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said Israel now had “an opportunity to create together with the administration the conditions for serious peace negotiations by changing the … Read more
This happens to be the first in the series of articles that the author has set to produce on education for this year. And on that score, he salutes the Manhyia South Member of Parliament, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, on his appointment as the new Education Minister of our Republic. It is appropriate for us … Read more
The Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has refuted the claims attributed to him to the effect that basic and second cycle school headteachers, who oversee failure rates of 90 percent and above will be sacked. Dr. Opoku Prempeh, as he rubbished the claims, also vowed to resign if there is any proof of such … Read more
The Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has refuted the claims attributed to him to the effect that basic and second cycle school headteachers, who oversee failure rates of 90 percent and above will be sacked. Dr. Opoku Prempeh, as he rubbished the claims, also vowed to resign if there is any proof of such claims. … Read more
Education Minister, Dr. Mathew Opoku-Prempeh, has expressed concern about the low grades that continue to be scored, in mathematics and science by candidates presented for the West African Senior High School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). He said given the critical nature of the two subjects to the nation’s development agenda, the trend could not continue. Addressing … Read more
The new chief minister of India’s Tamil Nadu state won a confidence vote in the regional assembly Saturday, hours after legislators came to blows over a bitterly fought leadership contest. Shouting slogans, legislators disrupted the assembly ahead of the vote, ripping out microphones and breaking chairs as Edappadi Palanisamy, who was recently sworn in as … Read more
The King of Morocco, King Mohammed VI, arrived in the country yesterday for a three-day working visit. He arrived at the Kotoka International Airport at 4:20 pm and met on arrival by a government delegation led by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia together with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway; Education Minister, Dr … Read more
Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has debunked reports attributed to him that school heads who contribute to the persistent poor performance of students in the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) would be sacked. Dr Opoku Prempeh was reported to have said that basic and second cycle school heads who record 90 percent … Read more
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), is upset with the Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh’s warning that basic and second cycle school heads, who oversee failure rates of 90 percent and above will be sacked. According to the Education Minister, who was addressing heads of high schools in Kumasi, head-teachers would have … Read more
Donald Trump’s shelving of the decades-long goal of a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict has excited Israelis and alarmed Palestinians and Arabs, but no-one is quite sure what it means. The US president’s announcement was hailed by ministers in Israel’s right-wing government, a number of whom have called for the annexation of Palestinian … Read more