Some parents who “mysteriously” lost their wards at the Kumasi Academy Senior High School (KUMACA) are contesting claims by the Ministry of Health that they died as a result of swine flu outbreak. They claimed reports given to them by hospital officials do not suggest that their children died from the swine flu virus. The … Read more
Dr. Emmanuel Evans-Anfom, a medical surgeon, has tasked medical professionals both home and abroad to be patriotic to Ghana to the best of their ability. The 98-year old shared his life experience with Students and Management of Family Health University College Medical School, led by Prof. Yao Kwawukume and Dr. Susu Bridget Kwawukume who paid him … Read more
Government says it would bear the funeral expenses of four students of Kumasi Academy Senior High School (KUMACA) who died as a result of the swine flu outbreak. The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia announced this when he visited the school to sympathise with students, teachers and families of the victims on Friday in the … Read more
Deputy Communications Director of the National Democratic Congress, Fred Agbenyo, has questioned the preparedness of government agencies in responding to emergencies on the back of the health crisis at the Kumasi Academy that led to the death of four students in a week. He observed that how the KUMACA incident was handled showed there was … Read more
Former President of the Republic, John Agyekum Kufuor has been appointed the first ever Chancellor of the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT). The appointment was announced by the University Council in a statement signed by the Council Chairman, Dr Stephen S. Yirenkyi. “The council of the University of Mines and Technology at its 62nd (regular) Meeting held … Read more
The actual cause(s) of the latest Kumasi Academy deaths has remained unknown, heightening the fears of parents and students… It has been a state of pandemonium at the Kumasi Academy following another bout of deaths which broke out among the students since last week involving four students. The students who took ill ahead of the … Read more
The Kumasi Academy is to be closed down indefinitely after three days to allow health officials conduct a thorough environment assessment with the view to identifying the root cause of the mysterious disease that has claimed the lives of four students within a week. The Ashanti Regional Director of Health Services, Dr Emmanuel Tinkorang, told … Read more
It is once again, a state of pandemonium among parents and students following another bout of mysterious Kumasi Academy deaths… Three more students of Kumasi Academy (aka KUMACA) have been confirmed dead this morning [Tuesday, December 5], bringing the latest Kumasi Academy deaths to six. According to a Graphic Online report, the death of the … Read more
Free SHS pregnancy – News has made rounds in the media that four female beneficiaries of the free Senior High School (SHS) policy are pregnant. While the pregnancy story draws attention; the claim by Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa that students are getting pregnant as a result of the Free Senior … Read more
Since the commencement of the Free SHS Pogramme, staff of some senior high schools across the country have been seeking for foul means to benefit from the well-meaning policy. Latest in the news of such fraudulent activities is the one that recently took place at Tolon SHS in the Northern Region where a matron, one Madam … Read more
The late Asantehemaa’s final burial rites holds from 1st to 11th December, 2017. Students in Kumasi are not happy with the fact that they have to sit at home as a result of the final funeral rites of the late Queen Mother, the Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Kobi Serwah Ampem II which is underway in the Ashanti … 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
The Director General in charge of Technical at the Police Headquarters, Commissioner of Police (COP) Rose Bio-Atinga, has retired after 29 years of police work. COP Bio-Atinga who was among those tipped to become the Inspector General of Police in 2012, started her retirement on Thursday, November 30, 2017. She joined the Ghana Police in … Read more
Former President Mahama said that the widely reported failing free SHS issue is as a result of lack of consultation on the part of President Nana Addo The flagship policy of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) – Free Secondary education – seems to have been greeted with a new set of challenges in recent times. The … Read more
Students from all health training collages in the Upper East Region on Friday hit the road not to demonstrate but pour out their gratitude to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over the restoration of their allowances. The over 500 trainees, mostly first years, took over the streets of Bolgatanga amid dancing and singing. They also … Read more
UNICEF released its 2017 District League Table (DLT) on Thursday, capturing Tema Metropolitan Assembly at the top with a record 80% score, while Krachi East District stayed at the 216th base of the ranking with a disappointing 50.6%. The award winning development oriented show, #CommunityConnect with Johnnie Hughes on 3fm 92.7 examines: 1. How relevant … Read more
When Robert Mugabe left Ghana for his country Zimbabwe in the early 60s, his main ambition was to alleviate his people from the maltreatment suffered under white settlers. This was the message he left for his students and colleagues at St Mary’s Training College, now St. Mary’s Senior High School in Takoradi, Ghana, where he taught … Read more
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said the-soon-to-be established Development Authorities under the government’s Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme will be funded through the one-million dollar per constituency funds to drive rural development. He said the Development Authorities, which included Northern Development Authority, Middle Belt Development Authority and Coastal Development Authority, would receive funds equivalent … Read more
KNUST – A Prestigious and uniquely standardized tertiary institution and pride of the Ashantis, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has remained undefeated and a model for various contemporary tertiary institutions. See Also: Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso: Fast Facts About the University Vice-Chancellor We won’t be talking about the school’s uncountable achievements, records, and the … Read more
Ahead of today’s presentation of the 2018 Budget to parliament, the Ministry of Finance has been touting some of the key policy initiatives in the 2017 budget that have been achieved by the government. The government said it has used the 2017 budget to sow the seeds for growth and Jobs, noting it has set … Read more