The Minister for Education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh has the potentials to transform Ghana’s education sector, Mrs. Theodosia Jackson, Principal of the Jackson College of Education (JCE), has stated. She said the performance of the minister four months into the new administration was promising and must be commended. Her comments follow the Minister’s recent engagement … 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
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
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has served notice that he will ensure full accountability from all institutions of state that depend on the Consolidated Fund. He said the manner in which the national treasury had been handled with its attendant issues of corruption, malfeasance of various sorts and outright theft of public funds had led … Read more
President Akufo Addo has given strong indications that the French language would be made compulsory from the next academic year in 2017 from basic school through to Senior High Schools. The president who speaks fluent French himself, said this when he addressed the Ghanaian community in neighbouring Togo as part of his three country tour. … Read more
President Akufo Addo has disclosed that his government plans to make the study of French language compulsory in all Senior High Schools. According to him, the government intends to make significant progress by making the language compulsory from next academic year in September. Akufo-Addo made the remarks in Togo on a two-day official visit to … Read more
President Akufo-Addo’s penchant of breaching Ghana’s constitution is not likely to stop anytime soon, The aL-hAJJ can today report. Painstaking investigations by The aL-hAJJ have revealed that, contrary to what many thought the president was yet to constitute his cabinet as required by the constitution; President Akufo-Addo, indeed, is already operating a large size “secret … 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
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
None of the Members of Parliament involved in the scuffle that ensued in Parliament Thursday evening will face any disciplinary action following the incident, a Leader in Parliament has said. According to the First Deputy Majority Chief Whip, Mathew Nyindam, since the incident described by many as dishonourable and unfortunate happened when the House had … Read more
None of the Members of Parliament involved in the scuffle that ensued in Parliament Thursday evening will face any disciplinary action following the incident, a Leader in Parliament has said. According to the First Deputy Majority Chief Whip, Mathew Nyindam, since the incident described by many as dishonourable and unfortunate happened when the House had … Read more
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo-Prampram Sam George says he has been vindicated by the release of a tape in which the Minister of Education Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh has been caught insulting colleague lawmaker for Tamale North Constituency Alhaji Alhassan Suhuyini. In reaction to an earlier statement issued and signed the minister, Mr … Read more
Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, the Minister of Education, has warned heads of senior high schools (SHSs) not to prevent any final year student from writing the West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) due to inability to pay school fees. He said any school authority who flouted the directives would be sanctioned and urged them … Read more
Tamale North MP Alhassan Suhuyini has urged Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu to retract accusations against him and admonish MP for Manhyia South, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, to be of good behaviour. This follows a video that emerged following a near brawl in parliament on Thursday, March 30, between Mr Suhuyini and Dr Prempeh. In the … Read more