Are Asteroids Humanity’s ‘greatest Challenge’?

Throughout its 4.5-billion-year history, Earth has been repeatedly pummeled by space rocks that have caused anything from an innocuous splash in the ocean to species annihilation. Researchers have discovered most of the asteroids that are about a kilometers in size, but are now on the hunt for those that are about 140m – as they … Read more

Reduce BECE Subjects To Ensure Greater Results – Patrick Awuah

The President of Ashesi University, Patrick Awuah, is advocating for a reduction in the number of subjects candidates write for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). According to Mr. Awuah, the current system allows too many subjects which makes the exam unproductive. The former Program Manager for Microsoft says experimenting with various levels of Ghana’s … Read more

Reduce BECE Subjects To Ensure Greater Results

The President of Ashesi University, Patrick Awuah, is advocating for a reduction in the number of subjects candidates write for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). According to Mr. Awuah, the current system allows too many subjects which makes the exam unproductive. The former Program Manager for Microsoft says experimenting with various levels of Ghana’s educational … Read more

Inadequate Optometrists Contribute To High Rate of Blindness

Health professionals are attributing increasing rate of blindness to inadequate number of optometrists in the country. Out of 190 thousand persons living with blindness, more than 100 thousand were caused by cataract which doctors say can be corrected by surgery. This is according to Head of the Eye Unit at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, … Read more