Education

Sawla, Ghana – The Center For Active Learning and Integrated Development (CALID), has begun a review process in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District to establish the cause of poor students performance at the annual Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). At a recent forum in Sawla, which saw many education stakeholders including nongovernmental …

Tamale, Ghana – A former investigative journalist with the Chronicle Newspaper, Edmond Gyebi, has appealed to President Nana Akufo-Addo to consider taking action against two soldiers who severely brutalized Christopher Bama for allegedly stealing a mobile phone. The two soldiers, Corporal Sampson Atuahene who is owner of the mobile phone and …

Tamale, Ghana – Governing Council Chairman of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Nutifafa Kuenyehia, has expressed concern about the inadequate infrastructure on all four campuses of the university as well as the lack of funding for research and staff development. According to him, the challenges currently confronting the university are …

Wa, Ghana – A form two student of the Presbyterian Junior High School in Wa in Ghana’s Upper West Region has been subjected to a severe torture by the school’s mathematics teacher only named as Ahmed. The torture has left the student with major cuts on his knees after he …

Tamale, Ghana – A new survey conducted in three districts in the Northern Region of Ghana has uncovered that, eight (8) out of 10 pupils in primary 6 in those districts cannot do class 2 level tests in numeracy and literacy. The report of the survey which was released on Thursday …

Goripie Saeddiyya Primary School Wa, Ghana – The lower primary pupils of Goripie Saeddiyya Primary school in the Wa East District of the Upper West Region sit on bare floors to obverse classes due to lack of furniture. The situation is very worrying and has made teaching and learning very …

Tamale, Ghana – Interim Executives of the Alumni Association of the Tamale School of Hygiene have been tasked to mobilise resources for the redevelopment and expansion of existing infrastructure of the school. According to Principal of the school, Bello Seiwu, the school since its establishment two decades ago, has produced …

Tamale, Ghana – Vice Chancellor of the University for Development Studies (UDS) Professor Gabriel Ayum Teye, has urged management of African universities to adhere strictly to quality assurance measures that can be compared to those accepted globally. Prof. Teye observed that, the dwindling allocation of state funding to universities could …

Bole, Ghana – Constituency Watch, a civic group in the Bole-Bamboi Constituency in the Bole District of the Northern Region, has observed that poor road networks to local communities in the area are seriously impeding quality education and healthcare delivery to the people. According to the group, the situation has worsened …

Sawla, Ghana – The DCE for Sawla Tuna Kalba District Lawal Tamimu on Tuesday 11th September, 2018 handed over an ultra modern 10 unit dormitory to Sawla Senior High School (SAWSEC). Speaking to Nkilgi FM, Mr. Tamimu said the congestion in the female students dormitory is a concern presented by …