Education

Tamale, Ghana – Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP), John Ampontuah Kumah, has expressed the interest of the state agency to collaborate with the University for Development Studies (UDS) to train some potential youth entrepreneurs. According to Mr Kumah, the government was putting in place …

Accra, Ghana – MTN Ghana Foundation is inviting students to apply for its Bright Scholarships which is opened from 3rd April to 3rd May 2018. The Foundation will award 100 scholarships to students in public tertiary institutions each year for three years. In all, 300 scholarships would be awarded over a period …

Tamale, Ghana – The first batch of students of Modern Star Integrated School (MSIS -Tamale) for both the Senior High School (SHS) and Junior High School (JHS) are taking part in the ongoing 2018 Basic Certificate Examination Council and the West Africa Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSSCE). The school …

Kpandai, Ghana – Pupils of Kpandai D/A Primary School are appealing to the authorities, including government, to provide them with desks and tables to boost their academic performance. The school has no desks for pupils, making it difficult for them to undertake their lessons. Owing to the development, some pupils …

Nanumba North, Ghana – Grameen Ghana, with support from Global Giving, has donated reading materials to the Bolni D/A primary school in the Nanumba North Municipality of the Northern Region. Grameen Ghana is a non-governmental organization working in the north with a focus on issues relating to food, nutrition and …

Wa, Ghana – A Deputy Director of the Ghana Education Service (GES) in charge of Supervision in the Wa West District of the Upper West Region, Huudu Alkilah Kunnatey, has disclosed that the district has recorded high enrolment levels in recent times, but the lack of infrastructure is compounding the situation. …

Tatale-Sanguli, Ghana – Plan Ghana International, an international non-governmental organization working in the Tatale-Sanguli District of the Northern Region, has provided a 12-unit classroom block for Sangban Da Primary School. Plan-Ghana International constructed and furnished six-unit classroom blocks each for the communities, to enhance teaching and learning. It has also provided …

Tamale, Ghana – The Vice Chancellor of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Professor Gabriel Ayum Teye, has bemoaned the over-politicisation of every national issue in the country, including education. According to him, every issue was seen in the lenses of either the National Democratic Congress (NDC) or the New …

Tamale, Ghana – A member of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Ghana’s Parliament and Member of Parliament for the Bunkpurugu Constituency in the Northern Region, Solomon Boar, has expressed concern over abandoned GETFund sponsored projects at the Tamale Technical University (TaTU). Mr. Boar believes that, the projects which were …

Goh, Ghana – Many have said that education is the key to success. Our leaders, past and present, have always maintained that for Ghana to develop there is the need to improve the literacy rate. As a result, there have been many policies over the years geared at improving education …