Education

An Open Letter to the Finance Minister, Dear Sir, 1. As you prepare to read the budget for 2022, I respectfully urge you not to do any such presentation without factoring the poor Conditions of Service of University Teachers. One of the abused refrain used in countering our demands this …

Tamale, Ghana – Fifteen people who benefited from “MTN Bright Scholarship” to study various undergraduate programmes at the University for Development Studies (UDS) have successfully graduated at its 22nd congregation held over the weekend at its main campus in Tamale. The scholarship beneficiaries who pursued Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics …

Ho, Ghana – The Ghana School Feeding Programme has organised training for headteachers, Circuit Supervisors, all Regional Coordinators and some selected Zonal coordinators under the Programme on the digitisation of its monitoring and evaluation tools. This follows the donation of some 300 Samsung Tablets by the World Food Programme (WFP) …

Abandoned e-blocks Saga: The Bitter Truth! The NPP government’s strategy for expanding secondary education is based on the already existing 70% boarding and 30% day strategy where it is largely expanding infrastructure in already existing schools, majority boarding. Prior to its exit from government, the NDC had a vision to …

Accra, Ghana – The National Secretariat of the Ghana School Feeding Programme has strongly refuted what it described as false claims by some uninformed caterers who are accusing the programme handlers of paying an amount of 12.9 million Ghana cedis to some so-called 510 ghost schools in the 2019/2020 academic …

Accra, Ghana – The National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), Dr. Mrs. Gertrude Quashigah has paid an unannounced visit to some public basic schools in the Greater Accra Region to assess the performance of caterers. Accompanied by the Greater Accra Regional Coordinator of GSFP, Madam Christiana Nkansah …

Wa, Ghana – All caterers of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) across the 16 regions of Ghana have been directed to start providing catering services for their respective beneficiary schools on TUESDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER 2021. The Caterers are advised to use Monday 6th September, 2021 to clean their kitchen …

Accra, Ghana – The Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation has received a GHC 10 million support from telecommunications company, MTN Ghana. This support, according to the Chief Corporate Services Officer, Mr. Samuel Koranteng, is to help grow female participation in the ICT industry as part of the company’s 25th Anniversary. …

Tamale, Ghana – The Ghana School Feeding Programme has commended all caterers of the programme nationwide for their patience over the perceived delay in the payment of their first term arrears. The GSFP acknowledged that despite the delay caterers were dedicated to their obligation of providing daily meal for school …

Tumu, Ghana – Principal of the Tumu College of Education in the Upper West Region, Bertinus Adams Kaleo has declared zero tolerance for “Sex for grades” which is gaining notoriety in most tertiary institutions. “As a College, we are consoled by the fact that the classes our students obtain are …