A total of 3,717 qualified students who applied for admission into the Accra College of Education (AcCE) in the Greater Accra Region, for the 2020-2021 academic year, have been denied admission into the College. Speaking at the third matriculation ceremony of the College, the Principal of the College, Dr Samuel Awinkene Atintono, said the situation … Read more
The government plans to absorb and complete all educational projects started by Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) in senior high schools across the country. Most of these projects have been stalled following the abolition of payment of PTA levies. Ashanti Regional Minister-designate, Mr Simon Osei Mensah, who made this known, said government was considering handing over these … Read more
Limited infrastructure remains a major setback in the admission of students to the Accra College of Education (ACE), the Principal of the College, Dr Samuel Awinkene Atintono, has said. According to him, although the number of applicants increased each year, the school was unable to admit more prospective students due to inadequate classrooms and boarding … Read more
Teacher unions in the country have given the Controller & Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) up to Friday, February 26, 2021 to pay monies due teachers into the Ghana Education Service Occupational Pension Scheme (GESOPS) else they will advise themselves. According to the unions, made up of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National … Read more
Mr. Prosper Agbeli, Chairman of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Akatsi South has stated that teachers in the country must be applauded and rewarded for showing commitment to work amid the pandemic. According to him, the government has placed priority only on the health sector whilst teachers are left behind. He added that … Read more
The Minister designate for Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has said the Education Regulatory Bodies Act 2020 (Act 1023) passed by Parliament with the Presidential Assent on August 21, 2020 has abolished the affiliation policy for all new tertiary institutions. He said those private existing institutions currently affiliated to the traditional universities had been given … Read more
Infrastructure facility has been one of the challenges forcing principals of colleges of education to admit fewer Students this 2020/2021 academic year. The teaming senior high school graduates could not get admitted into their preferred colleges of education not because they are not qualified but because there is no accommodation in both lecture halls and … Read more
.The West African Examinations Council wishes to inform its numerous publics that it hasreleased provisional results of candidates who sat for the West African Senior SchoolCertificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates, 2020. A total of 51,914 candidatesmade up of 24,649 males and 27,265 females sat for the examination; 3,688 of thecandidates were absent. The entire … Read more
The Institute for Teacher Education and Continuing Professional Development (ITECPD), has begun the training of teachers on the new teacher education curriculum for basic and senior high schools. The new curriculum is expected to expose teacher trainees to more practical ways of teaching before they get to the classroom to start professional teaching. Speaking at … Read more
The management of the University of Ghana UG has decided that due to the abnormal nature of the 2020/2021 academic year calendar because of technical challenges that students with an outstanding course that is Re-sit, will not be writing it as it uses to be but have scheduled a date for those Re-sit papers.So the … Read more