According to Africa Education Watch, the Northern Region is one of the poorest in Ghana. Only 55% of children complete primary school (UNICEF, 2020). Distance to school and poverty are major drivers. Out of those who complete primary school, 28% do not enter JHS mainly because 60% of primary schools in the Region lack a … Read more
Ministry of Education in collaboration with “Unilynq” has developed a centralized database for all Senior High Schools in the country, each school has been assigned a portal that contains the school’s database. On the school portal, a user account has been created for all teachers and students in the school. The teacher account on the … Read more
Some concerns parents are calling on the government to allow them to pay the fees of their children in the senior high school. Speaking on joy news yesterday some of these parents call this fee-paying in senior high school to be better these free senior high school policy. One listener of the program expressed his … Read more
The attention of the National Food Buffer Stock Company Limited has been drawn to a widely circulated Facebook Post originally authored by Mr. Kofi Asare, Executive Director of Africa Education Watch on a purported investigation on why Senior High Schools are not buying eggs now as it used to be the case in the period … Read more
On Tuesday, 12th September 2017, when His Excellency President Akufo-Addo launched the Free SHS at the premises of the West African SHS (WASS), he recited the free SHS Pledge ‘Because I know that Knowledge and talent are not for the rich and privileged alone, and that free education widens the gates of opportunities to every … Read more
Teacher unions, Ghana association of teachers (GNAT), National association of graduate teachers (NAGRAT), and Coalition of Concern Teachers Ghana ( CCT-GH) yesterday bemoan the fact that since the re-opening of schools for the 2020/2021 academic year government has not provided food to the free senior high schools making heads of schools to borrow money to … Read more
It has come to the attention of the Teacher Unions (Ghana National Association ofTeachers, GNAT, National Association of Graduate Teachers, NAGRAT and A coalition of Concerned TeacherS Ghana, CCT-GH), since the past eight weekswhen the Senior High Schools reopened for the 2020/2021 academic year, not onlyhas the supply of food items by the Buffer Stock … Read more
Management of Ghana Education Service has noted that the ongoing school placement exercise has been smooth so far and wishes toexpress its appreciation to Heads of Schools, Students,parents/guardians and the general public for their cooperation andsupport so far Management further notes that some students have still not been able togo through with their self-placement issues … Read more
The Ghana Education Service (GES) will from this academic year, suspend the double-track system employed in Senior High Schools across the country starting with the first-year students. Announcing the decision on JoyNews, the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Prof Kwasi Amankwah said nearly all the schools across the country have sufficient infrastructure to accommodate … Read more
A Former Vice-Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), USA branch, and former Executive Director For COTVET now the Acting Director-General of the Commission for TVET (CTVET), Dr. Fred Kyei Asamoah has advised parents and guardians to make it a necessity to guide their children to acquire technical education as that will guarantee an instant … Read more