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Twenty-five candidates of the Akropong School for the Blind in the Eastern Region have had their concerns met as they have been placed under the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) after a month. Onua FM’s Yen Sempa on Thursday, October 2 reported that barely one month after the Ghana Education Service (GES) began the process for the placement of students who passed their Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) into Senior High Schools (SHS), the 25 candidates of the Akropong School for the Blind in the Eastern Region were yet to placed. CSSPS: 25 Akropong School for the Blind students…

A philanthropist in the Upper East Region has donated items worth thousands of cedis to an orphanage, hospital and schools in the region. Items including cartons of bottled water, soft drinks, educational materials, school bags and t-shirts were distributed at the Bawku Presbyterian Hospital, Kingdom of Hope Orphanage, and schools in the Binduri district. Presenting the items, Alhaji Adams Karim, who is also a business man said his gesture was borne out of love to assist the less privileged in society and not for political intentions whatsoever. General manager of the Bawku Presbyterian hospital,  Kweku Fianko Gyan and the beneficiaries…

A philanthropist in the Upper East Region has donated items worth thousands of cedis to an orphanage, hospital and schools in the region. Items including cartons of bottled water, soft drinks, educational materials, school bags and t-shirts were distributed at the Bawku Presbyterian Hospital, Kingdom of Hope Orphanage, and schools in the Binduri district. Presenting the items, Alhaji Adams Karim, who is also a business man said his gesture was borne out of love to assist the less privileged in society and not for political intentions whatsoever. General manager of the Bawku Presbyterian hospital,  Kweku Fianko Gyan and the beneficiaries…

Law graduates and students of the Ghana School of Law are demanding a total scrap of the School’s controversial entrance examination, which has seen systematic failure in recent times. The Supreme Court in 2017 declared as unconstitutional, the entrance examination and interview session used in admitting students for the two-year professional law course. These two requirements, the court held, were in violation of the Legislative Instrument 1296 which gives direction for the mode of admission into the only school offering professional law course in the country. But the General Legal Council, which appears unyielding, has since taken steps to regularise…

Teachers at the various Colleges of Education across the country are gearing up to embark on strike to push for the payment of their outstanding book and research allowance and market premium. Government in January this year signed an undertaking to pay the teachers who form the Colleges of Education Tutors Association of Ghana (CETAG), the allowances in September 2019. Though the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) and the Ministry of Education are said to have signed all the necessary documentation for the payment to be effected, but the Finance Ministry is said to be holding up the process.…

Teachers at the various Colleges of Education across the country are gearing up to embark on strike to push for the payment of their outstanding book and research allowance and market premium. Government in January this year signed an undertaking to pay the teachers who form the Colleges of Education Tutors Association of Ghana (CETAG), the allowances in September 2019. Though the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) and the Ministry of Education are said to have signed all the necessary documentation for the payment to be effected, but the Finance Ministry is said to be holding up the process.…

Law students are marching on Monday in passionate calls for reforms to legal education in Ghana. This comes in the wake of mass failures recorded after entrance examinations. The march is set to begin at the main campus of the Ghana School of Law and end at the Jubilee House, where a petition will be presented to the president. The petition will demand an immediate scrapping of entrance exams and allow other law faculties and accredited institutions to run the professional law course. The students are also demanding an abolition of the Repeat Policy to allow students to resit any…

The conversation about whether or  not Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) should be a part of the basic school curriculum dominated traditional and social media platforms throughout last week. Contestants of TV3 Ghana’s Most Beautiful pageant also took a bite of the conversation during Sunday’s performance as all ten remaining ladies took turn to share their view on sex education and the level at which it should be introduced in schools. Each lady had an opportunity to randomly pick a question on the subject, which is read out by co-host Johnnie Hughes to which the contestants share their views through their…

The conversation about whether or  not Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) should be a part of the basic school curriculum dominated traditional and social media platforms throughout last week. Contestants of TV3 Ghana’s Most Beautiful pageant also took a bite of the conversation during Sunday’s performance as all ten remaining ladies took turn to share their view on sex education and the level at which it should be introduced in schools. Each lady had an opportunity to randomly pick a question on the subject, which is read out by co-host Johnnie Hughes to which the contestants share their views through their…

Source: 3news.com | Ghana