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Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum[/caption] Deputy Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has vehemently denied media reports that suggested he has been forced by the raging challenges with the ongoing self placement module for persons seeking to enter Senior High School. Problems associated with the computerised school selection and placement system caused thousands of desperate prospective SHS students from across the country and their parents to throng the Independence Square in Accra Monday anticipating to have their issues resolved. There were rumours that the deputy minister who is well-versed in the management of the system, has been sidelined in the placement…

Health service providers at the Yendi Municipal Hospital have lamented over attacks and backlash received from the community in the discharge of their duties. They say there is no cooperation in service delivery between residents and the hospital staff. The service providers complain frequent attacks and insults on nurses by patients and relatives of these patients are becoming too many. Speaking at the Second Open Day held by the hospital to solicit views and suggestions from community members, the Medical Superintendent of the Hospital, Dr. Ayuba Abdulai, said there is no cooperation between the hospital and the community. He said…

Tsunehisa Katsumata (L), Ichiro Takekuro and Sakae Muto are found not guilty[/caption] More than eight years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, a Japanese court has cleared three former executives of the firm operating the plant of professional negligence. It was the only criminal case to arise out of the disaster, which was the worst since Chernobyl in 1986. In 2011 a plant operated by Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) was hit by a tsunami causing a triple meltdown. More than 470,000 people were evacuated from their homes as a result. Nearly 18,500 died or are missing from the wider disaster. The…

South Africa’s Ndlovu Youth Choir failed to make it into the top five of America’s Got Talent, but say they are not discouraged as they are excited about their future. The young singers ultimately lost in the final of the TV talent show to US singer Kodi Lee , who walked away with the $1m (£801,000) prize. “Our AGT journey may have come to an end but this is only the beginning. We are so excited for what lies ahead, and we look forward to continuing sharing love, unity and above all hope,” the choir tweeted. https://twitter.com/ChoirAfrica/status/1174512836661301248?s=20 The group, together…

Dede Ayew plays in the Championship[/caption] He is the captain of Ghana and has spent his career playing at the top level for club and country. Yet as his 30th birthday approaches, Andre Ayew is playing Championship football for Swansea City despite the club spending much of the summer trying to offload him. How did it come to this? Ayew says there was much to consider during the close season, as clubs from across the globe showed an interest in a player with undoubted pedigree. But ultimately, this French-born star of African football opted for a third spell as a…

Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has asserted that at least 432,405 students who qualified for senior high school have been placed. The number represents 91.2 percent of the total placement for first year students out of the 473,728 qualified candidates. Addressing the media on Thursday, the minister said a total of 520,298 vacancies were declared by 721 public and private schools for the 2019/20 academic year. There have been problems associated with the computerised school selection and placement system, causing thousands of desperate prospective SHS students from across the country and their parents to throng the Independence Square in…

Sixty-eight students have graduated with employable skills from the Pentecost Skills Development Center (PSDC) at Teshie Nungua in Accra. The students who form the second batch of trainees from the Center which was established three years ago, graduated in catering, cosmetology, fashion and ICT. Three outstanding students were awarded for their distinguish performance while each graduating Students received three certificates from The Church of Pentecost, NVTI and COTVET. Chief Executive of PSDC, Deaconess Cynthia Araba Siaw Agyepong, said the Center since its inception empowered young people with employable skills to start their own business. That, she explained, is helping the…

Three passengers in a saloon car have burnt beyond recognition in a grisly accident on the Yapei Bridge in the Savannah Region. A tipper truck heading towards Damongo collided head on with the saloon car from the opposite direction Wednesday afternoon just about 20 metres to the bridge, triggering and burst into flames, an eyewitness told 3news.com Driver of the truck and his ‘loading boys’ however managed to escape. “Very pathetic; All those in the saloon car burned to ashes…Unfortunately, those in the saloon car could not escape,” a student of the University of Ghana, Akologo Listowell, who witnessed the…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said Education Minister Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh lacks the know-how on how to effectively run the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS). This was contained in statement signed by NDC Communication Officer Sammy Gyamfi following hitches with the system, which has left many students ‘struggling’ at the Black Star Square in Accra. According to the NDC, the minister has failed to oversee a smooth placement of students to various senior high schools in the country, something his predecessors did effortlessly. This comes after hundreds of students due for senior high school this year…