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The Kumasi metro education directorate has bemoaned the low turnout of new entrants to kindergarten. Metro director, Martha Owusu Agyemang, entreated parents and guardians to send their wards to school to complement the government’s effort of making education free from basic to senior high level.  The metro education director, together with officials from the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, visited some schools in the metropolis to welcome pupils stepping foot in the classroom for the first time. They first visited the Ahmadiyya Primary A at Asafo which had the highest number of enrollment and yet they were less than ten pupils.  Other schools include…

A schoolgirl in Kenya has taken her own life after allegedly being shamed in class for having her period and staining her uniform. The 14-year-old’s mother said her daughter hanged herself after being humiliated by a teacher, Kenyan media reported. Police used tear gas to disperse a crowd of about 200 parents protesting outside the school, reports said. Kenya passed a law in 2017 to provide free sanitary towels for schoolgirls. However, a parliamentary committee is currently investigating why the programme is yet to be rolled out across all schools. The girl’s mother said a teacher had called her “dirty”…

The government spokesperson on governance and legal affairs, Herbert Krapah says the Akufo-Addo-led administration has no difficulty releasing investigative reports conducted on appointees accused of corruption. According to Herbert krapah, when an incident of corruption is reported, the president instructs the appropriate investigative bodies to start work. “The president has made it clear and emphasized that there has not been a single instance since he became president in January 2017 that an allegation of corruption has been leveled against an appointee of his which has not been forwarded to the appropriate authority. “And when the appropriate authority concludes its investigation,…

Alhaji Karim Grusah, President of Division One side King Faisal Football Club, has said his family advised him to pull out of the presidential race of the Ghana Football Association (GFA). The astute football administrator dropped his longtime ambition to occupy the top seat of Ghana football with the excuse that he had consulted stakeholders, family and friends, who had all advised him against contesting. In an interview with the GNA Sports, Alhaji Grusah added he felt there were other areas he could better work to help Ghana Football than becoming the president. “I am no longer contesting for the…

People with a fear of small holes have claimed the design of Apple’s iPhone 11 Pro is triggering their phobia. At its unveiling on Tuesday, many found their attention drawn to its “ultra-wide” rear camera, with three high-powered lenses packed closely together. The lenses sit alongside the handset’s torch and “audio zoom” microphone. And hundreds of smartphone users now claim the new design has triggered their “trypophobia”, an aversion to the sight of clusters of small holes. NowThis ✔@nowthisnews Apple’s new iPhone Pro is triggering people who have trypophobia #AppleEvent 281 6:33 AM – Sep 11, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy…

Robert Mugabe’s family say they are shocked at not having been consulted by the government about arrangements for the funeral of the former Zimbabwean president. Mr Mugabe, who was 95, died last week while undergoing medical treatment in a Singapore hospital. His body is being prepared to lie in state at a football stadium in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. His family and the government disagree over Mr Mugabe’s final resting place. Mr Mugabe’s family says his body will be displayed in his home village of Kutama on Sunday night, and will be buried at a private ceremony on Monday or Tuesday.…

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) is warning the public to be on the lookout for expired Lucozade products, following a detection of some expired products on the market. In a release by the FDA, some Lucozade products were intercepted by the Authority with the expiry dates tampered with and changed from September 2019 to September 2020. The FDA visited a warehouse located in Lapaz upon a tip-off from a journalist where they chanced on some persons changing the dates on the products. Two people who were caught tampering with the dates have been arrested and are in police custody…

Former President Jerry John Rawlings says the world is still trapped in a phase of immoral, unethical and unconscionable capitalism which has contributed to the immense decline of global stability and justice. The second most atrocious contributor to global injustice, he added, are the persistently persecutionist human rights violations and abuses in the Middle East. In remarks at a meeting with Israel’s Ambassador to Ghana, Shani Cooper, on Wednesday, the former President said, “The injustice in the Middle East and the West’s inability to contain and prevent the abuses and violations have exposed their hypocrisy and abhorrent weakness and this…

The leadership of teacher unions have called on the Public Services Commission to suspend the implementation of the Human Resource Management Information System (HRMIS) software for GES employees. General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), David Ofori Acheampong, said if by Friday, September 20, the suspension was not done, they would organise and picket at the premises of the Commission to drive their demand. Mr. Acheampong was addressing a joint press conference organised by GNAT, Coalition of Concerned Teachers Ghana and the Teachers and Education Workers Union in Accra. He urged the Management of the Commission to as…

The leadership of teacher unions have called on the Public Services Commission to suspend the implementation of the Human Resource Management Information System (HRMIS) software for GES employees. General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), David Ofori Acheampong, said if by Friday, September 20, the suspension was not done, they would organise and picket at the premises of the Commission to drive their demand. Mr. Acheampong was addressing a joint press conference organised by GNAT, Coalition of Concerned Teachers Ghana and the Teachers and Education Workers Union in Accra. He urged the Management of the Commission to as…