UDS Graduates 3,712 Students
The University for Development Studies (UDS) has graduated 3,712 students at its 17 congregation. The graduands pursued various courses at the Tamale city, Nyankpala, Wa and Navrongo campuses. They...
Tag: Education in Ghana
Ghanaians Urged To Increase Use Of Technology
Dr. Jerry John Kponyo, a lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has called for increasing drift towards the use of technology to grow the country’s agriculture....
UoG Sociology Alumni Homecoming Slated For Feb 4
Key Alumni and stakeholders of the Department of Sociology of the University of Ghana have held a meeting to initiate the formation of a national/international Alumni of the Department. The meeting...
Mahama Laugh-Off of Falling Standards In Education
President John Dramani Mahama has laughed off criticisms about educational standards have fallen under his watch emphasising performance of students are getting better every year. He said there is...
Improving Learning Outcomes Of Children With Specific Learning Difficulties In Ghana
Globally, millions of children are at risk of failing to reach an appropriate level of educational attainment as a result of learning difficulties. According to All Children Reading, of the more than...
Disqualification of Presidential Hopefuls Not New; Watch the Story of Ackah Blay-Miezah
play videoJohn Ackah Blay Miezah was a presidential nominee of the People's Vanguard Party in Ghana in 1979 For many, the Electoral Commission's decision to disqualify some 12 presidential hopefuls...
I Never Called Mahama A ‘liar’ – Professor Adei
A former rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Professional Studies, (GIMPA), Professor Stephen Adei has dismissed claims on Social Media that he described President John Mahama as...
Gov’t Will Absorb WASSCE and BECE Registration Fees – NDC
“Kwatrikwa se ob?ma wo n’toma a, tie ne den” - If nakedness promises you cloth, first consider its name”. Whoever promises education must come with evidence of achievement. President John...
Thumbs Up For Prof Naana Opoku Agyemang
One of the problems militating against quality education, especially, at the basic level, is teacher absenteeism. In 2011, Mr. Samuel Oppong, National Co-ordinator of the Computerised Schools...
Technical, Vocational Education To Undergo Drastic Investment, Rebranding
Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET), is one of the key components needed for the development of any nation especially the developing nations like Ghana. Traditionally, this area of...
Dr Anim-Wright Is New President of AUCC
The newly inducted president of the African University College of Communications (AUCC), Dr. G. Koryoe Anim-Wright, has advised Ghanaian youth to remain focused in the pursuit of their dreams....
Ghana Re Supports Seven Institutions
Ghana Reinsurance Company Limited (Ghana Re) has presented separate cheques amounting to GH¢165,000 to seven institutions to support their activities. The beneficiary institutions are the College of...
No Leakages Recorded For 2016 BECE/WASSCE – Ministry
The Ministry of Education has stated that there were no leakages in this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination(BECE) and the West African Senior School Certificate Examination(WASSCE)....
The Future Of Those Children
Today’s children are inherently the future generation. As such, children, under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, are entitled to enabling environment and education, with the aim of...
The Electoral Commission Has Told Nana Konadu To Go To Hell
Folks, the EC has dug in and reiterated its stance not to rescind its decision regarding the disqualification of Presidential candidates who flouted the electoral law in filing their nomination...
NDC To Expand School Feeding Programme
The next Government of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) would expand the School Feeding Programme to all public basic schools in rural and peri-urban communities. The NDC: “Complete the...
Court Grants NUGS President GHC10,000 Bail
An Accra Circuit Court has granted bail to the President of the National Union Ghana Students (NUGS), Lukman Abubakar, in the sum of 10,000 cedis with two sureties. The student leader was arrested...
A Horrifying Tale of Prof. Frimpong-Boateng
Ghana’s burgeoning democracy would have been more attractive to many without political bigotry. The primitive intolerance and acrimony that have characterized Ghanaian politics is no respecter of...
NUGS Leaders Clash At TV3; Gunshots Fired
Leaders of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) on Tuesday evening engaged in hot exchanges at the premises of TV3, leading to the firing of gunshots. One group of ‘executives’ was invited...
Remembering Dr. James Emman Kwegyir – Aggrey; An Outstanding Educator
By Leo R. Sam Forgotten hero? In a few days we will celebrate his 141st Birthday !!! Dr. Aggrey spent only a few years on this planet, but his accomplishments are remarkable. His words and actions...