Stop WASSCE Failures
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has entreated its members to be more proactive and double their efforts to reverse the high rate of failures in the West African Senior Secondary...
Tag: education
NMC Apologises To St. Andrews College of Healthcare Over Accreditation Claims
The Nurses and Midwifery Council has apologised to the St. Andrews College of Healthcare for labelling the college as an unaccredited institution. Public Relations Officer of Nurses and Midwifery...
Four-Year-Old To Undergo Sex Change In Australia
A four-year-old child is receiving special help from education authorities in Australia to undergo transition for a change in sex, Standard UK has said. New South Wales Department of Education has...
North America Branch of Kumaca Old Students Upbeat About Science Lab Project
Anny Osabutey, The Christian Journal - It was a night of glitz, laughter, dancing and nostalgia, as students from the 1960s, 1970s up to 2014 from the North Americas branch of the Kumasi Academy Old...
Racism Row Over S. Africa School’s Hair Policy
Johannesburg (AFP) - A South African school was Monday accused of racism for allegedly telling black girls to straighten their hair and not wear 'afro' hairstyles. Pupils at Pretoria High School for...
S. African School Told To Halt ‘racist’ Hair Policy
Johannesburg (AFP) - A South African school was ordered Tuesday to suspend allegedly racist hairstyle regulations after black pupils said they had been called monkeys by teachers for wearing banned...
Head of Mampong Midwifery College, Others Sacked
The Ministry of Health has sacked heads of three Nursing and Midwifery Training Colleges for charging exorbitant unapproved fees. Addressing a press conference Wednesday, Health Minister Alex...
Teachers Dare Controller To Block Salaries
The Coalition of Concerned Teachers Ghana has threatened to strike if government goes ahead to block the salaries of its members who will be unable to get SSNIT biometric registration by the end of...
NAGRAT Gives Gov’t One-Month Ultimatum Over Arrears
The National Association of Graduate Teachers, (NAGRAT) has given government a one-month ultimatum to settle all arrears owed public Senior High Schools and teachers otherwise they will “advise...
Stop Your ‘chauvinistic’ Comments
A Political Science Lecturer Amakye Boateng has lashed out at the retired Chairman of UT Bank Kofi Amoabeng for compelling women in his outfit to write exams to determine they worked for their...
Texas Colleges Open With Guns Allowed In Classrooms
As history professor Todd Moye returned to campus after the summer break, he felt a certain unease. Under a new campus carry law in Texas, concealed handguns are now allowed to be carried in...
Ringier Africa Rolls Out Internship Programme With Africa Leadership University
As part of its mission to be a top African employer and constantly provide opportunities for entrepreneurial leadership talent, Ringier Africa (http://APO.af/EkqVN4) is launching a new internship...
NAGRAT Blasts Gov’t Over Unsustainable Education Programmes
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), wants government to look beyond introducing social intervention programmes in the education sector, merely to score what it calls cheap...
How the Lebanese Community Came To My Rescue
By Tryphena Lizzert Yeboah In 2015, The African-American Institute (AAI) released a report about the state of education in Africa; showing only 6 percent of younger people in sub-Saharan Africa were...
Key Actors Of The Assembly And Their Functions
The decentralisation concept has since its inception brought much meaning to democracy by formerly devolving powers, functions,responsibilities and resources from the central government to actors at...
UDS Set To Integrate Child Protection Project Into School Curricula
The Deen of the Faculty of Integrated Development Studies (FIDS), Dr. Sylvester Galaa has stated that Children are the future capital of Africa, as such any activity that is geared towards Social and...
Black Students Protest ‘racist’ Hair Rules
High school students in South Africa have protested against black girls being forced by teachers to arrange their hair differently, alleging that they are being made to follow strict style rules that...
Pretoria Girls High Racism Protest Backed By SA Ministe
Protesters of all ages have been gathering outside the school gates in solidarity A South African minister has thrown his support behind protesting female students, who accuse their high school of...
KNUST Inducts 176 Qualified Doctors
The Ghana Medical and Dental Council has inducted 176 newly-qualified doctors of the School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), at a ceremony in Kumasi....
UT Tests Authenticity of Pretty Girls’ 1st Class Honours
Most graduates churned out by some universities in Ghana are not equipped for work in the corporate world, founder of UT Holdings Kofi Amoabeng has said. This, he said, had prompted his institution...