Meet Youngest MP, Ms. Oteng-Mensah
She defied all odds both in her party’s parliamentary primary and the general elections last year to become the youngest Member of Parliament (MP) since the inception of the Fourth Republic for the...
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Digicut Boss Donates To Alma Mater
General Manager (GM) of Digicut Advertising Company Limited and Spyder Lee Entertainment, all subsidiaries of Groupe Nduom (GN), Mr. Richmond Lankwei Lamptey, has donated some items to his alma...
Ministry of ‘Creative Arts’ To ‘Arts’ – Is It Necessary Or Just A Waste of Time & Resources?
Stakeholders within the Creative Arts industry were expectant on the announcement of the name of the person to oversee the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, a bureau that was formed in...
Osafo Marfo Is Wrong, We’ll Not Touch Heritage Fund – Fin. Minister
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has dismissed proposition by Senior Minister Yaw Osarfo Maafo that government intends to run the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy with the Heritage Fund. Hon....
We Won’t Touch Heritage Fund
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said the Akufo-Addo government has no intention of touching the Heritage Fund to bankroll the Free Senior High School policy. “We are not going to touch the...
Agona School Student Dies After Falling Out Of Urvan Bus
The Agona School student was leaning out of the window… A student of the Agona Senior Technical School in the Ashanti Region has died following an accident that occurred at Manponteng on Thursday...
I’m For Technical Education; Less of Free SHS
I know the sensitivity that is attached to this policy when you mention it. I know how far people are willing to go to defend or tear it apart. That is expected of a change. Before you kick the hell...
Napo’s Threats ‘unfortunate’ – NAGRAT
Comments by the Minister of Education that head teachers of basic and second cycle schools would be sacked should more than 90 percent of their students fail the Basic Education Certificate...
AFAG To Government
The government must set up a Senior High School Fund that will become a permanent and sustainable source of funding for the Akufo-Addo government’s Free Senior High School, pressure group Alliance...
I Never Said School Heads Would Be Sacked – Education Minister
Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has debunked reports attributed to him that school heads who contribute to the persistent poor performance of students in the West Africa Senior School...
Use ABFA – Expert To Govt
If the idea to use the Heritage Fund to finance the Free Senior High School programme would be problematic, the government could fall on other sources such as the Annual Budget Funding Amount (ABFA)...
Bristol University Student Accidentally Made Explosive
University buildings were evacuated when a student accidentally made the same highly explosive substance that was used in the Paris terror attacks. An investigation by Bristol University has found...
Free SHS: No Decision Has Been Taken To Use Heritage Fund
A New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP on Parliament’s Finance Committee says government has not taken any definite decision to use the Heritage Fund to finance the free senior high school (SHS) policy....
US Businesses Shut To Back Immigrants For A Day
US businesses and schools face possible disruption as workers and students vow to stay home to draw attention to the contribution of immigrants. The movement, which spread through social media, calls...
Take Hands Off Heritage Fund – Minority
The Minority in Parliament has said it will resist the use of the Ghana Heritage Fund to bankroll the Akufo-Addo government’s Free Senior High School programme scheduled to start in September this...
International Day of Women and Girls In Science Marked In Ghana
As part of efforts to advance sustainable development through the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in science, Diplomatic Corps in collaboration with UNESCO...
GNAT Angry With Minister Over Threat To Sack Head-Teachers
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), is upset with the Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh’s warning that basic and second cycle school heads, who oversee failure rates...
GIMPA Staff On Strike Over Election of Deputy Rector
Senior lecturers and staff at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), are on strike. They have resolved to stay out of the lecture halls and other offices until a...
Education Minister Urges Calm Among KTI Students
The Minister of Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh has urged students of the Kumasi Technical Institute (KTI), to remain calm as investigations into a recent clash with the Police is conducted. He also...
Wesley Girls ’86 Commissions Solar-Powered Water Project For Alma
The 1986 year group of the Wesley Girls High School in Cape Coast has handed over a GH¢180,000 solar-powered water project to the school. The project was part of a gesture to mark the group’s 30...