Monday, February 10, 2025

Education

No thank you – Charlotte Osei’s response to ‘juicy offer’

Former Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei, has turned down calls for her to be appointed a Supreme Court judge in 2025. This was after a fan, Andy Yidana, posted a photo of her on Twitter. The photo spotted Mrs. Osei who is also the former United Nations (UN) Elections Commissioner in Afghanistan in a white and...

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GES to release SHS placement for 2020/21 academic year

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says preparations are ongoing for the release of the computerized school placement for the 2020/2021 academic year. In a press release, Head of Public Relations Unit at GES, Cassandra Twum Ampofo explained that the delay for the release is due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Giving further details, the release said...

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6th March parade suspended – GES

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has ordered all Heads of school in Ghana to suspend this year’s 6th March celebrations and its related activities in schools. In a press release Monday, signed by the Deputy Director-General of the Service, Anthony Boateng, he stated that this directive is as a result of “the high prevalence rate of Covid-19 cases...

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Akufo-Addo to open 72nd Annual New Year School

President Akufo-Addo will open the 72nd Annual New Year School and Conference tomorrow, Tuesday, January 19th at the Great Hall of the University of Ghana, Legon, Accra. The School is on the theme, “Building Ghana in the Face of Global Health Crises”. It is being organised by the School of Continuing and Distance Education, College of Education, University...

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Junior High Schools to run semester programme – GES

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has revealed Junior High Schools will run on a semester basis after schools reopen on January 15. Speaking at a press conference, Director-General of the GES, Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa said that this is to enable the schools to catch up with contact hours lost in 2020 as a result of the closures. He...

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Schools to reopen on January 15 – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has announced that all students from kindergarten to Junior High School will return to school on January 15. According to him, government has drawn lessons from reopening of some sections of educational institutions in 2020, thus, it is in a better position to commence a new school year. “Our children must go to school, albeit safely,...

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Schools to resume mid-January 2021

The 2021/22 academic year is expected to commence in mid-January 2021, sources within government say. This was decided after President Akufo-Addo’s meeting with Parliaments Committee on Education Wednesday, December 30, 2020. According to Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, prior to the meeting to “examine the proposals for assuring the safety of our children” various stakeholders in the education...

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