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Education Minister inaugurates governing councils, UNESCO executive committee
The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has inaugurated the governing councils of the University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences (UEAS), the Jasikan College of Education and the Executive Committee of the Ghana National Commission for UNESCO to oversee the affairs of the respective institutions and the comm...
Let’s combine academic learning with practical skills — Stakeholders
Stakeholders in youth development have called for a more balanced approach that combines academic learning with practical skills and real-world experience. That, they said, was to intensify efforts to tackle youth unemployment in Ghana. They said that while formal education remained important, it was no longer sufficie...
Otumfuo approves appointment of Prof. Christian Agyare as next KNUST Vice-Chancellor
The Governing Council of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has presented the name of Professor Christian Agyare as the university’s next Vice-Chancellor to Chancellor and Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, who has affirmed the selection and directed that the appointment be publicly announced....
2026 WASSCE: 21 Nsawam Prison inmates sit for English Orals
Twenty-one inmate students at the Reformers Senior High School within the Nsawam Medium Security Prison on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, sat for the Oral English paper of the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) at the Nsawam Senior High School examination centre. The candidates were escorted to...
2026 WASSCE begins today
Final-year Senior High School (SHS) students across Ghana have joined their counterparts in other West African countries to begin the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), with Oral English marking the start of the exams today. According to figures released by the West African Examinations C...
GHL demands ‘immediate and unqualified apology’ from Acting Rent Commissioner over SSNIT hostel claims
Management of Ghana Hostels Limited is demanding an immediate and unqualified apology from the Acting Rent Commissioner, Fredrick Opoku, following comments he allegedly made about rent charges at the Pentagon Hostel on the campus of the University of Ghana.
Ghana Hostels Ltd demands apology from Acting Rent Commissioner over SSNIT hostel claims
Management of Ghana Hostels Limited is demanding an immediate and unqualified apology from the Acting Rent Commissioner, Fredrick Opoku, following comments he allegedly made about rent charges at the Pentagon Hostel on the campus of the University of Ghana.
Invest in children’s education; it yields long-term returns — Parents advised
Parents have been urged to invest consistently in their children’s education, with educators describing education as one of the most profitable and sustainable investments any family can make.
National Spelling Bee champion Eugene Osei visits US Embassy ahead of Scripps competition in the US
Ghana’s journey to the 101st Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., gained momentum on Friday, 8 May, as 10-year-old national champion Eugene Mensah Osei of Peniel Academy, Kumasi, paid a courtesy call on the Chargé d’Affaires at the US Embassy in Accra, Rolf Olson, ahead of his trip to the United States la...
Ending nation’s tech import dependency: Academic City University launches new programmes
Academic City University has launched seven new undergraduate and postgraduate programmes as part of efforts to help the country leverage its own natural and intellectual strength to create homegrown solutions towards development. The programmes are BSc Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, BSc Nuclear Energy, BSc...
Over 61,000 candidates to write CTVET Certificate II exams Nationwide
More than 61,000 students from technical and vocational institutions across Ghana are set to sit for this year’s Certificate II examinations, according to the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training. The Director-General of the Commission, Zakaria Sulemana, disclosed the figure during a media bri...
Over 25,000 candidates sit for WASSCE in Northern Region
More than 25,000 candidates in Ghana’s Northern Region have begun sitting the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), which started on 7 April and runs until 15 June.