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Tributes paid to Jason Arday after former Cambridge professor’s death
Andy Burnham calls for reflection after âtragedy on so many levelsâ in comments echoed by London mayor Sadiq Khan Andy Burnham has called the death of Jason Arday, whose body was found at his home in south London on Friday, a âtragedy on so many levelsâ. Arday resigned as a professor at the University of Cambri...
TEWU-TUC, TUTAG raise red flags over grievances
The Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) and the Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) have called on the government to address outstanding issues in order to ensure industrial harmony on the labour front. While members of TEWU-TUC have given the government a two-week ultimatum, effective...
2022/2023 AUCC students ‘shall be eligible’ for certificates under University of Ghana seal – UG clarifies
The Level 400 students of the 2022/2023 admission cohort of the African University of Communication and Business (AUCB), formerly the African University College of Communications (AUCC), have welcomed a response from the University of Ghana regarding their petition over the processing of their degree certificates. The...
GNAT urges gov’t to consider posting trained teachers to private schools to reduce unemployment
The Secretary of the Greater Kumasi chapter of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Argin Frimpong, has called on the government and the Ministry of Education to consider posting trained teachers to private schools as part of measures to reduce teacher’ unemployment in the country. According to him, thous...
Obuasi court remands 2 teachers over alleged attack on SHS headmaster
The Obuasi Circuit Court has remanded two teachers of Obuasi Senior High Technical School into police custody for one week over allegations that they incited students to attack the school’s headmaster.
GES denies cancellation of Free SHS, warns public against GH¢1,500 payment scam
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed reports circulating on social media claiming that the Director-General has cancelled the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy and directed parents to pay GH¢1,500 for chop boxes and trunks. In a statement issued on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, the GES described the publ...
GES engages teacher unions over concerns about 2025 promotion dates
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has engaged teacher unions over concerns regarding the substantive dates applicable to the 2025 teacher promotion exercise. The engagement, held on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, brought together GES management and leaders of the teacher unions following growing concerns among teachers over...
Youth ministry has not solved graduate unemployment — TUC youth chairman
The existence of a dedicated ministry for youth development has not translated into sufficient employment opportunities for young Ghanaians, National Youth Chairman of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) Ghana, Richmond Dormanya Choflie, has said. Choflie said continued unemployment among graduates, including trained nurse...
Mahama assents to Legal Education Reform Bill
President John Dramani Mahama has signed the Legal Education Reform Bill, 2025 into law, paving the way for major changes in Ghana’s legal education system and ending the Ghana School of Law’s long-standing monopoly over professional legal training. Speaking after assenting to the bill on Monday, May 11, President Maha...
Apam SHS to be upgraded from Category B to A school – Education Minister
The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has announced plans to upgrade Apam Senior High School in the Central Region from a Category B to a Category A institution. This forms part of the government’s broader efforts to expand access to quality secondary education and improve infrastructure and learning conditions i...
“We came to learn, not to sleep” — KNUST students protest hostel costs
Students at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have protested soaring private hostel fees, saying the rising cost of accommodation is placing an increasing financial burden on students and their families. Members of the university’s University Hall, popularly known as Katanga, morale group d...
Asantehene’s alma mater Sefwi Wiawso SHS receives 600 mattresses from Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation
The Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation has donated 600 mattresses to Sefwi Wiawso Senior High School (SHS), the alma mater of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to improve the welfare of boarding students. The donation forms part of the Foundation’s support for the school, following the construction of a dormitory to a...