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Education Minister warns university councils against interfering in management
The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has cautioned governing councils of public universities against interfering in the day-to-day management of their institutions, warning that such actions undermine effective governance and institutional performance. Speaking at the commissioning of a new hostel facility at Wi...
Academic City lecturer selected for University of Michigan AI fellowship
Dr Ali Abubakar, a computational Science lecturer at Academic City University, has been selected for the prestigious Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science African Faculty Fellowship at the Michigan Institute for Data and AI in Society (MIDAS)
IPR Ghana inspires Good Shepherd R/C JHS students to champion environmental sustainability
Students of Good Shepherd Roman Catholic Junior High School in Kumasi have been encouraged to become environmental champions and responsible citizens through positive communication and everyday actions during a sensitisation programme organised by the Ashanti Regional Branch of the Institute of Public Relations (IPR),...
Kindergarten pupils to learn Chinese language in Ghanaian schools in new curriculum being introduced by Ministry of Education
Thirteen subject areas aimed at improving foundational learning and equipping pupils with 21st-century skills, values and ethics are to be the focus in a revised curriculum prepared by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) aimed at introducing or strengthening basic level education. The newly revis...
Meet Samuel Donkor, the ‘one-man teacher’ handling 12 classes at Kakpeni District Assembly School
Samuel Donkor is a ‘one-man teacher’ handling 12 classes at at Kakpeni District Assembly School in the Northern Region. Every morning, before the first bell rings, Samuel Donkor is already at the Kakpeni D/A Primary and Junior High School, preparing for a task many would consider impossible. He arranges his lesson note...
UNESCO, TVET Service deepen partnership for career guidance
Career guidance and counselling have been identified as critical interventions needed to improve learner enrolment, retention, completion and transition into employment. This is particularly in agriculture and other productive sectors as the country intensifies efforts to make technical vocational education and trainin...
CSOs petition NTC over alleged teacher–student altercation at Nyinahin SHS
A coalition of 11 civil society organisations working across education, child rights, gender equality, peace and security, and social accountability has petitioned the National Teaching Council (NTC) over an alleged physical altercation involving a teacher and a student at Nyinahin Catholic Senior High School in the As...
Education Minister backs GES’ zero-tolerance policy on criminal conduct in schools
Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has given the Ghana Education Service (GES) full backing to adopt and enforce a zero-tolerance policy towards criminal conduct in schools.
Gov’t to construct 10 new SHSs across 10 underserved regions to end double-track system
The government has announced plans to construct 10 new senior high schools (SHSs) across the country as part of measures to transform secondary education and eliminate the double-track system. Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson disclosed this while presenting the 2026 Mid-Year Fiscal Policy Review in Parliament on...
Chief Justice Baffoe-Bonnie: Access to legal education must not come at the expense of quality
The Chief Justice, Paul Baffoe-Bonnie has called for the careful implementation of Ghana’s new legal education reforms, stressing that expanding access to professional legal training must not result in a decline in standards. Delivering the keynote address at a colloquium organised by the Central Law School of Central...
Interdiction is ridiculous — Ofori-Boadu demands stronger punishment for teachers who sexually exploit students
Managing legal practitioner Gloria Ofori-Boadu of GOB Law Consult has launched a sharp attack on the Ghana Education Service's disciplinary framework for teachers who sexually abuse students, describing the practice of interdiction as inadequate and calling for stronger, more deterrent consequences. Speaking on Newsfil...
Indiana University, UG champion indigenous languages as key to inclusive governance
Speaking at an interdisciplinary symposium on “Access to Justice and Democratic Participation: The Role of Language” at the GAAS Main Auditorium, Professor Joseph Awetori Yaro, Provost of the College of Humanities, said language in governance is not merely a tool for communication but a structure of power that determin...