Some supervisors in the Greater Accra Region are allegedly taking as low as Ghc 10 from students to allow them the free rein to cheat in the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
Other examiners are also alleged to have made arrangements with schools, taking Ghc 200 so they are more lenient on their students during the exams.
The Minister of Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has announced that government has decided to suspend the transfer of teaching and non-teaching staff across the country.
According to the Minister and MP for Manhyia South, many teachers are applying to be transferred from rural to urban areas, and government cannot grant that.
The Principal of the E.P College of Education (AMECO), at Amedzofe in the Volta Region, has some explaining to do after the school’s new school bus was captured being used to cart firewood.
The bus, one of a fleet of buses given out to educational institutions by the Mahama administration last year, was captured in photos posted online being used to carry out a function far removed from what it was purchased for.
A video singing the praises of Valley View University is the latest online fad making Ghanaians laugh themselves hoarse due to its….’uniqueness’.
The video informs viewers about the virtues of the famed private University and why it should be your choice for tertiary education, but everything about it is simply so hilarious nobody’s really paying attention to the content.
Pius Kyere made headlines last year when it was announced that the St James Seminary Senior High School student had been adjudged the best student in West Africa after results for the West African Secondary School Certificate Exams (WASSCE) was released.
Kyere was awarded for his brilliance with items including cash, electronics and a scholarship, and he has remained out of the public eye since.
Nigerian actress Omotola Jalade Ekeinde recently lectured students at the University of Ghana Business School.
The famed actress lectured on the topic “Brand Building for Global Relevance, The Omotola Story.” – at the lecture organised by Unilever Ghana.
The Ghana Education Service have reiterated that caning of students is illegal and any teacher who does it faces disciplinary actions.
The Service issued a statement on the issue, noting that despite the illegality of the practice, teachers still use it in schools all across the country.
The Public Relations Officer of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has rubbished reports speculating on what might have led to the suicide of Adwoa Anyimadu-Antwi-, the first year student who committed suicide.
Adwoa, the daughter of a prominent NPP MP, shocked the country when news of her suicide broke last week.
…And the plot thickens..
The prevailing theory over what caused the death of the MP’s daughter who schools at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has ‘evolved’ – with the latest reprots pointing towards a broken heart situation.
There is a new objection to the establishment of a free SHS policy, this time coming from owners of private senior high schools in the country.
According to the Conference of Heads of Private Second Cycle Schools (CHOPSS), the policy risks demolishing their business model, and thus could drive them out of business within the next few years.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has emphasised that when his government says Senior High School Education is going to be free, they literally mean EVERYTHING is going to be free.
The current form of ‘free’ Senior High School program in the country, implemented by the former NDC government, is a system of tuition free education, but which the student have to bear any other cost.
Two final year students of the Mawuli Senior High School in the Volta Regional capital of Ho were allegedly caught having ‘gay s*x’ in the school’s dormitories and narrowly escaped being beaten to within an inch of their lives.
According to the Daily Guide, the pair were alone in the dormitories of Aggrey House after leaving class early and were caught in the act by a student returning from classes.
Nigeria’s University of Lagos have banned students from wearing ‘revealing’ outfits in a measure that has left Nigerians not particularly impressed.
The measure, contained in a document circulated to school students, says the ban covers both s*xes and bans any ill-fitting dress, whether it be a trouser, skirt or blouse.
