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09 Aug

Minister Orders GES To Sanction Headteacher Who Spent BECE Candidates’ Registration Fees

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The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has instructed the Ghana Education Service (GES) to take disciplinary action against the headteacher of Buduatta DA Junior High School. This decision comes after allegations that the headteacher, Richard Ahunyagbe, misappropriated funds intended for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) registration of certain students. Reports indicate that Mr Ahunyagbe failed to register a number of final-year students for the BECE, purportedly using the registration fees for his own benefit. Consequently, a group of affected students from Buduatta JHS in the Gomoa East District found themselves unable to participate in the BECE when it…

25 Jul

Adisadel College Assault: GES Orders Suspension Of The Culprit; Involves Police

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The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed that a student of Adisadel College in the Central Region who was seen assaulting another be immediately suspended. A statement issued and signed by Cassandra Twum Ampofo, Head of Public Affairs of the GES, indicated that the Regional Directorate has been tasked to liaise with the school authorities as well as the relevant security agencies to investigate the matter. A video that has gone viral on social media reveals a senior assaulting a junior in the school’s dormitory. The senior in the process, hits the head of the junior against a metal bed…

21 Jul

Illegal Fees Saga: Reinstate WASS Headmistress – NAGRAT To GES

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The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is demanding the immediate reinstatement of the interdicted headmistress of the West Africa Senior High School, Dr. Shine Agatha Ofori. According to the Ghana Education Service, it interdicted the WASS headmistress for allegedly collecting unauthorized money from students. NAGRAT believes that the decision made by the Ghana Education Service is emblematic of the challenges faced by various senior high schools across the country. While the Regional Disciplinary Committee of the Service has been assigned to investigate the matter, Angel Carbonu, the president of NAGRAT at a press conference asserts that the headmistress did…

26 May

Mid-Semester Break For SHS And SHTS Will Be From June 3 – 9 – GES

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The Ghana Education Service has announced the date for the mid-semester break for senior schools and senior technical schools. According to a notice released by the GES, the mid-semester break will occur from June 2 to 9, 2023. While the mid-semester break should be observed, schools are permitted to retain form 3 students at school as they prepare for the impending WASSCE. The GES further stated that school heads must ensure that all other students who desire to remain in school during the break are accommodated. Source: rainbowradioonline.com

17 Apr

GHANASCO Headmaster Asked To Step Aside As GES Investigates Use Of ‘Toilet Cubicles’ For Accommodation

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Ghana Education Service (GES) says it is investigating a video on social media in which some students at Ghana Senior High School (GHANASCO) in Tamale, are using toilet cubicles as dormitories. According to a statement issued dated April 16, the Regional Director of Education has asked both the head and senior housemaster to step aside for a thorough investigation. “The Headmaster and the Senior Housemaster have been directed to step aside to allow for further investigations into the matter by the Regional Director of Education and report back in two weeks,” the statement signed by the Head of the Public…

27 Feb

School Placement Fraud: Man Who Posed As GES Agent Arrested

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The Police has arrested a man who claims to be an agent of the Ghana Education Service (GES), at the school placement centre in Accra. This comes on the back of an exposé by the Fourth Estate (Media) uncovering alleged fraud in the Computerized School Selection and Placement System – (CSSPS). In the exposé, the irregularities that have flooded the CSSPS were uncovered in a video leading to the arrest of some persons. The man who claims to be an agent of the GES, was arrested on Monday, 27 February 2023, after taking an amount of GHS1400 from a victim…

15 Feb

SHS/TVET Placement For 2022 BECE Graduates Released

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Placement for 2022 graduates of the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) into Senior High Schools and Technical, Vocational, Education and Training (TVET) has been released. It was released on Wednesday, February 15, by the Ghana Education Service(GES). According to the Service, candidates can now log onto the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) to check their schools. The Director General of the Ghana Education Service, Dr. Eric Nkansah made this known at a press conference. According to him, “Out of the 547,329 candidates who sat for the examination, 538,399 qualified for school placement.” He added that “372,780 candidates…

15 Feb

GNAT Calls On GES To Change New Academic Calendar

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The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is pleading with the Ghana Education Service (GES) to make changes to the new academic calendar for schools released recently. The Local Secretary for Kotobabi District, Gideon Pappoe, and the Chairman for Accra Metro West District of the Association, William Yitah, who have been speaking on Joy Prime’s Prime Morning indicated that there was no consultation before the changes. The teachers, they said, got the information like everyone else after the calendar was published. According to them, the current rest days for teachers are not adequate. Their concern is that it will cause a lot…

15 Jan

2023 School Placement To Begin With Verification Of Students’ School Choices.

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The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that the 2023 school placement exercise will begin with the verification of students’ school choices. GES in a release signed by the Head of the Public Relations Unit, Cassandra Twum Ampofo explained the rationale behind the new procedure. According to the release, "this verification process is to ensure accuracy in students’ choice information before they are placed in their selected Second Cycle Schools". The verification exercise which commenced on 14th January 2023 will end on 22nd January 2023. GES noted as part of the verification exercise, students, parents/guardians will receive…

13 Jan

Akufo-Addo Intervenes In Dismissal Of 8 Chiana SHS Students – Education Ministry

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President Akufo-Addo has intervened in the dismissal of the eight female students of Chiana Senior High School. A statement from the Education Ministry on Friday revealed that the President made the move after his attention was drawn to it. Accordingly, the Minister for Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has directed Ghana Education Service (GES) to revise its decision, the statement said. On Thursday, the GES dismissed the eight students in the Upper East Region for allegedly insulting President Akufo-Addo. Prior to the dismissal, the students had been on suspension. The GES said its investigation into the incident confirmed that the…