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30 Mar

450,000 Free Student Tablets Ready For Distribution Next Week – Dr Yaw Adutwum

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The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has announced that the first batch of 450,000 free student tablets fully funded through the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFUND) will be distributed next week. According to him, the distribution of tablets has been categorized into three phases, with 450,000 to be distributed to 32 schools to ensure the effective distribution of a total of 1.3 million tablets. President Akufo-Addo announced on March 25 the distribution of 1.3 million tablets to public Senior High School and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) students. According to him, this initiative, under the Smart…

01 Dec

Reschedule Commencement Date For Fresh SHS Students To January – Parliament To Adutwum

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Parliament has asked the Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, to reconsider the directive by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to fresh students, teaching and non-teaching staff to begin academic work on Monday, December 4, 2023. A statement by the Parliamentary Service noted that “due to the short notice with its attendant inconvenience to students, parents, teaching and non-teaching staff, the House proposes for the consideration of the Hon. Minister of Education the first week of January 2024 as a more convenient and appropriate time for parents, students and teachers to adequately prepare for academic work.” There have been…

10 Jul

Encourage Your Wards To Venture Into STEM- Ben Amoako Urge Parents

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Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) Educator, Ben Amoako has urged parents to allow their children venture into science and technology. He said the teenagers have enough energy that needs to be tapped and used to positively impact society at large. "The world is now about Science and technology. Nowadays, we don't roam about with applications seeking for jobs. However, before you get out of school as a graduate you should either know what exactly you're going out there to do, or begin doing something on your own", he advised. Adding that the private organizations are the ones running the developed…

03 May

NPP Has Raised The Standard In Terms Of Infrastructure In Schools- Gyasi Boako

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A member of the NPP communications team, Gyasi Boako, has said that the NPP is the best when it comes to infrastructure in the country. He said that right from basic school till Senior High School, there's an ongoing project ranging from classroom blocks, dining hall, teaching and learning materials. He added that the number of school children to be graduated in 10 years to come in the field of engineering is beyond imagination and that is what former President Mahama fears. "We've raised the standard so high that former President Mahama knows that the NPP government will take credit…

27 Mar

Give SHSs Autonomy To Develop – Prof. Aryeetey Urges Gov’t

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A former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana (UG), Professor Ernest Aryeetey, has called on the government to grant senior high schools (SHSs) some level of autonomy to help improve education in the country. Such autonomy, he said, would give the schools the authority to mobilize funds to complement what the government provided for education, manage academic programmes and also help the schools protect their assets. Speaking at the 96th Founders’ Day of Achimota School in Accra last Saturday, Prof. Aryeetey, said Achimota School, for instance, had the potential to mobilize sufficient resources from parents and the private sector to…

22 Mar

Go To School Even If You Don’t Have All Your Items – Adutwum Tells Newly-Admitted SHS Students

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The Minister of Education Yaw Osei Adutwum has urged parents of newly-admitted Senior High School (SHS) students who are yet to report to their schools of placement to send their wards to school regardless of whether or not they have acquired all the items listed on the prospectus of the various schools. According to the Education Minister, the heads of the various SHSs are waiting to receive the students, thus parents should allow their wards to report to their schools of placement. The Minister said: “Parents of Ghana if your child has not reported to school yet because you are waiting to…

13 Aug

Every SHS In Ghana Has Received A Project By The NPP- Abronye DC (VIDEO)

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The Bono regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party, has said that since 2018, every Senior High School in Ghana has received a project from the government. He noted that this became necessary due to the free SHS policy and the double track system which brought up certain challenges like accommodation for students. Speaking to Kwaku Dawuro on Movement In The Morning Show, he indicated that "it has become a thing of the past now and I'm throwing a challenge to anyone who would say otherwise. When was the last time you heard about this hullabaloo about accommodation and…