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GIS Holds Science, Maths & ICT Fair

Accra, March 9, 2010 – Ghana International School (GIS) has held a grand Science, Maths and ICT fair in their school compound over the weekend. The fair attracted several participants including the entire students’ body, staff and management of the school, parents and guardians, students from other schools as well as the media. The bi-annual... [Read more of this review]

FREE SCHOOL UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION TAKES OFF IN ASHANTI REGION

The Ashanti Region has received 19,310 uniforms under the Free School Uniforms programme by the President Atta Mills government. The region has also taken delivery of 7,001,796 exercises books, under the Exercise Books scheme. The Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr. Kofi Opoku-Manu, in an Independence Day address to school children at the Jubilee Park,... [Read more of this review]

Valley View University admits 961 students

Some 961 students were on Sunday admitted into the Valley View University, (VVU) at Oyibi, to pursue various Degree Programmes. The students who are from eleven African countries would undertake courses in twelve programmes, including Theological Studies, Accounting, Banking and Finance, Human Resource Management and Marketing. Addressing the students,... [Read more of this review]

Nigerian-born twins set British record

Nigerian-born nine-year-old twins have become the youngest pupils to be admitted to a secondary school in Britain, timesonline.co.uk has reported. Paula and Peter Imafidon had already broken world records when they passed A/AS-level mathematics papers at the age of 7. Yesterday, the twins joined hundreds of thousands of other families across the country... [Read more of this review]

District Assembly addresses poor BECE performance

The Shama District Assembly (SDA) has taken stringent measures to check the falling standards of education in the area, evidenced by the poor performance at the basic education certificate examination (BECE). The BECE results for last year showed that, out of the 17 districts in the Western Region, the Shama district came 16, recording 70 percent failure. This... [Read more of this review]

NAGRAT: Disregard Ghanaian Times publication, strike is on till…

Mr. Christian Addai-Poku, president of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), has outlined two conditions the government must fulfill to get striking teachers back to work; the government must send circulars to the teachers, accompanied by evidence of cheques (even if photo copies) to pay off service allowances for teachers outstanding... [Read more of this review]

UG to partake in Zain Africa Challenge

Some students who took part in previous episodesUniversity of Ghana is to take on Tanzania’s University of Arusha in episode two of the fourth season of the Zain Africa Challenge(ZAC) programme. Being its first time of participating in the competition, the University of Ghana is expected to prove itself a leading university on the continent. The clash... [Read more of this review]

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