[Translate] The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) is hugely unhappy with the recent sit-down strike of the Teachers and Workers Union (TEWU) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) on the 20 January, 2012 over delayed payment of salary arrears. The Union’s unhappiness stem from the fact that, the innocent students are those who are at the receiving end... 

[Translate] The Greater Accra Regional GNAT executives addressing the press conferenceThe Greater Accra Regional branch of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike if the culprits behind the assault of their colleagues are not found. They have therefore given a two-week ultimatum to the Ghana Police Service to arrest the attackers... 

[Translate] The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Director of Education (MDE), Nana Kofi Mbeah, has expressed worry over the formation of social c1ubs by some junior high school female students to practice prostitution and other social vices. He alleged that some of the clubs have been named “Wetlands” and “Blue Girls” and the members operate at a spot called Viena City, a suburb... 

[Translate] Reports reaching peacefmonline.com say fear and terror has gripped students of Asante-Mampong Midwifery and Health Assistants Training College following a raid on a female hostel by a group of armed robbers this dawn. The armed robbers, numbering about six, robbed the students of their properties and raped some of them in the process. HelloFM’s reporter, Isaac Owusu, who visited... 

[Translate] Tullow Oil Plc, in partnership with the British Council in Accra, has launched the Tullow Group Scholarship Scheme (TGSS) to annually provide scholarships to 50 Ghanaians to pursue postgraduate programmes abroad. Ten out of the 50 slots have been set aside for the six coastal districts in the Western Region bordering the Jubilee Field. The scheme, which takes off in March, this year,... 

[Translate] Mrs Betty Mould Iddrisu - Minister of EducationThe Minister of Education, Mrs Betty Mould-Iddrisu, has charged polytechnics in the country to focus on their mandate of equipping students with hands-on skills, instead of operating “from the shadows of universities”. In Ghana, she said, the polytechnics were established to equip students with practical problem-solving skills and that... 

[Translate] The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Director of Education (MDE), Nana Kofi Mbeah, has expressed worry over the formation of social c1ubs by some junior high school female students to practice prostitution and other social vices. He alleged that some of the clubs have been named “Wetlands” and “Blue Girls” and the members operate at a spot called Viena City, a suburb of Takoradi,... 

[Translate] The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has been presented with the President’s Global Leadership Award by the University of South Florida (USF) in the United States. The award is the highest international recognition the university bestows on individuals for exemplary accomplishments in international leadership and global relations. Prof... 

[Translate] Mrs Betty Mould-Iddrisu, Minister of Education, has said government has intensified its efforts in providing both infrastructural and human resources to ensure the success of the mandates of polytechnics. She said government would continue to supplement the efforts of polytechnics through projects initiated under the GET Fund, Teaching and Learning Innovation Fund (TALIF) and NUFFIC. Mrs... 

[Translate] Some private schools in the country are charging above the approved registration fee for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Even though the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) have approved GH¢8.55 as registration fee, some of the schools are charging as much as GH¢107. The phenomenon is particularly widespread...