Alex Tettey-Enyo, Education MinisterTHE SUPPLEMENTARY placement for all qualified but unplaced candidates of this year’s Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) would be out by October 20. The acting Director- General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Benedicta Naana Biney, who announced this at a press conference in Accra on Friday to throw more light on issues... 

Tragedy struck the just-ended 44th Annual National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) Delegates Congress when a polling station assistant, who is also a NUGS member, lost his life in a fatal motor accident. One other student, who survived the accident, is however said to be in a critical condition. The incident is said to have occurred at Bamahu near Wa in the Upper West Region. The 44th NUGS... 

Professor Sitsofe E. Anku, President of Ghana Mathematics SocietyProfessor Sitsofe E. Anku, President of Ghana Mathematics Society, has challenged students to fully embrace mathematics to ensure efficiency in their daily activities. He said students must have positive attitudes and creativity in studying mathematics as well as the appropriate disposition of concepts in solving practical... 

Daasebre Professor (Emeritus) Oti Boateng in a group photograph with a section of the Ghanaian community after his investitureDaasebre Professor (Emeritus) Oti Boateng has been made Vice-Chancellor of the World Academy of Letters. He was inaugurated at a special Vice-Chancellor Commencement Ceremony within the Halls of St. John’s College, University of Cambridge, England, at the 2010 World Forum... 

Executive Director of IDEG, Dr. Emmanuel AkweteyHead-teachers and teachers of public schools should sign performance contract with Ghana Education Service (GES) to provide quality teaching in basic schools, The Governance Issues Forum Network (GIFNet), has suggested. The Network observed that many teachers in public schools have enrolled their children in the private schools where effective supervision... 

The Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAC) says the government, through the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), has failed or refused to negotiate on their condition of service that expired in 2008. A statement issued in Koforidua and signed jointly by Mr G.K. Abledu, National President and Mr Anthony Ayakwah, General Secretary, said owing to that a press conference was held to bring... 

The plight of Common Health Hall of the University of Ghana, Legon has been further worsened as authorities of the school are reducing the number of students in each room from five (5) to three (3). The above information which was disclosed to this paper have fueled immediate agitation from the level 400 students of the Hall, who have resolved to embark on a demonstration until authorities of the... 

Mr. Alex Tettey-Enyo, the Minister of Education, says the government would lay a sound foundation at the basic education level but this would depend largely on the quality of teachers. Mr Tettey-Enyo said this in a speech read on his behalf by Alhaji Issahaque Salia, Upper West Regional Minister, at the 52nd Annual Conference of Principals of Colleges of Education in Wa on Tuesday. He said teacher... 

The Northern Regional Programmes Manager of ActionAid, Mr Yakubu Mohammed Saani, had indicated that, the NGO had spent GH¢301,000 to provide classroom infrastructural facilities for six communities, and are ready for use by students. He said funding for the projects were from partners, adding that, the facilities were expected to provide access to education for about 600 pupils in the Northern Region. Mr... 

Members of Nkoranza Students Union have organised a two-month remedial and vacation classes for about 120 junior high school and senior high school students at Nkoranza. Mr Stephen Kwaku Duah, the President of the Union, told the Ghana news Agency at Nkoranza that the exercise was aimed at preparing the JHS students for admission into the SHS. The exercise will also motivate SHS students to prepare...