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Ghana to host DAAD’s 2023/2024 National Multiplication Training project

22Sep

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Ghana to host DAAD’s 2023/2024 National Multiplication Training project

Four Senior Faculty members from four universities have won a grant from the German Academic Exchanges Service (DAAD) to host the 2023/2024 National Multiplication Training (NMT) project in the country. They comprised Dr. Mrs. Vida Korang of the Catholic University of Ghana (CUG), Dr. Sewoenam Chachu of the University of Ghana, Professor Anthony Amoah of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD) and Prof. Joseph Adjei of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). Giving an overview of the programme in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Sunyani, Dr. Korang, the Project Team Lead explained the NMT under the ‘Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Strategies (DIES)’ of DAAD sought to promote the development of higher educa...

We must consider decentralising our education system – Okudzeto Ablakwa

13Sep

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We must consider decentralising our education system – Okudzeto Ablakwa

Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, a Member of Parliament for North Tongu and a former Deputy Education Minister, is advocating an effective decentralisation of Ghana's education system to produce good outcomes. "As a nation, we must start investigating education decentralisation…If our Local Government Ministry and Ministry of Education effectively decentralise, empower our teachers, and provide resources at the district level, we can have good outcomes," he said. Mr Ablakwa made the suggestion at the second graduation and Speech and Prize-giving Day of the Somanya Methodist Junior High School at Yilo Krobo in the Eastern Region. It was on the theme: "Preparing for Changing Work Environments, Leaving no Learner Behind." Decentralisation would enable the districts to have a platform ...

2023 Book Fair: Stakeholders urged to support pupils, teachers acquire basic digital skills

12Aug

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2023 Book Fair: Stakeholders urged to support pupils, teachers acquire basic digital skills

The Ghana Country Director of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Mr Abdourahamane Diallo, has asked the government and other stakeholders to build the capacity of pupils and teachers in acquiring basic digital skills to enable them compete globally. He said literacy in the 21st century included one’s ability to use basic digital tools and applications effectively, hence the need to make “equitable investment” to support the acquisition of such elementary skills at all levels. “Being literate in the 21st century goes beyond one’s ability to read and comprehend written text. It is, therefore, necessary to invest more resources in strengthening the capacity of learners and teachers at all levels to reap the full benefits of the digital revolu...

Minister extolls Vice Chancellor of DHLTU for exceptional leadership

7Jun

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Minister extolls Vice Chancellor of DHLTU for exceptional leadership

Dr. Hafiz Bin Salih, the Upper West Regional Minister, has extolled Professor Elias N. K. Sowley, the Vice Chancellor (VC) of Dr. Hilla Limann Technical University (DHLTU) for his exceptional leadership which has led to the remarkable transformation of the university. He said the degree programmes introduced in the university under the leadership of Prof. Sowley had attracted many students to the school. Dr. Salih said this in Wa when the leadership of the university, led by the VC, honoured an invitation extended to them by the minister during the 4th congregation ceremony of the DHLTU held at the weekend which the minister was the Guest of Honour. The minister said the invitation was occasioned by the achievements of the university including the introduction of the degree progr...

Let’s normalize the conversation around menstruation – Madam Tekpor

31May

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Let’s normalize the conversation around menstruation – Madam Tekpor

Madam Esinam Tekpor, the South Tongu District Girls Education Officer, has called on parents and guardians to normalize talks around menstrual health management to boost adolescent girls’ confidence to stay in school. She said parents should not shun having conversations around menstrual hygiene with their children since that could boost the adolescent girl’s confidence about the changes in her body and manage her menstrual hygiene well. Madam Tekpor said this in an interview with the GNA to commemorate the Menstrual Hygiene Day in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region. Menstruation had been an inevitable part of the female body hence the need to educate the girls on how to manage it, she said. “It is the right of every woman to have access to clean menstrual sanitary materials...

Education Ministry opens STEM SHS portal for prospective students

23Jan

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Education Ministry opens STEM SHS portal for prospective students

The Ministry of Education has opened Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Senior High Schools (SHSs) portal for prospective students in the 2023 school placement and selection process. The portal gives access to the list of new STEM SHSs included in the 2023 school placement and selection process. It also provides information on available STEM programmes and their career pathways as well as details on existing schools that will be offering STEM programmes during the 2023 academic year. This is contained in a press release from the Ministry of Education, signed by Mr Kwasi Kwarteng, its Spokesperson and copied to the Ghana News Agency. The statement admonished students with an interest in pursuing strictly STEM programmes to visit www.STEM...

GES advises parents to monitor their children’s school attendance

12Jan

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GES advises parents to monitor their children’s school attendance

Mr. Emmanuel Asiedu-Acheampong, Eastern Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Education Service (GES), has asked parents to participate in their children's school attendance to reduce absenteeism and foster positive attitudes toward school. He said parents should get more involved in their children's education by monitoring their attendance, providing them with school supplies, and communicating with teachers about their academic progress. Mr. Asiedu-Acheampong, who stated this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency on the first day of the 2022/2023 academic year, noted that parent participation in child’s education increased their self-efficacy and self-esteem. In a related event, Mr. Isaac Appaw Gyasi, Municipal Chief Executive of New Juaben South, visite...

Adidas Cuts Ties With Kanye West Over Anti-Semitism

28Oct

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Adidas Cuts Ties With Kanye West Over Anti-Semitism

Kanye West Clothing giant, Adidas, has cut ties with rapper Ye, known as Kanye West, saying it does “not tolerate anti-Semitism and any other sort of hate speech.” Adidas’s Yeezy brand collaboration with Mr. West was put under review after he showed a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt design at Paris Fashion Week. Days later, the rapper posted anti-Semitic comments on his Twitter account. “His products will be pulled from sale with immediate effect,” said Adidas. The sportswear brand has previously said the Yeezy brand collaboration with Ye was one of the most successful in the company’s history. Cutting the partnership means Adidas will make a net loss of £217m in 2022 as a result, it said. Ye, who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, had previously accused ...

We’re creating a fit for purpose education system, says Adutwum

6Sep

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We’re creating a fit for purpose education system, says Adutwum

Speaking on the topic: “Education for the next generation,” Adutwum said the current government is transforming the sector to make it fit for purpose Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, the Minister of Education The Minister of Education, Yaw Osei Adutwum, has said that the Akufo-Addo government is investing more in the education sector to position Ghana well in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is the current and developing environment in which disruptive technologies and trends such as the Internet of Things (IoT), robotics, virtual reality and artificial intelligence (AI) are changing the way modern people live and work. Speaking on the topic: “Education for the next generation,” Adutwum said the current government is t...

Accra High School launches centenary anniversary – Dr Bawumia rallies support for youth education

30Aug

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Accra High School launches centenary anniversary – Dr Bawumia rallies support for youth education

Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia (2nd from left) with Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum (right), Minister of Education, and Judith Theresa Buckle (3rd from left), a grandchild of the founder of Accra High School, after the unveiling ceremony in Accra. Picture: SAMUEL TEI ADANO The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has launched the centenary anniversary of the Accra High School, with a call on all to rally behind the government to prepare the youth to take the mantle of leadership of the country. He mentioned the free SHS policy as one of the measures embarked on by the government to enable many young girls and boys to acquire secondary education. According to him, the policy had also brought great relief to parents and said the government was undaunted and would, therefore, ...