Articles from the ‘Education’ category

PTA donates bus to school

Posted by on February 7, 2012 at 9:23 am in Education, Local News

  The Parent-Teacher-Association (PTA) of Academy of Christ the King Senior High School in Cape Coast on Saturday gave the school a big boost when they presented a brand new Tata bus to the school to help in transporting the students.   The PTA, which has been assisting the deprived school over the past years, [...]

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O.B Amoah to reward teachers

Posted by on at 8:56 am in Education, Local News

*In Akuapem South The Member of Parliament for the Aburi-Nsawam constituency, Osei Bonsu Amoah, last Friday expressed concerns about the inability of the Akuapem South Municipal Directorate of Education to hold its Best Teacher Award ceremony for the past four years. He noted that the situation could serve as a disincentive to teachers in the [...]

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JOHN G. GATSI ANNUAL EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS FOR JHS AND SHS STUDENTS FROM THE KETU NORTH DISTRICT OF THE VOLTA REGION

Posted by on February 6, 2012 at 10:30 am in Education, Feature Articles, Local News

  The Chairman, Guest  Speaker, The District Chief Executive, Hon. Member of Parliament for the Ketu North Constituency, Hon. Assembly Members, Officials from the District Education Directorate, Opinion Leaders , Executives of the Ketu North District Tertiary Students Union of Ghana, Head Teachers, Award Winners, invited guests, Torgbuiwo , Mamawo, Ladies and Gentlemen, all protocols [...]

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GES warns teachers who sexually harass students

Posted by on February 5, 2012 at 2:58 pm in Education, Local News, News From Other Newspapers

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has warned that teachers who sexually molest children in schools will not be spared. A Regional Multi-sectoral Committee meeting on child protection in Accra last Thursday, warned that teachers who would flout the laws by abusing children sexually or physically; would face justice in the law court. An officer at [...]

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Ensure effective monitoring of School Feeding programme

Posted by on February 2, 2012 at 7:39 am in Education, Local News

The Implementation Committee of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) has been urged to closely monitor the management of the programme at all levels to ensure high level of efficiency. The Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mr. Samuel Sarpong, said they should do everything to ensure that meals for the school children are prepared under hygienic [...]

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Teachers threaten strike

Posted by on at 7:37 am in Education, Local News

Teachers at Cape Coast Amanful Catholic Boys Junior High School (JHS) have threatened to strike if the Metropolitan Assembly fails to stop people from dumping refuse on campus and using the facility as a place of convenience. Mrs. Georgina Nkum, Head teacher of the school issued the threat on behalf of her colleagues, in an [...]

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JHS students sign undertaking

Posted by on at 7:37 am in Education, Local News

The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Directorate of Education has ordered final year students of the Junior High School (JHS) in the metropolis to sign an undertaking with their parents as witnesses to be of good behaviour until they write the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

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3 organisations collaborate

Posted by on January 31, 2012 at 5:10 pm in Education, Local News

*To train Ghanaian youth A sod cutting ceremony was performed at the Gratis Centre for the construction of a two-storey building for the training of the youth in automobile skills, at Koforidua on Monday. The Korean Ambassador to Ghana, Mr. Kyun Jea-Min, together with the Eastern Regional Minster, Dr. Kwasi Akyem Apea-Kubi, and heads of [...]

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