Articles from the ‘Education’ category

UEW students urged to take academic work seriously

Posted by on April 13, 2008 at 6:37 pm in Education

The Dean of Students Affairs of the University of Education, Winneba, Dr Cosmas Worlanyo Kofi Mereku has advised students of the University to take their academic work seriously to enable them become achievers in future. Dr. Mereku gave the advice when launching the sixth annual week celebrations of the Students Representative council (SRC) of the [...]

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GES, Quest Events Organize Spelling Competition in Upper East

Posted by on April 6, 2008 at 5:56 pm in Education

The Upper East branch of the Ghana Education Service (GES) in collaboration with Quest Events, an events Management Company on Friday organized a spelling Competition for Junior High Schools in Bolgatanga, aimed at improving the spellings ability of students. The competition, dubbed “National Spelling Zee Competition” (NSZ) drew 54 competitors from the eight districts in [...]

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“Rise up to disciplined behaviour”- Teachers Urged

Posted by on April 2, 2008 at 2:19 pm in Education

The Right Reverend Dr Yaw Frimpong-Manso, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), has challenged teachers to rise up to disciplined behaviour since most students took their teachers as yardsticks to measure their own lifestyles. He said the increasing media reports of dubious characters of certain teachers were disturbing and [...]

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Accra High School gets new staff bungalow

Posted by on March 27, 2008 at 10:48 am in Education

Sheikh I.C Quaye, Greater Accra Regional Minister on Wednesday inaugurated an eight-unit staff bungalow valued at GH¢600,000 cedis for the Accra High School to address its accommodation needs. The bungalow, financed with the Ghana Education Trust Fund, is the first to be commissioned among three schools selected to benefit in the Greater Accra. The two [...]

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Presbyterian SHS head bemoans rate of work on model school project

Posted by on March 25, 2008 at 2:03 pm in Education

Mr Samuel Agyapong, Headmaster of Presbyterian Senior High School at Bompata in the Asante-Akim South District, has expressed concern about the slow pace of work on the model school project being undertaken in the school. He said the project, which is scheduled to be completed in June, might not be completed given the few number [...]

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Capitation grant increases school enrolment in Kumasi

Posted by on at 1:57 pm in Education

Basic school enrolment in the Kumasi metropolis has been increasing by 10 per cent each year since the introduction of the capitation grant. Mr Joseph Kwabena Onyinah, Kumasi Metropolitan Director of Education, said the implementation of the grant coupled with the introduction of the school feeding programme had made the schools more attractive to both [...]

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Lack of adequate funds affecting education delivery – GES Boss

Posted by on March 19, 2008 at 10:35 am in Education

Mr. Samuel Bannerman-Mensah, Director General of Education Service (GES), on Tuesday said lack of adequate funds and resources is the main problem affecting the service. “The major difficulty of the GES in its educational delivery efforts is that, 90 percent of resources are allocated to salary-related items leaving only 10 percent or less for non-salary [...]

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EU votes 2m-euro grant to support Ghana’s cultural development

Posted by on March 18, 2008 at 5:46 pm in Education

The European Union has voted a two-million Euro grant for Ghana to design special programmes aimed at transforming the cultural landscape of the country. The amount is being provided through the European Development Fund (EDF). Mr. Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng, National Coordinator of the Cultural Initiatives Support Program (CISP) announced this in Sunyani at the weekend during [...]

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