Chief commends teachers for good BECE result
Posted by on October 25, 2008 at 4:10 pm in Education Nana Oduro Poku III, Chief of Dromankese in the Nkoranza North District, on Friday commended teachers of the Seventh Day Adventist Junior High School for their hard work that enabled the school to score 100 per cent pass in this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination(BECE).
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Junior High Schools debate universal primary education
Posted by on at 3:59 pm in Education Some 200 delegates from Junior High Schools, representing all 192 countries in the UN, on Thursday debated how the world can achieve universal primary education at the 8th Model United Nations Conference in Accra.
The delegates debated the topic, “How universal primary education and eradication [...]
GIJ holds 2nd congregation
Posted by on at 3:16 pm in Education The Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) on Saturday held its 2nd congregation with a call on media to promote the country’s development agenda instead of always attacking personalities.
“By so doing, we expect the media to educate and inform the public on policies and other development issues, [...]
Include Private Schools In Capitation Grant — GNAPS
Posted by on October 23, 2008 at 11:05 am in EducationSome private schools are appealing to the government to make such schools beneficiaries of the Capitation Grant.
They contend that if the grant is meant for all children in basic schools, then children in private schools should not be denied the facility.
Making the appeal through the Junior Graphic, the National President of the Ghana National Association [...]
Presbyterian Church to open nursing training school
Posted by on October 22, 2008 at 9:04 pm in EducationThe Presbyterian Church of Ghana is to open a community health nursing training school at Dormaa-Ahenkro to train community health nurses for its health facilities.
The school, which takes off in September 2009, will use the premises of the Dormaa Presbyterian Girls Vocational Institute which has been under-utilized due to low patronage.
Rev Richard Robert Brobbey, [...]
Government hands over facilities of former Ghanaian language institute to UEW
Posted by on October 20, 2008 at 9:38 am in EducationThe government in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport has handed over facilities of the former Institute of Ghanaian language at Ajumako to the authorities of the University of Education Winneba.
The Vice chancellor of the University, Professor Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw said this at the 16th Matriculation ceremony during which 1,882 fresh students were [...]
Catholic University admits 622 fresh students
Posted by on at 9:37 am in Education A total of 622 fresh students were admitted to the Catholic University College of Ghana at Fiapre in Brong Ahafo on Saturday with a call on them to remember that they had entered the institution to acquire knowledge and skills to become functional in society.
Professor James Hawkins Ephraim, Vice Chancellor of the University College [...]
200 Vie To Represent Ghana At Model UN Confab
Posted by on October 15, 2008 at 11:27 am in EducationAbout 200 students aged between 12 and 19 will meet at the Accra International Conference Centre on October 24, 2008 to justify their inclusion in next year’s Model United Nations (UN) Conference for Children at the UN Headquarters in New York, USA.
Each of the 200 students will represent a UN-member country and will be made [...]


