The Education Sector Strategy will be guided by Global Education 2030 Agenda and Targets, defined by Sustainable Development Goal 4: “Ensure Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education for all and promote Lifelong Learning”. The broad sector policy thrust for Education is Sustainable and Efficient Management of Education Service Delivery, with focus...
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” …Nelson Mandela. As Ghanaians, we must make the education of the youth our ‘Core Value’ to develop the fundamental human capacity base of our country. The ‘Free SHS’ policy is laudable and acceptable, but its funding...
The Executive Director of Enterprise Life, Jacqueline Benyi, has said industry will have to invest in academia if the link between the two is to yield mutually beneficial results. “We acknowledge the fact that universities and companies have different business models; however, we are very much aware that some investment...
Odebrecht Engineering and Construction International has awarded four outstanding Civil Engineering students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in their first, second, third and final years. The Odebrecht Ghana Engineering Awards was instituted at the College of Engineering in 2014 by the company. The Odebrecht Engineering...
…as 1D1F receives boost with 20 rail projects Russian railway company, Geo Services, has disclosed to the B&FT that it has begun the process towards the establishment of a Railway University in the country. To this end, the company has facilitated the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the...
The Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) is calling on government to pay all members of TEWU ‘Critical Support’ which is being extended to some members of the Ghana Education Service (GES), while excluding others. Addressing the media yesterday at the TUC headquarters in Accra, General Secretary of TEWU, Augustine...
The National Board for Professional and Technician Examinations (NAPTEX) has inaugurated a twenty-member committee to assist the Board in its mandate. The Board is responsible for the formulation and administration of schemes of examinations, evaluations, certifications, standard for skill competence, and syllabus competence for non-university tertiary institutions, professional bodies and...
Ghana Education Service is a very reliable partner in the promotion of domestic tourism. Many initiatives have been made in the past geared towards the promotion of domestic tourism. As far back as 2012, as part of measures to promote domestic tourism, the Ministry for Tourism, Culture and Creative...
Female enrolments into the College of Distance Education (CODE) of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) have increased from 45.9 percent in the 2016/2017 academic to 46.8 percent in 2017/2018, representing 0.9 per cent academic year. According to the Pro Vice-Chancellor the university, Professor George Oduro, indicated the interest of...
Under the guise of staging mock examinations and extra classes, basic school authorities have resorted to charging pupils high registration fees for the Basic Education Certificate Examination, in spite of heavy government subsidy. Checks by the B&FT from various basic schools revealed that some school authorities charge as much as...