ONE critical aspect of the educational reforms with regards to the Senior High Schools, which hasn’t received due attention primarily because it is taken for granted by policy-makers, has been the unique role of Schools’ histories, identities, traditions and heritage – key points to mold the characters of the...
The Executive Director and the Inspector-General of Schools of the National Schools Inspectorate Authority (NaSIA), formerly the National Inspectorate Board (NIB), Dr. Haggar Hilda Ampadu, has indicated that the authority has introduced policy measures that promote the extensive use of ICT as a mode of teaching and learning in...
One hundred and seventy-one  law students have been inducted into the Ghana School of Law – Kumasi Campus, to commence academic studies towards attaining the status as learned practitioners while augmenting the current numbers of legal practitioners in the country upon completion. The Ag. Director of Legal Education, Mr. Maxwell...
The Northern Sector Action on Awareness Centre (NORSAAC), with funding from United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), has supported 16 year-old Shamsiya (no last name to protect her identity) through delivery and have restored her back to school through its Child Protection Programme. Narrating her journey from pregnancy to childbirth and the...
The 72nd Annual New Year School and Conference has ended with a call on government to establish a health infrastructure fund. Through such a Fund, resources could be dedicated for the creation of more laboratories, isolation and treatment centres, infectious disease control units, and public health facilities across the country. A...
  The Co - Founder of the Golden Sunbeam International School, Adenta in Accra, Mrs Monica Ohene Opare has urged parents to consciously take more interest in safety protocols that have been implemented in various schools, where their kids attend, to curb the spread of COVID-19. According to the veteran educationist,...
A cross-section of teachers from public basic schools have expressed their concerns on what a daunting task it will be trying to enforce adherence to COVID-19 protocols among students, especially outside the classroom. Speaking to the B&FT under anonymity, some teachers of public schools in Accra indicated that government may...
Following a proposal by Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, requesting the President, Nana Akufo Addo to absorb the fees of new entrants and continuing students of public tertiary institutions for the 2020/2021 academic year, MPs on both side have held diverse views on the matter. According...
In COVID-19 times such as these, it is prudent for parents and guardians to strongly consider education and life insurance policies to secure the long term educational future of their wards and children. With the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo giving the green to reopen schools, parents and guardians, especially...
Allianz Ghana has introduced another product onto the market, the Allianz Eduflex Plan -- a savings plan that provides financial security by accumulating funds for the sole purpose of funding the education of the client’s children. The Eduflex plan also allows the policyholder to choose a guaranteed death benefit that...