Dwindling financial support from government over the years, to cover some major expenses of the University of Ghana, has compelled the institution to strategise towards raising additional funds, hence dedicating the School’s 70th Anniversary celebration as a fund-raising effort. Speaking at the launch of the anniversary, Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu,...
The National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) under the second phase of the Ghana Institutional Support Programme (GISP) organized a 10-day training workshop on business planning for new product development for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Koforidua. This is in line with the current government’s industrial transformation...
The British Council Accra, will tonight host the final of the Duapa Challenge dubbed: 'The Campus Duel'. The Duapa Challenge, as part of the British Council's contributions to the social enterprise ecosystem, is a social innovation competition which seeks to promote economic growth, private sector development and youth employment through...
The Israeli Embassy has held an education fair to expose Ghanaian students to the opportunities available for university education in Israel. Seven Israeli universities who participated in the fair, which was held at the British Council in Ghana’s capital, Accra, explained the various courses available in their respective schools, the...
2017 Digital Bank of the Year award winner, Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Limited, has further deepened its partnership with the nation’s premier university, University of Ghana (UG) in the area of payments of fees and charges to the University; as the bank has extended its online collection platform to...
Bridge for Equity, a group of young Ghanaian activists who focus on creating awareness on Gender Discrimination and Women Empowerment, has organised an educational tour to the Ghana Planetarium to mark the International Day for Women and Girls in Science and Technology. The event was to motivate some 30 girls...
Teachers who abandon the classroom after enjoying study leave with pay, at the expense of the tax payer, are depleting classrooms across the country, and should be denied jobs when they seek one in other public institutions, the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) has said. Government, the union said,...
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 President, Nana Akufo-Addo, has said government is spending more on education in its quest to build a modern economy which, he said, is largely dependent on an educated and skilled workforce. “We need an educated and skilled workforce to be able to operate the modern economy we are creating....
The Grand Final of the 2017 United Bank for Africa Foundation National Essay Competition was held at the Bank’s Corporate Headquarters in Accra, last Tuesday. The event saw 16-year-old Jason Emmanuel K. Asante Ghansah, from the Presbyterian Boys Senior High School, emerge as winner. The 4th edition of the contest brought...