The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has commenced an investigation into the withheld results of some schools and candidates of the West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) 2022. According to the Council, candidates who took part in the WASSCE for school candidates in the Central, Ahafo, Bono and Bono...
Over 500 children, the majority being girls, have received bicycles for commuting to and from school to enhance their academic work in the Northern Region. The initiative, introduced by the Christian Children’s Fund of Canada (CCFC), is to reduce the frustration that schoolchildren go through in rural areas as well...
As Senior High School (SHS) students prepare to go back to school tomorrow, Monday, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that government will absorb all the WASSCE fees of GHc75.4 million. This means that, parents do not have to worry about paying for their wards to sit for their...
As has always been the case in the education sector over the years, the bulk of 2018’s budget allocation will go into paying salaries - leaving little for infrastructural development. Although the education sector budget increased by 11 percent from GH¢8.33billion in 2017 to GH¢9.26billion in 2018, much of the...
In line with its sustainability efforts towards the environment, Vivo Energy Ghana, the Shell Licensee is excited to announce a significant partnership with the United Way Ghana, a non-governmental organisation to launch a renewable energy project among schools within its communities. The renewable energy project seeks to empower and provide...
With schools closed, learning continues through mass communication and internet-based resources. GettyImages Almost universally, one of the first measures taken to contain the spread of COVID-19 was the closure of schools, colleges and universities. This has affected over 1.576 billion learners, constituting slightly over 91% of enrolment. In Africa, about 297...
Advans Ghana has supported 125 schools as part of its Back-to-School Campaign to lessen the financial burden of repayment of loans by these schools by providing a more flexible and extended payment system without increasing interests. Located in the Greater Accra region, Kumasi, Tamale and Ho, these schools have benefited...
MTN Ghana Foundation has completed screening applications for its Bright Scholarship scheme for tertiary students for the 2020/2021 academic year. A total of 1,180 applications were received out of which 184 applicants were shortlisted for the final batch of the Scholarship. The shortlisted applicants comprised 134 males and 52 females...