Government, in collaboration with Zoomlion, has launched an exercise in Accra to disinfect both public and private universities as they prepare to open for final-year students as directed by the president. The exercise, which is the first phase of disinfecting all educational institutions including basic schools, aims at making the...
The University of Cape Coast School of Business has organised a virtual seminar to educate students on tax reliefs and financial reporting implications. The e-seminar, themed ‘Coronavirus Pandemic, Tax Reliefs and Financial Reporting Implications’, had Dr. Abdalah Ali-Nakyea of Ali-Nakyea & Associates; Dr. Isaac Nyame of Ikerm and Associates’ and...
Everyone is talking about the New Normal. Presumably, this New Normal will be our new way of life after several periods of lockdown and other uncomfortable restrictions have been lifted. The New Normal will determine how we eat, how we fly, how we attend funerals and weddings…and even how...
Welcome to another week of financial learning. I believe we are all well and staying safe under these “abnormal” COVID-19 times! COVID-19 like all other pandemics is a widespread disease or tragedy that has a substantial impact on affecting many people, businesses, and nations. Throughout history, there have been several...
The Africa Education Watch has led a delegation of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) including ActionAid, World Vision, the SDG 4 Platform and the Ghana TVET Coalition to present the Civil Society Education Manifesto 2020 to the Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay. The Manifesto is the outcome...
Regent University College of Science and Technology has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Universidad Católica de Murcia (UCAM), Spain. UCAM is a private university with 20 years of history and more than 16,000 students, offering 33 prominent European official Bachelor’s, 45 Master’s and 66 doctorate lines of research amongst...
Two Ghanaian university colleges, Pentecost University College and All Nations University College, have received their respective presidential charters to operate as independent tertiary institutions. After almost two decades of their establishments, the two institutions now have the ability to award their own diplomas, undergraduate and post graduate degrees without resorting...
 Following the negative impacts of the deadly novel COVID-19 pandemic on the world economy and individual livelihoods, it has become necessary for a forward-looking approach to reduce the financial burden on parents seeking tertiary education for their children this year. As part of measures to address the financial burden on...
“The coronavirus pandemic has really affected me financially. I have emptied my savings account at the moment and I am really struggling to survive. My school paid me full salary for the month of March, but told me I wouldn’t be paid anything from April since there is no...
Last month, Samira Bawumia (the second lady of the Republic of Ghana) launched a literature prize named after her to champion the cause of developing and supporting homebred writing talent, through publishing opportunities, cash prizes, as well as publicity across print, radio and digital channels. The Samira Bawumia Literature...