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...
The Conference of Heads of Private Second-Circle Schools (CHOPSS), an association of private senior high schools in Ghana, has called on government to include them in the distribution of the COVID-19 soft loan or stimulus package.
President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Akufo Addo, about a fortnight ago announced...
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has employed the services of waste management expert, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, to fumigate and disinfect all Senior High Schools (SHS) nationwide.
According to GES, the fumigation exercise is aimed at eradicating pests and insects such as bedbugs which have been tormenting student, especially those in...
Rector of BlueCrest University College in Accra, Dr. Anand Agrawal has said the phenomenon of online learning has been long in coming and though the outbreak of the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19) is unfortunate, considering the many lives it has claimed in many countries, it has also compelled many educational...
In the late 2019, news broke of an outbreak of a deadly virus called the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in China. The virus has since spread very fast around the world, currently affecting about 199 countries, including 47 in Africa.
As the spread of the COVID-19 continues across the world, many questions...
The government of Ghana is making frantic effort to reposition the country as regional center of academic excellence, technological innovation and human capital development, Dr. Baffour Adjei Bawuah, Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States of America, has said.
Consequently, the necessary infrastructures and policies are being put in place towards...
Thousands of pregnant girls will attend school in Tanzania as part of a $500-million World Bank loan which had been delayed for years due to the country’s ban on expectant students.
Tanzania’s education minister Joyce Ndalichako said the loan aimed to improve access to and the quality of secondary education...
Dr. Yussif Mijirah Dokurugu, a Ghanaian faculty Advisor of Student Associations of Global Health at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), has said that youth who decide to stay in America illegally undergo various grades of stress and fear in life.
“You going to the U.S and not coming back...
Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama, took her turn at the Ministry of Information’s Meet-the-Press series in Accra and announced that a total of 196 dam sites have been confirmed under her government’s ‘One village, One Dam’ programme for the three northern regions.
The campaign promise...
Today’s inter-connected world of business is getting smaller and competitive. As a result, the competitive edge of a business sets it apart from its cohorts.
Businesses therefore need real life success stories to share their experiences in order to stimulate creative thinking, build engagement, forge internal linkages, encourage and foster...