The Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has emphasised that the government will not be complacent about the country’s current 20 percent Gross Tertiary Enrolment Ratio (GTER).
Although the 20 percent is almost three times above the sub-Sahara African average of seven percent, he said the target is to...
Prince’s Trust International (PTI), in partnership with Fidelity Bank Ghana and Environment 360, has held the pitch finals of the Enterprise Challenge, a programme which seeks to introduce Senior High School students to business concepts and entrepreneurship.
Described by Forbes as one of the “five leading global programs supporting the...
In my first articles of 2023, I promised to share great success stories of organisations who have built on their uniqueness to showcase their brand. I started with Opportunity International Savings and Loans whose uniqueness in the microfinance sector has benefitted from 39 awards within four years.
Today I will...
The Board Chair for the Ghana Library Authority (GhLA), Dr. Helena Asamoah-Hassan, has said the Authority now has almost 200 libraries to its credit from a little over 60 in 2016, in an effort to boost reading and learning among the populace.
According to her, GhLA did not function properly...
The management of the Ashanti School for the Deaf in Jamasi, Sekyere-South District of the Ashanti Region has commended Kosmos Energy Ghana, a leading upstream deepwater exploration and production company for renovating the boys' dilapidated dormitory.
The 300-bed capacity renovated dormitory would absorb more than 300 male students out of...
GOIL has for the fifth consecutive time sponsored the National Spelling Bee Competition as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility.
The 2023 edition, which marks the 15th year since inception of the contest, was climaxed with a grand finale held in Accra with over 150 participants battling it out for...
announce February 20 as reporting date
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has asked some 165,619 graduates of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), representing 31 percent of the 2022 cohort, to access the self-placement option to be able to secure admission to the Free Senior High School (FSHS) programme...
A total of 47 plumbing and electrical students of Accra Technical Training Centre (ATTC) have graduated from a GROHE Installer Vocational Training and Education (GIVE) training course.
The 3-week intensive GIVE training programme aims to address a deficit of skilled installers in the sanitary industry by equipping the students with...
February 11 of each year is International Day for Women and Girls in Science, and the theme this year is ‘IDEAS: Bringing Everyone Forward for Sustainable and Equitable Development’.
Broken-down, the theme is a call to Innovate, Demonstrate, Elevate, Advance and Sustain participation of women and girls in science.
Despite an...
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA), on Tuesday, joined pupils of the Dzowulu Special School to celebrate the Valentine’s Day.
The Chief Executive of NPA – Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, Directors and Officers were at the school to show love to the pupils, and to put smiles on their faces.
As part of...