The Ministry of Education is set to hold a crunch meeting with the Vice Chancellors of Ghana (VCG) to take a final decision on an earlier directive for all public universities to cede 34 percent of their Internally Generated Funds (IGF) to central government. The meeting, which is scheduled for...
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...
Public universities in the country have increased the sale of admission forms for undergraduate and diploma courses for the 2018/2019 academic year, as prospective applicants struggle to raise funds to pursue tertiary education. The sharp increase in the cost of admission forms comes months after all public universities were directed...
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...
Mr. Emmanuel Ofosu, a graduate of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), received The Mike Nyinaku Excellence Award for 2017. He was the Best Graduating student from the Business School for the year 2017. The presentation of the award was done by The BEIGE Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility...
The current funding regime of government's flagship program, the free Senior High School (SHS) programme from the consolidated fund must shift to taxation as a special purpose vehicle for the long-term sustenance of the policy, Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alex Afenyo-Markin has suggested. According to the legislator, a great...
Ghana Secondary Technical School (GSTS) Alumni Association (GAA) has sworn-in national executives to see to the development of the school in Takoradi. Also, it is to recognize the executive and make them more functional, promote the interest of the students and the alumina. The executives are Gaint Wing Comdr. Rtd William...
The third edition of the ‘Invest Your Talent in Italy (IYT)’ scholarship programme has officially been launched. The Ambassador of Italy, Giovanni Favilli, made the announcement through a press release copied to the B&FT. Invest Your Talent in Italy is a Programme sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and...
The Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has reminded all technical universities of the need to resolve all the outstanding transitional issues to make the conversion process complete. Most polytechnics in the country were converted into technical universities through the promulgation of the Technical Universities Act, 2016, ACT 922,...
March 8 marks the day for celebrating women worldwide. There have been lots of controversies surrounding the woman in terms of empowerment, Gender Discrimination and Feminism. I believe that men and women are not equal however there must be equal rights and opportunities for both men and women. No human...

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