King City, a sister city of Appolonia City, supported over 300 candidates taking the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Rendeavour, the city development company behind King City, provided mock exam preparation for candidates from the Assakae/Whindo communities in Takoradi and Appolonia/Kpone Katamanso in Accra. During the week of the final BECE,...
The Governing Council and leadership of KAAF University College have appointed an astute agriculturalist, Prof. Herbert Kwabla Dei, as rector to serve as academic and administrative head of the institution. Prof. Dei will leverage his high-calibre, impeccable academic credentials and social capital to facilitate the rapid development of skills training...
Tullow Ghana has reiterated its commitment to completing dormitory and classroom blocks promised under the US$10 million package to support government’s drive toward improved educational infrastructure for the Free Senior High School Policy. This follows the handing over of another fully-furnished 570-bed capacity dormitory block to directly benefit 600 of...
The Vodafone Ghana Foundation has reintroduced the Vodafone SuperCare service to students at the Mampong Senior High Technical School for the Deaf in Mampong Akuapem as part of its Care Month initiative. In 2017, Vodafone Ghana launched the SuperCare platform, a special customer support line for those who are hard...
Patricia Obo-Nai, CEO of Vodafone Ghana, has asked the government and private businesses to work together to improve access to the Internet, and make smart devices more affordable to improve distance education in Ghana. According to her, emerging technology has changed the concept of distance education, where students travel from...
Twenty-seven past national officers of the Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) of TUC –Ghana, have been honoured for their dedication and sacrifices in promoting the growth of the union as well as consolidating its gain. The ceremony took place at the union’s hospitality facility known as TEWU House at...
Vodafone Ghana has partnered with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to open a digital learning centre in the College of Engineering to facilitate remote education. Speaking during the brief inauguration ceremony, the Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Ghana, Patricia Obo-Nai, acknowledged Professor Rita Akosua Dickson, the...
Chief Executive of Stanbic Bank, Kwamina Asomaning, has urged university graduates to take advantage of the myriads of opportunities available in the world today to create new opportunities and ideas. Speaking at the 21st graduation and 32nd matriculation of the Catholic University of Ghana in Fiapre, Mr. Asomaning noted that...
The Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch) has maintained that to provide a lasting solution to issues of examination malpractice and fraud in the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE), a menace that has increased astronomically over the past few years, the current ‘pass or perish’ system must be scrubbed. When...
The Ministry of Education (MoE) has indicated that government has released some GH₵198 million to the ministry to be disbursed to the Free Senior High School (FSHS) and the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions. According to the Spokesperson for the Ministry of Education, Kwasi Kwarteng, the ministry...