Izwe Savings and Loans has donated a 7500-litre water storage tank connected to the mainstream pipe-borne water to Odukpongkpehe MA Basic School at Kasoa in the Central Region of Ghana. With a population of close to 1,000 pupils, the school has struggled to access clean water. Each day, the children...
Dr. Justice Yaw Ofori, Ghana’s Commissioner of Insurance, has been inducted into the Oxford Academic Union of the United Kingdom (UK). The Chief Executive Officer of the National Insurance Commission (NIC) was among a few accomplished and high-profile individuals, globally, with diverse specialisations recognised, inducted and presented with an induction...
The Universal Merchant Bank Ghana (UMB) has donated 30 top-of-the-range computers to the Suhyen ICT Centre at a brief but colourful ceremony here in Accra. The bank made the presentation as part of its customer initiatives to celebrate UMB’s 50th anniversary. The bank, founded in 1972 as a policy bank...
partners with Rotary Club Accra-Industrial on the pilot project The University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) has embarked on a mission to train Junior and Senior High School students in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to sensitise the next generation on basic life support procedures. The management of the health facility indicated...
To expand the reach and deepen the roots of science and engineering in the country among current youth, as government seeks to champion Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education, the management of Academic City University College (ACity) has called on the government to abolish a policy that prevents...
Campaign Against Privatisation and Commercialisation of Education (CAPCOE) has called for the review of invigilation allowances, the ranking and reward schemes for Senior High School (SHS) teachers based on the West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) performance, among others, to curb examination malpractice in the country. According to the...
Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) is optimistic that Open Universities and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) will propel the nation to achieve its target of enrolling 40 percent of its populace into tertiary institutions. Currently, the enrolment drive for tertiary education stands at 20 percent - which is woefully inadequate. In...
Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has urged the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC) to explore the possibility of tapping into other areas of study that are necessary for the socio-economic development of the country. This follows the increasing patronage of the programmes offered by GAFCSC, which has...
The Garden City University College (GCUC) in Kwabre East of the Ashanti Region has introduced a Technology-Driven Distance Learning Programme to enhance academic activities in the institution. Launched during the dreaded COVID-19 outbreak, GCUC digital learning aims at enabling students from all walks of life to acquire knowledge remotely. Additionally,...
Vivo Energy Ghana, the exclusive marketer, and distributor of Shell branded fuels and lubricants has renovated a three-unit classroom block for the St Peter’s Primary School, at Poasi-New Takoradi, in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, of the Western Region. In addition to the renovation, the energy company furnished the school block with...