For some tweenagers and teenagers, this next month of July begins their long vacation before the next academic year begins. For some teenagers, it’s the end of their secondary education as they await their exam results that will usher them into tertiary educational institutions. The months of July and...
Designated spaces and programmes like playgrounds, parks and children’s events and summer camps are essential to the quality of life for children and families. With a population of over 4 million, , Accra has a shortage of spaces and programmes that centre the cognitive and physical growth of children. Though...
Zongovation Hub – a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that provides skills training in Information Communication Technology (ICT) for the youth, has received financial support from Allied Consortiums, a South African-based civil engineering company with branches in Ghana. Zongovation Hub, on Monday, received a cash donation of GH¢30,000 from Allied Consortiums to...
The 1980 West Africa Senior High School Old Students Association (WASSOSA) has presented 350 chairs worth over GH₵32,000 to support the educational/academic pursuits of their former school. 300 of the donated chairs are expected to be used by the students for gatherings in the assembly hall, whereas 50 chairs will...
The U.S. Department of State and the International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX), an international, non-profit organisation that specialises in global education and development, have offered admissions to the 2022 cohort of the ‘Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders’ in the United States. The Mandela Washington Fellowship is funded...
The National Petroleum Authority has inaugurated 3-unit and 2-unit classroom blocks with ancillary facilities for  two schools whicg were studying under shed-roofs in the Eastern Region. The Authority fully funded construction of the 3-unit classroom block in the Asifaw Junior High School for the Okere District Assembly and a 2-unit...
The UG-SRC under the 2021-2022 leadership in collaboration with Global Entrepreneurship Network-Ghana (GEN-Ghana) will organise the maiden, UG-SRC Skill-UP for JobsBootcamp which is slated for mid-July - August 2022. The UG-SRC Skill-UP for Jobs Bootcamp project is an experiential training and exposure programme that has been designed to train, inspire,...
Telecommunication giant, MTN, has donated four brand new laptop computers with its accessories to the New Asafo M/A Basic School in the Asafo Municipality of the Ashanti Region, in an attempt to enhance the teaching and learning of Information Communication and Technology (ICT). MTN has also promised to help operationalise...
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Attaa says significant increases in financing for education is necessary if Africa is to overcome the learning poverty that entrenches inter-generational household poverty. Despite progress in access to education over the last decades, 80 percent of 10-year-old children in the region are unable to read and understand...
The University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), Sunyani has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT (GI-KACE) to advance study in emerging technologies. The mutually beneficial MoU between specifically the Department of Computer and Electricals Engineering - UENR, and the...