The Stanford Seed Transformation Network (STN) Ghana has awarded full scholarships to three brilliant but needy tertiary students to avoid deferral of courses until completion. The full scholarships provided by the newly created STN scholarship fund covers tuition fees, accommodation and other academic-related expenses of the three students selected...
Ten brilliant female engineering final year students have benefitted from Vodafone Ghana’s Female Engineering Students Sponsorship Programme (FESSP). The initiative is part of the organisation’s diversity and inclusion drive. Every year, Vodafone partners with leading Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) institutions to select brilliant female engineering graduates and...
Managing Director for Africa Environmental Sanitation Consult (AFESC) and lecturer at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Abena Asomaning Antwi, has launched her three books titled: ‘Who Moved My Heels’, ‘Purposeful Chaos’ and ‘Chicken Soup for Your Soul’.
The books, which talk about entrepreneurship, autobiography of the author and...
A book, that chronicles the history of Accra Academy since its inception till date, has been launched in Accra on Friday. Authored by Simon Ontoyin, a former student of the school (Bleoobi), the 723-page book is titled: ‘The History of Accra Academy from James Town to Bubiashie’.
Launching the book,...
Director of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), University of London, Professor Carl Stychin, believes that while reforms are imminent in the country’s legal education system, they should be responsive to professional risk factors.
Having followed closely the history of Ghana’s legal system over the years, he said the...
The Old Achimotan Association (OAA) has elected new officers and an Executive Committee to steer the association’s affairs for the next two years. The election of new officers to serve a two-year term took place during the 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at Aggrey Chapel, Achimota School, on...
The Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has largely been in the business of simply admitting the inability of the government to supply textbooks to pupils of basic schools despite the introduction of a new curriculum three years ago.
The future of the nation’s educational set-up looks very worrying....
The St. Monica’s Senior High School, at Asante Mampong in the Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti Region, has emerged winners of the first-ever edition of the AAMUSTED quiz competition at Asante Mampong.
For topping the competition, they received a cash prize, certificates for the contestants, the school and a certificate...
The Deputy Minister of Education (MoE), Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has stated that government is poised to provide widespread practical Information and Communication Technology (ICT) education to students in all basic schools across the country.
According to the deputy minister, government is determined to ensure that the times when teachers...
Debate over free secondary school education (SHS) has remained on the national agenda five years after implementation of the policy, despite its huge relief for parents and its impact on the youth of Ghana. Statistics from the Ghana Education Service indicate that so far 1.6 million youth have benefitted...