Management of public senior high schools in the country has raised concerns about the delay in payments of utility bills by the Ministry of Education. Headteachers of some schools say the delays have affected teaching and learning, as their schools often experience power cuts. The Ministry of Education, however, explained that while under the prepaid […] The post SHSs
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has provided insights into how it detected that some of the candidates who sat for the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) relied on Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms. WAEC released provisional results of this year’s WASSCE on Monday and announced that some of the candidates engaged in […] The post WAEC
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has provided insights into how it detected that some of the candidates who sat for the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) relied on Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms. WAEC released provisional results of this year’s WASSCE on Monday and announced that some of the candidates engaged in […] The post WAEC
Takoradi Technical University has achieved the commendable feat of inclusive TVET education in a Ghanaian Technical University with the graduation of 24 disabled individuals at its 23rd Congregation. Speaking at the congregation, where 6,166 students successfully graduated for the 2022/2023 Academic Year, the Vice-Chancellor of TTU, Rev. Prof. John Frank Eshun, said the graduation of […] The post TTU
Takoradi Technical University has achieved the commendable feat of inclusive TVET education in a Ghanaian Technical University with the graduation of 24 disabled individuals at its 23rd Congregation. Speaking at the congregation, where 6,166 students successfully graduated for the 2022/2023 Academic Year, the Vice-Chancellor of TTU, Rev. Prof. John Frank Eshun, said the graduation of […] The post TTU
Sixty-one people, including women and children, have drowned following a shipwreck off Libya, a UN agency has said. The boat originally contained 86 people and left the Libyan shores from Zwara, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). “The central Mediterranean continues to be one of the world’s most dangerous migration routes,” the IOM […] The post 61
The Secretary-General of the Ghana Commission for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Mrs. Ama Serwah Nerquaye-Tetteh, has emphasised the critical necessity for significant investments in the media sector, particularly building the capacity of journalists in the country. She made the call yesterday during the launch of Phase II of the Media Capacity […]
A study conducted by Africa Education Watch, an educational civil society organization, has revealed that expenses on prospectuses and other items by parents outweigh the costs incurred by the government under the Free Senior High School program. Africa Education Watch observed that the government’s average spending per student for boarding schools was GHS 1,147, and […] The post Free
Meta’s social media app Threads has launched in the European Union, five months after its release in other parts of the world. It debuted to much fanfare as a rival to Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter. But it was not made available in the EU, which has strict rules around data and big tech. Meta […] The post Threads: Meta’s rival to Elon Musk’s X launches
Hundreds of airline passengers bound for Detroit spent Sunday night in a remote Canadian military barracks after their Delta Air Lines jet experienced mechanical issues, the airline said. Delta Flight 135, carrying 270 customers, three pilots and seven flight attendants from Amsterdam to the US, made the unexpected overnight detour to Happy Valley-Goose Bay in […] The post Diverted
Nigeria’s Supreme Court has ruled that separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu should be kept in prison, overturning a 2022 judgment by a lower court that ordered his release. The court also ruled that his terrorism trial at a lower federal court should continue. In October last year, the Appeal Court dropped all charges against him after […] The post Nigerian court orders Nnamdi
The leadership of Winners Chapel International Ghana has donated GH¢100, 000 towards the next phase of Citi FM/Cit TV’s relief campaign for victims of the Akosombo Dam spillage. The #Relief4LowerVolta campaign took an ambitious turn from providing immediate relief items to affected residents to the construction of resettlement centres that are currently at various stages […] The post Dam
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has directed the management of the University of Ghana (UG) to engage the leadership of its Senior Staff Association and the Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union over modalities for clearing the outstanding market premium arrears of members. The groups have threatened to lay down their tools if management fails to […] The post Engage
The African Union High Representative for Silencing the Gun, Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has admonished states in the sub-region to invest heavily in robust approaches to effectively deal with violent extremism and terrorism in West Africa and the Sahel regions. According to him, many of the measures or models employed by countries to ensure peace […] The post Ibn Chambas
Tesla is recalling more than two million cars after the US regulator found its driver assistance system, Autopilot, was partly defective. It follows a two year investigation into crashes which occurred when the tech was in use. The recall applies to almost every Tesla sold in the US since the Autopilot feature was launched in […] The post Elon Musk’s
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s emergency bill to revive his plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda has avoided defeat in parliament, surviving a rebellion by dozens of his own MPs that laid bare his party’s deep divisions. Sunak, who has pinned his reputation on the strategy despite warnings at every stage that it would […] The post UK’s Sunak
US President Joe Biden has said Israel is starting to lose global support over its “indiscriminate bombing” of Gaza. His comments, made to donors at a fundraising event on Tuesday, marked his strongest criticism yet of Israel’s leadership. Mr Biden has offered unwavering public support to the country since Hamas launched its attacks on 7 […] The post Israel
The head of the Public Relations unit at the Ghana Education Service (GES), Cassandra Twum Ampofo, says the eleven Senior High School (SHS) heads interdicted by the Service blatantly ignored directives. Some eleven SHS heads have been asked to step aside for investigations to proceed for allegedly selling unapproved items and charging unauthorized fees in […] The post Interdicted
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