GES lauds Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcome Project
Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Dr. Kwamena Tandoh says the GES is confident that the Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcome Project, GALOP, will improve the management of basic schools. He said the project will go a long way to restructure the Basic Education System to improve teaching and learning at that level. […]
NPP to acclaim President Akufo-Addo as its 2020 Flagbearer on June 27
The New Patriotic Party (NPP), Thursday, announced that it will acclaim President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as its Presidential Candidate for this year’s election on Saturday, June 27. President Akufo-Addo is the only candidate who filed to contest the Party’s presidential primary at the close of nominations, on February 20,2020. Mr John Boadu, the General […]
JHS students to spend four hours in school during re-opening
Final year Junior High School (JHS) students preparing to write the Basic Education Certificate (BECE) are to spend four hours in school daily, with a maximum of 30 students in a class, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has said. This forms part of the measures put in place by the GES against the spread of […]
Obuasi: Residents of Mmamiriwa defy hand-washing protocol due to lack of water
Assembly Member for Kunka at Mmamiriwa in the Obuasi Municipality of Ashanti, Francis Apoianin says water problem is making it impossible for residents to observe the handwashing protocol. He told journalists at Obuasi that access to water is a concern due to the breakdown of two pipes and the only pipe left is not functioning […]
Problem of Racism In America
NEWS COMMENTARY ON THE PROBLEM OF RACISM IN AMERICA In 1968, a British Politician Enoch Powell said “the greatest disservice one can do to his nation is to see and not speak.” This statement, though uttered many years ago, is still relevant because of the current happenings in America. The issue of racism has been […]
Government to recruit 27,000 more teachers
Government has given clearance for twenty-seven thousand teachers to be recruited. President Akufo-Addo announced this at the Jubilee House when he met Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools, CHASS. Meanwhile, final year students who will be sitting for this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), will not pay examination fees. This is because government […]
John Mahama advocates more support for health workers
NDC flag bearer, John Dramani Mahama has called on the government to do more for health workers as they manage COVID -19. In an address on face-book live, Mr. Mahama said, while government has outlined a number of measures to protect health workers, indications are that government’s commitment to them seem to be lip service. […]
George Afriyie not ready for Kotoko job
Former Vice President of the Ghana Football Association, George Afriyie, has stated his unreadiness to take up the Chief Executive Officer mantle at Asante Kotoko. The President of Okyeman Planners Athletic Club has been strongly linked with the CEO job after the George Amoako-led management team was dissolved by the board. But Afriyie who has […]
GFA pays courtesy call on Chief Justice
The leadership of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) on Thursday, June 18, paid a courtesy call on the Chief Justice His Lordship Anin Yeboah. The delegation led by GFA President Mr. Kurt ES Okraku; the General Secretary Mr. Prosper Harrison; Deputy General Secretary Alex Asante and Executive Council members Samuel Anim Addo and Nana Oduro […]
65 candidates go unopposed in NPP’s Parliamentary Primaries
Tomorrow, delegates of the NPP will go to the polls to elect and endorse their parliamentary candidates for the December General Election. The primaries will be held in 168 constituencies and will see three hundred and ten (310) aspirants contesting in one hundred (100) constituencies. Sixty-five candidates are running unopposed. Senior Lecturer at the Political […]
Rise in teenage pregnancies after Kenyan schools shut
Officials in Kenya say that there has been a significant rise in teenage pregnancies, especially since the start of Covid-19 restrictions in March. Data released by the health ministry show that in just one county about 4,000 teenage girls have become pregnant since the start of the year. Schools were closed nationwide in mid-March as […]
Nigeria and Cameroon declared polio free
The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Nigeria and Cameroon to be free of polio, a crippling disease that usually affects children under five. Afghanistan and Pakistan are now the only countries with cases of the wild polio virus. The UN health agency is expected to formally present Nigeria with a certificate and also declare […]
Don’t use dexamethasone as COVID-19 prevention drug – FDA
Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority says dexamethasone, a steroid drug that British medical scientists have hailed as a breakthrough in the fight against coronavirus should not be used for the prevention of COVID-19. The FDA in a statement said dexamethasone is a corticosteroid medicine that can only be prescribed by a licensed medical practitioner for […]
Boy, 10, drowns in gutter at Gomoa Obuasi
Master Evans Aidoo, a 10-year-old class two pupil met his untimely death after drowning in a gutter during a 30 minutes downpour at Gomoa Obuasi on Wednesday. The boy known as Kobena Ebo was playing close to the gutter with his peers during the rains when the incident happened. Police Chief Inspector Felix Zedor Station […]
