GES begins probe into tragic death of Aburi Girls’ SHS student
By Gloria Amoh The Ghana Education Service (GES) has initiated an internal investigation into the death of a first-year student at Aburi Girls’ Senior High School. Stacy Okyere, who died on on February 5, 2024, was allegedly denied medical attention by the school nurse, who reportedly accused her of feigning illness repeatedly. In a press statement issued on […]
GES prohibits Parents Associations from imposing fees on students
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH Managers of Ghana’s basic and secondary schools, the Ghana Education Service (GES), says it has barred Parents Associations (PAs), formally known as Parents Teachers Associations (PTA) from imposing any fees on students or pupils. This, according to the service, is to ensure that no student or pupil is denied access to any […]
Former G.E.S Director condemns unauthorized fee taking under free SHS
By: Jeremiah Nutsugah Former Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Charles Aheto Tsegah, has criticized the headmasters currently under investigation for improper charges. He emphasized that certain expenses are the responsibility of the government, not parents, given the context of the free Senior High School (SHS) policy. On December 8, 2023, the Ghana Education […]
First-year SHS students to report to school today despite Parliament’s directive to Education Ministry
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH First-year Senior High School (SHS) students across the country are expected to report to their respective schools today despite directives by the Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament for reconsideration of the reopening date. Parents and other relevant stakeholders have called for an extension of the reporting date, citing various reasons, but the Ghana […]
NAGRAT fumes over new academic calendar; threatens to direct members to take breaks from work…
The National Association of Graduate Teachers, NAGRAT, has threatened to direct its members to take breaks from work if the government does not commit to conversations to return the academic Calendar to the trimester system. This is in reaction to the newly released academic Calendar for students under which form two and three students under […]
Parliamentary Committee to canvass support for GES-Lively Minds Education Initiative
By Murtala Issah The Parliamentary Select Committee on Gender, Children and Social Protection has lauded an educational initiative being implemented by UK based nongovernmental organisation, Lively Minds, and the Ghana Education Service (GES) across eight regions of the country. The initiative has generated significant interest among stakeholders due to its uniqueness. Under the initiative, mothers […]
Investigations begin into toilet dormitory: GHANASCO authorities refute report
A fact-finding mission, led by the Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) in charge of Management Services, Stephen Kwaku Owusu, yesterday visited the Ghana Senior High School (GHANASCO) in Tamale, following reports of a toilet facility being converted into a dormitory to house some students of the school. The visit was to assess […]
Koforidua SECTECH: POS Foundation sensitizes students on substance abuse
By Michael Kofi Kenetey Perfector of Sentiments, POS Foundation, a non-governmental organization which is into human rights advocacy in collaboration with the Eastern Regional Coordinating Council and the Ghana Education Service has organized a day’s seminar on prevention of the use of illicit drugs for students of Koforidua Senior High Technical School, SECTECH in Koforidua, […]
CSSPS: Cash for placement: Someone high up there doesn’t want the truth to come out – Manasseh
By: Roberta Gayode Modin Editor-in-chief of the Fourth Estate, Manasseh Azure Awuni has alleged that some bigwigs at the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service are benefiting from the sale of school placement in the country. Speaking on the ‘GTV Breakfast Show’, he disclosed that efforts to get state security to carry […]
GES Directs ”Eight Chiana SHS Girls” to report to their HeadMistress for further action
Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) says it has reversed the earlier position on the punishment meted out to the Eight Students of the Chiana Senior High School (SHS) following an intervention by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Eight students of the school were dismissed for using some unprintable words against the President in […]
