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18-Year-Old Opoku Ware Alum Gains Entry Into 8 Top US Universities
In 2017, the eight prestigious Ivy League schools, some of the creme de la creme of tertiary education worldwide, had a total of 281,060 applicants. Of those applicants, less than 10% gained admission.
The figures for 2018 are not…
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‘We’ll Chase Out Rector Again If He Returns’ – Wa Poly Lecturers Threaten
Lecturers of the Wa Polytechnic in the Upper West Region say they will resist attempts to reinstate the suspended Rector of the school, Professor Marco Owusu.
The Chairman of the Wa Polytechnic chapter of the Polytechnic Teachers…
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NAGRAT Suspends Strike Over Arrears
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), has suspended its strike in protest of the non-payment of arrears following a meeting with the Finance Ministry.
The strike was in effect for five days.
When the strike was…
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Wa Polytechnic Rector chased out of campus
Some angry lecturers at the Wa Polytechnic on Monday afternoon chased the Rector, Prof Emmanuel Marfo-Owusu out of campus with stones and sticks.
Prof Marfo-Owusu, who had gone to the campus questioned why his office had been locked.…
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WASSCE: Fire Destroys Learning Materials of Pong SHS
Fire on Monday gutted the female dormitory block of the Pong Tamale Senior High School in the Northern region, destroying learning materials and other properties of final year students writing their final Certificate Examination.
The…
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New Juaben SHS: 19 Students Pardoned
Nineteen (19) suspended final year students of the New Juaben Senior High School in the Eastern Region have been recalled to take part in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE), under a bond of good…
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UMAT Students Develop Alcohol Detecting Device to Curb Drink-Driving
Two female Computer Science and Engineering students of the George Grant University of Mines and Technology in Tarkwa in the Western Region, Mercy Adonu Quaye, 22, and Irene Okai also 22, have developed an alcohol detection and engine…
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SHS Boys Hold Ganja Smoking Party
Some 19 students of the New Juaben Senior High School (NJUASCO) in Koforidua in the Eastern region were recently hit with various disciplinary actions by the school authorities for varied breaches.
Some of the students were suspended…
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E/R: Over 100 Pupils Share One Computer at Dokrochiwa Methodist Sch.
Information Communication Technology (ICT) is a very crucial element in the 21 century Education of children but ironically many Public basic Schools do not have access to the ICT facilities in their schools despite the subject being…
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Huge Numbers from Free SHS May Overwhelm Universities – VCs Caution
The Vice Chancellors Ghana, an association of managers of ten tertiary institutions in the country, say their institutions could in the next few years, be flooded with many students due to government’s flagship free Senior High School…
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