EDUCATION

With highly competitive admit rates of 4.59% for Harvard, 6.3% for Yale and 6.9% for MIT, young Katia Maame Dufie Osei and Afia Sarpong Frimpong (both of Wesley Girls’ High School) and Isabelle Quaye (Ghana International School) managed to…
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Deputy Minister of Education, Mr Osei Yaw Adutwum says the implementation of the free senior high school was a deliberate policy by the government to improve the literacy level amongst the citizenry. He said the nation had no choice but…
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The suspended Rector of the Wa Polytechnic, Professor Emmanuel Marfo-Owusu, has said he will not be drawn into any personal confrontation with lecturers of the institution. The lecturers have served notice they will not allow the Rector…
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Teachers have been urged to exhibit a high level of professionalism, dedication and commitment in the discharge of their duties to protect the integrity of their noble profession. Mr Derrick Owusu Ambrose, the Assin South District Chief…
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MTN Ghana Foundation is inviting students to apply for its Bright Scholarships which is opened from 3rd April to 3rd May 2018. The Foundation will award 100 scholarships to students in public tertiary institutions each year for three…
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The 2017 projects inspections report of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), has revealed that over 50 per cent oil funded schools projects show signs of deterioration in less than three years after completion. Dr…
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Coalition of Concern Teacher Trainees (CCTT), are vehemently protesting government’s decision to convert into universities, the colleges of education in the country. They have therefore called on government to rescind its decision or…
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A three-member committee has been constituted to investigate the allegations of financial impropriety against the embattled Rector of the Wa Polytechnic Prof Emmanuel Marfo Owusu. The committee members Myjoyonline.com has learnt will be…
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The Rector of Wa Polytechnic, Prof. Emmanuel Marfo-Owusu, has accused the Minister of Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh of unfair treatment over his suspension by the school’s governing council. There was chaos at the Polytechnic on…
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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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