EDUCATION

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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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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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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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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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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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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