FEATURE

In every classroom, learning leaves traces. It shows in the answers that learners write, the corrections they make, the mistakes they repeat and the effort they put into their work. These traces are traced in the exercise book; a simple but…
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On 6 March 1957, the British colony known as the Gold Coast gained independence and adopted the name Ghana. The choice linked the new state to the memory of a powerful medieval kingdom that had once flourished in the western Sudan of…
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Ghana is not merely fighting illegal mining. It is confronting a quiet national emergency. Our rivers, once sources of life and pride, now run thick with mud and mercury. Communities that depended on clean water wake up to brown taps.…
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After 60 years, the most shameful blot on the page of national dignity has finally been erased. The Kotoka International Airport has been reverted to its rightful name, Accra International Airport. This decision by President Mahama…
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Two friends lived, trained, and worked together for more than a decade, sharing not just an apartment with common facilities, but a quiet, unspoken trust. Ours was the kind of friendship built on certainty. If one of us needed money in…
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This week’s episode of Behind The Lens with Elizabeth Essuman, popularoy knwon as Queen Liz turns its focus to one of the most enduring and debated subjects within Christian and cultural discourse, polygamy and the concept of “one man, one…
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In the architecture of Ghana’s democracy, the Council of State serves as the "national conscience." While the Executive, Legislature, and Judiciary occupy the limelight of daily governance, the Council of State operates with a quiet but…
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For those of us from the heartland of the smock, our earliest memory of the revered fugu goes back to our grandfathers and fathers. I must have been no more than six or seven years old when I watched my late dad pull on his heavy,…
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In classrooms all over the world, there is an ongoing quest to find effective ways of enhancing teaching and learning. Numerous reforms have targeted new curricula, teacher-training and testing systems. Although these initiatives matter,…
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In countless classrooms, there are students whose challenges are not readily apparent but profoundly experienced. They might be silent, not raise their hands to answer a question, miss school now and then or lose interest over time in their…
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