The Ghana Education Service (GES) has been petitioned to investigate an alleged physical assault on a form three student, Master Abraham Sambou, at Labone Senior High School in Accra, by the senior house master, Mr. Eric...
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has been petitioned to investigate an alleged physical assault on a form three student, Master Abraham Sambou, at Labone Senior High School in Accra, by the senior house master, Mr. Eric Agyemang, also known as “Power.” In a formal petition, Sambou’s family alleges that on Tuesday...
(BECE) as the examining body, West African Examinations Council (WAEC), waits to recoup almost 98 per cent of GH¢95.83 million it needs to organise the examination. WAEC has received just about GH¢2.3 million out of GH¢95.83 million required to successfully facilitate the exam. But the council insists that it would require not...
The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) says the impending Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), scheduled for July 2024, faces possible cancellation due to severe funding challenges. The council has expressed grave concerns about the government’s failure to release critical funds needed for the preparation and administration of the exams....
Reports in various sections of the media suggest that a Free SHS bill will be presented to Parliament. This move is part of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s administration’s way of regulating and sustaining the free senior high school policy This comes in the wake of fears of a possible...
Over 30 students from Ajumako Afransi Technical and Vocational Institute in the Central Region have been hospitalized following a suspected case of food poisoning. The students began experiencing severe stomach pains, nausea, and vomiting shortly after consuming a meal of Waakye and stew during lunch on Tuesday, June 11,...
As a media and public relations practitioner, and a student of communication studies, I feel sad and ashamed when I see an image or video of a dead body published or displayed on social media. It is generally considered unprofessional and unethical to expose a dead body in a...
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced an upward review of water and electricity tariffs for the third quarter of 2024. The new tariffs, which take effect July 1, 2024, will push water up by 5.16 per cent for all customer classes while electricity will jump by 3.45...
A Takoradi Circuit Court has remanded into police custody two students from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) for agreeing and acting together with a common purpose to commit crime, to wit ‘sextortion’. They are Jerome Enyam, aged 19, resident of Fijai, and Ebenezer Adam, aged...
Utilizing social media, a woman by the name of Adejoke Lasisi has accused a school owner of escaping the nation with money intended for the NECO and WAEC test fees of her children. Some parents had to borrow money to pay for these exams, and Lasisi said in her...
A suspected robbery attack targeting students of the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) in Sunyani on Tuesday has resulted in the death of one student. The incident happened around 7p.m. near Boffourkrom in the Sunyani West Municipality on Tuesday. Several students were injured. The injured students have...