Education Minister Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has emphatically stated that, there will be no reduction in the number of subjects for the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Viral reports had suggested a significant decrease from...
Education Minister Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has emphatically stated that, there will be no reduction in the number of subjects for the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Viral reports had suggested a significant decrease from 9 subjects to 5, causing anxiety among parents and stakeholders. But Dr. Adutwum has dismissed...
Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the proposed five (5) subjects that the 2024 BECE candidates will sit for. GES stated that upon deliberations and basing/accepting findings from NaCCA, other stakeholders, and expert advice, they have realized that reducing the 8 or 9 subjects to 5 for the BECE...
Former President John Dramani Mahama, has recently come under fire for comments about the integrity of the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The National Democratic Congress (NDC) 2024 flagbearer, raised concerns about the authenticity of the 2023 WASSCE results ostensibly due to the massive passes recorded. Mahama...
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has offered words of encouragement to students, particularly the 2023 WASSCE candidates, urging them not to let anyone diminish their achievements. Responding to a campaign message by former President John Mahama on Thursday [Dec 28], after Mahama alleged that the government, in collaboration with...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has withheld some subject results of candidates from 235 schools for giving artificial intelligence-generated answers during the 2023 edition of the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). This information was contained in a statement issued by WAEC on Monday, December 18, announcing...
Director of Schools and Instructions Division at the Ghana Education Service, Prince Charles Agyemang-Duah, has announced a reduction in the number of subjects to be assessed during the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). This decision, reached in collaboration with the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NACCA) and...
Seven headteachers in Senior High Schools (SHSs) across the Ashanti Region have been asked to step aside for allegedly charging unauthorized fees from fresh students. The Ghana Education Service (GES) in separate statements dated December 8, 2023, noted that it has initiated investigations into the conduct of the headteachers....
The Headmistress of Ghana Senior High School (GHANASS) in Koforidua, Patience Naki Mensah, has been interdicted by the Ghana Education Service (GES) on allegations of selling unauthorized items to Form One students. According to a letter addressed to Mrs. Mensah by the Eastern Regional Director of Education, Mrs. Ivy...
Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is cautioning the public over a means adopted by some scammers to scrupulously dupe them of their monies under the guise of paying for their fees. The University says persons who applied for admission have been receiving text...
Former President and flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has vowed to cancel the teacher licensure exams if he becomes president again. He believes the teacher certification programme is unnecessary and should not have been introduced because, in his opinion, teachers already take such...