Education
Pass The Colleges Of Education Act
Sunday August 29, 2010
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The government has been urged, to, as a matter of urgency, pass the Colleges of Education Act, to give legal backing to the colleges to operate more effectively.
The Act, when promulgated would spell out, among other things, the roles and responsibilities of the College Councils and those of the principal officers of the colleges.
Mr....read more
Chinese Support AMA To Provide More Classrooms
Thursday August 26, 2010
Vice-President John Mahama has commended the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) for abolishing the shift system in basic schools in Accra, saying it is an important move towards addressing the challenges confronting basic education in the country. “It is a bold decision you have taken which will help to eliminate truancy caused by the shift...read more
53 Day Care Centres Operate Illegally In Tema
Tuesday August 24, 2010
A total of 53 uncertified Day Care Centres have been found to be operating in the Tema Metropolis.
Mr George De-Graft Assan, Tema Metropolitan Social Welfare Officer, who disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency in an interview in Tema, said the centres had enrolled 2,417 children, made up of 1,205 boys and 1,212 girls.
Mr Assan said this...read more
Feed Abodom Pupils Too - Assemblywoman
Friday August 20, 2010
The Assembly woman for the Akyem Abodom Electoral Area of the Kwaebibrim District, Gladys Yamoah, has appealed to government to extend the School Feeding Programme to schools in her area.
“The level of poverty here is very high and as such there is no motivation for children to attend school,” she explained in an interview with the Times...read more
Place More Emphasis On Information Communication And Technology
Tuesday August 03, 2010
The Director General of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Dr. Abdulai Baba Salifu has urged stakeholders to place more emphasis on Information Communication and Technology (ICT) to help in the country’s development.
He said ICT would promote new technologies, adding it is the order of the day which needs to be taken...read more
Takoradi Technical Institute Resumes Classes July 27
Monday July 26, 2010
Academic work resumes at the Takoradi Technical Institute (TTI) on Tuesday July 27 to pave way for the continuation of the promotion examinations which began on Monday but were halted due to the student disturbances.
This followed a series of meetings between the school Board of governors, management and the metropolitan directorate of...read more
Dont Employ People Without National Service Certificate - NSS
Tuesday July 20, 2010
The National Service Scheme has warned that companies which employ people without the National Service certificate will face the full rigours of the law. Both the employee and the employer will be held liable for breaking the law,” Mr. Ebenezer Edzii, Greater Accra Regional Director of the Times, after a meeting with a two- member delegation...read more
EKGS Culinary Institute Holds Graduation
Thursday July 08, 2010
The EKGS Culinary Institute has held its 23rd Graduation Ceremony in Accra last week.
It was under the theme; “meeting International Standards – Ghana’s Culinary Industry in Perspective.
Mrs. Efua Goode-Arthur, the Director of the Institute, used the occasion to announce that the institute has acquired the franchise to train students in...read more
Elders Have Contributed To Indiscipline In Society - Lecturer
Thursday July 08, 2010
A lecturer at the University of Ghana, Legon, Professor Seth K.A. Danso, has attributed the spate of indiscipline in the society to the failure of the elderly to correct the wrongs of the youth. This, he said, had permeated the institutions of learning where students engaged in dubious means to acquire certificates instead of acquiring...read more
Effutu Municipal Assembly Builds Classroom Blocks For Ateiku
Thursday July 08, 2010
The Effutu Municipal Assembly has handed over a three-Unit-Classroom block with offices, storerooms and toilet facilities valued at GH¢41,000 to the Municipal Education Directorate at Effutu Ateitu. The building, constructed by the Assembly, would be used by Junior High School pupils from Effutu Ateitu, Osubonpanyin and Akroful communities....read more
