Education
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
Students Advised To Create Own Jobs
Wednesday July 07, 2010
Students in second-cycle institutions have been asked to go out and create jobs and wealth and help re-write a new moral code of hard work, individual responsibility and achievement for this country rather than depend on others and the state when they leave school. This advised was given by Mr. Kwadwo Afari, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of...read more
Scholarship Claims For Foreign Students Released
Wednesday June 30, 2010
The Government has released GH¢12,695,399 and 1.8 million dollars to the scholarship Secretariat for payment of scholarship claims of students in and outside the country.
A press statement signed by Paul Kofi Krampah, Deputy Director and Head of Public Relations at the Ministry of Education, said GH¢11,513,544 of the amount is feeding grant...read more
Chief Justice Opens Doors To Students
Monday June 28, 2010
Students in the Senior High Schools who have interest in law should be mentored in order to gain significant perspective in the work of the judiciary, Chief Justice Georgina Wood has said. “The motivation would enable them to consider a career in the legal profession and subsequently do away with the impression that the judiciary is reserved...read more
Big Deal For Youth Training Institutions
Thursday June 24, 2010
The government intends to equip the 168 youth training institutions to enable them to build their capacities to provide the nations middle level manpower requirement. Mr. E. T Mensah, the Minister of Employment and Social Welfare disclosed this to newsmen on the sidelines of the first graduation ceremony of the Gyedu Vocational Technical...read more
Nigeria Students Visits New Times Corporation
Wednesday June 23, 2010
Eleven students from the Certified Institute of Shipping of Nigeria on a study tour of the Regional Maritime Academy at Teshie-Nungua, have paid a visit to the New Times Corporation. They called on the Editor of the Ghanaian Times Mr. Enimil Ashon, who challenged them to have confidence in themselves and raise the image of Africa high,...read more
