Education
Religious Schs Urged To Focus On Development Of Students
Wednesday July 29, 2009
The Senior Pastor of the Redemption Baptist Church, Cape Coast, Rev Dr Isaac Mill-Owoo, has appealed to religious organisations, especially educational institutions not to focus on financial gains from their institutions alone but also on the total development of the students.
He stressed the need for them to engage in the spiritual and...read more
58 Pupils Receive Scholarship Package
Tuesday July 28, 2009
Fifty-Eight pupils selected from primary and Junior High Schools in the Efigya Sekyere District of Ashanti have received scholarship packages from the Yonso Project, a non-governmental- organisation (NGO) based in the United States. The schools are Kyekyewere, Apaah, Yonso and Akrofonso Primary and Junior High Schools and for their packages...read more
KNUST To Host International Confab On Art Education
Tuesday July 28, 2009
The Department of Art Education at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) would from Friday host a two-week international conference on Art Education. The event, which is being organised in collaboration with the African Community of Arts Educators (AfriCOAE) in the US, would attract participants from Hungary, USA,...read more
Govt Urged To Establish Workshops For TVET
Tuesday July 28, 2009
Dr Mrs Adeline Arkhurst, lecturer at the Home Economics Department of the University of Education, Winneba, has called on the government to establish well-resourced workshops for Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) to enhance teaching and learning. She said the only way to ensure that students acquired employable skills was to...read more
Quality Education Demands Quality Investment
Monday July 27, 2009
Madam Juliana Akrong, Chief Inspector of Schools at Teshie- Nungua in Accra, at the weekend observed that quality education required stakeholders providing the right inputs that would attract excellent results.
“Quality inputs could be traced to skilled teachers, effective teaching and learning, effective use of instructional time, good...read more
GNAT Organises In-Service Training For Members
Monday July 27, 2009
Mr John Nyoagbe, Deputy General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), has noted that the provision of quality public education for children in Ghana is non-negotiable.
He urged government to regularly make resource allocations available to schools since reliance on profit oriented companies or the private sector to...read more
70 Pupils From Akuapem South To Participate In Contest
Thursday July 23, 2009
Seventy pupils drawn from various zonal schools in the Akuapem South Municipality, have been selected to represent the municipality in the forthcoming Eastern Regional Inter- basic School Culture of Arts Competition at Akosombo. The festival would feature choral music, sight singing, drum language, poetry recital, drama, and dance. The...read more
Ark Of Salvation Church Builds School Complex
Thursday July 23, 2009
Apostle Ato Morrison, Founder and Leader of the Ark of Salvation Ministry International and his wife, Apostle Faustina Mireku Morrison have constructed a nine-classroom school complex at Takorase near Akim Akroso.
The Ark School Complex, which also comprises offices and a store, is valued at gh¢180,000.
Apostle Faustina Mireku...read more
Schs In Northern Region Benefit From MTN Support
Tuesday July 21, 2009
Multinational Telecommunication Network (MTN) has started an education project to support some selected schools in the northern region. This was announced at the launch of the Academy for Education Development (AED) project in Tamale in the Northern Region. This project is a collaboration between MTN and the Centre for Education...read more
UCC Alumni Congratulate Ministers
Tuesday July 21, 2009
THE University of Cape Coast (UCC) Alumni Association has congratulated four of its members for their appointment as ministers in the current administration under Prof. John Evans Atta Mills.
The four are Mamoud Khalid and Kwadwo Nyamekye-Marfo, Regional Ministers of Upper West and Brong Ahafo regions respectively, Alex Tettey-Enyo,...read more
