Education
AMA Launches GH¢6m Education Endowment Fund
Saturday February 13, 2010
THE Accra Metropolitan Assembly Chief Executive, Alfred Vanderpuije, yesterday launched a GH¢6 million Educational Endow-ment Fund aimed at providing infrastruc-ture for all public schools in the Accra metropolis. He appealed to philanthropists, individuals, banks, churches, and business entities operating within the metropolis to...read more
Otumfuo Commissions Post Graduate Block For KNUST
Friday February 12, 2010
THE Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II on Wednesday, commissioned a post graduate block for the College of Architecture and Planning at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
The block is to provide residential and office accommodation for Ph.D students, seminar rooms for masters and students. It also has a library, a...read more
Achimota School Risks Closure
Friday January 29, 2010
Achimota School considered the pride of Ghana’s pre-tertiary education system faces imminent closure following the collapse of its sewerage system.
A number of the sewerage pipes have burst, resulting in the spillage of human excreta in the open and into gutters.
An Accra Metropolitan Assenbly (AMA) notice of summons dated January...read more
WESGOSA Presents To Alma Mater
Thursday January 28, 2010
THE Wesley Grammar Old Students Association (WESGOSA),has presented various educational materials to the Wesley Grammar High School with the aim of promoting the academic performance of students and improve the teaching and learning skills in the school. The materials including were in fulfillment of a pledge made by the association...read more
Accra Institute of Technology Partners Malaysian Varsity
Wednesday January 27, 2010
The Accra Institute of Technology (AIT) and the Open University of Malaysia (OUM) have entered into a partnership agreement to run an Open University programme in Ghana. Under the agreement which is in collaboration with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), AIT will offer undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes...read more
Away With Dresses That Show Your Breasts And Thighs
Wednesday January 27, 2010
The acting Secretary General of the Ghana National Commission for UNESCO, Ms. Silvia Lutterodt, has charged students of teacher training colleges, especially the females of the SDA College of Education, to frown on all forms of indecent and immoral dressing. She advised them to conform to the college’s decent dress code they have...read more
Pupils In VR Receive Free Uniforms, Textbooks
Wednesday January 27, 2010
The Volta Regional Coordinating Council has received 1,000 school uniforms and 474,000 exercise books for distribution to needy pupils in public basic schools in the region under the government’s free uniform and exercise book policy.
At the launch of the programme at Ho, the Regional Minister, Mr. Joseph Amenowode, handed over the...read more
German Builds Schools For Four Communities
Monday January 25, 2010
A German philanthropist, Cornelia Woolfing has constructed a Kindergarten block for the children of Sovie, in the Kpando district.
The project, which was commenced last year at the cost of GH¢60,000, is expected to minimise overcrowding in makeshift kindergartens.
Until the construction of the block, the children studied in a...read more
Distribution Of Free School Uniforms Begins
Wednesday December 30, 2009
The government yesterday started distribution of free school uniforms to pupils in deprived communities, giving a boost to its efforts at rigorously developing basic education in the country.
The distribution, which was launched by the First Lady, Mrs. Ernestina Naadu Mills, in Kwao-Larbi, a very deprived community in the Awutu-Senya District...read more
Three IPS Lecturers Inducted As Fellows Of IPFM
Monday December 21, 2009
THREE lecturers of the Institute of Professional Studies IPS) Legon have been inducted as fellows of the Institute of Professional Financial Managers (IPFM) of the United Kingdom.
The lecturers, namely Felix Kwame Aveh, Abednego Feehi Okoe and Albert Puni have therefore, joined scores of IPFM fellows in Ghana and the world at large.
IPFM...read more
