460 Teacher Trainees Sacked Nationwide
A total of four hundred and sixty (460) First Year Teacher Trainees in the 46 colleges of Education in the country have been dismissed. The Students were rusticated over poor academic performances by the University of Cape Coast which is the affiliating University of the colleges. The affected students are the first batch of Trainees […]
GES Temporarily Suspends Self-Placement Module
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has temporarily suspended the self-placement Module. This action, they say is to enable them update the list of schools and programs available on the module. This is expected to last until September 12, 2019. A statement signed by Cassandra Twum Ampofo, head of public relations at GES, said;
WAEC Releases Provisional Results of 2019 BECE
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results for the 2019 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The office will despatch the results to the schools through the Metropolitan. Municipal and District Directors of Education, It said in a statement signed and issued by the Head of Public Affairs at WAEC, Mrs Agnes Teye-Cudjoe […]
BECE to be Scrapped
The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has revealed that the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) will soon be scrapped from the country’s educational system. According to executive secretary of NaCCA, Dr Prince Hamid Armah, the popular examination has outlived its relevance. Speaking to Francis Abban on the Morning Starr Thursday, Dr. Armah said […]
WAEC Opens Short Notice Registration for NOV/DEC 2019
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has opened a short notice registration for West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates, 2019 also known as NOV/DEC. The registration was opened on July 29,2019 and is expected to end on August 12,2019. Also,the purpose of the short notice registration was to allow candidates who […]
WAEC Releases 2019 WASSCE Results; Withholds Results of 48,855 Candidates
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of the 2019 WASSCE – West African Senior School Certificate Examination for school candidates. The Council said it will dispatch the results to the schools, and candidates are advised to contact their heads of school for their results. Meanwhile the examinations body says it is […]
Breaking: Teachers With Sandwich Or Distance Degrees To Be Withdrawn From SHS
The Ghana Education Service has directed that all senior high school teachers holding a degree earned through distance education or sandwich should be re-posted to basic schools. A letter to one of the headmasters, sighted by 3news.com, insisted that the directive should be considered “serious”. District Directors of Education have subsequently written to heads of […]
GES implements new curriculum September
Beginning from the 2019/2020 academic year, the Ghana Education Service (GES) will roll out a new educational curriculum that will focus on the total development of the child and not be examination-focused, to discourage learning by rote, also known as ‘chew, pour, pass and forget. The Executive Secretary of the National Council for Curriculum and […]
Presec Advances To National Science And Maths Quiz 2019 Finals over Opoku Ware, Adisadel College
Presbyterian Boys’ Senior High School, Legon has qualified to the grand final of the National Science And Maths Quiz 2019. The battle for supremacy is inching closer as Presbyterian Boys’ Senior High School, Legon beat Kumasi based Opoku Ware Secondary School and Cape Coast based Adisadel College in a very competitive contest . With a very charged […]
Write exam questions on Chalkboards – GES to Head teachers
The Ghana Education Service has asked head teachers of public schools across the country to go ahead and write end of term examination questions on Chalkboards. This is the second time this year that teachers are being forced to write examination questions on Chalk boards. In April this year under similar circumstances, teachers wrote exam […]
