GHS, GES issue guidelines for Gold Track vacation tomorrow
School authorities have been directed to delay vacation of contacts of all coronavirus positive cases recorded within the last two weeks, a joint statement from the Ghana Education and Health Services has said. Second-year Gold Track students who joined the final year students are billed for vacation scheduled for tomorrow [Friday, July 31] after ending their […]
Covid-19: GES writes to GNAT on re-opening of schools
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has started a stakeholder consultation to provide the President a blueprint that will guide the reopening of Basic, Junior High and Senior High Schools. In March this year, the President of Ghana, as part of measures put in place to curtail the spread of the deadly COVID-19, placed a ban on […]
Coronavirus: GES orders suspension of public activities
Schools in Ghana have been ordered to suspend all public activities on the back of two confirmed cases of the deadly coronavirus in the country. “All schools are to suspend all public activities such as speech and prize-giving days until further directives are given by the Director-General,” the Ghana Education Service announced Friday. Two persons, […]
GES directs closure of basic schools in Sunyani as late Queen’s funeral takes off
All basic schools in the Sunyani Municipality would be closed from Thursday, February 27 to Friday, February 28, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed. This implies that pupils and students in both public and private basic schools in the Municipality will not go to school. According to the GES, the directive had become necessary because […]
2018 Trained Teachers to be Posted by November – GES
The Ghana Education Service says it has commenced the process of posting teachers who completed Colleges of Education in 2018. Only trainees who have written and passed the Teacher Licensure Examination, and are completing their National Service are eligible. “Candidates who duly applied online will be shortlisted and postings effected by the end of November […]
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;
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
