WFP’s fortified rice project improves school feeding, farmer incomes in Ashanti region

[ad_1] The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun transforming Ghana’s school feeding system with the introduction of fortified rice, a move expected to improve the nutrition of students while boosting livelihoods for local farmers. The initiative, currently being piloted in seven regions, is designed to test the feasibility and economic benefits of scaling…

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All UG students who overpaid fees will be refunded – Deputy Education Minister

[ad_1] The Deputy Minister for Education, Clement Apaak, has assured students who paid academic fees above approved limits that they will receive refunds or have the excess amounts credited to their academic records. He gave the assurance when he appeared before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee on Monday, following concerns raised by students over what they…

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Only shortlisted teachers with index numbers eligible for GES promotion exams

[ad_1] The Ghana Education Service (GES) has said the nationwide teacher promotion examinations will proceed on Monday and Tuesday next week, issuing stringent guidelines that bar any candidate without an official index number from writing the test. In a statement dated December 26, signed by the Ag. Deputy Director-General, Prof. Smile Dzisi, the Service assured…

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Mahama to launch School Agriculture Programme, requiring farms across all schools

[ad_1] President John Dramani Mahama has announced that government will soon launch a national School Agriculture Programme, which will require all secondary schools and tertiary institutions to operate school farms.  He said the initiative will help students produce their own vegetables, livestock and poultry while strengthening national food security. Speaking during the 41st National Farmers’…

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2025 WASSCE Results: Stricter invigilation prevented cheating that could have inflated scores — Prof Stephen Adei

[ad_1] Educationist Prof Stephen Adei says the decline in the 2025 WASSCE results may be due to far tighter exam supervision, which he believes has exposed long-standing weaknesses in Ghana’s education system. Speaking on the Joy FM Super Morning Show on Monday, December 1, Prof Adei explained that stronger monitoring may have limited widespread cheating…

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The Wesley Girls Controversy: Hijab, Fasting, and the Missionary Heritage

[ad_1] When news broke that some Muslim students at Wesley Girls (and by extension other Christian mission-founded schools) are claiming they have been barred from observing their religious obligations – wearing the hijab, fasting during Ramadan, or attending to Islamic rites, the uproar has forced Ghanaians to ask: how do we reconcile the religious identity…

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2025 WASSCE Results Out: Step-by-Step Guide for Checking Online

[ad_1] The West African Examinations Council has released provisional results for candidates who sat the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination. WAEC announced the results on Saturday, November 29, 2025, and warned that subject results for 6,295 candidates were cancelled for sending foreign materials. The results are available online on the Ghana WAEC portal….

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