[ad_1] Rev. Eddie Eyison Rev. Eddie Eyison, Chairman of the Parents’ Association (PA) at St. Roses Senior High School and a prominent figure serving as Senior Pastor at Royalhouse Chapel and National Treasurer for the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), has addressed a recent online publication by Maxwell Maundy. Rev. Eyison expresses concern that…
[ad_1] Joycelyn Tetteh, the MP for North Dayi Constituency, has contributed GH¢60,000.00 to the creation of a Learning Resource Centre at Vapko Senior High School (SHS). This contribution is intended to make the Learning Resources Centre operational to assist students in their educational endeavours. The contribution was made on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at the…
[ad_1] In a distressing turn of events, the Dormaa Ahenkro community is reeling from the tragic loss of 19-year-old Abigail Kyeremaa, a student of Dormaa Senior High School, who passed away under harrowing circumstances related to an alleged abortion. Per information gathered by DGN Online, on the evening of April 9, 2024, Kyeremaa Matilda,…
[ad_1] President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revealed plans to distribute Smart Tablets to 1.3 million Senior High School (SHS) students nationwide. This announcement was made during the launch of the Ghana Smart Schools Project in Accra on Monday. The Ghana Smart Schools Project aims to equip students under the free SHS policy with…
[ad_1] Education drives economic growth and individual well-being. Secondary education, in particular, plays a crucial role. In recent decades, this recognition has encouraged several African countries to make secondary education free. One example is Ghana’s Free Public Senior High School (FreeSHS) policy, initiated in 2017. The policy aimed to remove cost barriers to secondary education, including…
[ad_1] Dr Clement Apaak, the MP for Builsa South and ranking member of the Parliamentary Committee on Education, has criticized Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for what he perceives as contradictory remarks on the sustainability of the free Senior High School (SHS) policy. Dr Apaak accuses the NPP Flagbearer of lacking transparency with Ghanaians regarding…
[ad_1] Education think tank, Africa Education Watch, has urged the government to reconsider its Free SHS policy, proposing that parents opting to have their children reside in the boarding house should be responsible for covering the associated fees. In a ‘Financial Burden Analysis of the Free SHS Policy and Implications on Equitable Access,’ EduWatch recommended…
[ad_1] The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has taken over investigations to unravel the circumstances which led to the death of a 16-year-old student of the Aburi Girls Senior High School in the Akuapem South Municipality of the Eastern Region. The first-year student of the school tragically died after allegedly being…
[ad_1] Actor Kalybos has revealed why he supported the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2020 general elections. Kalybos was among the group of actors who actively campaigned for the NPP leading to the party’s victory in the 2020 election. Though all of them had their reasons, Kalybos said he fell in love with…
[ad_1] Charles Aheto-Tsegah, a former Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), has expressed dismay at the government’s reluctance to review the Free SHS policy. He views the government’s position as evading critical examination of Ghana’s educational system, asserting that a comprehensive review could address the challenges facing the initiative. Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei…
