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Only 56 out of the 674 public senior high schools (SHSs) in the country have so far submitted their returns on the funds released to them under the implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy. None of the well-endowed schools have submitted their returns. No school in the Volta, Upper East and Upper West regions has submitted any ...

Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia believes Ghana has what it takes to overtake the United States of America (USA) and the United Kingdom (UK) in development. He argues that the mindset of some persons that it is not possible is partly to blame for where the country finds itself insisting that when the mentality of the citizenry is reoriented, this ...

Suspected armed robbers have shot and injured two volunteer watchdog committee members at Elmina Zongo in the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem (KEEA) District of the Central Region. The victims who suffered severe gunshot wounds were rushed to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital where they are said to be receiving treatment. Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the area, Nana Appiah Korang ...

Four thousand, nine hundred and forty-six school children in eight districts of the Ashanti, Western and the Brong-Ahafo Regions, have benefited from free computer training over the last three months. It was the first time many of them in the Bekwai and Offinso municipalities, Sekyere North, Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai, Bosomtwe, Atwima-Mponua, New Edubiase and Goaso districts were using the computer and the ...

The next step in Ghana’s progress as a nation lies in the development of the infrastructure for high-speed or bullet trains, a renowned pioneer of fibre optic and nano-technology, Dr. Thomas Mensah has said. Dr. Mensah, a chemical engineer, may not be widely known in his own homeland of Ghana, but he is hailed for elevating fibre optics technology from ...

President Akufo-Addo has taken his campaign to create a Ghana beyond aid to Europe declaring he is determined to discard what he terms a mindset of dependency and living on handouts. Speaking at an event hosted by the Royal African Society at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, he questioned how the UK and other donor countries spend their ...

Founder and leader of the Glorious Waves Church International, prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi, has stated that 2018 would be a difficult year for Ghana. According to the man of God, there would be economic hardship in Ghana. He made these claims on Okay FM’s Ade Akye Abia Morning Show. The Finance minister, Ken Ofori Atta, on Wednesday 15th November 2017, ...

The death of the late broadcaster, Kwadwo Asare Baffour Acheampong (KABA) has come as a shock not only his family and the Multimedia Group Limited but to Ama Foriwaa Nyarko. Oforiwaa who is set to graduate from the Central University College with an MBA in Marketing on December 9, 2017 said KABA promised to attend her graduation after supporting her ...

The Minority in Parliament has called on government to withdraw the 2018 budget statement presented to Parliament by the Finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta last week. According to the Minority spokesperson on Finance,  Cassiel Ato Forson, government revised the 2017 budget without Parliamentary approval hence the need for the withdrawal of the 2018 document which contains portions of the previous one. Ato ...

Member of Parliament (MP) for Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa Constituency in the Central region, Hon. Anthony Effah says the introduction of Free SHS did not start the challenges in Ghana’s educational sector. The Free Senior High Schools [SHS] policy started in September 2017 after it was launched by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his government to meet their foremost and most welcomed ...