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The Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Prof. Kwesi Yankah, has said he wrote the title song for government’s education policy – Free SHS. He, however, adds that the song was composed by Varrick Armah who put together the popular gospel tune Oye. The second stanza of the free SHS song reads “The time has come for children ...

The Ghana Education Service has finally released the list of heads of Senior High Schools who have been sanctioned for charging unapproved fees contrary to directives from the service. All 11 were slapped with sanctions by the Ghana Education Service (GES) Council after they were found to have charged unapproved fees in the wake of the implementation of the free ...

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in the Ashanti region has suspended new emergency admissions following an acute shortage of doctors at the facility. The decision was taken after an emergency meeting to review the impact of the shortage of Doctors on the hospital. A statement by the Medical Director of the hospital, Dr. Yaw Ampong Adu-Arko, stated that the facility ...

Ghana’s Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, and the CEO of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Dr K K Sarpong, have saved Ghana over $1 billion in a new LNG transaction that will allow for the addition of up to 1,000MW to Ghana’s power supply. The new GNPC LNG deal, involving the world’s largest gas producer, Gazprom, is being hailed within the ...

The evening after launching the Free Senior High School programme, President Akufo-Addo received a surprise visit from some young female Ghanaian students who had made the country proud in far away Ukraine. They were students from the Mamfe Methodist Girls Senior High School in the Eastern Region, who were raising the flag of Ghana high on the world stage. They ...

After weeks of rumours and speculations as to the reasons behind his resignation as deputy Agriculture Minister, William Quaitoo has opened up saying he did so to appease members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who were hurt by his utterances. The Former Agric Minister came under intense public attack after describing Northerners as ‘liars’ and ‘difficult’ people to deal ...

School Authorities of Aburi Senior High Technical School have begun refunding Gh¢45 collected as PTA dues and cost of other material items. According to the Headmaster of the School, Ebenezer Asiedu Acheampong, most infrastructure in the school were funded by the PTA which is currently funding a big Assembly Hall hence students were asked to pay GH¢10 PTA dues and ...

President Akufo Addo has revealed the source of funding for the free SHS policy, an issue which has been a major talking point of the Minority in Parliament. The Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu at a news conference Monday questioned the sustainability of the policy, while demanding from government the source of funding. But speaking at the launch of the free ...

Over 400 students have been turned away by authorities at the Mamfe Methodist Girls Senior High School in the Eastern region. According to authorities, the school has the capacity to accommodate only 400 students but over 800 students were posted to the school by the Computer School Selection Placement System. Some stranded parents have been sleeping in the school for ...

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured that a key component of the Free Senior High School policy must be the provision of quality education. According to President Akufo-Addo, “Government is collaborating with various partners to implement major programmes and interventions such as the Secondary Education Improvement Project (SEIP), the expansion of physical infrastructure, and free ...