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Free SHS: CHASS casts doubt over payment deadline

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has cast doubt over the Friday deadline given by the government for the release of funds for the Free SHS policy. This comes after the government failed to honour a promise to release money to Heads of Schools two weeks to the reopening of schools. Schools reopen in 5 days’ time, ...

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Minority goofed in ADB loan contract – Oppong Nkrumah

The government has cited the Minority MPs for conscious, systematic efforts designed to create negative public sentiments against especially the Finance Minister. According to Deputy Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the National Democratic Congress Members of Parliament in a series of news conferences, have consistently levelled unsubstantiated allegations against Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration. The ...

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SHS heads demand guideline for free SHS

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools, CHASS is demanding a blue print for the implementation of the Free Senior high school policy. The blueprint, according to the President of CHASS, Cecilia Kwakye Cofie would guide school heads to effectively implement the free SHS in all public schools. Madam, Kwakye Cofie made the comment while addressing the 55th national ...

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‘I have not been compromised’ – Paul Adom Otchere replies critics

The host of Metro TV’s Good Evening Ghana, Paul Adom-Otchere has launched a spirited defense against criticisms that he has been “compromised”. The Broadcast Journalist dedicated part of his programme on his Show to attack investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni and to also defend Jospong Group of Companies following an on-going exposé of alleged scandals involving the company. His outbursts ...

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Koforidua Technical University gets 130-capacity e-library

A 130-capacity e-library built for the Koforidua Technical University (KTU) from its own internally generated funds, has been officially inaugurated in a ceremony. MTN Ghana Foundation assisted with the supply of computers and accessories to the facility that cost GHC 560,000.00 complete. It would provide both the students and their lecturers’ access to electronic sources of information including journals and ...

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Free SHS: Frustrated parents turn to ‘good’ private SHSs

Even before the much–touted Free Senior High School is fully rolled out as part of the campaign promise of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), would-be beneficiaries of the policy have become indifferent. A barrage of frustrations that have characterized the implementation of the exercise has made Free SHS a turn-off. In the wake of the Ministry of Education, through ...

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Your stomach like a ‘self-contain chamber and hall’ – A Plus tells Nii Teiko

Musician and sympathizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Obeng Asare known in showbiz as A Plus has launched a scathing attack at a Presidential staffer, Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe hurling abusive words at him. A Plus soon after giving his statement to police investigators on corruption allegations leveled against two Deputy Chiefs of Staff at the presidency, went ...

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Did Jerry Rawlings really cry that day?

The idea of charging some fee, so that vehicles which break down on our roads and highways would be removed immediately they happen, can no longer be postponed — it is, as the saying goes, an idea whose time has come. You do not usually find the NDC and the NPP agreeing to anything. But in this rare case, both ...

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