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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 ...

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament for North Tongu and former Deputy Minister of Education, has extolled the Akufo-Addo-led government for the implementation of the Free Senior High School programme. According to him, the programme is a tough initiative, for which reason the government must be commended. The Free SHS programme, which is the government’s flagship policy started on Monday, ...

None Performing Loans (NPLs) will be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the rise in minimum capital requirement. The development has been the bane of the Ghanaian financial sector for about a decade. The Bank of Ghana raised the minimum capital requirement to GH¢400 million, equivalent to about US$100 million. Commercial banks in the country have up to December 2018 ...

The Management and Staff of the Ghana News Agency announces with deep sorrow the sudden death of Nana Kodjo Jekrahuda Jehu-Appiah, a Chief Editor and Head of the Home Desk. Nana Kojo Jehu-Appiah died on September 11 whilst on admission at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital after a short illness. Nana Kojo is a trained journalist, who attended the University of ...

The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has disclosed that, in making sure the Free SHS policy does not run into challenges, government will always ensure that pay 20% of fees for beneficiaries is disbursed in advance before every term begins. Basic and second cycle schools in Ghana usually have three terms within every academic year. Speaking at the ...