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The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has disclosed that award-winning young actor Abraham Attah volunteered to become ambassador for government’s Free Senior High School programme at no cost to the State. Dr Prempeh came under a series of criticism on social media after announcing Attah, who is schooling in the United States, as the face of the major ...

The Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has outlined the modalities for the implementation of government’s free senior high school (SHS) policy which starts in September 2017. According to him, government will only fully fund the education of students over the three-year duration. This means that students who are repeated for non-performance will subsequently have to pay their own ...

The Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has outlined the modalities for the implementation of government’s free senior high school (SHS) policy which starts in September 2017. According to him, government will only fully fund the education of students over the three-year duration. This means that students who are repeated for non-performance will subsequently have to pay their own ...

Alliance for Accountable Governance has intercepted the response of the Deputy Electoral Commissioner in charge of Corporate Affairs, Mrs Georgina Opoku Amankwah, to the Economic and Organised Crimes Office to allegations levelled against her by the EC Chair, Mrs Charlotte Osei. In her response, Mrs Georgina Opoku Amankwaah revealed on page 11 that the EC Chair had specialised in paying ...

The Minority in Parliament is considering taking steps to impeach the Speaker of the house, Prof Mike Oquaye, Class News’ parliamentary correspondent Ekow Annan has reported. The Minority claims Prof Oquaye is biased against them. Ranking Member of the Communications Committee of the house, ABA Fuseini, told Ekow Annan that: “For want of a better term, the Speaker has exhibited ...

A meeting organized by governing council of the University of Education ended in chaos. The President of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) Dr. Harry Agbanu told Gifty Andoh on The Pulse on Wednesday, explained that the Council chairman’s attitude brought the meeting to an inconclusive end. He said that the chairman, a former Pro Vice Chancellor of the ...

Ghana’s electricity sub-sector will soon have an oversight body regulating its activities, as envisaged in a Legislative Instrument passed by Parliament in 2008. Officials of the Energy Ministry say the Electricity Market Oversight Panel (EMOP) would among others, seek to monitor the general performance of electricity transmission, ensure smooth and efficient operation of the wholesale electricity market, monitor pre-dispatch schedules ...

Government of Ghana is fully funding the free Senior High School programme, Minister of Education Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has said. This means the Akufo-Addo government will fund the cost of public Senior High Schools for all those who qualify for entry from the 2017/2018 academic year onwards. Dr Prempeh said this at the Meet The Press series in Accra ...

The Executive Director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) Prof Newman Kusi has said the country’s ability to fund projects that will boost the economy depends on the non-oil sector. Addressing a press conference on Thursday, July 27, 2017 Prof Kusi said: “Even though the coming on stream of these new oil fields are jacking up the growth of ...

The MP for Tamale North constituency, Alhaji Alhassan Suhuyini, has described as “depressing, devastating and heartbreaking” a flood disaster that hit large parts of the Northern region two days ago after heavy rains and stormy weather. The disaster occurred Tuesday morning after the five-hour downpour drenched many parts of the regional capital, Tamale, killing three persons including two children and ...