Education

Last Updated: May 23, 2013, 6:38 am

Sixteen specialist ear, nose and throat nurses have graduated at the 10th annual congregation of the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Nursing School at KATH.

UCC medical student raped

A second-year medical student of the University of Cape Coast’s School of Medical Sciences was last Saturday sodomised at knifepoint by an intruder at the PSI hostel.

National Policy Dialogue on tertiary education calls for reforms

Participants at a National Policy Dialogue on Tertiary Education in Ghana, in Accra, have called for a tertiary education plan to ensure that sector contributes meaningfully to the country’s development.

Akuse: ‘Brutalized’ SHS students visited prohibited place at ungodly hour – Report

The District Chief Executive of Manya Krobo, Isaac Tettey Agbo has lashed out at unruly students of Akuse Methodist Senior High School in the Eastern Region who ran away from school to party at a club house.

GIMPA reviews Masters programmes

GIMPA has redesigned its programmes with effect from the next academic year (2013/2014).

Kaleo Senior High Technical School cries for kitchen

Kaleo Senior High Technical School in the Nadowli-Kaleo District of the Upper West region is in need of a kitchen and a dining hall to forestall imminent health crisis in the school.

Special schools cannot resume as gov't fails to release subventions

Authorities of all the 34 special schools in the country have decided not to reopen the schools for the last term of the 2012/2013 academic year until they receive their subventions from the government.

Gov't is committed to upgrading polytechnics into technical universities - Minister

Education Minister Professor Naana Opoku-Agyeman at the weekend reiterated government’s plans to upgrade the various polytechnics in the country to technical universities.

Researchers donate fully stocked library to deprived schools

A GH¢20,000 library facility, fully stocked with books, furniture and computers have been inaugurated and handed over to the two schools.

AUCC admits more females in 2013/2014 academic year

The African University College of Communications has in the 2013/2014 academic year administered matriculation oaths to more females than males to pursue various programmes in the schools of Communications and Business.

Beyond the frontier: NUGS-Russia, the past, the present and the future

NUGS-Russia has been a vibrant non-political student movement since its inception in the late ‘90s.

Heads of some schools deny WASSCE students entry into examination halls

Heads of some schools in the Eastern and Central regions have reportedly denied some WASSCE students the opportunity to write their final exams because they have not paid their fees or owe arrears.

Questions for 'The Enemy Within'

These are the questions for this month's book 'The Enemy Within'.

Pay our salary arrears - Retired Professor

Professor Kwasi Nsiah-Gyabaah, a retiree and former Rector of Sunyani Polytechnic, has appealed to Government to pay the salary arrears of all retired Polytechnic Rectors.

40 kindergarten teachers trained for early childhood education

Forty (40) kindergarten educators selected from public schools in Accra have successfully completed a two week intensive training organized by Israel’s Agency for Development Cooperation (MASHAV).

Court orders NAB to restore varsity's accreditation

The Sunyani High Court has ordered the National Accreditation Board to reinstate a certificate of accreditation to the Ideas University College at Fiapre.

Accra Brewery puts its waste to good use

Ghana’s premier beverage manufacturer, Accra Brewery Limited (ABL), has put what would have been an environmentally unfriendly waste product to good use.

Ministry takes delivery of teachers’ computers

The Ministry of Education has taken delivery of the first set of computers meant for use by basic school teachers nationwide as part of the Basic School Computerization Project.

Codeplex of Valley View University to represent Ghana at Microsoft Imagine Cup competition

Codeplex of Valley View University has emerged as the only group to successfully enter into this year’s Microsoft Ghana Imagine Cup competition and also represent Ghana in the global competition.

Government to boost quality distance education delivery - President

The government promises its support to provide infrastructure and information and communication technology equipment to give a boost to quality distance education delivery in Ghana.