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Ghanaians jubilate over Achimota School’s court defeat to rasta students
on: by Radia Sambare
Ghanaians have taken to social media to express their excitement over a court ruling ordering Achimota School to admit two dreadlocked students it earlier rejected. The Human Rights division of the Accra High Court ruled that the students must be admitted
Ghana’s education needs to embrace soft skills
on: by Radia Sambare
Dr. Patrick Awuah, founder of Ashesi University has advised education stakeholders including government to add soft skills to school learning curriculum that will prepare young people for the world of work. Dr. Awuah who commended the government for undertaking reforms in
Contract irregularities cause technical universities to lose GHS105
on: by Radia Sambare
It has emerged that in 2019, technical universities in Ghana lost GHS 105,345,171 to contract irregularities between January and December 2019. The worrying development was captured in the 2019 Auditor-General report looking at the accounts of Public Technical Universities and Polytechnics
Gonja youth petition Education Ministry over historical distortions in some textbooks
on: by Radia Sambare
The Education Ministry and other stakeholders have received a petition from the Gonjaland youth association on what they said are “some distortions of facts about the history of the Gonja Kingdom and the Savannah Region in some text books”. The petitioned
Different schools of thought on Rastafarian students and Achimota School Saga
on: by Radia Sambare
Two former heads of the Ghana Education Service (GES) have shared different thoughts over the acceptance or not of dreadlocked students in Senior High Schools. In an interview on Accra based Citi tv former Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Charles