EDUCATION

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has revealed that the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) will soon be scrapped from the country’s educational system. According to executive secretary of NaCCA, Dr Prince Hamid Armah, the popular examination has outlived its relevance. Speaking to Francis Abban …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah      Angry residents of Bawku welcomed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo into the Upper East Region on Wednesday, 14 August 2019 with a demonstration. The President is on a tour of the Northern and Upper Regions. The youth held placards and rode motorbikes along the route used …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah There was mixed public reaction to Joy News’ latest series, “Dear Nana Addo,” a documentary that measures the president’s campaign promises against citizen’s satisfaction of its achievement. Whilst majority of the sentiments expressed on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show, Wednesday, said they were satisfied with the progressive …

A Corruption Watch (CW) investigation into the Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (FCUBE) in five regions of the country has found that public basic schools are not free as enshrined in the 1992 Constitution. CW found in the five regions: Greater Accra, Central, Eastern, Ashanti and Upper East – that, …

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, Minister of Education Education Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, says the decision by the Akufo-Addo-led government to spend the country’s oil revenue on “Free Senior High School (SHS) education is a better investment than anything the country can dream of.” Speaking at the Bolgatanga SHS …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah      The Minister of Business Development, Dr Ibrahim Mohammed Awal has disclosed that over 22,500 students drawn from both senior high schools and tertiary institutions across the country are benefitting from a grooming programme under the Student Entrepreneurship Initiative. Addressing the media in Accra, Dr Awal said …

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah      Circuit supervisors, head teachers and teachers in public basic schools are to undergo training in the new curriculum expected to be introduced in the 2018/2019 academic year for Kindergarten One to Primary Six. About 152,000 teachers made up of the three groups from all over …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has refuted claims that the first phase of training on the new curriculum for basic schools has been rescheduled to take effect for only a week. The Acting Executive Secretary of NaCCA said the the earlier date for commencement …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Commissioner-General of GRA, Emmanuel Kofi Nti Discount on your flight to the US or EuropeBook via this link and receive US$ 50 discount! The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is forecasting that beneficiaries of the Free Senior High Education programme being implemented by the government will pay more in taxes …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia (FILE PHOTO) Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has announced that the Saudi King, Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has pledged to finance the construction of a medical university in the northern part of Ghana. Additionally, the Saudi King has also promised to …