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WEAC cancels results of 2,383 WASSCE candidates; withholds others’, probes more

By;brightwebtv.com/Nana Asare Barimah   A total of 375,763 candidates sat the examination from 976 schools The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has cancelled the subject results of 2,383 candidates who sat the 2020 West African School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The candidates had their results cancelled for “engaging in collusion, bringing …

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Don’t sack any student because of PTA dues – Napo warns school heads

By:brightwebtv.com/nana Asare Barimah Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, Education Minister Education Minister Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has said any headmaster who will prevent a student from enjoying the government’s free senior high school policy because of Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) dues will be sacked.  The PTA dues, he said, cannot prevent a …

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Double track: We didn’t anticipate free SHS numbers – Akomea

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah The Managing Director of the State Transport Corporation (STC) Nana Akomea has stated that the Double Track system was implemented because the Akufo-Addo government did not anticipate the huge numbers for the free SHS policy. According to him, even though the party prior to winning the …

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Angry teachers picket GES over legacy arrears

By:brightwebtv.com nana Asare barimah     The Coalition of Aggrieved Teachers with arrears dating as far back 2012 on Wednesday, 30 September 2020 besieged the Ghana Education Service Head Office to petition the Director-General of Education on their legacy arrears which they say is long overdue. According to the aggrieved …

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2020 licensure exams to be held this day

  by:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah File photo: A teacher This year’s Ghana Teacher Licensure Examinations (GTLE) is scheduled to be held on Thursday, October 1 and Friday, October 2. It will be the fourth after the examinations were first staged in 2018. A statement issued by the Executive Secretary of the …

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UTAG threatens strike!

by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) says it will withdraw its services by close of Monday, September 14, 2020. The strike they say is to protest delayed payment of their book and research allowances. According to UTAG President, Professor Charles Marfo, these allowances were to be …

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Over 500 BECE Candidates stranded in Saboba due t

  Over 500 BECE Candidates stranded in Saboba due to floo By Ellis Ferdinand  – 12th September 2020 0 By:brightwebtv.com nana Asare barimah BECE CANDIDATES Over 500 eligible candidates for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) from 16 schools in the Saboba district in the Northern Region are stranded …

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Pay 14,000 ‘ghost’ teachers in 15 days or we’ll advise ourselves – Teachers to GES

By:brightwebtv.com /nana Asare barimah The names of the teachers were deleted from the payroll Listen to the Article Leaders of teacher unions across that country have said they will “advise themselves” if the management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) does not pay some 14,345 teachers and workers of the …

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Reopening of schools: Stakeholders were not consulted by government – Clement Apaak alleges

By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah   The Builsa-South MP has accused President Akufo-Addo of not being forthcoming with his claims of consulting relevant stakeholders before taking major decisions with regards to education. This, according to Dr Clement Abasinaab Apaak, is because all major players in the educational sector have alleged being sidelined …

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GES asked to allow students to repeat respective classes

By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Ghana’s academic calendar has been suspended till January 2021 An Educationist, Daniel Oppong, has called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to allow students repeat their respective classes to enhance their knowledge. This statement by the Daniel Oppong, comes after the President of the Republic of Ghana, …

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