Education

ELS: MBN360 EDUCATION Deputy Minister of Education, Dr Clement Abass Apaak, has commended the University for Development Studies (UDS) for its pioneering Third Trimester Field Practical Programme (TTFPP), describing it as an important model for connecting academic learning to the practical development needs of communities. He said universities must increasingly move beyond classroom teaching, journals […]

ELS: MBN360 EDUCATION Okuapemman and Mount Sinai Senior High Schools at Akropong have been closed down by the Eastern Regional Security Council following violent student clashes on Wednesday that led to the destruction of property through burning and injuries to some students. Four out of six students of Okuapemman SHS, who sustained injuries in the […]

ELS: MBN360 EDUCATION The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the National Harmonised Prospectus for students preparing to enrol in Senior High Schools (SHS) and Senior High Technical Schools (SHTS) for the 2026/2027 academic year. The prospectus, which covers both boarding and day students, outlines the essential items prospective students will require before their admission. […]

ELS: MBN360 The Ghana Muslim Students Association (GMSA) has thrown its weight behind concerns raised by the Chairman of its National Board of Patrons, Sheikh Dr Amin Bonsu, over the compulsory participation of Muslim students in Christian religious activities and the difficulties some face observing basic Islamic practices in certain public schools, describing the matter […]

ELS: MBN360 EDUCATION About 107,000 candidates who sat the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) obtained aggregates ranging from six to 18, the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) has disclosed. The Coordinator of the CSSPS, Sherif Sulemana, said the figure represented approximately 17 per cent of the estimated 620,000 candidates who took the […]

ELS: MBN360 EDUCATION Ghana has secured a US$30 million grant from the Government of China to support the establishment of a University of Science and Technology in Damongo, with a specific focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies, the Minister for Education, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, has disclosed. The Minister made the disclosure during a […]

ELS: MBN360 EDUCATION The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rt. Rev. Dr Abraham Nana Opare Kwakye, has attributed rising indiscipline in the country’s senior high schools to broader decay within Ghanaian society, arguing that schools are mirroring problems already present in the wider community rather than generating them independently. Speaking on concerns raised […]

ELS: MBN360 EDUCATION The race for the 2026 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) trophy has entered a crucial stage, with 81 schools set to battle in the One-Eighth stage. The One-Eighth Stage field is made up of 49 schools that qualified automatically from the Preliminary stage, the five highest-scoring losing schools from the preliminaries […]

ELS: MBN360 EDUCATION Holy Child School has announced its return to the NSMQ National Championship in emphatic fashion, surviving a fierce preliminary-stage battle against Anlo SHS and Nkawkaw SHS to secure a ticket to the One-Eighth Stage. After a two-year absence from the National Championship, Holy Child School wasted no time reminding the competition of […]

ELS: MBN360 EDUCATION The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has moved to clarify concerns raised by some newly promoted teachers who reported being directed to submit application letters, alongside their promotion letters and other documents, for the processing of salary adjustments reflecting their new ranks. In a statement addressing the matter, GES Management […]