Education

ELS: MBN360 EDUCATION New Patriotic Party (NPP) Communications Team member, Kwasi Kwarteng New Patriotic Party (NPP) Communications Team member, Kwasi Kwarteng, has argued that abolishing the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy would not automatically guarantee increased funding for basic education, pushing back against suggestions that scrapping the programme would resolve financing challenges facing […]

ELS: MBN360 EDUCATION Member of Parliament for Offinso North, Honourable Fred Kyei Asamoah, has urged the government to treat educational policy as a long-term national priority instead of subjecting it to frequent political changes. The Education Committee Member argued that reforms in the sector require patience because their full effects often take several years to become evident. […]

ELS: MBN360 EDUCATION NPP Flag The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on the government to secure actual secondary school placements for the 54,985 BECE candidates who were initially left without school assignments. The party argued that allowing 53,887 affected candidates to return to the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) portal for self-placement does not resolve the […]

ELS: MBN360 EDUCATION Some parents whose children are yet to secure placement into Senior High Schools (SHSs) are appealing to the Ghana Education Service (GES), the Ministry of Education and President John Dramani Mahama to urgently intervene in the ongoing placement challenges. The frustration among affected parents reached a boiling point at the GNAT Hall […]

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 […]