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Private Education in Ghana has incalculably increased in numbers, enrollment, facilities and human resources with the sole aim of providing substantial quality education delivery in Ghana. A reliable record which was made known to the President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwah Akuffo-Addo in recent meeting by the council show that, there are over 22,000 Private Basic Schools in the country representing 36.5% of total Basic Education delivery in Ghana. With this increasing rate of Private Education in Ghana, GNACOPS has come out confidently to redefine the alarming phase of private schools through regulations, innovations and technology designs to empower and develop the ambit of private schools community to suit intercontinental standards in education delivery. As part of solving some of the bedeviling challenges in the phase of Private Education in Ghana, the Data Management and Logistic Directorate of the Councils in partnership with SmartSchool-Networks which is subsidiary software de...

A selfless leader’s desire is for his follower’s life and advantages to improve. For this reason, National Directors of the Ghana National Council of Private schools ( Gnacops ) have always interacted with the education ministry, requesting for a change for the better, in the private sector of education. Series of meetings have been held to formulate the best private educational framework that would emphasize on standards, equity and promote educational development in private schools . In line with this, the directorate of pre-tertiary education in Ghana has been very instrumental in preparing a level ground for achieving the everlasting desire of private schools’ demands. For this reason, the national directors of GNACOPS and the education ministry agreed on a follow-up meeting after the historical meeting with the president of the republic a few weeks ago at the Jubilee House. At the followup meeting,the minister of education , Hon. Matthew Opoku Prempeh expressed his views to ...

Hon. Simon Kweku Tetteh, MCE for the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality this afternoon commissioned a newly completed 9-Unit teachers bungalow at Oborpah East to help improve the standard of living of the teachers in that community. The commissioning ceremony at the middle belt was witnessed by the elders of the Oborpah East community, Officers from the Lower Manya Krobo Municipal education Directorate, Officers from YOWE and the general public as they gathered for the short ceremony. The contractor handed over the keys of the New building to Hon. Simon Kweku Tetteh as the Hon. MCE immediately handed over the keys to the Rep from the Lower Manya Krobo Municipal education Directorate to give it to their teachers in the area for use. Hon. Simon Kweku Tetteh advised the teachers to take good care of the new building as he is seriously working to connect the Oborpah East community among the other communities in the middle belt on to the national electricity grid. The efforts of YOWE who ar...

I write for and on behalf of the Ghana National Union of Technical students in a notice and petition over the mass wanton arrest and brutalities visited on some students of the Koforidua Technical University on Friday 14 December 2018 at the Universal Hall of the University by some Police Officers of the Eastern Regional Command led by DSP Kartey Otumi, officer in-charge of operations in the region. That about 4:00 AM in the wee hours on Friday, a fully armed officers of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) numbering about sixty (60) were supervised to invade Universal Hostel, one of the University’s accommodation facilities without recourse to management of the University. That the armed officers unruly forced their ways into rooms of students using electric shockers, fan belts, axes, catapults, riffles and other sophisticated weapons to arrest students. That not only were the students arrested indiscriminately, they were subjected to some police drills and beaten to pulp without...

It hasn’t been too long since the minister of education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, in a meeting with the Ghana National Council of Private schools stated that the private sector of education is explicitly in competition with the public sector. The perception is very different on the side of the director of pre-tertiary education- Madam Catherine Agyapomaa Appiah-Pinkrah. This was revealed when she called for a meeting with the Ghana National Council of Private schools ( Gnacops ) in her office yesterday. According to her, there is no dichotomy between private schools and public schools when it comes to rendering educational services to the country. She accoladed the good work each sector is doing for the development of Ghana’s education. She called on private schools to partner with public schools for better education delivery. For this reason, a policy is in the pipeline to be implemented where private schools in partnership with public schools would have regular meetings and in...

The President of republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo- Addo has finally met the leadership of over 22,000 private Schools in Ghana ,on Wednesday, 28th November,2018 at the office of the President,for a thorough discussion on issues facing the private schools in Ghana. A statement signed by the National Executive Director, Mr. Enoch Kwasi Gyetuah,for the private schools Council indicates that government of Ghana now have agreed with the private Council on common grounds to engage in PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP (PPP) to end major plights facing the operations of private schools in Ghana. Below is the full statement from GNACOPS TO THE PRESIDENCY. COMMUNIQUE TO THE PRESIDENCY. On behalf of the entire fraternity of private schools in Ghana, as well as the Executive Council of the Ghana National Council of Private schools, particularly the 6-member team that paid a courtesy call on the president, I will like to show our unalloyed appreciation about the warm reception we were accord...

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed eleven of its staff for breaching the professional code of conduct of the Service. Nine were dismissed for sex-related misconduct, while three had their contracts terminated for stealing. In a release issued Thursday by the Head of Public of Relations of the GES, Cassandra Twum Ampofo, “The decision was taken after they went through the due process at all levels from the school through the GES Council.” The GES says it is hopeful the sanctions will serve as a deterrent to others who have an intention of breaching the professional code of conduct. The Service has descended heavily on its staff over the last couple of years following reports that heads or teachers at either private or public schools have been engaging in one form of sexual act against their students. Most of those matters have ended up in the courts but the GES says it takes these firm steps to sanitise the Service. Below is a full list of persons which the press rele...

The headmaster in the infamous kitchen stool sex tape has had his appointment terminated by the Ghana Education Service (GES), GhanaNewsPage.Com can report. Robert Sepey, formerly of Adumanu D/A Basic School in the Asikuma Odoben Brakwa District of the Central Region was among a list of five people who had their appointment terminated by the GES for sexual misconduct. They were all dismissed for various sexual misconducts and stealing, the Daily Graphic Reporter. He is reported to have confessed to a team of investigators constituted by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to look into his conduct following the leakage of the tape to determine if it is not in variance with the professional ethics of the service when he appeared before them. The Headmaster admitted before a committee set up by the District Director of Education, Isaac Godwin Kwasi Acquah-Arhin to probe into the matter that he was the one in the sex tape. He was in the interim relieved of his responsibilities as Headma...

It was another great news for the good people of the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality as Hon. Simon Kweku Tetteh, MCE for the area broke grounds for the construction of a modern community Library as part of the social cooperate responsibility of 9BS, a corporate entity in Ghana. Eastern Regional is benefitting 6 of such facilities and the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality is fortunate to be having one of this remarkable edifice to help improve the educational standards in the area. The community library is sited somewhere in the walls of Makrosec but upon completion, there will be an open big gate for the community to have easy access as well as the students of Makrosec. Nana Fianku, board member of 9BS who led the delegation from the cooperate entity to the sod cutting ceremony applauded Hon. Simon Kweku Tetteh for his efforts which led to securing one of the six community libraries to his Municipality as he entreat the gathering to support a development oriented and hard working leade...

The National Executive Director of Private Sector Education, Obenfo Agyetuah Kwasi Enoch, has through a press release called for serious cleaning and total redefining interventions to curtail the growing challenges facing the sector. PRESS RELEASE IS AS FOLLOWS The private sector education needs serious house cleaning and total redefining interventions to curtail the growing challenges facing the sector. Many people have set up Schools in the country without operational measurements, because the system is very corrupt and every one can have his or her way through. I have come into contact with some genuine owners of schools who are into private education operations with intentions of helping the community to have access to quality education but have been intimidated, extortionated and misinformed on operations of the private sector education. Most institutions responsible to educate these owners have rather dwelled on their ignorance to extort huge sum of money from them in view of...

With rampant rate of teenage pregnancy and poor menstrual practices in rural communities, the Organisation has embarked on rural sexual health education outreaches to educate teens on the need to abstain from pre-marital sex, providing in depth knowledge on proper hygienic measures during menstruation and also distributing free menstrual pads to students to solve poverty menstruation. Early hours in the morning today, 16th of November, 2018, the Organisation paid courtesy visit to students of Bonkorkor in the Bosomtwe district in Ashanti region of Ghana to embark on this exercise. The students were taught to focus on their studies and become prominent leaders in the country than wasting their lives on unnecessary relationships and abstain from sex. Moreover, the young girls were educated on proper hygienic measures during menstruation in ensuring healthy menstruation, healthy life. The students were enlightened, motivated and inspired to desist from bad behaviors and promised to stu...

It was another dream come true and a joyful day for the good people of Oborpah Djikiti as Hon. Simon Kweku Tetteh, MCE for Lower Manya Krobo Municipality today broke grounds for the construction of a 2-Unit modern classroom block with ancillary facilities for the KG of Oborpah Djikiti M/A School who had been studying in a dilapidated church building over the years. The project will be constructed by the Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Assembly under the leadership of Hon. Simon Kweku Tetteh in partnership with Pencil of Promise, a Non-governmental organisation with support from the Community. All key management members of the Municipal Assembly, NPP party executives, friends from the media as well as the general public gathered this afternoon to witness this remarkable day in the history of Oborpah Djikiti. The Dadematse of Oborpah Djikiti, Matse Moses said, Hon. Simon Kweku Tetteh is the trusted leader they have waited for years since his yes is always a yes. In his speech, the Dadema...

First year students under the Double Track Free Senior High School (Free SHS)system, who were placed on the Gold Track, will start classes today. The about 196,000 first year students expected to enroll are made up both boarding and day students. Objectives of the double-track system The objectives of the double-track system are to create room to accommodate increase in enrollment, reduce class size, increase contact hours, and increase the number of holidays. 2 Semesters in SHS 1 class The new programme creates a calendar of two semesters in a year for the SHS 1 class, containing 81 days per each semester and 41 days of vacation for a sandwich class. Vincent Ekow Assafuah, Head of Public Relations at the Ministry of Education told The Finder that the students on Green Track, which started school on September 11, 2018 went on break on Wednesday November 7, 2018 and used Thursday and Friday to pack out paving the way for the second track students to report. He explained that boar...

Professor Obiri Danso and Dr Evans-Anfom, Vice-Chancellor and second Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) respectively, have resigned. The two dropped their resignation letters few minutes after ordering the University to shutdown indefinitely. The resignation of the Vice-Chancellors is as result of their inability to calm students during a violent demonstration. In a 14-page resignation letter dropped at the school’s administration, the Chancellors apologised to Ghanaians for what happened and pleaded with the Controller and Accountant General Department to pay them their salaries at the end of the month. President Akufo Addo’s niece, Olivia Akufo, has been tipped by the presidency to replace the Vice Chancellor. Source: Todayinformer.com The post BREAKING: VC of KNUST resigns appeared first on Star Media Ghana .

As parts of efforts rendered by various institutions to end teenage pregnancies in various basic schools in the country, Primad organization, a Non- Governmental Organization has paid courtesy visit to Manso Abodom L\A Junior High School at Abodom in Amansie West District to educate the students about the need to abstain from premarital sex as a teen and concentrate on their studies while in school. The exercise which took off today 19th of October, 2018, provided the opportunity for the students to interact with the keen and most influential delegations from Primad organization and free Sanitary pad were presented to the students for menstrual hygiene. Speaking to Metro Fm’s Omono Asamoah after the presentation, the President of Primad Organisation Ms Priscilla Asamoah Baffour opined that the motive behind this exercise is to eradicate teenage pregnancy and also promote menstrual health and personal hygiene in rural Communities. She indicated that the provision of menstrual pad is...

A viral video intercepted by news desk of bestnewsghana.com shows an intriguing scenes where an alleged two SHS female student purported to be lestbians where force to acts in broad day light. It is not clear where exactly the incident happened and how they were caught but it is believed they were caught during one of the secrets affairs. In the video they were scene been forced to acts in broad day light as the town folds watch them alongside receiving beatings. Our site is not allowed to upload X-rated videos. More Soon………………… The post Two Shs Lesbians Caught And Forced To Chop Themselves Outside appeared first on Star Media Ghana .

The Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Chief executive, Hon. Simon Kweku Tetteh accompanied by a high powered delegation from the Lower Manya Krobo Municipal education Directorate led by the education director, Barichsu Adams visited several schools in the Municipality Monday, as they observed the traditional ‘My first Day at School’ to welcome the pupils back to school. The very busy tour to some public schools in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality started from Odumase Anglican Primary school where the KG 1 and class 1 pupils received teaching materials, school uniforms, drinks and biscuits as the Hon. MCE had a great time with the next generation as he adviced them to take they education very serious. The Hon. MCE and his team continued to Piengua Yokwenor M/A School where the pupils received similar items. The head teacher at Piengua Yokwenor M/A Primary expressed her heart felt appreciation to the Hon. MCE for responding to their cries within the shortest possible time. They are now be...

The progressive people party (PPP) parliamentary candidate (PC) for Bosome Freho district in the Ashanti region in 2016 Mr Bright Barfour Asare has suggested that, the government should involve the Private Senior High schools in the double tracking system to reduce pressure mounted on parents over the placement of their wards. Speaking with the Host of the Ejisu Based Julandy radio Okogyeabour Ocran on the program dubbed ” OMAN YI FAPEM”, Bright Barfour said, the government should subsidize the Private Senior High schools so that they can also harbour some students because, the 2nd batch of the students can involve themselves in social vices as the are waiting so the government should consider that factor. ” the government should have seeked for a broader consultation into the policy so that, other stakeholders can also share their views because at the end, their children will suffer if any problem arises. Even the government should involve private SHSs in the placement of the studen...

The Ghana Education Service says it will adopt innovative means to monitor the performance of students who will be home while their colleagues are in school. Public Relations Officer, Cassandra Twum Ampofo, says the Service is also considering placing phone calls to the students to find out how they are coping and provide assistance where necessary. This would, however, happen after the candidates have successfully gone through the admission process and have been provided with some academic materials, Ms. Twum Ampofo told Super Morning Show host, Daniel Dadzie, Thursday. Some 423,134 candidates who sat for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and successfully made it under the 2018 Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS), have been placed into their choice of Senior High Schools. They have been grouped into two tracks –Green and Gold- as the new double track system introduced by the government to deal with infrastructure challenges begin. G...