http://news.peacefmonline.com/rss/education.xml Visit Peace FM Online for latest news, breaking news, audio and feature stories in Ghana en-us Peace FM Online 2009 2013-05-18T13:20:41+01:00 Michael Ofori Amanfo Boateng Ghana News http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/164605.php The Conference of Heads of Private Universities in Ghana (CHPUG), has held a meeting to induct its new chairperson. http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/164605.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/164526.php The 2013 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) officially ends today, May 17, 2013 with the re-writing of the Government One and Two papers which were cancelled. http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/164526.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/164445.php The Ghana Education Service (GES) says it is making frantic efforts to get the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning to release subventions for special schools. http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/164445.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/164401.php The Graduate School of Governance and Leadership of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) has redesigned its programmes with effect from the next academic year (2013/2014). http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/164401.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/164374.php Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, Minister of Education has toured some senior high schools in Tamale Metropolis to observe at first hand the conduct of candidates writing the West Africa Schools Certificate Examination. http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/164374.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/164367.php Kaleo Senior High Technical School n the Nadowli-Kaleo District of the Upper West Region is in need of a kitchen and a dining hall to forestall imminent health crisis in the School. http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/164367.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/164312.php Authorities of all the 34 special schools in the country have decided not to reopen the schools for the last term of the 2012/2013 academic year until they receive their subventions from the government. http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/164312.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/164223.php Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA,) Mr. George Blankson, has commended the members of Board of Trustees of the Anlo Educational Trust Fund (AETF,) for awarding scholarships to 24 fresh and continuing Senior High School (SHS) students in the 2010 and 2011 financial years in Anlo State in the Volta Region. http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/164223.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/164044.php Students of Mawuli School in Ho are now living in fear following the incessant attacks on them by unidentified people from the Ho Township. http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/164044.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/164043.php Every parent invests in the education of his or her children in anticipation of preparing them for responsible adulthood. http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/164043.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/164018.php The African University College of Communications (AUCC) has in the 2013/2014 academic year administered matriculation oaths to more females than males to pursue various programmes in the schools of Communications and Business. http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/164018.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/164017.php Mr Esther Hamilton, Director of the Light of the World School Complex at New Aplaku in Ga West Municipality, has appealed to Ghanaian women to contribute towards the upkeep of their children. http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/164017.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/164014.php Students of Mawuli School in Ho are now living in fear following the incessant attacks on them by unidentified people from the Ho Township. http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/164014.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/163954.php A two-day national policy dialogue on tertiary education has been held in Accra on the theme: “Repositioning Tertiary Education for National Development”. http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/163954.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/163934.php Some final-year students of the Aburi Presbyterian Senior Technical School have accused authorities of the school of preventing them from writing the ongoing West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) because they owe fees. http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/163934.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/163858.php The Ministry of Education has announced government's plans to transform Polytechnics into technical universities. http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/163858.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/163837.php A two-day national policy dialogue on tertiary education has been held in Accra on the theme: “Repositioning Tertiary Education for National Development”. http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/163837.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/163793.php Any first-time visitor to Accra is bound to notice some children and their mothers on the streets begging for alms at major intersections and traffic lights. If one is able to look hard enough, one may spot a few men, sitting under shady trees, chatting and watching the children. Malisa is one such children. She was born in Niger 12 years ago but her parents migrated to Ghana when she was eight. http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/163793.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/163792.php The National Universities Commission, the Nigerian equivalent of Ghana’s National Accreditation Board, doesn’t joke with what many Nigerians call the degree mills. http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/163792.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/163768.php Barbara Ackonor receives Chevening/Mansion House Scholarship Ms. Barbara Ackonor has been announced as the 2013/14 Chevening-Mansion House Scholar. She will receive a scholarship worth £23,000 which is jointly funded by Chevening (£15,400) and Mansion House (£7,500) to study an MSc in Finance at Durham University. http://news.peacefmonline.com/education/201305/163768.php