Education Minister receives ‘Change-Makers’ Award

The award is in recognition of his leadership in driving a new teacher training model for Ghana

The award was in recognition of the Minister’s leadership in driving a new teacher training model for Ghana, under government’s current policy reform on teacher education, to improve the quality of pre-service teacher training.

In an acceptance speech read on his behalf by Mr. Akwasi Addae Boahene, Chief Technical Advisor of the Transforming Teacher Education and Learning (T-TEL) Programme, Dr. Prempeh pointed out that Ghana is currently pursuing a new design, a new direction and a new focus of teacher education that will contribute immensely to the improvement of learning outcomes.

‘Change-Makers’ Awards celebrates individuals and organizations that have made outstanding contributions that improve the quality of lives through education. The Award was sponsored by the Rep. Henry Cueller, United States Congressional Representative for Texas’s 28th District. Mr. Cueller has served since January 4th , 2005.

The 62nd ICET World Assembly was on the theme, “Expanding Access and Exploring Frontiers in Education’, represents a call to action for explorers and pioneers redefining the frontier of teacher education, and brought together scholars, administrators, practitioners and community members, as well as members of government ministries and business leaders for a substantive discussion of innovative approaches to expanding access and exploring frontiers in education.

The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has been awarded the 2018 Change-Maker Award (Quality Education Category) at the 62nd International Council on Education for Teaching (ICET) World Assembly, which took place at Texas A&M International University’s College of Education (TAMIU), in Laredo, Texas, USA.

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Body of UEW student who went missing washed ashore

The body of the University of Education, Winneba student who got drowned on August 17 has been found.

Sarah Kwarteng went missing at the Oasis beach in Cape Coast where some university students, taking part in a conference at the University of Cape Coast, had gone for a photo shoot.

Her body was washed ashore Sunday afternoon at Duakor near Cape Coast which is located between the University of Cape Coast and the Elmina beach.

The body has been sent to the UCC hospital morgue, Central Regional Police PRO, DSP Irene Oppong has confirmed to TV3.

Five students got drowned on the fateful day after they were hit by a tidal wave in which all were rescued except Sarah.

Unfortunately, one of the four rescued students, Lilian Ampofowaa Asiedu of the University of Ghana, Accra Campus, died on her way to the hospital.

The other three, Faustina Akaime of the Kings University, Kasoa; Sharon Badonye, Methodist University, Dansoman; and the Frank Boateng Garden City University, Kumasi are on admission at the Cape Coast University Hospital.
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Duration is important but competence of the teacher is key – Opoku-Agyeman

Former Education Minister, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang

Former Education Minister, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has highlighted competency and training in schools as an equally important factor in promoting academic excellence in the country’s schools.

She made these comments while touching on the 3-year/four-year systems and its impact on output as far as education particularly in our secondary schools is concerned.

Prof. Opoku-Agyeman, speaking to Kwabena Kyenkyenhene Boateng on the '21 Minutes with KKB’ show though acknowledged the importance of duration in education maintained that the training of teachers to build competence is a key element that cannot be underestimated.

“If you look at all the reforms in this country, from the guggisburg right down to the last one that was done by professor Anamoah Mensah, the running theme is duration and our children spend too much time. Duration is important but what is equally important is the training of the teacher, the competence of the teacher”

She was emphatic about the need for governments and key stakeholders including teachers to also focus on creating the right learning environment and providing the required learning materials for schools to aid their academic performances. The environment she asserted, has significant impact on the output of schools.

“Duration is important but what is equally important is the training of the teacher that is key, the competency of the teacher is very very key, the availability of learning materials whether it is equipment or books or space, they are all very important, the learning environment, the relationship between students and teachers, the relationship among students, they all aid in learning so we need to look at all that and that was why you’d remember that aside the best teacher award, we introduced the best school award because we felt that the environment has something to do with academic output”, she stated.

The NPP administration under President John Kufuor introduced the 4-year Senior High School programme in 2007. However, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) reverted to the 3-year system after it regained power in 2009.

Though the Akufo-Addo-led administration hinted of an possible extension of the length of education to four years again, the 3-year system is currently being maintaine
 Source: ghanaweb.com

Effutuman will harvest the fruits of our CSR soon – AG Vice Chancellor, UEW

Rev. Fr. Anthony Afful-Broni, UEW Ag Vice Chancellor

The Acting Vice Chancellor of the Universityof education, Winneba, Rev. Fr. Anthony Afful-Broni has indicated that the Effutu Community, a group with which the University shares a special bond, will enjoy a special treatment through its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

According to the Professor, in his almost 20 years of working in the University, the relationship has been “very cordial” since times past. In fact, UEW and the Effutu community have, as partners, transformed the bond to a “new high level of which we are all proud and living witnesses.”

The academician told the indigenes that the branded Corporate Social Responsibility intervention and cooperation is covering several areas including Primary and Secondary Education, Library resourcing, Entrepreneurship training, Security and Employment.

Highlighting some of the support given to Effutuman, Rev. Fr Afful Broni said since the since the beginning of 2018, the University of Education had ensured equity in its human resource recruitment policy, having employed an unprecedented high number of very highly qualified indigene applicants for various positions in the University.

Apart from supporting the 2018 Aboakyer Festival, he added, “we are in the process of donating street lights to some communities within Winneba, to enhance security.”

“It is even becoming more imperative that we do engage in this UEW-Effutu partnership more seriously and with much commitment because, for the next academic year, private Landlords and Landladies in this township will provide as much as 80% of our accommodation needs for our staff and students.” He averred.

On the premises of education, he tasked parents to take advantage of the free Senior High School (SHS) to educate their wards, giving his word that the University will render its support to making sure education becomes a priority in the community.

He said, “UEW shares collective responsibility with Efutuman to make sure that her sons and daughters take advantage of the current government’s Free SHS policy to ensure that as many children as possible get access to high school education.”

The Vice Chancellor hinted that the University had taken practical steps to absorb the huge number of applicants that will seek admission to our various programmes during the 2020 academic year when the first batch of the free SHS will be due to enter University.

In his words, “designs have been completed and contracts are about to be awarded for the construction of 8 pavilions, each with 550 seat capacity, all in anticipation of the arrival of the first batch of the free SHS students. We are increasing and expanding Wi-Fi access to ease research, teaching and learning; we are bringing on board more resources and more lecturers are being employed to meet the numbers.”

The Professor noted that UEW, as an educational institution knows the value and importance of education to the development of any community, hence the step to support the people of Effutu.
 Source: www.ghanaweb.com

Education Directors laud double track system

Matthew Opoku Prempeh, Education Minister

The conference of Directors of Education (CODE) has praised the double-track system government’s plans to implement to increase enrolment in some selected Senior High Schools across the country beginning September 2018.

The CODE made a firm pledge to help government succeed in implementing the programme at all cost but that all educational policies and reforms should be backed by an Act of Parliament especially that of the Free Senior High School.

This was contained in a 12-page communique issued at the end of the CODE’s 25th Annual Conference held in Tamale.

The communique jointly signed by the CODE’s National President, Mrs. Magaret Frempong-Kore and the National Secretary, Dr. Daniel Annan-Edufful urged the government to embark on a massive infrastructural development at the pre-tertiary level.

The communique also implored the government to adequately supply the required resources particularly textbooks and teachers manuals to enhance teaching and learning.

It further advised the government to restructure the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) to cover more schools to avoid oversubscription and the collapse of others.

The directors of education complained about logistical constraints for which reason government should provide strong vehicles, suitable residential and office accommodation to all Directorates of Education.
The government should timely and regularly release adequate funds to all Metropolitan, Municipal and District Directorates of Education.

The communique demanded the immediate placement of all Director IIs on level 23 of the Single Spine Salary Structure.

The Northern Regional Minister, Salifu Sa-eed said the government was committed to boosting the nation’s human resources through education.

According to him, the implementation of the Free Senior High School Programme has decreased the ratio of school dropouts at the Junior School level.

He said needy but brilliant students now have the opportunity to gain higher academic laurels.

Salifu-Sa-eed reaffirmed government’s determination to address all challenges in the education sector.

“Education will help us to translate and put into good use our abundant natural resources that can propel our economy to become an advanced one.”

“So it is a solid foundation that government wants to lay for the generality of the Ghanaian populace which will inform the fundamentals of our development drive.”
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Free SHS, Double Track system are the boldest educational initiatives – UEW VC

Acting Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba, Rev. Prof. Anthony Afful-Broni has commended government for taking what he calls the boldest decision in the country’s educational sector with the introduction of the free SHS policy and its accompanying Double Track system.

According to the Acting Vice Chancellor, the policy has great potential in providing a strong cornerstone for development and called on all to support the policy to minimize implementation hitches.

Speaking at an interaction with traditional leaders and the people of Effutu in the Central Region, the UEW VC, indicated, the University has commissioned a research to track the SHS preparation and admission intake for Effutuman kids over the next five years.

“I have charged the Dean of the faculty of Education studies to initiate and lead a research that will track SHS preparation and admission intake for Effutuman kids over the next five years. Through the study, we hope to help both the Effutuman and the government to monitor and evaluate the Free SHS policy and its connected double-track system within the municipality.”

“We must emphasize that free SHS is the boldest and best educational policy initiatives that our nation has seen. This is because this policy has great potential in providing a strong cornerstone for development, we must all lend our unflinching support and commitment to the government to ensure its huge success,” he averred.

Rev. Prof. Afful-Broni says the University of Education is committed to the cause of the Free SHS policy and announced plans by the University to absorb the first batch of the free SHS system. He posits the university prepared the grounds to expand their intake in 2020 to help absorb many of the free SHS graduates.

“To show our strong commitment to the government’s vision of providing expanded access to high tertiary education through the Free SHS policy, this University has taken practical steps to absorb the huge number of applicants that will seek admission to our various programmes during the 2020 academic year when the first batch of the free SHS will be due to enter University.”

“Designs have been completed and contracts are about to be awarded for the construction of 8 pavilions, each with 550 seat capacity, all in anticipation of the arrival of the first batch of the free SHS students. We are increasing and expanding Wi-Fi access to ease research, teaching and learning, we are bringing on board more resources and more lecturers are being employed to meet the numbers,” he stated.

The Acting VC commended government for introducing the double track system. According to him, the double track system is an internationally acclaimed system that breeds quality and ensures equity.

Banning plastics 'naive, unreasonable, radical' – Professor

Government has been charged to adopt Rwanda's waste management system

Molecular and Cellular Toxicologist, Professor Augustine Arukwe, has advocated the effective management of plastics rather than banning them outrightly.

Some environmentalists believe Ghana must go the Rwandan way by banning all plastics if the government is serious about making Accra the cleanest in Africa, but the Norway-based professor disagrees.

Speaking to Class News' Joshua Kodjo Mensah on the sidelines of a seminar on plastics organised by Inno-Sci, Professor Arukwe said effectively managing plastics is a sure way of reducing the plastic waste menace, but a total ban would be “radical and unreasonable.”

He said: “Plastic waste is a problem but it’s a manageable problem. Plastic products will never go away but we can manage it for sustainable development. Although the environmental contaminants that leach out of plastics are of significant health consequences to both wildlife and humans, it’s a problem that has come to stay, but we can manage it for sustainable development.

“Banning plastic is not the way to go, it is sad that some African leaders have half-baked ideas on solving global problems. It is very radical to ban plastic because what it does is to create unnecessary hardship and also reduce national scope for growth.

“A better solution could have been to manage plastics. A ban is important, banning the use of single-use plastics like straws and plastic plates might be a better solution…but banning plastics totally is unreasonable, it’s too radical and its naïve to think you can get rid of plastic like that.

“I’ll advocate better management and processes that will reduce the use of plastics, and, of course, I’ll support the ban of single-use plastics.”

Proffering solutions to how plastics can be managed, Professor Arukwe who is also the Deputy Head of Department, Research and Innovation at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology said: “We should take personal responsibility of the plastics we use and recycle plastics but this will need a political will. Let’s create collection centres for plastics and educate societies not to dispose of plastic products discriminatorily in the environment.
Source: classfmonline.com

Adolescent children need your friendship - Experts advise

The cordiality of the relationship parents have with children goes a long way to affect their development as adolescents.

Such relationship determine if the children would confide in the parents on the decisions they make or whether they would rely on their friends for such advice or decisions.

According to some experts, the gap between parents and children in Ghana is so wide that the parents are not aware of what their children are going through, such children they say end up succumbing to peer pressure.

Speaking on this topic on the AM Show on the Joy News channel on Multi TV Friday, the founder of Smiling Hearts Foundation, an adolescent grooming organisation noted that some girls she has dealt with have even attempted ending their lives.

Natalie Takyi Appiah explained that such situations are due to a break of communication between the parents and the child which led to built-up emotional challenges.

This, in many circumstances leads these young girls to the web of male peers or in other situations some unscrupulous men.

The adolescent counsellor noted that young girls who do not receive the appropriate care and guidance in their younger years turn out to be very promiscuous in their adolescents stages and influence others badly.

“I have met a girl in a boarding school that has had sex with 10 boys, she’s had a threesome and she is the one that orchestrate for the boys to be locked in a cupboard and after lights out when the school is quiet they go and have sex with them,” she said.

She advised that the way out of these situations is not for the parents to go Rambo style on the children but to understand them and “talk with them instead of talking at them”.

The girls do not grow up on auto pilot and they do not come with a manual so you have to make yourself available to them, she noted.

She noted that her outfit is set to organise an adolescent convention to address such issues where the girls would get the chance to discuss what they would otherwise not tell their parents.

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We cannot allow Free SHS to fail – Steve Manteaw

Dr. Emmanuel Steve Manteaw

The chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), Dr. Emmanuel Steve Manteaw has said that Ghana cannot afford to fail the implementation of the Free Senior High School policy.

This he said is because, Ghana’s economic indicators at the time of the implementation of the policy in September 2017 are far better than Uganda, the first African country to implement the plan and sustain it.

He says, while the Ugandan government had little sources of finance for its policy, Ghana has had multiple sources to enable it to sustain the policy.

Speaking at a national dialogue on education in Takoradi in the Western Region, Dr. Manteaw said, Ghana has no basis to fail the policy because everything economic is just on our side.

“The population of Uganda was 29.9 million people when they introduced free high school education. in the year Ghana introduced free SHS the population of Ghana was 27.14 million. We are at a place to implement the free SHS than Uganda was when it did. Uganda’s GDP in 2015 was 27.5 billion, in the same year Ghana’s GDP was 37.5 billion. So how have they handled their free secondary education, from taxes and a bit from donors,”

“What do we have as a country, we have taxes, we have gold, we have diamond, magnesium, bauxite, so if we cannot do it, it is a serious indictment on Ghana,” he said.

The government rolled out the Free SHS policy in September 2017 in fulfillment of its campaign promise in the build to the 2016 general election.

The policy has so far increased enrollment in SHSs by about 90,000 students.

But, less than a year after its implementation, a number of challenges such as the non-availability of space in SHSs have forced the government to adopt a new mode of operation for second-cycle institutions – the double track system to take effect in September 2018.

President Akufo-Addo said nothing would stop the government from going ahead of the policy.
Source: citinewsroom.com

Trade Ministry to pay GHC1,081,000 judgement debt to former CEO of GTFA

Carlos Ahenkorah, Deputy Trade and Industry Minister

The Ministry of Trade and Industry has offered to settle a judgement debt of GHS1,081,000.00 incurred by the Ghana Trade Fair Authority (GTFA) following an action brought against the company by its former CEO, Esther Ofori.

According to the Ministry, an amount of GHS320,000.00 out of GHS1,081,000.00 has been paid and the Ministry is now waiting for the court to reconcile the figures to take care of what is left.

Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Carlos Ahenkorah, disclosed this when he appeared before the Public Account Committee (PAC) to respond to questions on the 2016 Auditor General’s Report.

Esther Ofori had brought the action against GTFA for refusing to pay her benefits at the end of her tenure of office.

The court ordered the seizure of some properties of the company and blocked its account.

The Deputy Minister said the Ministry had engaged the court to determine the cost of the properties including vehicles which were auctioned.

This was to enable them to do the necessary reconciliation to pave way for payment of any outstanding debt.

Carlos Ahenkorah added that the Ministry had taken over the debt of the company and would do everything to prevent such occurrences in the future.

In some related judgement debt payment, the 2016 Auditor-General’s report has disclosed that the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice made payments to the tune of GHS 67,380,718.20 to Construction Pioneers (CP) as judgement debt without Cabinet’s approval.

The audit report stated that the Ministry “could not provide any documentation with regards to the court judgement” The report said: “Management’s failure to investigate the cause of the direct debit for appropriate action resulted in the anomaly.”
In 2012, the then-government, led by later president John Evans Atta Mills directed that judgements debts in excess of GHS10,000,000 be approved by Cabinet before settlement.

However, a review of bank documents of the ministry suggested that the 67 million was paid in two instalments: GHS42,820,418.48 on 20 February 2015 and GHS24,560,299.72 on 1 April 2015, even though no documentation points to approval by Cabinet at the time.

Also, The Ministry of Gender and Social Protection says it has repaid its judgment debt of GHS 236,000 owed to PC Doors Company following a court action by the company against the Ministry.

The judgement debt was incurred as a result of delay payment by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to PC Doors Company, which had supplied vocational tools to the Ministry for a skill development project.
Source: primenewsghana.com

Rescind your decision on Halls’ conversion or face our wrath – Katanga boys warn

Students of Katanga Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), have warned authorities of the school to rescind the decision to convert all-male halls into mixed halls.

The irate students who are protesting the development on campus said should the authorities fail to address their concerns immediately, they will face their wrath.

Authorities of KNUST have converted all of its six traditional halls into mixed ones.

The halls – Katanga, Unity, Africa, Independence, University, Unity and Queen Elizabeth – beginning the next academic year which begins this September, will house both male and female students.

The conversion comes despite strong opposition from a section of the students.

Authorities say the conversion is in line with the university’s aim of expanding access to female students.

But the students say the policy is a calculated attempt to harm the reputation of the all-male halls.
 A spokesperson for the students, Stephen Ankobia speaking on Adom FM’s Morning show Dwaso Nsem Friday said they are marching today from campus to the Manhyia Palace to present their petition in the hope that the Ashanti Monarch will intervene in the situation.

He believes the decision will only erase the pan-African roots of the hall and destroy the intention of the forebearers.

“The hall stands for a certain monumental legacy. How can you convert it to a mixed hall? It’s not possible and so they should look into it again and rescind their decision else they will face our wrath”, he said.

“We won’t allow them to erase our roots. When our forebearers built the halls, they had their intentions so why should they change it. There are things they can change but not halls meant for men. We would be forced to run the school if they refuse to listen to us,” he warned.
 Source: adomonline.com

Prestea Huni-Valley MP sponsors vacation classes for 2,350 students

MP Prestea Huni-Valley constituency, Barbara Oteng Gyasi

Two Thousand Three Hundred and Fifty (2,350) Junior High School leavers and Senior High School students in the Prestea Huni-Valley constituency in the Western Region are to benefit from the Member of Parliament (MP) and the Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources Hon. Lawyer Mrs Barbara Oteng Gyasi sponsored five-weeks free vacation classes estimated to cost GH¢117,500.00.

The classes being organised at Senior High Schools in Bogoso, Prestea and Huni-valley would cover selected elective subjects including Geography, Elective Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Economics, Accounting, English Literature, General Knowledge in Arts and all core subjects.

Speaking at the opening ceremony held at the St Augustines Senior High School in Bogoso on Monday 6th August, 2018, Hon. Lawyer Mrs Barbara Oteng Gyasi, advised students to strive hard to acquire information technology, which she said was one of the three main sources of power in today’s global world.

She charged the students to show commitment, work hard, be disciplined and co-operate with the tutors who have sacrificed their time and energy to teach them.

She said after the programme, students who would perform well and adjudged as the best in the examination to be conducted, would be awarded scholarships.
 Source: mynewsgh.com

Teachers in Ghana empowered to drive 21st-century skills development among youth

Now in its fourth year, ACW instils 21st-century skills among African youth with a key focus on sustainable capacity-building and female skills development and training. Introduced in 2015 by SAP CSR EMEA, the initiative is now actively supported by key partners UNESCO YouthMobile, Google and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), 15 African governments, over 150 partners and 100 ambassadors across the continent.

All are joining forces to bridge the digital and gender skills gap in Africa, empowering youth with the skills they need to become key players in the digital economy.

Sunil Geness, Project Lead for Africa Code Week, said this year's programme allows for increased hours for teacher engagement to support improved local capacity building and the increased sustainability of the programme. "Equipping local teachers with key skills and teaching materials to support the advancement of 21st-century skills development forms part of our organisation-wide commitment to realizing the ambitions of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Our curriculum is also focusing on going beyond only coding proficiency to fostering a deeper understanding of computational thinking and the possibilities of data science and analytics."

The Train-the-Trainer (TTT) sessions form a bedrock of ACW’s sustainable impact across the continent by empowering teachers with skills and teaching materials that drive the advance of digital skills in the school curriculum. The sessions are critical to ACW which reach far beyond raising awareness of the importance of teaching digital skills to building capacity for sustainable impact, and the inclusion of coding in school curricula in partnership with schools and governments.

Building sustainable digital skills capacity in West Africa

To date, ACW has introduced digital skills to more than 1.8 million children across 35 countries and aims to empower 70,000 teachers while impacting the lives of 2 million youth by 2020. This year, SAP has set a target of reaching 600 000 youth across 36 African countries during the month of October, with actual dates to be set by each country to accommodate their school calendar.

Ghana was the most active of all West African countries in the 2017 iteration of ACW, with more than 138,000 local youth taking part, half of which were girls. "Our objective is to empower 70 000 teachers and 2 million youth with 21st-century skills by 2020. The active support of governments and partners will play a critical role in ensuring Africa's youth is able to enjoy the benefits and opportunities of the 21st-century digital economy," said Geness.

Ghana’s Minister of Education, Hon. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, said: "Our government is committed to improving access to education to all our students and have initiated projects such as the Secondary Education Improvement Project for Ghana to ensure all youth have access to quality education. Initiatives such as Africa Code Week and its Train-the-Trainer program supports our vision for an education system that provides relevant education that enables students to acquire relevant knowledge and skills to develop their potential."

Strong partnerships improve impact

Ghana's Train-the-Trainer program is supported by Africa Code Week partner DreamOval Foundation, the CSR arm of DreamOval Ltd, in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service. According to Francis Ahene-Affoh, SVP of DreamOval Foundation, the Train-the-Trainer workshops provide an opportunity to bridge the knowledge gap through the creation, sharing and utilization of knowledge in the education and technology sectors.

"Since our partnership with Africa Code Week commenced in 2016, more than 1500 teachers and 180 000 students have received vital digital skills training to help them meet 21st century challenges. This year's program looks better than ever, with a focus on building capacity within Ghana to ensure our youth are ready to be active players on the global stage."

Pedro Guerreiro, Managing Director: West Africa at SAP Africa, echoes this sentiment. “Africa’s large and youthful working age population has the potential of transforming not only the continent but the world.

As a purpose-driven organization committed to realizing the ambitions of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, supporting the development of digital skills among Africa’s youth is of paramount importance. As we enter an exponential age of new technologies, digital literacy and STEM-related skills development will be key determinants of success. We are grateful to our partners in the public and private sector for their support with this year’s Africa Code Week and the associated Train-the-Trainer sessions.”

More than 560 teachers took part in this year’s Africa Code Week (ACW) Train-the-Trainer workshops over four days in Accra and Kumasi as part of this year’s efforts to drive 21st-century skills development among African youth.

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Government to borrow $1.5 billion to expand SHS, tertiary institutions - Dep Education Minister

As part of the efforts to ensure more students are enrolled in both secondary and tertiary institutions across the country, Deputy Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Aduwtwum has indicated that GETFund would be funded with $1.5 billion to expand its projected plans that aim at solving infrastructural deficit to both the Senior High School and tertiary Institutions.

“Getfund is taking some of the revenue that they projected that they would be receiving from ten year plans for now and they are borrowing against it. Five hundred million would go into Senior High School contribution and all buildings at 70 percent completion level will be completed” he said.

He added that in order to expand space in the tertiary institutions, additional $500million would be allocated to the tertiary institutions to ensure that abandoned projects are completed.

“It will take 500 million to help universities complete all abandoned structures that GETFund had begun so that we can expand space in our universities and other tertiary institutions” he added

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo earlier announced that the 2018/2019 academic year for Senior High School is expected to see double enrollment in the country due to the introduction of Free SHS policy.

The implementation of this double track will see over 90,000 students enrol in various Senior High Schools in the country.

In order to ensure these polices are well implemented and to prevent infrastructural challenges, the Education Ministry has indicated that an amount of $1.5 million would be allocated to GETFund to fix infrastructural challenges in both Senior High schools and Tertiary Institution for expansion.

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

Double Track System: Over 10, 000 private school teachers to lose employment - CHOPSS

The Conference of Heads of Private Secondary Schools (CHOPSS) has hinted that their exclusion from the implementation of the Free SHS policy and Double Track System will result in massive job loses in the educational sector.

CHOPSS believes the current situation if not reconsidered could render about 10, 000 teachers and educational workers unemployed and close to 250 private schools shut down.

PRO of CHOPSS, Naphtali Kyei-Baffour explained that government wouldn't have had to introduce the Double Track System as a desperate measure to accommodate the huge number of students to be enrolled under the Free SHS had it included private schools.

He pointed out that assuming each school takes averagely 500 students, the 250 private schools on the verge of collapse could absorb more than two-thirds of the extra students for which reason the new policy has been introduced.

Speaking to www.Ghanaweb.com in an interview after a forum on the theme "Unpacking the Double Track System: Implications for Sustainable Financing and Prospects for Educational Quality in Ghana" Kyei-Baffour stressed the impact private secondary schools could make in ameliorating the challenge the country is faced with.
"The full headache of the Double Track is as a result of the 181, 000 candidates, where they are going to be. You have 946 senior High Schools out of that you have 696 that is public so it means that the 250 is private senior High Schools. With the 181, 000 if you should put on the average 500 students to private Senior High Schools it means that you have 125000 that has already been absorbed. Some of them have the capacity to absorb more than the 500 students. So the headache of 181, 000 is no longer going to exist. If we allow over 250 schools to collapse we are talking about 10, 000 teaching staff that are going to be rendered unemployed." the PRO of CHOPSS highlighted.

Naphtali Kyei-Baffour argued the grading system was biased against the private schools adding that the current method of selecting Senior High Schools relegates them to the background.

He noted that private schools are not included in the categorisation of schools based on alphabets but are put in a separate category making the schools unappealing to students.

Kyei-Baffour emphasised the CHOPSS is proposing a system where no school is classified but all schools are made available for students to select from.
"Psychologically the way the schools have been categorised does not give students interest to choose the private school because you have grade schools, Grade A, B and C and then private schools also come. So in selecting psychologically every child will want to select from Grade A or B. Why not take away these grading, open it for students to select any 5 schools" the PRO insisted.
 Source: www.ghanaweb.com

Converting KNUST single Halls: Alumini Lecturer attacks Dean Lecturer

A lecturer with the Kumasi Technical University and alumnus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Mr. Collins Kankam-Kwarteng has attacked Prof. Charles Marfo for describing Katanga and Conti Halls of KNUST as harbouring primitive traditions

"Prof. Charles Marfo has weak understanding of traditions and how it contributes to the development of people and society", the lecturer and a former student of Katanga fumed.

Replying to a Facebook post by Prof Charles Marfo that alumni of the institution are adamant to converting two halls into mixed halls, Kankam-Kwarteng described the comment as "insulting, childish and discriminatory which do not befit a professorial commentary."

Collins Kankam-Kwarteng in an interview with journalists hinted also hinted that more plans by students, alumni and associates of Katanga Hall are underway to prevent authorities of the University from converting the two halls into mixed halls.

The former Dean of faculty of Social Sciences, Prof. Charles Marfo has called the bluff of the alumni of the popular males’ halls of the university on their adamant stance against converting the two halls into mixed halls.

"Senior Staff against Intimidation and Destruction (SAID) at KNUST … Yep!! Who says we shouldn’t give equal opportunities to our females in the 21st century and beyond in the name of some primitive traditions? Indeed, why should we entertain any tradition at all besides what is academic in a first-class academic institution like KNUST? SAID is alert and poised to see to the protection of our females in any of the halls they’ll be assigned to…Parents, be rest assured!! Right-thinking friends will concur!’ He posted on his facebook wall.

However, his colleague lecturer wants him to render an apology to both present and past students who happens to be affiliated to the hall.
Source: Kwabena Danso-Dapaah/GHANAWEB

Ghana Heritage Book for the Diaspora launched in Toronto

Attendants holding up copies of the book

The first volume of the Ghana Heritage Book for the Diaspora was launched in Toronto, Canada by the Ghana State Book Project on Sunday, August 12, 2018.

The function which was held at the Toronto Plaza Hotel at Jane/Wilson area to coincide with the launching of the Ghanaian Canadian Heritage Center was hosted by the Ghana Consulate in Toronto and the Ghanaian Canadian Association of Ontario (GCAO).

Speaking to a cross-section of Ghanaians domiciled in Ontario including professionals, chiefs, ethnic association leaders as well as Pastors, Mr. Isaac Bright Botchwey who is the Coordinator of Ghana State Project explained the mission of his delegation from Ghana which has already visited Europe and the United States of America.

He said that the history of Ghana was first documented by the White. Such ‘attempted’ document was flawed with some gaps and inaccuracies.

Since there could be no proper Heritage without credible documentation, the Ghana State Book Project was established in 2006 in partnership with the National House of Chiefs, The Bureau of Ghana Languages and the National Commission on Culture to document Ghanaian histories and cultural practices of all the Traditional Areas across all the regions in Ghana.

Mr. Botchwey then asked, “why is the Project sending delegation to meet with Ghanaians in the Diaspora?” He went on to give four main reasons to answer the question.

First, the delegation is here to enrol Ghanaians in Diaspora to contribute to the writing of our heritage and be part of its ownership.

Second, there are gaps and conflicts in the narration of some royal family trees. Those of royal lineages who migrated from Ghana to other countries might have been intentionally or accidentally left out of their royal family tree back home. Their names and positions ought to be captured and appropriately recognized so as to fill the gaps and prevent conflicts at the time of their rightful ascension to queenship or kingship back home.

Third, Ghanaians abroad are doing a lot in their fields of endeavour outside Ghana which ought to be documented as part of Ghana’s contributions to the world.

Last but not the least, many Ghanaians born outside Ghana are classified as being in the ‘3rd space’ who must be taught their Ghanaian cultural heritage hence Ghana Heritage Book for the Diaspora!

Honourable Joseph Seshi, the Consul General of Ghana in Toronto, proudly launched the first volume of the book, urging Ghanaians in Toronto who can to support the Ghana State Book Project to achieve success.

Other members of the delegation from the Ghana State Book Project included Naakye Dede Amoakwa I who is the Queen mother of Awutu-Mankissim and also the CEO of Detela Company Limited; and Mr. Daniel Agyeman-Duah who is the Marketing Officer of Detela Company.
Source: Joseph Kingsley Eyiah/GHANAWEB

Double track system: We will not work on weekends - NAGRAT

General Secretary of NAGRAT, Mr Samuel Frank Dadzie speaking at the forum

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) says its members will not work on weekends to support the free Senior High School (SHS) double track system.

According to NAGRAT, although it supports the system, it will not be right for its members to work those extra hours because it is against the Labour law.

In their opinion, if the government insists on implementing the double track system, then probably recruits of the Nation Builders Corp (NABCo) will be required to take upon themselves those roles.

The General Secretary of NAGRAT, Mr Samuel Frank Dadzie, made this known at a Daily Graphic/Star Ghana dialogue on Educational Policy in Ghana Wednesday.

Speaking on the theme "Unpacking the Double Track System: Implications for Sustainable Financing and Prospects for Educational Quality in Ghana," Mr Samuel Frank Dadzie questioned the kind of free senior high school (SHS) that the country wants to achieve with the introduction of the double track system.

"...in putting so much stress on the teacher, let's also think of quality. What kind of free SHS do we want?" he asked.

Meanwhile, a deputy Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has said, four personnel from the Nation Builders Corp (NABCo) will be attached to each school under the double track system.

For more news go to: www.graphic.com.gh

No more single-sex halls, KNUST converts all into mixed

The Katanga Hall

Authorities of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), have converted all traditional halls of the school into mixed halls.

The halls include the all-female hall, Africa Hall.

This means that, with effect from the 2018/19 academic year, all six halls of residence of the University have been converted into mixed halls.

The decision comes at a time when the alumni and residents of the University and Continental Halls are battling with the University over the conversion of the all-male halls into mixed halls.

But according to management, it took the decision “in line with the university’s policy of periodic review of Residential Accommodation for students.”

It noted that “the University’s policy of expanding access to female students remain unchanged.”

“In line with the University’s policy of periodic review of Residential Accommodation for students, it has been decided that effective the 2018/2019 Academic year, all the six (6) Traditional Halls of Residence namely, Independence Hall, University Hall, Africa Hall, Republic Hall, Unity Hall and Queen Elizabeth II Hall would be designated as mixed Halls.

Free SHS increases interest in BECE resit - Deputy Education Minister

The introduction of the free Senior High School policy has shot up interest in Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) resit as 11,000 pupils sat for the remedial exams last year.

The figure is a huge leap from 1,000 that sat for the exams in 2016.

Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, a Deputy Minister of Education, who made the figures known, while applauding the previous administration for introducing the system said interest was low because there were no space in senior high schools for those who pass the resit.

He said another initiative that had increased the number of students writing the BECE had been the decision of government to absorb BECE registration fees.

He observed that the drop out rate in junior high schools had been high because some parents struggled to pay BECE registration for their wards.

For more news go to: www.graphic.com.gh

Ignore $160m judgement debt report – UG

University of Ghana was cited in a report as having unfairly terminated a contract

The University of Ghana has rubbished reports that it has been slapped with a $160million judgement debt at an International court for unfairly terminating a contract started under the regime of the former Vice Chancellor Professor Ernest Aryeetey in 2014.

In a statement, the country’s premiere university said the case has not been determined hence stakeholders should ignore “social media reports.”

“The Africa Integras Project, including matters relating to the substantive and procedural merits of the contract, has not been determined by an arbitrator,” the University’s statement said.

“Management of the University therefore urges calm and assures all stakeholders that it is taking all necessary and reasonable steps to secure the best interest and future of the University of Ghana,” it added.

A few days ago, it emerged that the university had lost the case in London and was ordered to pay a judgement debt of $160 million to the project developers – Africa Integras Project.

The University, back in 2014, entered into a Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreement with Africa Integras to invest US$64 million in the construction of 1,000 new students’ hostel beds for undergraduate and post-graduate students on the Legon campus.

The project was structured as a 25-year Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) contract.

But after the change of leadership in 2016, the new university council raised questions about the deal, particularly relating to the overall cost to the University.

However, Prof. Aryeetey insisted the processes leading up to the signing of the agreement with Integras were transparent, with all relevant stakeholders being kept informed of all developments.

“There is no scandal at all in relation to the $64.4 million contract. Africa Integras signed an agreement that they were supposed to spend that money. As far as I know, by the time the project stopped, they had spent about $28 million. How does a phony company come and spend $28 million? You can see the buildings coming up and yet it has been written that I have signed an agreement with a phony company. We haven’t spent any money ourselves, it’s the ‘phony’ company that’s spending the money; how does a phony company put up buildings?,” Professor Aryeetey asked.

The Arbitrator, however, did not accept the UG argument that the Concession Agreement signed by the two parties was not enforceable.

University of Ghana had sought to present the agreement as not being enforceable, claiming that its own procedures followed in preparing the Concession Agreement were flawed and did not follow due process.

The Arbitrator found nothing wrong with the process followed in preparing the Concession Agreement.

For more news go to Starrfmonline.com.

List of 400 Senior High Schools released for double track system

The government has released a list of Senior High Schools that will be captured under the much-touted double-track system of enrollment.

Beginning September 2018, some second cycle schools in Ghana will run a semester module as part of moves to address infrastructural challenges brought on by the Free SHS programme.

To this end, some 400 out of the 696 public SHSs have been selected to operate the system.

The schools will accommodate the over 180,000 students who are expected to gain admission into SHS this year.

This, the government says will ensure the fulfilment of its promise of providing equal opportunity for every Ghanaian child to gain access to secondary education.

The government rolled out the Free SHS policy in September 2017 in fulfilment of its campaign promise in the build to the 2016 general election.

The policy has so far increased enrollment in SHSs by about 90,000 students.

But less than a year after its implementation, a number of challenges such as the non-availability of space have forced the government to adopt a new mode of operation for second-cycle institutions – the double track system to take effect in September 2018.

But according to the list, the double intake will bring the total of newly proposed enrollment to 387, 592 students, with 193,796 as the total double intake per track.

Islamic Senior High in the Kumasi Metropolis in the Ashanti Region will have the highest number of intake with a proposed new entry of 3, 362 students.

Regional breakdown of schools

Ashanti Region – 79

Brong Ahafo Region – 41

Central Region – 45

Eastern Region – 60

Greater Accra Region – 42

Northern Region – 33

Upper East Region – 18

Upper West Region – 19

Volta Region – 30

Western Region – 35

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UEW Vice Chancellor, four others dismissed

Professor Mawutor Avoke, has been dismissed as Vice-Chancellor of University of Education, Winneba

The governing council of the University of Education, Winneba, has dismissed five principal officers of the institution following an emergency meeting on Monday.

One other official has had her appointment terminated.

The five are the Vice-Chancellor who was serving a suspension, Professor Mawutor Avoke, Finance Officer, Dr. Theophilus Senyo Ackorlie, Daniel Tetteh, Mary Dzimey and Frank Owusu Boateng.

They were interdicted in July 2017 by the UEW governing council to allow for investigations after it emerged that some vital documents at some offices at the centre of an ongoing investigation had gone missing.

Subsequently, in January 2018, lawyers of the five wrote to the University Council, demanding their immediate reinstatement.

Meanwhile, the Principal at the College of languages, Professor Avea Nsoh, in a Citi News interview described the latest development as unfortunate.

“It is very disturbing indeed. It’s very unfortunate and a tragic loss. I’m hoping that they can fight it back to get what they have been due for over 20 years”.

“I know the Vice-Chancellor is a well-composed person who started from the unit level through all the ranks up to the role of Pro-Vice-Chancellor and then the Vice Chancellor. I know the Finance Officer, he is very prolific. He has a lot of networks. I’ve worked with all of those affected,” he added.

Background

A Winneba High Court in 2017 ordered Professor Mawutor Avoke, to step aside until a case brought against him and the University’s Governing Council is determined.

The order was made in a case brought before the court by one Supi Kofi Kwayera, who insisted that the Vice Chancellor and the Finance Officer, were operating under the institution’s defunct governing council.

The plaintiff adduced that the University’s Council’s mandate had expired in November 2013, but the Education Ministry failed to constitute a new Governing Council for the university, and rather allowed and permitted the defunct Governing Council which had no mandate whatsoever to continue the functions of a properly constituted Governing Council as if same had been properly constituted.

This, Mr. Kwayera insisted was unlawful, and hence his legal action against the University of Education, Winneba.

However, before the substantive claims were looked into, the University, through its lawyers, applied to the court to dismiss the suit on the three counts, but the application was dismissed.

The High Court subsequently found Professor Avoke, and the school’s Finance Officer, Dr. Theopholus Senyo Ackorlie, guilty of procurement and other financial irregularities.

The court subsequently ordered the retrieval of all monies paid to the contractors of the North Campus Roads and a forensic audit of the project.
 Source: citinewsroom.com

List of Schools for SHS Double-Track Timetable Production Workshop

Monday, August 6, 2018
A 2-member team from each of the school listed below must
report to the Venue by 2:00pm with the completed excel
spreadsheets. Each school must also come along with the
following: *Free SHS issued Laptop *The laptop charger





 

NAME OF SCHOOOL
Presby Senior High, Teshie
Presby. Senior High, Tema
St. John`s Grammar Senior High
St. Thomas Aquinas Senior High
Tema Manhean Senior High/Tech
Tema Meth. Day Senior High
Nungua Senior High
O`Reilly Senior High
Odorgonno Senior High
Osudoku Senior High/Tech
Presby Boys Senior High
Presby Senior High, Osu
Kinbu Senior High/Tech
Kwabenya Comm. Senior High
La Presby Senior High
Labone Senior High
Ngleshie Amanfro Senior High
Ningo Senior High
Christian Methodist Senior High
Ebenezer Senior High
Frafraha Comm. Senior High
Ghanata Senior High
Holy Trinity Senior High
Kaneshie Senior High/Tech.
Ada Senior High
Ada Senior High/Technical
Amasaman Senior High/Tech
Armed Forces Senior High/Tech
Ashiaman Senior High
Chemu Senior High
Accra Academy
Accra Girls Senior High
Accra Senior High
Accra Tech. Trg. Centre
Accra Wesley Girls High
Achimota Senior High




New Nsutam Senior High/Tech
Nifa Senior High
Nkawkaw Senior High
Nkwatia Presby Senior High/Com
Nsawam Senior High
Mangoase Senior High
Manya Krobo Senior High
Methodist Girls Senior High
Mpraeso Senior High
New Abirem/Afosu Senior High
New Juaben Senior High/Com
Islamic Girls Senior High
Kade Senior High/Tech.
Kibi Senior High/Tech
Koforidua Senior High/Tech
Krobo Girls Senior High
Kwahu Ridge Senior High
Benkum Senior High
Bepong Senior High School
Boso Senior High Technical
Fodoa Comm. Senior High
Ghana Senior High
H`Mt. Sinai Day Senior High
Akwamuman Senior High
Anum Presby Senior High
Asamankese Senior High
Asesewa Senior High School
Asuom Senior High
Attafuah Senior High/Tech
Adukrom Senior High/Tech
Akim Asafo Senior High
Akim Swedru Senior High
Akro Senior High/Tech
Akroso Senior High
Akuse Methodist Senior High/Tech
Abetifi Presby Senior High
Abuakwa State College
Aburi Girls Senior High
Adeiso Senior High
Adonten Senior High 


Abakrampa Senior High/Tech
Edinaman Senior High
Effutu Senior High/Tech
Eguafo-Abrem Senior High
Ekumfi T. I. Ahmadiiyya Snr. High
Assin North Senior High/Tech
Bisease Senior High/Com
Boa-Amponsem Senior High
Breman Asikuma Senior High
Cape Coast Tech. Inst.
Dunkwa Senior High/Tech
Aburaman Senior High
Academy of Christ the King
Adisadel College
Aggrey Mem. A.M.E.Zion Snr. High
Apam Senior High
Assin Manso Senior High
St. Stephen`s Presby Snr. High/Tech, Asiakwa
St. Thomas Senior High/Tech
Suhum Senior High/Tech
W.B.M. Zion Senior High
Yilo Krobo Senior High/Com
S.D.A Senior High, Koforidua
St. Francis Senior High/Tech
St. Martin`s Senior High
St. Pauls Senior High
St. Peter`s Senior High
St. Rose`s Senior High
Pope John Snr. High & Jnr. Sem.
Presby Senior High/Tech, Larteh
Presby Senior High, Begoro
Presby Senior High, Mampong Akwapim
Presby Senior High, Suhum
Presby Senior High/Tech, Aburi
Oda Senior High
Ofori Panin Senior High
Okuapeman Senior High
Osino Presby Senior High/Tech.
Oti Boateng Senior High
Oyoko Methodist Senior High





Anlo Senior High
Awudome Senior High
Bishop Herman Senior High
Bueman Senior High
Winneba Senior High
Abor Senior High
Adidome Senior High
Akatsi Senior High/Tech
Anfoega Senior High
Anlo Afiadenyigba Senior High
Swedru Senior High
Twifo Praso Senior High
University Practice Senior High
Wesley Girls Senior High
ODUPONG COMM. DAY SCHOOL
Oguaa Senior High/Tech
Potsin T.I. Ahm. Senior High
Senya Senior High
St. Augustine`s College
Swedru Sch. Of Business
Nsaba Presby Senior High
Nyakrom Senior High Tech
Nyankumase Ahenkro Snr. High
Obiri Yeboah Senior High/Technical*
Obrakyere Senior High/Tech
Odoben Senior High
Kwegyir Aggrey Senior High Technical
Mando Senior High/Tech.
Mankessim Senior High/Tech
Methodist High School
Mfantsiman Girls Senior High
Mfantsipim Senior School
Gomoa Gyaman Senior High
Gomoa Senior High/Tech
Holy Child School.
Jukwa Senior High
Komenda Senior High/Tech.
Kwanyako Senior High
Enyan Denkyira Senior High
Ghana National College


Ghana Senior High/Tech
Half Assini Senior High
Bibiani Senior High/Tech.
Bodi Senior High
Bompeh Senior High./Tech
Diabene Senior High/Tech
Fiaseman Senior High
Fijai Senior High
Adiembra Senior High
Ahantaman Girls` Senior High
Archbishop Porter Girls Snr.High
Asankrangwa Senior High
Asawinso Senior High
Baidoo Bonso Senior High/Tech
St. Paul`s Senior High
Three Town Senior High
Tsito Senior High/Tech
Vakpo Senior High
Worawora Senior High
Zion Senior High
OLA Girls Senior High, Ho
Peki Senior High
Peki Senior High/Technical
Sogakope Senior High
Some Senior High
St. Catherine Girls Senior High
Kpassa Senior High
Kpedze Senior High
Mawuli School
Nkwanta Comm.Senior High
Nkwanta Senior High
Ntruboman Senior High
E. P. Senior High
E.P.C. Mawuko Girls Senior High
Kadjebi-Asato Senior High
Keta Business Senior High
Keta Senior High
Kpando Senior High
Dorfor Senior High
Dzodze Penyi Senior High






Barekese Senior High
Bodwesango Senior High
Bonwire Senior High/Tech
Christ the King Cath.
Collins Senior High/Commercial
Dadease Agric Senior High
Amaniampong Senior High
Anglican Senior High
Antoa Senior High
Armed Forces Senior High/Tech
Asanteman Senior High
Asare Bediako Senior High
Adventist Girls Senior High
Afua Kobi Ampem Girls` Senior High
Agogo State College
Agona Senior High/Tech
Akumadan Senior High
Al-Azariya Islamic Snr. High
Tarkwa Senior High
Achinakrom Senior High
Adanwomase Senior High
Adu Gyamfi Senior High
Aduman Senior High
Adventist Senior High
Shama Senior High
St. Augustine`s Senior High
St. John`s Senior High
St. Mary`s Boys` Senior High
Takoradi Senior High
Takoradi Tech. Inst.
Nana Brentu Senior High/Tech
Nkroful Agric. Senior High
Nsein Senior High
Prestea Senior High/Tech
Sefwi-Wiawso Senior High
Sekondi College
Huni Valley Senior High
Juaboso Senior High
Jwiraman Comm.Senior High
Methodist Senior High



Owerriman Senior High
Parkoso Comm. Senior High
Prempeh College
S.D.A. Senior High, Agona
Obuasi Senior High/Tech
Okomfo Anokye Senior High
Opoku Ware School
Osei Kyeretwie Senior High
Osei Tutu Senior High
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II College
Mansoman Senior High
Mpasatia Senior High/Tech
Namong Senior High
New Edubiase Senior High
Nkawie Senior High/Tech
Nsutaman Cath. Senior High
Kumasi Senior High
Kumasi Senior High/Tech
Kumasi Tech. Inst.
Kumasi Wesley Girls High Sch
Mankranso Senior High
Manso-Adubia Senior High
KNUST Senior High
Kofi Adjei Senior High/Tech
Konadu Yiadom Senior High
Konongo Odumase Senior High
Kumasi Academy
Kumasi Girls Senior High
Gyaama Pensan Senior High/Tech
Islamic Senior High
Jachie Pramso Senior High
Jacobu Senior High/Tech.
Juaben Senior High
Juaso Senior High/Tech
Dwamena Akenten Senior High
Effiduase Senior High/Com
Ejisu Senior High/Tech
Ejisuman Senior High
Ejuraman Anglican Senior High
Fomena T.I. Ahmad Senior High


Nkoranza Tech Inst.
Prang Senior High
Mansen Senior High Sch.
Methodist Senior High/Tech.
Mim Senior High
Nafana Senior High
Nkoranman Senior High
Nkoranza Senior High/Technical school
Hwidiem Senior High
Jinijini Senior High
Kajaji Senior High
Kintampo Senior High
Kukuom Agric Senior High
Kwame Danso Senior High/Tech
Bechem Presby Senior High
Berekum Presby Senior High
Berekum Senior High
Chiraa Senior High
Dormaa Senior High
Drobo Senior High
Wesley Senior High
Yaa Asantewaa Girls Senior High
Abease Comm.Day School
Acherensua Senior High
Ameyaw Akumfi Senior High/Tech.
Atebubu Senior High
T. I. Ahmadiyya Senior High
Tepa Senior High
Tijjaniya Senior High
Toase Senior High
Tweneboa Kodua Senior High
Wesley High School, Bekwai
Serwaah Nyarko Girls` Snr. High
Simms Senior High/Com.
St. Jerome Senior High
St. Joseph Sem/Senior High
St. Louis Senior High
St. Monica`s Senior High
S.D.A. Senior High, Bekwai
Sekyedumase Senior High


Tamale Girls Senior High
Tamale Senior High
Tolon Senior High
Tuna Senior High/Tech.
Vitting Senior High/Tech.
Walewale Senior High
Pong-Tamale Senior High
Presby Senior High
Saboba E.P. Senior High
Salaga Senior High
Salaga T.I. Ahmad Senior High
Savelugu Senior High
Kpandai Senior High
Kumbungu Senior High
Nakpanduri Senior High
Nalerigu Senior High
Ndewura Jakpa Senior High/Tech.
Northern School of Business
Gambaga Girls Senior High
Ghana Senior High
Gushegu Senior High
Islamic Science Senior High
Kalpohin Senior High
Karaga Senior High
Bunkpurugu Senior High/Tech
Business Senior High
Chereponi Senior High/Tech.
Dagbon State Senior High/Tech
Damongo Senior High
E. P. Agric Senior High/Tech
Twene Amanfo Senior High/Tech.
Wenchi Meth. Senior High
Yeji Senior High/Tech
Anbariya Senior High Sch.
Bimbilla Senior High
Bole Senior High
Salvation Army Senior High
Serwaa Kesse Girls Senior High School
Sunyani Senior High
Techiman Senior High





T. I. Ahmadiyya Senior High
Tumu Senior High/Tech.
Ullo Senior High
Wa Senior High
Wa Senior High/Tech.
Kaleo Senior High/Tech
Kanton Senior High
Ko Senior High
Lawra Senior High
Piina Senior High
St. Francis Girls Senior High
Zebilla Senior High/Tech
Zuarungu Senior High
Daffiamah Senior High
Eremon Senior High/Tech.
Islamic Senior High
Jirapa Senior High Day
Sandema Senior High
Sandema Senior High/Tech.
Sirigu Senior High
St. John`s Integrated Snr. High/Tech
Tempane Senior High
Zamse Senior High/Tech
Fumbisi Senior High
Gowrie Senior High/Tech.
Kongo Senior High
Kusanaba Senior High
Navrongo Senior High
O.L.L. Girls Senior High
Bawku Senior High
Bawku Senior High/Tech.
Bolga Girls Senior High
Bolgatanga Senior High
Bongo Senior High
Chiana Senior High
Wulensi Senior High
Wulugu Senior High
Yendi Senior High
Zabzugu Senior High
Awe Senior High/Tech.