In a significant move towards providing access to education for all, the Ministry of Education has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Ltd. – BOST to provide scholarships for students from less privileged communities in a groundbreaking new initiative.The partnership is expected to provide scholarships that will cover tuition, […]
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Apr 23
Courtesy Call on the Film Industry
With the hopes of contributing to the Education Transformation Agenda, Film industry paid courtesy call on Wednesday, 12th April 2023. The delegation led by renowned actor Akwasi Boadi, popularly known as Akrobeto, also included Okyeame Kwame, Koo Ofori, Samuel Nyamekye of Miracle Films, Director Jones, as well as Mikky Berko, who joined by Zoom. The […]
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Mar 23
YOLO Youth Town Hall Event With Kamala
Minister joins Vice President of the USA, Kamala Harris, and the Second Gentleman for a short visit as part of their Administration’s efforts to strengthen partnerships. On Monday 27th March 2023, I joined the Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff and other dignitaries for a YOLO Youth Town Hall event at Labone Senior High School. Also present […]
The implementation of Free SHS has indeed, produced a lot of graduates from Senior High Schools who will end up in a tertiary institution thus, the increase in the Gross Tertiary Enrollment Ratio (GTER).As a result, there is an urgent need for student hostel like this which I represented the president to commission at the […]
On the 6th of March, 2023, the Minister joined H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, H.E Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, The President of Guinea Bissau, Ministers of State, Chiefs, and many other Ghanaians to commemorate Ghana’s 66th Anniversary Celebration in Adaklu, Volta Region.We celebrate our forefathers who fought for our independence to whom we are grateful for […]
The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum says over 500,000 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) graduates have been placed in various Senior High as well as Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Schools nationwide under the school Selection and placement system. He explained that enrolment into SHS and TVET institutions has increased significantly following […]
Some stakeholders in the education sector have described this year’s School Selection and Placement exercise as very successful. According to the stakeholders who include parents, educationists and education Non-Governmental Organizations among others, the fact that there has not been any issue of a parent paying money before being placed in their preferred school attested to […]
Ghana’s Education Minister Hon. Yaw Osei Adutwum has inspected school buildings in the UAE since they are known for some of the world’s best architecture. This forms part of his 3day working day visit to the United Arab of Emirates.The team was received by the leadership of Varkey Foundation; Dino Varkey and Jay Varkey.In his […]
Minister for Education participated in a Ministerial Roundtable discussion on Climate Change and Education organised by the Department of Education at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on the sidelines of the Global Education Summit in the UK.The discussion was hosted by The Rt. Hon. Secretary of State for Education, Gavin Williamson OBE MP.Questions centered on […]
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Sep 22
Meeting with the UAE Education Minister
As part of efforts to improve and strengthen Ghana’s education system by learning from international best practices, Minister for Education Ghana, paid a 3day working visit to the United Arab of Emirates (UAE), Dubai. He paid a courtesy call on UAE’s Education minister, HE Hussein Ibrahim Al Hammadi on how both countries can collaborate and […]