A grand durbar was on Monday held for the visiting Director-General for UNESCO, Miss Audrey Azoulay, at the Ga-Mantse Palace in Accra. The durbar organized by the Ga-Mantse, Nii Teiko Tsuru III, and the Ga Traditional Council attracted thousands of people, politicians, heads of Agencies, the Greater Accra Regional Minister, the Mayor of Accra, the […]
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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 […]
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will on 24th April 2023 perform the grand opening of the Accra World Book Capital, 2023 at the Accra Conference Centre. In attendance at the event would be will be a wide array of important international personalities including Members of the Diplomatic Community in Ghana, UNESCO Representatives in the […]
My unannounced school visits and inspection train stopped at some schools in the Eastern Region of Ghana on Monday, 20th March 2023.Methodist Girls SHS, Mamfe, Mampong Presbyterian SHS, Secondary and Technical High School for the Deaf, Mampong Akwapim, Aburi Girls SHS, Aburi Presby ‘B’ Primary School and Demonstration School for the Deaf Primary School, Mampong, […]
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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 […]
Ninety-one per cent of qualified students successfully placed so far-Education MinistryA total of 492,437 students representing 91 per cent out of 538,399 candidates who qualified for placement have as of 9:30 am on Sunday, February 2023 been successfully placed in their Senior High and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) school of choice. This […]
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 […]