The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed heads of schools that there should be no end-of-term examinations at the basic school level this academic year. According to the Service, the reopening of schools for the 2021 academic year for students from kindergarten to junior high school (JHS) was for “recovery learning”. “Headteachers and teachers are … Read more
The opening of schools for first-year senior high school ( SHS ) students has been rescheduled to March 18. The first years were initially expected to start school on March 10. The Ghana Education Service (GES) explained in a statement that “this Is to enable the students and parents have ample time to prepare for … Read more
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that the 2020 Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) will be released on Sunday, February 28. A statement issued by the Service on Friday said a total of 494,530 candidates out of 533,693 candidates qualified to be placed into Senior High Schools (SHS) and Technical and Vocational … Read more
The General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) Thomas Musah has assured teachers, that issues relating to challenges being faced by teachers who applied for upgrading in the Ghana Education Service to their various ranks are being worked on. Mr. Musah was responding to questions regarding teachers who applied for upgrading but … Read more
The Ghana Education Service ( GES ) has made public their intentions of providing their pre-tertiary teaching staff with laptops. This will be done in the hopes of facilitating teaching and learning as they will be alternating between the classroom and online lessons. Prof. Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, Director-General of GES wrote in a letter which was … Read more
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed all Form 2 students of Junior and Senior High Schools to return to school on Monday, October 5, 2020. This is to enable them to complete the third term and second semester respectively of the current academic year. This was contained in a press statement dated 2nd October … Read more
Following the gradual increase in number of corona virus confirmations in the country, Ghana Education Service has directed all schools to shun public activities such as sport activities etc in their premises until further notice. This new directive was given by the Director-General as a preventive measure against the spread of Coronavirus. GNA also reports … Read more