Gov’t to reduce number of JHS from 13,000 to 2,500

The Ministry of Education is set to reduce the number of Junior High Schools in Ghana from 13,000 to 2500 after re-engineering the country’s a educational system to promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The new system will be called the Junior Senior High School. Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum explained that “We […]

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Gov’t to pilot 6-year secondary education system beginning 2023

Government plans to pilot a six-year secondary education system beginning in 2023. “In 2023 when we open those schools, you are going to see how we are going to see six years [of] quality secondary education,” the Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, said to the press on Tuesday. This system will be piloted at […]

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Education Minister summoned before Parliament over ‘1 Teacher, 1 Laptop’ policy

Education Minister, Dr Yaw Adutwum has been summoned before Parliament over government’s ‘1 Teacher, 1 Laptop’ policy, which has triggered division and agitation amongst teacher unions. Deputy Ranking on the Education Committee, Dr Clement Apaak, who has filed a question for the minister to answer, alleges the selection process in the award of the contract […]

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