Education

Zimbabwe’s High Court has outlawed corporal punishment for children both at school and in the home. The ruling comes after a parent complained that her child in grade one, a class for six-year-olds, had deep bruises after a beating by a teacher. Linah Pfungwa said her daughter had been punished …

On Saturday 25th February, 2017, the Ghana Mathematics Society and Ahotor FM’s Mmabunu Mmre rewarded loyal listeners with beautiful tablets which cost several Ghana Cedis.  The tablets which performs all the  regular functions any modern tablet can do has the additional function as a learning aid as it has specially …

The Executive Director of the Street Children Empowerment Foundation(SCEF), Mr. Paul Semeh, has welcomed government’s Free Fee Senior High School educational policy but has urged caution in its implementation since according to him ‘we have fully not addressed the problems which have enmeshed the implementation of the Free Compulsory Universal …

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has expressed shock at a revelation that teachers in the Central Region impregnated 301 pupils and students last year, David Ofori-Acheampong, General Secretary of the GNAT, has said. According to him, GNAT has always been sensitising teachers on the fact that engaging in …

Vice president of policy think tank IMANI Ghana, Kofi Bentil says government must close down some social intervention programmes and use monies invested in them to finance the free education policy. He said the free education policy is more important than any social intervention programme and if government can mop …

Most stakeholders attribute fallen standards in education to the lack of technology use by most 21st century students. However a professor of Mathematics and President of the Ghana Mathematics society, Professor Sitsofe Anku, has said technology is exactly one of the major causes of students failure in mathematics. He strongly …

A professor of Mathematics and the President of the Ghana Mathematics society has attributed the mass student failures in mathematics in Ghana to mathematics teachers who are ignorant about the subject. ‘Mathematics is interesting, practical and relevant to everyday situation. ‘ He said. Yet it has become a nightmare and …

The Techiman Catholic Diocesan Education Coordinator, the Reverend Father Martin Oduro-Bilson, has called for teachers to show strong commitment and passion for the job they are doing. He asked that they went the extra mile to improve classroom performance – to raise the quality of education. He was speaking at …

Education Minister, Dr. Mathew Opoku-Prempeh, has expressed upset with the low grades that continue to be scored, in mathematics and science by candidates presented for the West African Senior High School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). He said given the critical nature of the two subjects to the nation’s development agenda, the …

Dr Sena Kpeglo, Registrar, University of Health and Allied Sciences has called on parents to provide “supportive environment” at home to children to enhance their academic performance at school. “Parents must provide their children with a supportive environment at home; keep watch on their activities and to make links with …