Ghana

30 September 2024

Ghanaian Universities Risk Closure Due to Union Strikes

Cynthia Sena Kpeglo, Executive Secretary of Vice Chancellors Ghana, emphasized that universities cannot function without the essential services provided by striking unions. The ongoing strikes, which involve multiple unions, have delayed the reopening of public universities, as institutions rely heavily on unionized workers for utilities, sanitation, and classroom maintenance. The unions are demanding solutions to unresolved issues like delayed pensions and unpaid allowances. Read more.

 

31 August 2024

President Akufo-Addo Inaugurates Silver Jubilee Building at UDS, Highlighting Commitment to Education

President Akufo-Addo inaugurated the Silver Jubilee Building at the University for Development Studies, fulfilling a 2018 promise. Read more

5-Rapper disqualified from university SRC presidential race

Rapper Guru disqualified from University of Ghana SRC presidential race due to non-residential status. The SRC vetting committee determined that Guru did not meet the residency requirements outlined in the university’s constitution. Read more

Private universities to increase lecturer salaries by 20%

Private universities in Ghana will increase lecturers’ salaries by 20% and boost book and research allowances to attract and retain staff. The move addresses challenges related to low salaries and lecturer retention. Read more

Surge in number of Ghanaian student visas breaks records

The number of Ghanaian student visas issued for Canada, the US, the UK, and Australia has surged to 17,000 in five years, driven by high demand for quality education and career opportunities abroad. However, growth may be tempered by evolving international policies and Nigeria’s larger student population. Read more

Help is at hand: An insider view into meeting student needs

Since its establishment in 1997, KNUST’s Directorate of Student Affairs has advanced student welfare with comprehensive support services including counseling, academic advising, and leadership development. Challenges remain in resources and mental health, but the directorate is committed to enhancing student well-being and engagement. Read more

SDGs: Students positive about HE, doubt poverty will be erased

Ghanaian university students are optimistic about achieving some UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) but skeptical about ending poverty and hunger by 2030. A recent study urges integrating SDG principles into curricula and enhancing educational strategies to better prepare students for global sustainability challenges. Read more

 

31 July 2024

University of Ghana to Unveil New Vision and Strategic Priorities to Achieve Global Impact

University of Ghana unveils ambitious five-year plan to bolster global impact through innovation, research, and student experience. The institution aims to transform lives and societies by leveraging technology and a people-centered approach. Read more

International Education Summit Opened in Accra

A four-day International Educators Summit in Accra addressed education challenges and explored technological advancements. Organized by the Ghana Chapter of ASCD, the event emphasized leadership, future learning, and bridging the digital divide to transform education in Africa. Read more

Experts Propose Solutions for Restoring Macroeconomic Stability

Ghana’s Ministry of Finance and University of Ghana held the first Quarterly Economic Roundtable to address macroeconomic instability. Experts discussed fiscal discipline, debt management, and monetary policy, emphasizing collaboration between academia and policymakers for sustainable economic growth. Read more

Private universities to increase lecturers’ salary by 20 per cent

Private universities in Ghana will increase lecturers’ salaries by 20% this year and enhance book and research allowances to attract and retain staff. The move addresses challenges with lecturer retention and aims to improve conditions for faculty. Read more

Six new universities being established by government to be ready in December 2024 – Education Minister

The government plans to establish six new universities by December 2024 to boost tertiary enrollment. This initiative aims for a 40% gross tertiary enrollment ratio by 2030, reflecting significant investment in education infrastructure and digitalization. Read more

Foundation inspires over 2,000 students to acquire higher education

The Rosemond Ama Yeboah Foundation is empowering Ghanaian students with scholarships and skills training to attain higher education. The organization hosted its first summit to inspire and motivate young people to pursue their academic goals. Read more

The University of Ghana embraces gender inclusivity with revised statutes

The University of Ghana has revised its statutes to enhance gender inclusivity, incorporating gender-neutral language. This aligns with the Vice Chancellor’s vision for a vibrant, responsive governance system and reflects current national policies. Read more

Private universities in Ghana experiencing high attrition rate

Private universities in Ghana, including the Catholic University of Ghana (CUG), face high attrition rates among senior lecturers due to poor conditions of service. CUG is increasing salaries and allowances to retain staff and improve their academic standards. Read more

 

31 May 2024

STEM Education initiative launched for teacher trainees at University of Cape Coast

Ghana launched a STEM education initiative for teacher trainees at the University of Cape Coast. This aims to integrate STEM principles throughout the educational system, from primary schools to universities. The government is committed to providing support and facilities for this program. Read more

New oceans and coastal data hub to bolster marine research

A new data hub launched at the University of Cape Coast aims to be a one-stop shop for information on Africa’s marine resources. The hub will provide free and easy access to data on fisheries, ecosystems, and climate change, with the goal of improving sustainable management of the continent’s oceans. Read more

Tertiary education curriculum should address specific national development needs 

Ghana’s education system is called to align its curriculum with the country’s development goals. A panel discussion highlighted the need for universities to focus on skills relevant to national needs and for stronger collaboration between the government and universities. Read more

Overhauling of Ghana’s higher education system key to economic growth – Nikoi Hammond

Ghana’s university system needs an overhaul, says Prof. Hammond. He argues current graduates lack practical skills and entrepreneurial drive due to a focus on theory and traditional careers. This mismatch is blamed for high unemployment. Prof. Hammond proposes a shift towards practical skills and entrepreneurship to better equip graduates for the job market. Read more

‘Antagonistic’ state and HE relations a colonial relic?

Ghana’s public universities have a historically strained relationship with the government, dating back to colonial times. The government desires control and a focus on development, while universities value autonomy and academic freedom. This tension continues to influence their interactions today. Read more

 

30 April 2024

University of Ghana Explores Research Collaborations with York University

Officials from the University of Ghana (UG) met with representatives from York University to discuss potential research collaborations. The goal is to strengthen ties between the two universities and advance their research goals. This aligns with UG’s vision of becoming a world-class research-intensive university. More

The Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) has unveiled the logo and the theme for its 70th anniversary to be celebrated later this year.

Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) celebrates 70 years with a logo unveiling and a theme reflecting its legacy in technical and vocational education. The logo represents the university’s “rich heritage, firm commitment and enduring legacy,” according to the Vice-Chancellor. The 80th-anniversary theme, “80 Years of academic excellence, steering the wheels of technical and vocational education,” highlights KsTU’s ongoing mission to prepare students for the workforce. More

Actions of GTEC may collapse private universities in Ghana by August 2024

Ghana’s private universities face closure by August 2024 if they fail to meet requirements for a Presidential Charter under a new law. Critics say the deadline is unrealistic and could cripple the tertiary education sector. The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission defends the policy, arguing it will improve quality and autonomy for private institutions. More

New initiative gives graduates the edge in the workplace

Ghana1000 program bridges the gap between university education and the job market for STEM graduates. This innovative initiative provides crucial data analytics and business skills, boosting confidence and employability. More

UDS Management Issues Warning To Admissions, Procurement And Recruitment Fraudsters

The University of Development Studies (UDS) in Ghana is warning potential students and employees of scams. Unidentified individuals are posing as UDS representatives to collect fees and offer fake jobs. UDS emphasizes all official payments go through specific banks and recruitment happens through official channels. They advise anyone encountering fraud to report it to the police and UDS. More

Ashesi was born to transform African education – Founder

Patrick Awuah left his comfortable Microsoft career to transform his home continent. Ashesi University, built on a foundation of philanthropy and academic rigor, is now a top-ranked African institution.  Its graduates are in high demand, fueling Ghana’s development. Awuah’s vision extends beyond Ashesi’s walls – he’s spearheading a movement to revolutionize African education. More

 

31 March 2024

Rethink the establishment of new universities, says expert

A Ghanaian education expert is urging reform in university expansion. Christine Adu-Yeboah, an education director, says the focus should be on improving existing programs to address job creation and development. She proposes public-private partnerships for universities in underdeveloped areas.  More

Government establishing new universities to expand access to higher education – Majority Leader

Ghana is building new universities in Mampong, Akrodie, Bunso, and Kintampo to improve access to quality education, particularly teacher training. The government is also revising student loan options to remove financial barriers and increase enrollment. These efforts aim to achieve a 40% college enrollment rate by 2030 and prioritize science and technology degrees. More

GTEC Launches Accreditation Management Information System (AMIS)

Ghana’s Tertiary Education Commission launched a new digital platform called AMIS to streamline the accreditation process for universities. AMIS replaces the manual system and allows institutions to apply for accreditation online. This is expected to improve efficiency and accessibility. The launch was followed by workshops to train universities on how to use the new system. More

 

31 January 2024

75th Annual New Year School at Legon to Open Jan 9, 2024

The Annual New Year School and Conference is set to open at the Great Hall and the Cedi Conference Centre of the University of Ghana (UG), Legon on Tuesday, January 9, 2024. Read more

1153 students graduate from Pentecost University 

The Pentecost University (PU) at the weekend held its 15th Congregation in Accra for 1,153 students who graduated with degrees and certificates in diverse faculties, including business administration, health allied scienc­es and engineering. Read more

African Institute of International Law to Sign an MOU With Scores of African Universities

The African Institute of International Law (AIIL), based in Tanzania, has started the process of concluding a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a few African universities to conduct joint programmes per its mission. Read more

CG, GTEC Deepens Accord on Tertiary Education Delivery

The Vice Chancellors of Traditional Universities in Ghana (VCG) have affirmed their readiness to continue deepening the existing relationship with the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) towards education development in the country. Read more

Do not tamper with our conditions of service – Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana

The Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana says it will not allow anybody to tamper with their conditions of services. According to the National Chairman, their calls for the payment of their Tier 2 pension and overtime allowance have gone unheeded, resulting in the strike. Read more

Government to meet striking tertiary workers on February 1

Striking tertiary workers say government has scheduled a meeting with them on Thursday, February 1, 2024. This meeting is expected to address the concerns that have led the members to embark on the industrial action. Read more

GTEC Approves New Courses for Universities

Over 1000 programmes have been approved by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) for study by public universities across the country. GTEC says the programmes will help streamline the academic calendar of tertiary institutions. Read more

KNUST Places Second at 2024 World Universities Debating Championship, Sets New Record

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) began the new year on a good note after it achieved an impressive feat at the 2024 World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) worth acknowledging. Read more

KNUST, University of Ghana Jointly Induct 42 Veterinary Medicine Doctors

In a historic collaboration, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and the University of Ghana, under the auspices of the Ghana Veterinary Council, have inducted a group of 42 veterinary medicine doctors. Read more

LASUSTECH, Ghanaian Varsity Partner on Inter-University Cooperation

A collaboration that will foster and boost interuniversity cooperation and interaction, scientific and cultural exchange, as well as promote mutual understanding and respect between the people of Nigeria and Ghana has been signed … Read more

Ministry of Education Rubbishes Mahama’s Attempt to Undermine WASSCE Candidates Intelligence

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has strongly refuted recent claims made by former President John Dramani Mahama regarding lax supervision and collusion in the West Africa Senior Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Read more

Nationwide Strike Declared by University Staff 

The Senior Staff Association of the Public Universities in Ghana (SSA-UoG) and the Federation of Universities Senior Staff (FUSSAG) have declared an indefinite strike with immediate effect over the blatant disregard for their welfare by the government. Read more

Senior Staff of Universities Threaten to Strike Over Unpaid Tier-2 Contributions

The Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG) has urged the government to proceed with clearing Tier-2 contributions of its members, else its members will embark on an industrial action on January 15, 2024. Read more

Technical University Senior Administrators’ Association of Ghana to Strike on Jan. 8 

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Technical University Senior Administrators’ Association of Ghana (TUSAAG) has declared a nationwide strike effective Monday, January 8, 2024. Read more

TEWU Direct Members to Join Universities Senior Staff Strike 

The Senior Staff Association of the Public Universities in Ghana and the Federation of Universities Senior Staff (FUSSAG) declared an indefinite nationwide strike on January 17, 2024, over the blatant disregard for their welfare by the government. Read more

UEW Undergoing Transformative Shift to A Smart Campus – Vice-Chancellor 

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Prof. Stephen Jobson Mitchual, has declared the institution’s commitment to transforming into a smart campus, ushering in an era of technological innovation and efficiency. Read more

UG Commissions Toyota Ghana School of Engineering Sciences Training Centre 

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana has announced the commissioning of a Toyota Ghana School of Engineering Sciences training centre. According to Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, the centre was opened in October 2023, and aims to provide students with hands-on training and experience in the field of engineering. Read more

UG Hosts 75th Annual New Year School; President Akufo-Addo is Special Guest 

The 75th Annual New Year School and Conference (ANYSC) begins Tuesday, January 9, 2024, at the Great Hall and the ISSER Conference Centre of the University of Ghana (UG), Legon. Read more

UG Starts Takoradi, Kumasi City Campuses

The University of Ghana (UG) has received accreditation and started the operation of satellite campuses in Takoradi and Kumasi. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Nana Aba Amfo, who announced this yesterday, said admissions to the two campuses were ongoing. Read more

University of Cape Coast Appoints First Visually Impaired Law Lecturer

The University of Cape Coast has appointed the first visually impaired person, Carruthers Tetteh, as a lecturer at the Faculty of Law. His appointment which took effect in December 2023, teaches Criminal Law and the Ghana Legal System. Read more

University of Dar Es Salam Forges Partnership with KNUST E-Learning Centre in ICT Use for Tertiary Education Delivery

Public universities across Africa are turning to the use of e-learning to cope with the rapidly increasing demand for university education. But limited ICT skills has hampered the adoption of e-learning. A four-member team from the University of Dar Es Salam, Tanzania have therefore paid a working visit to the E-Learning Centre … Read more

University of Ghana Condemns Assault Incident on Campus

The management of the University of Ghana (UG) has condemned the assault of a young man by some persons on the Legon campus. A video of the incident has been shared on social media. Read more

University of Ghana Cut-Off Points for Undergraduate Programmes

The University of Ghana has published the cut-off points for admission into undergraduate programmes. To be admitted into the undergraduate programmes of the University, applicants should have at least the following grades as published by the University or better. Read more

University of Ghana First-Year Students Stranded, No Accommodation for Hundreds

A large number of first-year students who have been offered admission to the University of Ghana (UG), Legon, have been left stranded after being told by the management of the various University Halls that there is no accommodation for them. Read more

University of Ghana Graduates Advised to Uphold Tenets of Integrity

Mr. Anthony Kwasi Sarpong, Senior Partner at KPMG Ghana, has advised University of Ghana graduates to preserve the principles of integrity in their professional endeavours. Read more

University of Ghana to Set Up Laptop Assembly Plant to Support Students 

The University of Ghana, Legon, has awarded contracts for the setting up of a laptop assembly plant on campus to further support students’ access to laptops at highly competitive prices. Read more

Universities’ Senior Staff Rejects NLC’s Order to Call Off Strike

The Senior Staff Association of Public Universities is maintaining that their strike is ongoing, despite the National Labour Commission’s directive to suspend it. According to the Association’s leadership, they still need to convene and engage in discussions with their members before making any decision… Read more

UTAG/TUTAG Threatens Strike Following Walkout from FWSC Meeting 

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) and the Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) staged a walkout this morning from a meeting with the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), signaling rising tensions in the ongoing negotiations. Read more

UTAG-UG Backs Striking Unions, Urges Government to Meet Demands Immediately 

The University Teachers Association of Ghana, University of Ghana Branch (UTAG-UG) has expressed solidarity with sister unions on strike to press home demands for a better condition of service (CoS). Read more

Verify Information Before Broadcasting to Avoid Misinformation

The Management of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has urged the media and other stakeholders to verify information from credible sources before dissemination to avoid misconceptions and misinformation. Read more

We Don’t Operate in Nigeria – UCC Reacts to Nigeria Government Ban

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has reacted to reports of it being banned by the Federal Government of Nigeria over the issuance of questionable degrees. Read more

What Challenges Will The HE Sector in Africa Face in 2024?

The African Union (AU) has named 2024 as the Year of Education – a reminder to member states to keep pursuing the goals of the Continental Education Strategy for Africa (CESA) and Sustainable Development Goal 4, which aims to ensure inclusive, equitable quality education and lifelong learning for all. Read more

WSU Bolsters Relationships with African Universities

Washington State University is expanding its relationships with universities in central and western Africa as part of ongoing efforts to further scholarly exchange and leverage expertise to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Read more

 

30 November 2023

30 UGBS Students Benefit From GH₵200000 Fellowship Awards 

Thirty students of the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) have benefited from the first Axis Pensions Young Scholars Fellowship awards worth GH₵200,000. The first cohort of beneficiaries, which include seven females, are expected to receive GH₵6,600 each for the academic year. Read more

139 UG Students Benefit from the Vice-Chancellor’s One Student One Laptop Initiative

One hundred and thirty-nine (139) students from the University of Ghana have benefitted from the Vice-Chancellor’s One Student One Laptop (1S1L) Initiative, a scheme targeted at enhancing the UG student experience through digitalisation. Read more

175 Tertiary Students Receive Edikan Trust Fund Scholarships

The Edikan Trust Fund has awarded educational scholarships to 175 students in the catchment areas of Perseus Mining Ghana Limited in the Central and Western regions. Read more

An ‘Accidental’ Academic’s Journey Takes Him to the Top

Professor Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo’s dream was to study journalism and communication as far as he could go, and then end with a job in the media. That did not happen and, so, he calls himself an ‘accidental academic’ Read more

Centralised Admission Form System for Prospective University Student Being Piloted By GTEC

A system that will enable prospective university students to apply for admission through a centralised platform will be rolled out by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) from next week. Read more

Confucius Institute, Ghanaian University Ink Deal to Boost Chinese Language Learning 

The Confucius Institute at the University of Ghana and the Accra Technical University (ATU) on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the introduction of Chinese language and culture in the school. Read more

Construction of Multipurpose Building for UG School of Law Commences 

The Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, has cut the sod for the construction of a $14 million multipurpose building for the University of Ghana School of Law (UGSoL). Read more

Department of Communication Studies Hosts Second Edition of the Trends in Media and Communication Conference (TiMC)

The Department of Communication Studies has held its 2nd biennial virtual conference to provide a platform for reflecting on the emerging trends in the media and communication spaces globally and in Africa in particular, as powered by fast evolving technology. Read more

‘Disconnect’ Between Agriculture and Nutrition in Focus

Africa’s Green Revolution “has let us down”, not because agriculture on the continent is delivering insufficient quantities of food, but because, overall, the food that is being produced is not diverse and nutritious enough, a leading expert told a recent gathering at Stellenbosch University (SU) in South Africa. Read more

Education Should Play its Role at COP28, Climate Expert Says

The role universities play as centres of learning and bearers of knowledge allows institutions to lead research on climate science and use that knowledge to inform policy-making and practice in both climate adaptation and mitigation, according to Dr Bob Manteaw, … Read more

Engineering Emerges as an Area of Strength in Subject Rankings

A total of 112 universities in 17 African countries have been ranked in the 20th edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by subject 2024, an index that each year lists institutions’ performance in academic fields across 11 selected subject areas. Read more

Former UHASS VC Prof Owusu Gyapong is the next African Research Universities Alliance Sec-Gen

A former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Health and Allied Sciences in Ho, Professor John Owusu Gyapong will take over as Secretary-General of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) when he retires at the end of July 2024. Read more 

Ho Technical University Introduces New Programmes Tailored Towards Improving Ghana’s Economy 

The Ho Technical University (HTU) has received clearance to offer new programmes seeking to produce human resources to help improve Ghana’s economy. Read more

Ghana to Have Fully-Fledged Open University Campuses in September Next Year- Dr. Adutwum

Dr Yaw Osei adutwum, minister of education, says the country is set to have fully-fledged operationalised open university campuses in september next year. the minister said prospective students could take up online courses from the comfort of their homes or visit the campuses for research. Read more 

Government to Grant Clearance to All Tertiary Institutions to Recruit, Replace Critical Staff

Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, the Minister of Education, says the government will grant clearance to all public tertiary institutions in the coming months to enable them to recruit and replace critical staff. Read more

Government Trains 19000 Apprentices and Master Craft Persons in Seven Years 

The Government of Ghana through the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET) has trained over 19,000 master craft persons and apprentices since 2018 under the Ghana TVET Voucher Project (GTVP). Read more

Govt to Establish Digital Youth Village at UG

The Ministry of Communication and Digitalisation has unveiled plans to establish a Digital Youth Village at the University of Ghana. The initiative, announced by the Sector Minister, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, during the 75th Annual New Year School Conference in Accra, … Read more

Incorporate Technology into Teaching Methods – Prof Peter Quartey Urges Universities

The Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social, and Economic Research (ISSER) at the University of Ghana, Prof Peter Quartey, is urging more universities to incorporate technology into their teaching methods. Read more

Kufuor Foundation Encourages Students in Tertiary Institutions to Join the Kufuor Scholars Program

The John A. Kufuor Foundation has called on Level 100 students in the country’s tertiary institutions to join the Kufuor Scholars Program (KSP).A statement issued in Accra by Prof. Baffour Agyeman-Duah, chief executive officer of the Foundation explained the program, … Read more

Legon Alumni Unveil Unity Walk For Graduates Of All Universities In Ghana 

The University of Ghana Alumni Association alongside passionate alumni from various Ghanaian universities is gearing up for the Alumni-Connect event. The 10-kilometer Unity Walk, scheduled for December 1, 2023, at the University of Ghana’s campus, … Read more

Mental Health Research Initiative Grows Pool of Scientists

Six universities in Africa are continuing an African Mental Health Research Initiative (AMARI) to strengthen a network of researchers whose scientific work focuses on mental, neurological and substance use disorders (MNS). Read more

Private Universities Urged to Be Relevant, Excellent and Agile to Be Successful 

Private Universities need to focus on relevance, agility, and excellence to ensure that their institutions adapt and succeed in the education marketplace. Read more

Report Outlines Skills Needs in Africa’s Fashion Industry

Countries in Africa struggle to reach their full potential in a fast-developing fashion industry due to limited educational and training systems, a persistent lack of investment and infrastructure in the sector, and insufficient intellectual property protection. Read more

Review Focus of Ghana’s Education Trust Fund, Urge Experts

The work of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) needs to be reviewed, with more emphasis on its financial support to higher education institutions than on the pre-tertiary sector, to enable universities to finance infrastructure projects to cope with high enrolment numbers, said Abednego Feehi Okoe Amartey, the vice-chancellor of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) in Ghana. Read more

See 2023/2024 SHS Academic Calendar; First-Year Students to Report Dec. 4 

First-year senior high school (SHS) students who are awaiting their Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) results will report to school on December 4, 2023. Read more

Skills Development for Nuclear Energy Management in Africa

Thirteen member states were represented at this year’s Nuclear Energy Management school, hosted by the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa). Read more

Study Identifies Leaders in AI-Driven Healthcare Research

Although South Africa is in the third position of the top 10 productive countries in the world regarding artificial intelligence (AI) for healthcare research in Africa after the United Kingdom and the United States, it has only one university – the University of Cape Town – included in the list of the top 10 institutions in the world. Read more

TEST for Ghana Donors Meet with Beneficiaries at UG

The donors and trustees of the Tertiary Education Scholarship Trust (TEST) for Ghana, have held a meeting with beneficiaries across Ghana at the Executive Hall of the University of Ghana Business School. Read more

Transform Universities into Entrepreneurial-Centred Institutions

Universities in the country have been urged to transform themselves into entrepreneurial-centred institutions to prepare the teeming youth to establish their own businesses. Read more

UGMS and West Indies University Sign MoU for Transnational Medical Programme 

The University of Ghana Medical School (UGMS) and the University of West Indies (UWI) have signed an agreement for a joint medical exchange programme. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is to promote cultural diversity in medical education. Read more

UG’s Prof Eric Danquah Appointed Member Of UK-CGIAR Centre’s Science and Impact Advisory Group

Founding Director of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement at the University of Ghana, Prof. Eric Danquah, has been appointed a member of the advisory group of the UK-CGIAR Centre, which Prime Minister Rishi Sunak launched on Monday. Read more

UJ Continues Its Trailblazing Research Excellence Path – Organises Writing Retreat …

The University of Johannesburg (UJ) was recently ranked #1 in South Africa for its research output, #1 in the world in terms of SDG 1 and it’s School of Tourism and Hospitality was also recently recognised in the Shanghai rankings as # in Africa and #6 in the world. Read more

Vice-Chancellor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo Elected ARUA Board Vice-Chair

ice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, has been elected as the Vice-Chair of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Board. The election took place on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at an ARUA meeting held at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. Read more

Webster University Ghana campus announces transition to Teach-Out Mode 

Webster University, a distinguished American institution founded in 1915, has been committed to delivering a transformative global education experience for over a century. Read more

We Have Made Major Strides in Resolving Student Portal Issue

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Prof. Stephen Jobson Mitchual, has unveiled his administration’s dedicated efforts to address nearly 98% of student portal issues, ensuring a seamless academic experience at the institution. Read more

Wisconsin International University College holds 4th matriculation 

Young people’s interest and involvement in politics in Ghana is a thriving trend in many tertiary institutions. Head of the Kumasi campus of the Wisconsin International University College, Prof. Kofi Sraku-Lartey, is entreating the youth to cherish consensus building to be able to solve Ghana’s leadership challenges. Read more

 

31 October 2023

60 Tertiary Students Benefit From GH₵1mvra Scholarship

The scholarship from the Volta River Authority (VRA) is intended to support the beneficiaries chosen from some communities in its operational areas in the Eastern and Volta Regions. Read more

CMS Launches Project to Strengthen Knowledge, Evidence Use on Displacement 

The Centre for Migration Studies (CMS), University of Ghana, Legon has launched a project to Strengthen Knowledge, Evidence Use, and Leadership in the Global South on Forced Displacement with a focus on Anglophone West African countries. Read more 

Collaborate To Fight Breast Cancer – UG Vice-Chancellor

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, has called for a collaborative approach to address the multifaceted challenges of breast cancer. She said it was imperative to stand together, shoulder to shoulder, to bridge the gaps in awareness,… Read more

CUG Records Highest Admission of Freshers in Two Decades 

The Catholic University of Ghana (CUG) at the weekend admitted 2,042 fresh students for the 2022/2023 academic year to pursue various degrees, diploma and certificate programmes. …Read more

Ghanaian Students Selected for Specialized Energy Law Training in Europe

The University of Groningen in the Netherlands has recently handpicked ten students specializing in LLM Energy Law to undergo specialized training in oil & gas contracts, petroleum, natural gas, renewable energy, and LNG agreements at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, scheduled for 2024. Read more

Ghana’s Premier University Holds Wear UG Day as Part Of 75th Anniversary Celebration

As part of its 75th-anniversary celebrations, Ghana’s premier university held the Wear UG day to showcase various designs of the University of Ghana anniversary cloth. Read more

Ghana’s Quest to Revolutionize Industrial Sector Will be Fruitless Without STEM Education

The Minister of Education, Dr Osei Yaw Adutwum says Ghana’s quest to revolutionize its industrial sector will be a fruitless move without a strong foundation in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics STEM education in the country. Read more

Graphic Business Tertiary Business Sense Final October 21

The grand final of the Graphic Business Tertiary Business Sense Challenge (Version 5.0) has been slated for, Saturday, October 21, 2023, at the studios of TV3 in Accra. Read more

GTEC Suspends Accreditation Of New Programmes For Public Universities

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has suspended the processing of new accreditation applications for academic programmes from all public universities, including technical universities, with immediate effect until January 1, 2024. Read more

Ho Technical University is the Best in Hospitality and Culinary Skills…

The Ho Technical University (HTU) vice-chancellor, Prof Ben O. Honyenuga, has commended the school for its remarkable hospitality and culinary expertise. Read more

In Search of a Pan-African Homeland and Education

Everywhere we look in our global village, we find the Chinese being educated to be Chinese, Americans to be American and Europeans to be Europeans, and so we can go on. The African, on the other hand, has been and is still being educated to be Arabic, European, or European American. Read more

KNUST, Industry Form Strategic Partnership for Economic Transformation

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is forging strategic partnerships with the industrial sector to strengthen research and technological advancement. Professor Mrs. Rita Akosua Dickson, the Vice-Chancellor, said the ultimate goal was to drive economic transformation through… Read more

Mahama to speak at Universities Studying Slavery Conference 2023

Former President John Dramani Mahama will deliver a keynote speech at the Universities Studying Slavery (USS) Conference 2023 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The conference will focus on the theme “Slavery, Reparations, and Education:… Read more

Methodist University Ghana holds 24th matriculation

The Methodist University Ghana (MUG) has held its 24th matriculation ceremony for newly admitted students for the 2023/2024 academic year group.The ceremony, which took place last Wednesday, ushered 567 fresh students into various academic faculties and programmes of the university. Read more

No Solutions Yet to Funding The ‘New’ African University

Funding crises have been among the most intractable problems facing African universities during the entire post-independence period. While the new agenda proposing a ‘new African university’ has focused on identity, potential missions, and philosophical standpoints, few ideas on how to finance these institutions have been offered. Read more

Old Vandals Association Accuses UG Management of Deliberate Vindictiveness Against Affiliates Of Commonwealth Hall 

The rift between the Old Vandals Association (OVA) and the management of the University of Ghana continues to deepen as the former accuses the latter of a deep-seated hatred against affiliates of the Commonwealth Hall. Read more

Presbyterian University, Ghana Inducts First Vice Chancellor 

The Vice Chancellor of the Presbyterian University, Ghana, Prof. John Ofosu-Anim has been inducted into office. Prof. Ofosu-Anim becomes the first Vice-Chancellor of the university after it received the Presidential Charter making it a full-fledged University in August 2022. Read more

Prof. Benedicta Yayra Fosu-Mensah Promoted to Associate Professor

The Council of University of Ghana has approved the well-deserved promotion of Dr. Benedicta Yayra Fosu-Mensah to the prestigious rank of Associate Professor in Environmental Assessment. Read more

Professor Ofosu-Anim Takes over as Vice-Chancellor of Presbyterian University 

Professor John Ofosu-Anim, formerly of the University of Ghana (UG) and the Central University, has been inducted into office as the Vice-Chancellor of Presbyterian University, Ghana (PUG). Read more

QAFANA Establishes Excellence Centre in Ghana to Improve Nutritional Assessment 

The Quality Assurance Framework Network for Assessment of Nutrition, Africa (QAFANA) has established a centre of excellence in Ghana. The centre seeks to create a quality assurance framework for proper assessment of nutritional status. Read more

Students in Africa Are Among the Most Dissatisfied Globally

African universities score poorly on all metrics of student satisfaction save for online classroom experience where South African institutions scored higher than the global average, according to the 2023 Global Student Satisfaction Awards report just released. Read more

Tertiary Business Sense Challenge: University of Education Winneba are champions

First-time finalists, University of Education Winneba (UEW), shocked the nation at the weekend, when they won the coveted title as the new champions of the Tertiary Business Sense Challenge (TBSC) Version 5.0.With overwhelming support from scores of their fans, …Read more

The Association of African Universities Expresses Solidarity and Urges Global Support for Sudan’s Academic Community Amidst Crisis

In response to the ongoing crisis affecting universities and other higher education institutions in Sudan, the Association of African Universities (AAU), headquartered in Accra, Ghana, has expressed great concern for the plight and current travails of both the staff and students, who are caught in the midst of the devasting war in the country. Read more

UCC Confers 52nd Honorary Doctorate on Harvard Prof. of African American Studies

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has conferred an honorary doctorate on Prof. Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong, a Professor of African and African American history at Harvard University. Read more

UG Launches Internship Policy for Graduates 

The University of Ghana (UG) has launched its Internship Policy, Strategy and Implementation Framework to institutionalise internship programmes, formalise internship arrangements with partners to integrate and prioritise internship activities in units. Read more

UG School of Public Health Launches Health Economics Hubs in Ghana 

The Department of Health Policy Planning and Management, School of Public Health, University of Ghana in collaboration with the Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has launched the establishment of the Regional Health Economics, Policy, and Systems (RHEPS) hubs in Ghana. Read more

UG-UTAG Urges Govt to Fight Corruption, Manage Economy Properly to Secure Ghanas Peace 

The University of Ghana branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UG-UTAG) has issued a press release to emphasise that it does not support a coup in Ghana. Read more

Universities to Apply for Reaccreditation of Programmes

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission has suspended the accreditation of new academic programmes for public universities to get them to put in place measures to go through the accreditation process for existing programmes that have expired, John Dadzie-Mensah, deputy executive secretary at the National Accreditation Board, said. Read more

University of Ghana and Toyota inaugurates School of Engineering Sciences Training Centre

The University of Ghana (UG) and Toyota Ghana have jointly inaugurated the School of Engineering Sciences Training Centre and a new Toyota branch at Legon, both facilities, with a combined value of $1 million, were generously supported by Toyota Ghana. Read more

University of Ghana Conquers Africa with 7 Gold Medals at 2023 Rugby & Tennis FASU Championship

The University of Ghana chalked success at the 2023 Rugby and Tennis Federation of Africa University Sports (FASU) Championship in Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, after winning seven out of eight gold medals. Read more

University of Ghana Launches Internship Policy for Students 

The University of Ghana (UG) has launched an internship policy for students. The policy will enable them to apply for internship opportunities with organisations and institutions while in school. Read more

University of Ghana to Sack Students with CGPA Below 1.00

The management of the University of Ghana (UG) has announced the withdrawal of some continuing undergraduate students who have a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) below 1.00. Read more

Universities Set to Battle in Ghana’s Epic Statsbank Hackathon 

In a groundbreaking collaboration, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) and Statistics Denmark have ignited a data-driven revolution with the inaugural “StatsBank Hackathon” for university students. Read more

We’re Fixing the Challenges with Students Accommodation…

The Vice Chancellor of University of Ghana (UG), Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, has assured that her office is working assiduously to fix the challenges of accommodation in the institution. Read more

 

30 September 2023

3 Technical Universities to Vie for ₵ 20K in Joy Prime’s ‘Big Chef Tertiary Kitchen’ 

The grand finale of the maiden edition of the buzzing tertiary culinary competition, Big Chef Tertiary on Joy Prime, is finally here. Three out of the six universities that began the show are left to prove their culinary skills and win the bragging rights for their school as the best technical university in terms of cooking. Read more

AI is the Future. There’s No Time for Academic Laggards

As we continue to advance in the 21st century, we see ourselves already living in the era of artificial intelligence (AI) which defines and is arguably the future. Read more

Diverse Funding Sources Needed to Ensure Equal Access

Despite higher enrolment at private higher education institutions in Ghana, there is concern about quality because of insufficient funding, said Justice Ray Achoanya Ayam, a consultant and former chair of the committee of registrars and finance officers of private universities. Read more

Do not Ban Activities of School Groups Because of The Death of the Chief Priest …

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has kicked against the banning of traditional rites and other activities of groups in the various Universities. Read more

Founder of Valley View University Goes Home

The late Pastor Professor Jacob Jonas Nii Klu Nortey was a Christian Church finance educationist who rose through the ranks to be a Vice President of the Seventh Day Adventist Church worldwide. Read more

Ghana Gas Cuts Sod for 200-Bed Hospital at UENR

Ghana National Gas Company has cut sod in a ceremony to mark the commencement of construction works on a 200-bed capacity hospital at the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR). The hospital is to provide healthcare for students, staff and the entire community in Sunyani. Read more

Govt Will Continue to Strengthen TVET Education – Akufo-Addo

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reiterated government’s resolve to strengthen Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the country. Read more

Graphic Business Tertiary Business Sense Challenge: UEW, UCC Advance to Finals

Two schools have qualified for the grand finale of the Graphic Business Tertiary Business Sense Challenge (TBSC) Version 5.0 to be held in Accra. They are the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), and the University of Cape Coast (UCC). Read more

Meet Prof Browne Klutse the First-Ever Female Head of the Physics Department of The University of Ghana

Largely there exists a huge disparity between males and females when it comes to education in Ghana, particularly at the highest levels. Data from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) indicates that only 14 per cent of all students attending university are female… Read more

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso Feel Impact of France’s Visa Call

France has suspended student mobility with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso and told new students from those countries who were about to start studies in France that they may not come after all. Current scholarship students without valid visas will also not be able to travel to France. Read more

Some Strides to Include Climate Change in Curricula

“We call for a comprehensive and systemic response to the incipient debt crisis outside default frameworks to create the fiscal space that all developing countries need to finance development and climate action,” African leaders said in the Nairobi Declaration on Climate Change and Call to Action adopted at the conclusion of the Africa Climate Summit… Read more

Study Points to Benefits of Getting to Grips with Plagiarism

A recent study argues that the quality of teaching, learning, and research in Sub-Saharan African universities will improve if the key forms of plagiarism and factors or conditions that open opportunities for plagiarism among students and academics are resolved. Read more

Two Universities to Receive Practical Content in Biomedical Engineering 

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and the University of Ghana, Legon, will on Tuesday September 19, 2023, receive a more practical content in Biomedical Engineering (BME) courses. Read more

Universities Urged to Introduce Climate Information Systems in Curricula 

Universities in Western Africa have been urged to redesign their curricula with special focus on climate information systems and smart agricultural production techniques. Read more

University of Vaasa awards Ghana’s Lukumanu Iddrisu’s thesis as the top-performing one in 2022 

Finnish-based Ghanaian scholar and marketing expert, Lukumanu Iddrisu has been awarded with the best thesis in 2022 in his Master’s programme in strategic business development. Read more

Universities Must Not Rely on Fees to Run Programmes – Varsity Don

University authorities especially in developing countries must adopt measures that will ensure that their institutions become self-financing instead of relying solely on fees paid by students. Read more

 

31 August 2023

Accra Technical University to Introduce Courses for Informal Workers 

The Accra Technical University (ATU) has initiated steps to introduce short courses and offer certification for informal sector workers seeking to build their capacities and expand their scope of knowledge. Read more

Africa is Home to the Oldest and Youngest Universities

The African continent is home to four of the world’s oldest universities and also to some of the planet’s youngest, first-ever universities in a given country, with some countries having established their first institutions less than 10 years ago. Read more

Africa-Russia HE Cooperation Plan Reflects Geopolitical Tussles

Africa and Russia are planning to cooperate more closely in the higher education and scientific research spheres, including formulating joint research and educational projects in nuclear, space, and digital technologies along with artificial intelligence, networking among Russian and African universities, and enhancing student and academic mobility. Read more

Be Committed to The Dev’t Of KNUST – Vice Chancellor Urges Alumni

Prof. Rita Akosua Dickson, the Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has challenged all its Alumni members to be committed to the development of the University. Read more

Big Chef Tertiary: Ho Technical University Wins Star School For 2nd Time

Ho Technical University emerged as the winner for the second time after wowing the judges with their indomie meal. The episode came with a huge twist, as the normal routine of judges providing ingredients in the mystery basket for contestants to prepare a specific dish was scrapped. Read more

Catholic University Appoints Rev. Fr. Prof. Amponsah as Pro VC

The Governing Council of the Catholic University of Ghana (CUG) has appointed Rev Fr Professor Peter Nkrumah Amponsah as the Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University. Read more

DVLA Announces Programme to Make Driver’s License Accessible to Tertiary Students

The Driver Vehicle and Licensing Authority (DVLA) has announced it will soon implement a programme in the tertiary institutions for students to easily access driver’s license on campus. Read more

Find Innovative Solutions to the Housing Crisis, Says AAU Head

African universities need to be innovative to find sustainable ways to finance infrastructure projects on their campuses, as the lack of structures to support the admission of more students is denying many students who qualify the opportunity to enter tertiary education institutions, …  Read more

Focus Research on Addressing Societal and Economic Challenges- President to Universities

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on Ghanaian educational institutions to focus their research on addressing social challenges and achieving economic prosperity. Read more

GFA President Joins UG’s Sports Advisory Board

Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kurt Okraku has been appointed to the Sports Advisory Board of the University of Ghana, Legon. The board, consisting of 18 members from academia, the private sector, and the football community, is tasked with creating a comprehensive sports plan to encourage participation … Read more

Ghana’s FSHS And TVET Benefit Nearly 2.2 Million Students

Nearly 2.2 million students in the country have benefited from the government’s flagship free Senior High School (FSHS) and the free Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) programmes, the Reverend John Ntim Fordjour, a Deputy Minister of Education has said. Read more

Ghana University Administrators Call for Suspension of ‘Obnoxious’ Directive on Payment of Allowances

The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) has urged the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) to suspend the “obnoxious” directive regarding the payment of allowances to office holders in public universities. Read more

Government Grants New Scholarships to Over 4,000 Tertiary Students

The government has through the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), awarded new scholarships to 4,279 students schooling in the various universities and colleges in Ghana. The awardees cut across the respective programmes of undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Read more

Governments Should Value the Teaching Profession

The education sector on the African continent faces various challenges, some of which always recur. They include funding, strikes and protests, poor education systems (the leading challenge), weak education policies and socio-economic issues. Read more

Green Buildings: A Sustainable Path to Student Housing?

The increase in African urbanisation and shortage of campus accommodation due to the growth of the student population are making the adoption of green building practices an environmentally friendly and sustainable path to resilient, affordable housing. Read more

Interventions, Partnerships to Bridge STEM Gender Gap Vital

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana, is keen to bridge the gender gap in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) with targeted policy interventions and partnerships to draw in more girls to the sector, … Read more

Let Us Recruit Industry Players to Teach TVET

A Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) expert and consultant, Dr George Afeti, has said for effective teaching of TVET, there is a need to bring in instructors who possess relevant professional and workplace experience. Read more

NHIA Partners with KOFIH to Train Staff, and Others at UGBS 

National Health Insurance Authority staff are set to receive training from the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS). The training program which is the fruition of a partnership between the NHIA and the Korea Foundation for International Healthcare (KOFIH) will see staff of the authority and its Ethiopian counterpart study at the UGBS. Read more

‘One Day, It May Well Happen’ – Akufo-Addo on Renaming of University of Ghana After J.B. Danquah

President Nana Akufo-Addo is convinced posterity will be kind to Joseph Boakye Danquah for his role in the establishment of Ghana’s premier tertiary institution, the University of Ghana. Read more

‘Our Tertiary Education Makes Me Nervous; Creates High Unemployment Rate’…

Yaw Osafo-Maafo, the Senior Presidential Advisor to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed deep concern over the issue of graduate unemployment in Ghana. Read more

Professor Gyampo Elected UTAG-UG President 

A professor at the political science department of the University of Ghana Ransford Gyampo has been elected President of the University of Ghana (UG) branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG). He was elected with 93.3 percent of the total valid votes cast. Read more

Scheme Helps Women Scientists to Juggle Work and Family

Phoebe Kalelwa Murunga, a masters student in environmental studies at Kenyatta University in Kenya, had to interrupt her postgraduate studies for about a year after she fell pregnant and had her baby. Read more

Student Housing Set to Become One of Biggest Challenges in HE

The shortage of quality and affordable housing units to accommodate university students has become one of the major challenges facing the higher education sector in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to Adamou Labara, the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) country manager in South Africa. Read more

Study Shows Low Coverage of Female Academic Leadership By The Ghanaian Media

A study conducted by three lecturers of UniMAC-GIJ revealed that the Ghanaian media spent limited space covering the feats achieved by females in academia, unlike their counterparts in other professions. Read more

Sub-Saharan Africa Leads Enrolments in Professional Courses

The Sub-Saharan African region has the highest year-on-year average growth rate in the world in the number of people enrolling for professional certificate courses, a new study by a global trainer has found. Read more

Tertiary Students Advised to Pursue Entrepreneurship to Ease Youth Unemployment

The challenge of unemployment and low-grade jobs among the youth remains a major concern for government and all stakeholders. Every year, over 100 thousand young graduates from tertiary institutions join the already choked employment market. Read more

Traditional Universities Add to High Unemployment Rate in Ghana

Mr. Peter Antwi Boasiako, the Deputy Director General of the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET) has called on regulators to cut down students enrolled on less demand-driven and industry led programmes at various universities. Read more

TUTAG Backs Bolgatanga Technical University Teachers’ Strike Over Poor Conditions of Service

Technical University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (TUTAG) has backed the Bolgatanga Technical University (BTU) Chapter of TUTAG on its ongoing industrial action. Read more

UCC’s Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah Wins Gold for Ghana at World University Games

Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah, Ghana’s accomplished high jumper, has achieved a remarkable feat by clinching the gold medal at the ongoing FISU World University Games 2023.  Read more

UEW Scholars Engage NCPD on Removal of Barriers for Disability-Inclusive Transport System

The research project, dubbed SITUATE-2, seeks to find viable solutions to the barriers the UEW researchers identified in SITUATE-1, which focused on a policy and practice agenda for a disability-inclusive urban transport system in Accra and Nairobi.   Read more

University of Ghana co-hosts Sub-regional Symposium on Marine Science

The West Africa Marine Science Community has announced its maiden edition of the West Africa Marine Science Symposium (WAMSS) that will happen from 18th to 20th August 2023. Read more

University of Ghana Holds Congregation for 310 Undergraduate Students 

Three hundred and ten (310) undergraduate students have graduated from the School of Law, Medical School and the School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences at the University of Ghana. Read more

Women Still ‘Grossly’ Under-Represented as Academic Leaders

Despite making great strides in various spheres of socio-economic life, African women remain grossly under-represented in academic leadership positions. Less than three out of every 100 universities are led by women vice-chancellors. Read more

 

31 July 2023

10 Public Universities Provided $15m Grant for Research

Ten African public universities, including the University of Ghana (UG) and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), have been provided a grant of $15 million to conduct research on food security and other development challenges facing the continent. Read more

54% Of African Student Visa Applications Denied by the US

African students who apply to study at universities and colleges in the United States experience the highest visa refusal rates of all international students applying to study in the US with more than half of all applicants rejected in 2022. Read more

Academic Progressing of TVET Students: CTVET Revises Grading System 

The Commission of Technical, Vocational and Education Training (CTVET) has revised the grading systems of its Certificate II Core and Elective examinations beginning the 2023 Certificate II Examinations and other examinations for technical students. Read more

Application for Accreditation Not the Same as Accredited – GTEC Tells Tertiary Institutions

The Deputy Director General of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), Professor Ahmed Abdulai Jinapor, says it is not automatic for an institution to receive accreditation after it has tended in its application. Read more

Graduates From Tertiary Institution Mustn’t Struggle for Job – Prof. Melissa to KNUST

The Chancellor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor Mellissa Nobles has advised authorities of tertiary institutions to focus on producing an all-round student capable of solving the myriad of challenges bedeviling society. Read more

Hitz Tertiary Brings Ghana Communication Technology University to a Standstill 

The Energy and Excitement At The Second Edition of Hitz Tertiary Were Electrifying As Students Of The Ghana Communications Technology University Were Calling For Round 2 Of The Event. Read more

ISSER to Host Climate Finance Conference on Wednesday

The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, will host an international conference on climate finance and sustainable energy transition in Africa. Read more

KNUST Initiates Agenda to Build E-Learning Culture

Mr. Dale P. Johnson, Director of Digital Transformation, Arizona State University (ASU), has urged Ghanaian higher educational institutions to build digital learning culture. Read more

Mary Chinery-Hesse Re-Appointed as University of Ghana Chancellor

The University of Ghana has announced Mary Chinery-Hesse as Chancellor for a second term. This decision was taken after a meeting held by the University’s Council on July 6, 2023. Read more

Nelson Mandela University to Host Thousands of Youths in a Coding Tournament on Mandela Day 

As the country takes steps to boost Maths, Science and Technology in schools, Nelson Mandela University, Tangible Africa and the Leva Foundation are set to host thousands of young people in a coding tournament on Mandela Day. Approximately 10,000 learners from across Africa and abroad will participate in the event, … Read more

PURC Embarks on Tariff Education in Universities Across the Country

In a bid to foster energy consciousness and empower the youth with valuable knowledge on sustainable energy usage, the Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission (PURC) is undertaking a tariff education programme in public universities across the country. Read more

Strike Looms in Bolga Technical University Over End of Service Benefits 

Bolgatanga Technical University (BTU) Branch of the Technical University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (TUTAG), has hinted at plans to embark on an industrial action effective July 31, 2023. Read more

Takoradi Technical University’s Ghacem Hall renamed as Prof Duncan Hall

The Management of Takoradi Technical University with the approval of the school’s governing council has renamed the Ghacem Hall to Prof. Duncan Hall. Read more

Ucc and Indonesian Universities Scout Out Educational Opportunities 

Ghana’s number one tertiary institution for the 2022/2023 academic year, the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in the Central Region has begun exploring various educational opportunities and collaborative programmes available in the Republic of Indonesia for the benefit of its students, lecturers, and faculties. Read more

UGBS Begins 2nd Phase of Graduate Lecture Halls

The Construction of a GH₵145-million five storey Lecture Hall Complex project at the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) has begun.The edifice which is being constructed by Grow Engineering Firm has lecture halls housing 1,300 students, a cafeteria with 120 seating capacity, a library and an e-learning centre. Read more

UG Gives Laptops to 75 Graduate Students

The University of Ghana (UG) has presented laptops to 75 graduate students of four medical schools in Accra. The ceremony formed part of activities to commemorate the university’s 75th anniversary celebration. Read more

UG’s Cape Coast Learning Centre Equipped with Internet Facility

Mrs. Emelia Agyei-Mensah, Registrar of the UG told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament in Accra, that following the 2021 Auditor-General’s Report, which indicated that their Cape Coast Learning Centre had no internet access, the University has since refurbished the Centre and equipped it with internet. Read more

UG, KNUST Run Unapproved Courses – Authorities Move to Rectify Anomaly

The 2021 Auditor General’s Report has revealed that the University of Ghana, Legon, is running 371 unaccredited programmes, including 80 undergraduate courses. The unaccredited programmes also include 213 postgraduate and 67 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) courses. Read more

UG Management, SRC Must Form Council to Beat Down ‘Outrageous’ Hostel Fees

The management of the University of Ghana and the students’ representative council must form a committee to negotiate private hostel prices on campus, the ranking member on the education committee of parliament, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe has said. Read more

UG SRC Presidential Hopeful, Hamza Kwame Sahadu Promises to Serve in Students Interest

Students undoubtedly at the Apex University of Ghana in respect to seniority, age factor and most likely knowledgeability as some may put it is concerned is in a distressful moment. This moment requires a mighty vessel stronger and tougher than the “titanic” and most importantly durable than OceanGate recently imploded submersible. Read more

UG Vice Chancellor Urges Adoption of Conventional Wisdom to Address Climate Change, Global Health Crises

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, is pushing for the adoption of forward-looking approaches in responding to climate change, global health crises, and socioeconomic inequalities. Read more

University of Ghana Council Approves Promotion of Dr Lydia Mosi to Associate Professor

The University of Ghana Council has approved the promotion of Dr Lydia Mosi to the rank of Associate Professor.This makes her the third female to achieve a professorial rank in the Department of Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology at the University of Ghana. Read more

University Of Ghana Vice Chancellor Pleased with Progress for Accra 2023 After Inspection

University of Ghana vice chancellor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo has said that she expects to meet the criteria to stage international competition before the end of 2023 in preparation for next year’s delayed African Games. Read more

Vodafone Ghana and University of Ghana SRC Collaborate to Successfully Organise Healthfest for the University Community

Vodafone Ghana Foundation, in collaboration with the University of Ghana (UG) Student Representative Council (SRC), has successfully organised health screening during the 2023 UG SRC Week Celebrations. Read more

31 May 2023

Ghanaian Varsity Storms Nigeria for Students

Officials of the University of Ghana Business School were in Nigeria in a recruitment drive for students into different courses offered by the institution. Read more

Government Still Pays Research and Book Allowances to Academia

The government has not reduced subventions to pay only salaries of the academic staff of public universities in the country, Dr Yayra Dzakadzie, the Director, of Tertiary Education, at the Ministry of Education has said. Read more

Mountcrest, Horsham Promote Reading Among Tertiary Students

Horsham Education Consult (Horsham Ed) in collaboration with the MountCrest University College has launched a special scheme to promote reading and research among tertiary students and professionals. Read more

Presbyterian University, Ghana to begin Ph.D. Programmes 

The Presbyterian University, Ghana (PUG) is to begin Ph.D. programme in Development and Management this year. Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, President of the University announced this at the 5th Congregation of the School of Graduate Studies at Akropong, where 313 students graduated in various Masters’ level programmes. Read more

 

30 April 2023

180 Youngsters Receive Training on Employable Skills

Mr George kweku Abeiku Annan, Assembly Man for the Kinkawe Electoral Area in Osu has supported 108 young people to undergo vocational training to acquire skills for employment. Read more

Accra Technical University Inaugurates Electrical Training Centre, TV Studio 

Accra Technical University (ATU) has inaugurated a Certified Electrical Wiring Programme (CEWP) training centre to deepen the knowledge and skills of participants in the wiring profession and offer improved services to clients. Read more

Africa Strives to Revamp Its Universities

When Victoria Afua Dautey took up studies at the prestigious University of Ghana in Accra, it was a dream come true. It has now been 10 years since she completed her studies. Read more

Agricultural Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ATVET) in Sub-Saharan Africa…

This report looks at efforts in the region to develop and implement agricultural, technical, and vocational education and training (ATVET). It does this by reviewing TVET and ATVET policies, the institutional landscape and experience in the region and selected countries in Sub-Saharan Africa… Read more

Alumni of Accra Technical University Supports USSER Hospital 

The Alumni of the Accra Technical University, with support from the Science Laboratory Technology and the Medical Laboratory Technology Departments of the University has donated assorted items to the maternity unit of the USSER Hospital at James Town in Accra. Read more

AUCC signs MoU with African Chamber of Content Producers

The African University College of Communication (AUCC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the African Chamber of Content Producers in Accra to provide training and certification on Pan-Africanism Communication. Read more

Be guided by apprenticeship policy ” Dr Asamoah to TVET stakeholders”

The Director-General of the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET), Dr Fred Kyei Asamoah, has charged stakeholders in the TVET sector to be guided by the National Apprenticeship Policy (NAP) as they carry out their work. Read more

DBG, UGBS Join Forces to Deepen Understanding of Development Finance 

The Development Bank Ghana (DBG) has begun a collaborative venture with the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) to help enhance the understanding of Development Finance and the role it plays to deliver developmental impact. Read more

Diversity is the Key to International Recruitment Success

Today there are nearly five times as many non-EU students as EU students enrolled in UK higher education. China, India, and Nigeria are primarily responsible for the increased growth. Prior to Brexit there were 66,680 EU students studying in the UK. In 2021, the number was just 31,000. Read more

Inbound and outbound student trends for South Africa, Egypt, and Morocco

Universities and colleges in the West and Eastern Europe are competing intensely for students in Africa to further diversify their campuses. Outbound mobility is soaring in Nigeria and increasing steadily in countries such as Morocco, Egypt, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, and Ghana. Read more

India High Commissioner Bags Master of Philosophy Degree at UCC

Sugandh Rajaram, the India High Commissioner to Ghana, on Saturday graduated with a Master of Philosophy (Geography and Regional Planning) degree at the University of Cape Coast (UCC). Read more

Joint Universal Acceptance Project Includes Local Languages

A project aimed at strengthening internet access across Africa by making e-mail mailbox names and other communication platforms of higher education institutions ready for universal acceptance (UA) and e-mail address internationalisation (EAI) through the use of characters in local languages and scripts was launched in Accra, Ghana, on 13 April 2023. Read more

KNUST and University of Toronto Initiate Discussions to Deepen Research Collaboration

A delegation from the University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus (UTSC) led by the Vice-President, Professor Wisdom Tettey has paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, as part of their working visit to Ghana. Read more

KNUST and University of York Hold Stakeholder Workshop Aimed at Strengthening Agricultural Resilience in Ghana

The Department of Environmental Science of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, in collaboration with the University of York, United Kingdom has held a stakeholder workshop on the theme, “Climate-Smart Agriculture and Climate Information for Resilient Food Systems.” Read more

More Civilian Deaths, Louder Calls for Dialogue in Sudan

The higher education community in Sudan, including several universities, their academics and students, has taken a stand as part of a pro-democracy movement to call for an end to the war in the country and for humanitarian support for citizens affected by the military clashes between the national army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, that erupted on 15 April. Read more

Research Contribution on Cardiovascular Disease Remains Low

Cardiovascular research output from African researchers over the past 50 years remains low, despite marked progress. The annual number of journal articles increased from four publications in 1971 to 3,867 in 2020, according to a study that scanned Web of Science and other sources and retrieved data of publications related to African authorship. Read more

Rote Learning Not Helpful – UG Vice-Chancellor

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana (UG), Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, says students must be challenged to focus on critical thinking and analytical skills since rote learning has not been helpful. Read more 

Senior Staff of UCC Call off Strike, Engage Management 

The senior staff Association of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) who embarked on a strike action over poor conditions of service and delay in payment of allowances called off its strike on Friday after a week-long standoff. Read more

The Catholic University of Ghana Signs MoU with HITA

The Catholic University of Ghana (CUG) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Health Care Information Technology for Africa (HITA), a German-based non-profit organization to use IT to strengthen healthcare systems in the Bono Region. Read more

The Launches New Africa-Focused Ranking Partnership

Times Higher Education has launched a new ranking for universities in sub-Saharan Africa intended to capture the diversity and impact of education across the region. Read more

Two KNUST Staff Receive National Honours for their Distinguished Services …

For their individual contributions, Rev. Prof. John Wise Divine Ayer and Dr. Cosmas Yaw Asante were honoured with a citation and a certificate at the 2023 edition of the National Honours and Awards at the Accra Conference Centre on Tuesday, 14th March 2023. Read more

UG Management Commissions Renovated Academic Facilities

Management of the University of Ghana has commissioned its refurbished academic facilities to aid effective teaching and learning. Read more

UG Opens 3 New Modern Classrooms

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana (UG), Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, has inaugurated three modern classrooms to help facilitate teaching and learning in the institution. Read more

Universities in Six Countries Feature in Subject Rankings

Seventeen departments in African universities are among the world’s top-100 places to study the subjects that they offer, according to the 13th edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023 that were released in March. Read more 

University of Ghana Begins Research into Urban Health

The University of Ghana has begun an analysis of urban health systems to improve access, awareness, and access to Primary Health Care (PHC) in Accra’s urban disadvantaged communities. Read more

University of Health and Allied Sciences Pays Up GH₵1.4m Debts to ECG

The University of Health, and Allied Sciences (UHAS) in the Volta Region, has cleared all its indebtedness to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). Read more

University of Mines and Technology Disagrees with ECG on Debt Payment

The University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa, has indicated that it does not owe the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) GH₵1.2 million as the Company alleged. Read more

U.S University Recognizes Dr. Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu as Associate Professor 

During its celebration of the International Women’s Day on March 8, 2023, the U.S. National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) spotlighted North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s tenured Associate Professor of Construction Science and Management, Dr. Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu. Read more 

VRA Disconnects Bolgatanga Technical University Over GH₵1m Debt 

VRA/NEDCo disconnected the Bolgatanga Technical University from the national grid following the institution’s inability to settle its indebtedness over power consumed. Read more

We’ve Not Violated the Court Order on Residential Policy

The management of the University of Ghana says the institution has not flouted court orders on its new residential policy as alleged by some Members of Parliament. Read more

 

31 March 2023

A Mutually Beneficial STI Cooperation Agenda

To enhance the impact of Africa-Europe science, technology and innovation (STI) cooperation, it is necessary to focus on building capacities for long-term win-win partnerships that are co-founded, co-managed, co-owned and co-financed with an understanding of institutional and country contexts, along with respect for local knowledge and needs. Read more

Are Political Science Departments Failing to Aid Democracy?

In his book, African Religions in Western Scholarship, published in 1970 in Nairobi by the East African Literature Bureau, the late Ugandan scholar Okot p’Bitek faulted departments of social anthropology at universities in Africa as camping grounds for Western anthropologists who perpetuated colonial myths of African cultures as primitive. Read more

Czech Ambassador Inaugurates Global Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Research Station at UENR

Mr Jan Fury, the Czech Ambassador to Ghana, has inaugurated an international greenhouse gas monitoring and global change research station for the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) in Sunyani. Read more

Do Universities in the Sub-Sahara Serve the Public Good?

To what extent can higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa promote the public good? This was the theme that the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) chose for a special issue of the Journal of Higher Education in Africa. Read more

Dr. Adutwum Extols President Akufo Addo Over his Efforts to Streamline TVET

The Minister of Education Dr. Osei Yaw Adutwum has extolled President Akufo Addo over his efforts to streamline Technical and Vocational Education (TVET) in the country. Read more

Education Committee of Parliament Tasked to Probe UG’s New Residential Policy

Mr Joseph Osei-Owusu, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Wednesday, directed the Education Committee of Parliament to probe the breach of an injunction order on the new residential policy of the University of Ghana (UG). Read more

Embracing Equity for National Development…

Elizabeth Frances Sey, the first female to obtain a degree from the University of Ghana, graduated in 1953 – just five years after the establishment of the university. Read more 

Ex-President Kufuor Urges his Scholars to Exhibit High Levels of Integrity

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor is urging his scholars to exhibit high levels of integrity as they step out into the world of work. The former president wants members of the Kufuor Scholars Program known as the Kufuor Scholars to additionally display honesty in all things they do, so other young people can emulate. Read more

GCTU Holds Matriculation for 2,333 Students

The Ghana Communication Technology Uni­versity (GCTU) on Saturday held its 30th matric­ulation ceremony in Accra for 2,333 students to pursue various diploma and degree level pro­grammes. Read more

Ghana Baptist University Urges Government to Offer Scholarship to Lecturers of Private Universities

The Chancellor of Ghana Baptist University College, Rev. Enoch Nii Noi Thompson, wants government to support private universities in the areas of scholarship and infrastructure. Read more

Ghana University Offers Admission to Nigerian Students at Enugu Trade Fair

The Nigeria Admission Consultant of the Kings University College, Accra, Ghana, James Uriri, said that admission into the institution is for direct entry students, saying students seeking admission there should come with their West African Examination Council (WAEC) certificates to secure admission. Read more

HIAF Scholarship given to four tertiary students from Tema Manhean

The Honourable Ishmael Ashitey Foundation (HIAF) has disbursed its first scholarship benefits to four natives of Tema Manhean, who are pursuing various courses in tertiary institutions in the country. Read more

How to Develop Astronomers, Astrophysicists and Astronauts

Perhaps when you think of scientific research in Africa you think of the continent’s amazing natural resources, buried out of sight under soil or rocks. Or maybe your mind goes to its ancient history of human evolution. Read more

Initiative Promises Stronger Open-Science Ecosystem in Africa

The African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA) in cooperation with the online open-access repository Figshare has launched a new initiative to support awareness of open science and data repositories as well as support the research and education communities in Africa. Read more

Insufficient Staff is Affecting Effective Teaching and Learning… 

The Vice-Chancellor of Kumasi Technical University, Prof. Osei-Wusu Achaw, is worried that inadequate staff is negatively affecting quality of education. Read more

Invest more into research – Prof. Awandare to African governments 

The Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana in charge of Students and Academic Affairs, Prof. Gordon Awandare, has charged African governments to put more money into research in order to look at issues affecting the continent so as to provide the requisite solutions to them. Read more

Involve technical universities in AfCFTA implementation – STU Council Chair

Chairman of the Sunyani Technical University (STU) Governing Council, Ing. Dr. Kwame Agyeman Boakye says technical universities must be deeply involved in Ghana’s drive to take advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), … Read more

KNUST International Students to Stay with Ghanaian Families

International students at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology will have the opportunity to stay in Ghanaian family homes. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mrs. Akosua Dickson believes it will help in smooth integration into the Ghanaian cultural setting. Read more

Linkage Between Academia and Industry Must be Strengthened

First Deputy Governor of the Central Bank, Dr. Maxwell Opoku-Afari has challenged the 2023 graduating students from the College of Humanities at the University of Ghana to utilize the skills acquired during their years of study to good use. Read more

Maiden JICA Lecture Series: ‘JICA Chair’ Opens at University of Ghana 

On Thursday, 16 March 2023, JICA would hold the maiden lecture Series- “JICA Chair”, at Ghana’s Premier University, the University of Ghana, Legon-Accra to share Japan’s unique development experiences. Read more

Making TVET Governance Fit for the Future

The BILT spotlight series highlights successful approaches at the institutional level in a specific geographical region. The first webinar of the series is presented by the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET), Ghana. Speakers from CTVET will explain how Ghana overcame a fragmented TVET landscape… Read more

Programme Aims to Train a Pipeline of Ocean Scientists

Universities in Africa must train a pipeline of interdisciplinary ocean scientists with the knowledge, skills and expertise to meet the growing needs of the Blue Economy and to tackle challenges emerging from global warming as well as overfishing…Read more

Project is Advancing HE Network Connectivity on Continent

The funding support that the European Union (EU) has given to creating, consolidating and interconnecting educational networks in Africa is yielding results, among others, through efforts to advance open science. Read more

SDD-UBIDS Law School Takes Off With 105 Students

The Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and In­tegrated Devel­opment Studies (SDD-UBIDS) in the Upper West Region on Wednesday launched a law faculty to become the first Law School in the northern part of the country, with the matricu­lation of 105 students. Read more

Stop Peddling Falsehood About the University – UEW Council Chairman to Staff Saboteurs

The Council Chairman of the University of Education Governing Board, Nana Ofori Ansah I, has expressed regret that some elements within the University under the guise of concern staff fabricate stories about him, VC and management. Read more

Tackling the Global North’s Bibliometric Coloniality

A new book about academic research, knowledge production and academic publishing in Ghana, titled Who Counts? Ghanaian academic publishing and global science, highlights the challenges faced by African higher education systems, institutions and academics… Read more

Take Advantage of Digital Tools To Excel An Entrepreneur…

Nana Dwemoh Benneh, the Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Merchant Bank (UMB), has urged graduates to take advantage of the benefits of digital tools to establish themselves as entrepreneurs. Read more

Tertiary Institutions Tasked to Produce Job Market-ready graduates 

The Nungua Mantse and Vice President of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs, King Prof. Odaifio Welentsi III has asked educational institutions to ensure graduates are well-equipped and positioned to face the challenges and requirements within the current working environment. Read more

The Exploitation of Female Students: Be Part of the Answer

A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey found that 18% of teenagers in high school in the United States had experienced sexual assault in the previous year. A BBC documentary called #SexForGrades found widespread evidence of young women being pressured into sex by lecturers in universities in Nigeria and Ghana. Read more

Transform Tertiary Education to Respond to Growing Needs …

Educating the youth to thrive in the ever-changing complex world requires a drastic transformation of the country’s tertiary education system, the Chairman of the Zenith University College’s Council, Professor Jophus Anamuah-Mensah, has said. Read more

UCC Committed to Training Employable Graduates

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, has stated that the university’s academic programmes are geared towards making students competitive on the job market. Read more

UG Graduates 104 Ph.D. Students

They were part of the 11,711 students who graduated from the university after they had successfully pursued various graduate degree programmes from all four of the university’s colleges, namely College of Humanities, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, College of Health Sciences and College of Education … Read more

UG, Partners Launch Phase 3 of Universities Project

The University of Ghana (UG) has launched the third phase of an initiative aimed at building the capacity of students to enable them to develop successful businesses. Read more

University of Ghana Launches Gender Policy

The University of Ghana has launched a gender policy aimed at mainstreaming the issue of gender equity in all sectors of the university to enable the realisation of optimal productivity. Read more

 

28 February 2023

24 new Programmes Introduces at C.K. Tedam University 

The C.K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences (CKT-UTAS) has introduced 24 new demand driven programmes to help train result oriented students to solve societal problems and promote sustainable development. Read more

Centres of Excellence Achievements Commendable 

A delegation from the World Bank last Friday visited two Africa Centres of Excellence (ACEs) for Development Impact at the University of Ghana to study how the project funds had been utilised. Read more

Confucius Institutes & the Future of Ghana-China Relations

In October 2022, we set up a policy research think tank and advisory firm that focuses on how Africa and China can work together. The Africa-China Centre for Policy and Advisory is a Sino-African research and policy think tank and advisory firm… Read more

Devaluation of Egyptian Pound Strains University Students

Dozens of American University in Cairo (AUC) students have staged several protests against the rise in tuition fees, echoing outcries by other Egyptians against the toll the deterioration of the Egyptian pound is taking on their lives. Read more

Develop Technology-Oriented Programmes

A Principal State Attorney at the Office of the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Jamila Jakalia, has charged universities to adopt a technologically revolutionary approach to meet the economic and social needs of the society. Read more

Escaping ‘Bibliometric Coloniality’, ‘Epistemic Inequality’

Africa’s scholarly journals compete on an unequal playing field because of a lack of funding and the struggle to sustain academic credibility. Read more

Ghana needs honest and discipline leadership”, …

The President of the Presbyterian University, Ghana (PUG) Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu has stated that currently the only possible solution to change the fortunes of this country is honest leaders with the character of discipline. Read more

Government Declares TVET as Tool for Rapid Transformation of Ghana

Dr Yayra Dzakadzie, Director for Tertiary Education at the Ministry of Education, has reiterated government’s resolve to use Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) for the rapid transformation of the country. Read more

Maternal Health Gains from Low-Resource Training Model

Ghana’s obstetrics and gynaecology (ObGyn) training, development and retention programme over the past 30 years has demonstrated the strengths and barriers of speciality training in low-resource settings and has the potential to serve as a model for international academic medicine partnerships. It can be adapted to other low-resource settings, a study has found. Read more

Methodist University Ghana launches Endowment Fund 

The Methodist University Ghana (MUG) has launched an endowment fund to promote research and scholarship and position the University as a Centre of Excellence. Read more

Police Grab 18 People Over Disturbances at University of Ghana

The police have arrested 18 persons for disturbances on the University of Ghana campus. The arrest took place on Tuesday, 14th February 2023.The 18 suspects were together with about 200 others believed to be former members of the Commonwealth Hall of the university. Read more

Prioritise Investment in Agricultural Research…

The government has been urged to prioritise investment in agricultural research and innovation to increase food production in the country.Such a measure will also help reduce the importation of food commodities and make the country self-reliant. Read more

See Why Enchi College of Education is the Best Institution in Ghana

The Enchi College of Education in the Aowin Municipality of the Western North Region has been crowned the best Teacher Training Establishment in the country by Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC). Read more

The Fourth Estate Uncovers Fraud in SHS Computerised Placement

When the Ministry of Education set up a resolution centre at the Bediako Conference Room of the GNAT Hall in Accra, it was meant to address anomalies and mistakes in the placement of students into senior high schools. Read more

Trends for African Students Seeking Education Abroad

A new report from Campus France highlights how African students leave their home countries due to limited capacity in domestic higher education systems. By 2050, the college-aged population is expected to double, but only 9% are currently enrolled in higher education. Read more

UCC Lecturer Receives $30k Google Research Grant for Artificial Intelligence

A lecturer at the Department of Mathematics at the University of Cape Coast has received a Google research grant of $30,000 to continue research in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Read more

UGBS Launch Innovation and Incubation Hub to Support Start-Ups 

The University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) says its innovation and incubation hub will propel students to be creative and help create more jobs for the youth. Read more

UG Converts Plastic Wastes into Fuel

The Institute of Applied Science and Technology of the Col­lege of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana (UG), Legon has begun turning plastic wastes into petrol, diesel and gas. Read more

UG Orders SRC to Sack Its Deputy Chief of Staff with Immediate Effect 

University of Ghana has directed for the immediate removal of the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Students’ Representative Council of the university, Rexford Bonney. Read more

UNILAG, Ugandan Varsity Partner Against Air Pollution 

The University of Lagos and its Ugandan counterpart, Makerere University have formed a partnership that will combat air pollution across African cities. Both universities launched a consortium that is saddled with providing solutions for improving capacity for air quality monitoring… Read more

University of Ghana 2022/2023 Academic Fees are Legal …

The University of Ghana (UG) says the Parliamentary Select Committee on Education has passed it (UG) for complying with the Fees and Charges Act, 2022 (Act 1080), by charging 15 per cent of fees approved by Parliament. Read more

University of Ghana Converts Plastic Waste to Fuels…

The Institute of Applied Science and Technology, of the College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, has begun turning plastic wastes into three different kinds of fuel. It is producing petrol, diesel and gas from plastic waste. Read more

University of Ghana Inaugurates Six-Member Board for Graduate Students’ Development Fund

The University of Ghana has inaugurated a six-member board to manage the activities of a Graduate Students’ Development Fund.The fund was established by the executives of the Graduate Students’ Association of Ghana (GRASAG-UG), the University of Ghana, Legon branch. Read more

University of Ghana Introduces Postgraduate Programmes in Genetics 

Three postgraduate programmes in genetics have been introduced at the University of Ghana to train professionals in the handling of diseases such as sickle cell, breast and prostate cancer in the country. Read more

University of Ghana’s 15% Academic User Fees Legal …

According to the Development Economist and a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Policy Studies, Dr. George Domfe, the adjustment of fees is based on rates approved by Parliament and communicated through the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), thus it is legal. Read more

 

31 January 2023

Adjustments in User Fees Include Suspended Fees from 2019/2020

The management of the University of Ghana has clarified the recent adjustments in the academic facility user fees for 2022/2023, explaining that the new fee is cumulative of the suspended implementation of fees that were approved in the 2019, 2020, and 2021 academic years. Read more

Association of Private Universities to Elect Executive Feb 7

The owners, founders and chancellors of private universities who agreed to form an umbrella body are set to vote for their executive on February 7, this year. Read more

Bawumia Opens University of Ghana’s 74th Annual New Year School and Conference 

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has opened the 74th edition of the annual New Year School and Conference by the University of Ghana in Accra. Read more

Conversion of Polytechnics to Technical Universities…

In 2016, the government announced the conversion of all polytechnics in the country to technical universities in order to deal with the challenges facing technical education in the country. Read more

Counting the Cost of the Strike in Ghana’s HE Sector

Ghana’s public university sector constitutes 15 universities. These universities are tagged ‘public’ because the government remains their major financier. Read more

Dr Ibn Kailan Abdul-Hamid appointed Head of UPSA’s Department of Marketing 

A lecturer at the University of Profesional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Dr Ibn Kailan Abdul-Hamid, has been appointed the new Head of the school’s Department of Marketing.His appointment took effect on January 1, 2023. Read more

Education Minister to Meet Public Universities Management Over Rise in Fees

Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutuwm is scheduled to meet the management of some public universities, the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission, and the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) over agitations that have met the increase in academic fees on Thursday, 5 January 2023. Read more

Founders, Chancellors of Private Universities form Association 

Founders and Chancellors of private universities in the country have met to form an association to champion their cause and growth. The meeting brought together ten private universities owners and chancellors, who pledged their commitment to form the Association. Read more

Ghana Gas Injects GHS2million in E-e-Vehicle Project at Sunyani Technical University

The Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC) has injected an initial amount of two million Ghana cedis into the ten-million-cedi Centre of Excellence in E-Vehicle and Industrial Welding Technologies project being undertaken at the Sunyani Technical University (STU). Read more

Many University Students Being Trained for Jobs that Don’t Exist

The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has asserted that some public universities in the country are running programmes that produce unemployable graduates. Read more

Methodist University VC Pledges to Work Towards Financial Viability

Professor Philip Ebow Bondzi-Simpson, the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor, Methodist University Ghana, has pledged to collaborate with stakeholders to work towards the financial viability of the University. Read more

Open Access Publishing Deal for Low-, Middle-Income Countries

Academics based in 70 low- and middle-income countries, including those in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, will be able to have their primary research published Gold Open Access by Nature – at no cost – thus enabling their scientific work to be permanently and freely available online for anyone to read. Read more

Our Education System Will Attract Other Africans to Ghana

Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, the Minister of Education, says the country is poised to transform education to attract other African students.”We have to position ourselves to become the country of choice in education by producing the requisite manpower to attract industries into the country,”… Read more

Police Deployed University of Ghana Campus to Enforce New Accommodation Policy

Armed policemen were Thursday (Jan 12, 2023) deployed on the campus of the University of Ghana, Legon as continuing students reported to begin the 2023 academic year. Read more

Professor Ernest Aryeetey: ‘Get Politics Out of Universities’

Professor Ernest Aryeetey, a consummate academic, researcher, lecturer, and former vice-chancellor, believes there is a need to get politics out of universities. The secretary general of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) also hopes that universities, through their research, will increasingly persuade governments to see them as partners in policy-making. Read more

RWESCK Makes Headway on Its Vision in Training Critical Mass Of Human Resources…

Nine years of its existence, the Regional Water & Environmental Sanitation Centre Kumasi, (RWESCK) is making great strides in innovative research, training and producing high-calibre graduates with knowledge and expertise in water resources, water supply and environmental sanitation … Read more

STEADY/X and KNUST Form Strategic Partnership…

Steady/X, a Ghanaian Edu-tech company focused on bridging the gap between technology and traditional learning systems across Africa, has entered into a partnership agreement with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi to enhance online teaching and learning for students and faculty. Read more

UCC, UEW, UMAT Agree to Comply with 15% Fees Hike

The Ministry of Education has held a meeting with the leadership of some public universities in the country. The meeting was on the back of the increase of fees by the various tertiary institutions in Ghana… Read more

UG law School Honours Nana Kweku Baiden

The University of Ghana School of Law as inaugurated a refurbished lecture hall in honour of the late renowned businessman and educationist, Nana Moses Kweku Baiden.Held in Accra last Tuesday the inauguration, done in partnership with the Baiden Family, …Read more

UG to Fight Injunction Over Outside Residential Policy

The management of the University of Ghana (UG) has instructed its lawyers to vigorously fight an injunction secured by some students of the Commonwealth Hall seeking to stop the university’s new residential policy. Read more

University of Ghana Freshers Battle Accommodation Challenges

The perennial challenges first-year students of the University of Ghana face in securing accommodation on the university’s campus persists. Read more

University of Ghana Students Stranded Over New Residential Policy

Some continuing students of the University of Ghana (UG), have been left stranded on campus following the recent university’s new residential policy. On Monday, January 16, 2023, some affected students of Commonwealth hall numbering about 40 were turned away by security personnel of the school from accessing their hall. Read more

University of Ghana Suspends Former Commonwealth Hall JCR Executives

The University of Ghana has suspended four former Commonwealth Hall Junior Common Room (JCR) executives for breaching the University’s student code of conduct. Read more

 

31 December 2022

112 Women Trained in ICT 

A total of 112 females have been trained in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) under a Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programme dubbed “Young Africa Works”. Read more

961 Graduate from Central University

The Vice Chancellor (VC) of the Central University (CU), Professor Bill Puplampu, has urged the Tertiary Education Commission to look carefully at the matter of regulatory oversight exercised by the professional bodies and by the commission. Read more

2023 Budget has No Future for Ghanaian University Students

The University Students’ Association of Ghana (USAG) has expressed fear that the proposed 2023 budget will restrict access to tertiary education.According to the Association, the budget did not address the already existing 90% annual unemployed graduate rates… Read more

Academia Set to Benefit from Two New Digital Initiatives

Two new initiatives are expected to enable the African academic community to access the internet using their own languages and scripts while also facilitating knowledge exchanges between a range of African and European digital actors, including academia. Read more

Association of African Universities Deliberates on Harmonisation

Members of the Association of African Universities (AAU) have begun a meeting in Accra to deliberate on the harmonisation, accreditation and quality assurance in Africa’s higher education (HAQAA). Read more

BRIDGIN Foundation Offers USD 6.8 Billion Grant to the Government of Malawi

The seven key projects targeted by the otherwise, too good to be true financing include construction, equipping and full operationalization of a high-tech Kamuzu University Teaching Hospital (KUTH) in Blantyre with satellites in Mzuzu, … Read more

Common Mental Disorders an ‘Enormous’ Burden on Students

To what extent are common mental disorders among university students in Sub-Saharan Africa contributing to academic failure, effectively leading to skills shortages and mismatches in human resources and capacity with the labour market needs in the region? Read more

Community Service and the Problem of Undefined Obligations

Some African researchers and scholars posit that African public universities have three broad obligations: meeting local or regional needs, fulfilling national aspirations, and satisfying international standards. Read more

Consider State Funding for Private Universities 

The Chairman of the Governing Council of the Methodist University Ghana (MUG), Most Reverend Dr Paul Boafo, has appealed to the government to consider state funding for private universities. Read more

CTVET Holds Maiden Excellence Award

A student of the St John Technical Institute, Nandom in the Upper West Region, James Saakyene Saae, emerged as the Overall Best Graduating Student of the 2021 May/June Certificate II Core subject examination at the maiden edition of the National TVET Excellence Awards. Read more

Free TVET Education is to Make Ghanaian Youth Globally-competitive

Ms. Gifty Twum-Ampofo, a Deputy Minister in-charge of Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) says the Free TVET education is to make the youth of the country globally competitive. Read more

Ho: Adonai University College of Research and Entrepreneurship Takes Off 

The Ho Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Divine Bosson has re-echoed the need for vigorous research and hands-on education to meet the aspirations of the contemporary job market. Read more

Pay Tertiary Teacher Unions Three Months Arrears Owed Them

The National Labour Commission has directed government to pay three months’ allowances owed to members of five labour unions in public universities. The unions laid down their tools following the government’s decision to pay GH₵6.05 as fuel and vehicle maintenance allowance as against GH₵10.99 agreed upon. Read more

Prepare Students for Future Endeavours : Prof. Obeng Mireku to Private Universities

The President of the Wisconsin International University College (WIUC), Professor Obeng Mireku, says it is imperative for private universities in Africa to recognise their role in developing today’s workforce with the current uncertainties in the world. Read more

Report Shows Better Research Profiles and Ongoing Challenges

Despite making notable progress in their quest to become research-oriented institutions over the past seven years, universities allied to the African Research Universities Alliance, or ARUA, largely remain undergraduate universities, in what could be a reflection of the general state of institutions across the continent. Read more

SMU Participation in Learning Visit in Ghana

sed of representatives from St. Mary’s University, Reach for Change, Addis College, Ethiopian TVET Institute, and Addis Ababa Science and Technology University made a learning-visit to selected innovation hubs in Ghana… Read more

TaTU, Jowato.com Signs MoU to Practically Train Students in Research

Tamale Technical University and Jowato Digital Solutions have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide practical research training to students and expose them to the business environment. Read more

Technical University Administrators Threaten Strike Beginning Dec 6 if… 

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Technical University Senior Administrators Association of Ghana (TUSAAG) has threatened to embark on a strike action effective December 6, 2022, if the government does not resolve all matters put before it. Read more

Tertiary Education Heading Towards Danger Due to Strikes

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS), has expressed concern about the frequency of industrial actions carried out by the country’s tertiary institutions. Read more

TUTAG Suspends Strike indefinitely

The Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) has indefinitely suspended its strike action declared on November 18. TUTAG in a statement on December 10 said the indefinite suspension follows the conclusion of negotiations on its demands with the government. Read more

Twenty (20) Winners of RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition 2022…

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) is pleased to announce the 20 winners of the 2022 RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition. The competition attracted 136 applications from 16 countries in Africa. Read more

UTAG, TEWU and Other Unions Call off Strike

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), the Tertiary Education Workers Union (TEWU) and the two other university worker unions that declared a strike on Monday, October 17, 2022, have resolved to call off the strike after reaching an agreement with their employer. Read more

What Comedians as Funeral Mourners are Telling Researchers

The emergence of comedies that are performed at funeral rites in cities across Sub-Saharan Africa as business side hustles are getting the attention of researchers of African humour, according to Professor Katrien Pype, a social anthropologist at KU Leuven University in Belgium. Read more

 

30 November 2022

50 Tertiary Ladies Benefit from Huawei ‘Seeds for the Future 2022’ 

Leading ICT Company, Huawei Ghana has offered 50 outstanding Ghanaian tertiary ladies the opportunity to take part in its global flagship Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, “Seeds for the Future 2022.”  Read more 

1,450 Fresh Students Admitted into Garden City University College

The Garden City University College (GCUC), has held its 17th Matriculation Ceremony to mark the formal admission of 1,450 fresh students into various programmes for the 2022/2023 academic year. Read more

Akufo-Addo donates 50k to Sunyani Technical University Endowment Fund

President Akufo-Addo has made a personal contribution of Fifty thousand Ghana cedis (GHS 50,000.00) to the Sunyani Technical University (STU) Endowment Fund.In addition, the President has assured STU that government will take steps to address some of the major concerns of the university. Read more

Advances in the Health Sciences Noted

A total of 96 universities in 17 African countries have been ranked in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2023 by Subject that lists achievements in academic fields across 11 selected major subject areas. Read more

Cancer Researchers Must Broaden the Focus of Their Work

Cancer research in Africa has increased over the past decade, but those gains were unevenly distributed as just 13 out of 54 countries on the continent produced 90% of the research, with Egypt and South Africa contributing two-thirds of the peer-reviewed contributions about cancer, … Read more

Catholic University to establish Social Justice and Ethics Centre

The Catholic University of Ghana (CUG) is collaborating with the University of Calgary, Canada and Academic Without Borders (AWB) to set up a Centre of Social Justice and Ethics for excellence in research and pedagogy. Read more

Climate Action is a Key HE Mandate and in Need of Funding

As the Sharm el-Sheikh climate summit, COP27, unfolds, the higher education community is grasping the opportunity to put some of their demands on the conference table in Egypt, including calls to strengthen educational and research capacities of universities and research centres to tackle the impact of climate change. Read more

Climate Change fight: The Role of the Universities

The issue of climate change is an important global problem and the ongoing 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) held in the Arab Republic of Egypt between November six and 18th, this year, is a testament to how important the issue is to the global community. Read more

Education, Employment Sector will be Transformed Through TVET

Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, Minister of Education, has reiterated Government’s commitment to transforming the educational sector and promotion of job creation through Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). Read more

Factors that are Stifling Critical Thinking in African HE

This commentary has been triggered by Wachira Kigotho’s article titled, ‘Why the tradition of imparting critical thinking is waning’, published in University World News. Read more

Find Your Niche to Stay Competitive …

The president of the Garden City University College wants private universities in Ghana to find their competitive advantage to stay recognized. Prof. Anthony Apeke Adimado observes the tertiary education space shares similar programmes thereby giving especially public counterparts more advantage. Read more

Funding of HE: Replace Monologues with Candid Conversations

In a recent article in University World News, it was reported that Zimbabwe’s minister of higher and tertiary education blamed universities for the widely bemoaned low levels of state funding. Read more

GARNET Supports Research and Education Institutions in Ghana 

The Ghanaian Academic and Research Network (GARNET), a not-for-profit organization is poised on its mission to support research and education institutions in Ghana; by providing internet connectivity and access to research and education content both locally and internationally. Read more

Government Urged to Invest in Open, Distance and e-Learning 

Professor Dr Goski Alabi, the Consulting President, Laweh Open University College, has urged the government and the private sector to invest in Open, Distance and e-learning infrastructure. Read more

Government Secures 12.8 Million Euros to Modernise TVET – Akufo-Addo

The Government has secured 12.8 million Euros from Austria to mordenise 10 Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) institutions in Ghana, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said. Read more

Government Should Commit More Resources to University Sports…

President of the Ghana Universities Sports Association (GUSA), Shaibu Ibrahim Tanko, has urged the government to commit more resources to develop sports at the tertiary education level.GUSA have over the years lacked the requisite attention and resources needed to enhance sports development at the tertiary level. Read more

Komenda College emerges winners of 1st tertiary insurance debate

The Komenda College of Education has been declared winners of the maiden tertiary national insurance debate, beating St. Don Bosco College of Education in the finals. Read more

More Ghanaian Students Pick the United States for Higher Education

Ghanaian students continue to choose the United States as a top destination for higher education. The 2022 Open Doors Report released today confirms that 4,916 Ghanaian students studied at U.S. colleges and universities during the most recent (2021-2022) academic year. Read more

New KAAF University Rector Outlines Vision Statement 

The new Rector of Ghana’s first engineering-focused private university, KAAF University College, Prof Herbert Kwabla Dei has outlined six thematic areas for the development of the school into a world-class centre of academic excellence. Read more

New Mensah Sarbah Hall Master Pledges to Resolve Student Clashes 

The newly installed hall master of the Mensah Sarbah Hall of the University of Ghana, Dr. Roger Ayimbillah Atinga has pledged to resolve the impasse between students of Mensah Sarbah Hall and students of the Commonwealth Hall. Read more

Nungua Traditional Council Offers 10-Acre Land for Borteymanm TVET Project in Ghana

The Nungua Traditional Council recently granted 10 acres piece of land to Top Kings Innovations, for the construction of the Borteymanm TVET institution. The technical and vocational education and training institute project is expected to be completed within a period of 12 months. Read more

Prof. Addae-Mensah Calls for Review of Free SHS Policy

A former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Emeritus Ivan Addae-Mensah, has called on the government to re-examine the implementation of the free senior high school (SHS) policy to ensure its sustainability. Read more

Rhodes Business School Partners with eLearnAfrica to Develop a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).

Recognized as one of the leading business schools for its focus on sustainability and ethical leadership, Rhodes Business School has entered into a partnership with eLearnAfrica to develop a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), … Read more

Sunyani Technical University Holds Anniversary Lecture

Dr. Emmanuel Kwaku Asiedu, the Chief Executive Officer of Gratis Foundation, says Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions must be well equipped with state-of-the-art workshops and laboratories for the effective training of people who would be capable of leading Ghana’s industrialisation drive. Read more

Technical Education Key to Industrialisation- Owusu-Banahene

The cardinal objective of post independent Ghana for the establishment of technical educational institutions to offer middle school leavers a chance to undergo hand-on training in craft programmes remains relevant today, the Bono Regional Minister, Justina Owusu-Banahene, has posited. Read more

Technical University Teachers Association Declares Indefinite Strike

The Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) has declared an indefinite strike over poor conditions of service, effective Friday, November 18. Read more

The Association of African Universities (AAU) Signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the China Association of Higher Education (CAHE)…

The Association of African Universities (AAU), and the China Association of Higher Education (CAHE), have signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate in areas of mutual interest for the benefit of higher education institutions and other stakeholders within their respective regions. Read more

TUTAG Gives Government 10-Day Ultimatum

The Technical University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (TUTAG) has given the government a 10-day ultimatum to honour all outstanding commitments to the association else its members will embark on strike action. Read more

Twenty (20) winners of RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition 2022…

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) is pleased to announce the 20 winners of the 2022 RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition. The competition attracted 136 applications from 16 countries in Africa… Read more

UMB Celebrates Ambassador Osei as He Delivers 2022 University of Ghana Alumni Lecture

Universal Merchant Bank (UMB), a leading indigenous Ghanaian bank, today celebrated Ambassador D.K. Osei during his presentation of the 32nd edition of the annual University of Ghana Alumni Lecture on the theme “Liberal Democracy… Read more

WASCAL, German Universities to Train Students in Energy, Green Hydrogen Technology

The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with two German universities to train students who want to pursue international master’s degree in energy and green hydrogen technology. Read more

Work with University Structures – UG Management to Student with Special Needs 

The administration of Ghana’s premier university, University of Ghana has urged students with special needs to use the reach out to management when encountering obstacles or finding solutions to same. Read more

 

31 October 2022

4 Public Universities’ Worker Unions Strike Over Vehicle Maintenance Allowance, Others

Four worker unions in the public universities from today [Monday, October 17] begin industrial action. The action is to demand better conditions of service. According to them, the strike has become necessary due to their employer’s failure to pay their some allowance agreed upon. Read more

1,476 TVET Teachers Graduate

A total of 1,476 teachers trained with the relevance competence for technical and vocational education training, have graduated from the AkentenAppiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (AAMUSTED). Read more

2023 World University Ranking: UCC Remains Best in Ghana, 1st in West Africa and 4th  in Africa 

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has been ranked the best university in Ghana, first in West Africa and 4th in Africa in the 2023 Times Higher Education Rankings. Read more

Africa’s Economic Transformation Hinges on High-Level Skills

The World Bank’s spending on education in Sub-Saharan African has been growing over the past decade and has tripled from US$400 million to US$1.2 billion from 2018 to 2021 in West and Central Africa, with a significant contribution going to the higher education sector. Read more

A Pathway Towards Sustainable Development – High-Level Meetings with Partners

(ACEs) addresses higher-level skills development needs and innovative research requirements for the continent’s priority development sectors in five main areas: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM); agriculture; health; environment; applied social science and education. Read more

Botho University Pushes for Better Education Model

Botho University Vice-Chancellor, Dr Sheela Raja Ram, says there is an urgent need to rethink education models.Ram said this during the Botho University 25th anniversary celebration in Gaborone, when the university was celebrating its existence in Botswana and other countries such as Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini and Ghana. Read more

CSUC Encourages Graduates to Embrace Entrepreneurship 

The Christian Service University College is urging graduates to venture into entrepreneurship instead of waiting to be on the government’s payroll.The Dean of Postgraduate Studies, Rev. Prof. Yaw Adu Gyamfi, asked the graduates to eschew the mentality that the government should be the main employer. Read more

Ghana Celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Implemented by UNESCO and UN-Women, in coordination with civil society institutions, the day also seeks to promote the participation of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Read more

Ghana Government Plans to Increase SHS Transition Rate to University 

Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, Minister of Education, says the government is working to create a successful pathway from kindergarten to Senior High School (SHS) to increase tertiary enrolment. Read more

Governments Can Help Universities to Achieve Their Vision

Ineffective leadership is the bane of African society and African economies. This has led some researchers and scholars to state that Africa is facing a leadership crisis or leadership vacuum. Read more

Karpowership Ghana Awards Scholarships to Takoradi Technical University Students

Karpowership Ghana Company Limited has awarded scholarships to 20 brilliant but needy students at the Takoradi Technical University (TTU) in the Western Region. Read more

KNUST School of Business hosts O. R. Tambo Africa Research Chair

Dean of the KNUST School of Business, Prof. Nathaniel Boso has been named one of the Chairs from ten African Universities to host the O.R. Tambo Africa Research Chairs Initiative (ORTARChI). Read more

Latex Foam Supports Needy, Brilliant Students…

Latex Foam has presented a cheque for GH₵20,000 to the University of Ghana to support brilliant but needy students of the university.It is the latest of what has become an annual support from the foam manufacturer to the university for more than 10 years. Read more 

Let the Public Know Your Innovations

The new chancellor of the Kumasi Technical University, Dr. Kwame Addo Kufuor is urging tertiary institutions to make their research activities known to the public. Read more

Megacities and the Challenge of Inclusive Higher Education

Ever since the first humans migrated out of Africa many years ago, humanity has been on the move and humans have been migrating on a global scale ever since. Read more

MTN Ghana Foundation Awards Full Scholarships to 100 Brilliant but Needy Tertiary Students Plus GHS1k Stipend Per Semester

The MTN Ghana Foundation is living up to its commitment to making investments in education as outlined in the Foundation’s three main focus areas. Read more

National Labour Commission Directs UTAG to Call Off Strike 

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has directed the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) to call of its industrial action.The directive was issued after the NLC met with UTAG, the Ghana Association of University Administrators, Tertiary Education Workers Union of Ghana and Senior Staff Association… Read more

No Learning Centres for Catholic University – Management

The management of the Catholic University of Ghana, (CUG) Fiapre-Sunyani wishes to retract and apologise for an inaccurate information released and subsequently published by the Daily Graphic on September 13, 2022, … Read more

Number of Ranked Universities in Africa Increases to 97

African universities have made dramatic progress in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2023 as, for the first time, 97 universities from 17 countries, up from 71 last year, have been rated to be part of the best universities globally, with 10 of them in the top 500. Read more

Private Universities to Pursue Presidential Charter

Professor Nicholas N.N Nsowah-Nuamah, Chairman, Council for Independent Universities, has encouraged private universities to work hard to meet the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission’s (GTEC) criteria for a Presidential Charter. Read more

Staff of Public Universities Suspend Intended Strike After Meeting with NLC

Four unions of the public universities of Ghana have suspended the intended strike after meeting with the National Labor Commission (NLC). Read more

Study Questions Scholar Rescue Programme Practices

Scholar rescue organisations should place more emphasis on advocating for academic freedom in countries where it is repressed, according to a recent study. They should also take steps to improve women’s participation and do more to help alleviate post-rescue precarity, the study recommends. Read more

Sunyani Technical University Signs Agreement with Maryland University for Student Transfer

The Sunyani Technical University (STU) has signed an Articulation Agreement with the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), United States of America, for Pharmacy Technician students to undertake doctorate degrees in Pharmacy in the UMES. Read more

Teacher Unions and Government Urged to Engage

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has asked Teacher Unions and Government to engage within one week on the terms of payment and other related matters and report back to it. Read more

Twenty (20) Winners of RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition…

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) is pleased to announce the 20 winners of the 2022 RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition. The competition attracted 136 applications from 16 countries in Africa… Read more

UPSA, UCC & KNUST Clash in Tertiary Business Sense Challenge Grand Final 

Three schools are currently facing off in the grand final of the Tertiary Business Sense Challenge (TBSC) Version 4.0. The schools vying to become the best business institution in the country… Read more

UTAG Strike Compels UG School of Graduate Studies to Postpone PhD Oral Examination

The industrial action by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has compelled the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Ghana to postpone the oral examination for PhD students. Read more

UMaT VC Urges Vibrant Railway Industry for Sustainable Future

Professor Richard Amankwah, the Vice Chancellor of University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), says the Railway Industry was critical in achieving many development milestones in the country. Read more

UTAG, Gov’t Must Engage to Reach an Agreement

A Labour Expert, Mr Austin Gamey has urged government and the leadership of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) to engage in the demands of the union. Read more

Vice-Chancellor Interacts with KNUST Alumni of North America

 The Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Professor (Mrs.) Rita Akosua Dickson has held an interactive stakeholder meeting with KNUST Alumni of North America at Gaithersburg, Maryland. Read more

WiSTEMGh KNUST Hosts Female SHS Students To Equip Them With Skills To Tackle Future Developmental Challenges

The Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Ghana (WiSTEMGh) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology under the auspices of the Vice-Chancellor has held the third edition of STEM Camp for selected Categories of Senior High Schools (SHS) in Ghana. Read more

World University Rankings 2023: UI, UNILAG, Covenant Universities Make Africa’s Top 20 

The latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings has ranked three Universities in Nigeria among the first top 20 institutions in the African continent. In the latest rankings Published by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 25, African Universities made debut appearances in the growing list of entries… Read more

 

30 September 2022

2022 Healthcare Simulation Week launched at UGMC

The Medical Training and Simulation Centre, a directorate of the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) has launched the 2022 Healthcare Simulation Week in Accra to help supplement clinical practice in Ghana. Read more

Africa Higher Education Centres of Excellence for Development Impact (ACE Impact) to Reward Quality, Applied Research and Innovation

SIRA recognizes and promotes excellent research and innovation which responds to Africa’s developmental challenges. Read more

Akufo-Addo Presents Presidential Charters to Three Universities 

The Catholic University College, the Presbyterian University College and the Methodist University College on Tuesday received Presidential Charters to formally award degrees. Read more

ARUA to Add Seven Centres of Excellence in the Next Year

The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) will increase the number of Centres of Excellence it runs from 13 to 20 in the next 12 months in response to the need for increased university-led knowledge output in priority scientific areas. Read more

Auditor-General’s 2021 Report: 9 Technical Universities Cannot Account for GH₵34 Million 

Financial impropriety in nine of the 10 Technical Universities in the country has led to a GH₵34,876,924 financial loss to the state. Read more

Be Vigilant in Applying Rules – Akufo-Addo Tasks Tertiary Education Commission on Accrediting Universities

President Akufo-Addo has asked the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission, the body mandated to accredit tertiary institutions to ensure the maintenance of the highest standard of integrity and quality in the schools. Read more

Catholic University thanks President Akufo-Addo for Charter

Management and Board of the Catholic University of Ghana (CUG) have expressed appreciation to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for approving the Charter, thereby making the institution autonomous. Read more

Chinese, Ghanaian Universities to Enhance Chinese Language Education Cooperation

China’s Zhejiang University of Technology (ZJUT) and the University of Ghana pledged on Thursday to enhance their cooperation in Chinese language education to help more Ghanaians grasp one of the most spoken languages in the world. Read more

Climate Education Can ‘Lure More Youths into Climate Action’

Despite the compelling need to produce experts and specialists with the skills and competencies to contribute to climate action on a greater scale, the uptake of climate change education at learning institutions across Africa was slow. Read more

EU-ECOWAS Scholarships Programme on Sustainable Energy

The EU-ECOWAS Scholarship programme provides scholarships for masters’ degrees in the sustainable energy sector at specialised universities in West Africa (Cape Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo) for the benefit of eligible students from ECOWAS member states involved in the energy sector. Read more

Full List of Unaccredited Academic Programmes Offered by UG and KNUST 

The full list of both accredited and unaccredited programmes run by two of the top public universities in the country has been is available on the website of the Ghana Tertiary Commission (GTEC.). Read more

Ghanaian Universities Urged to Invest in Cybersecurity

Professor Goski Alabi, the Consulting President, Laweh University College, has urged universities to invest in cybersecurity to protect their Information Technology (IT) systems from cyber-attacks. Read more

HE in Prisons Still ‘Patchy’ Despite Expansion of E-Learning

The COVD-19 pandemic’s expansion of online learning has created new higher education opportunities to teach Africa’s prison inmates, but even the administrators of some correctional facilities and government officials have been reluctant to take advantage of these options. Read more

KsTU, SMIDO to Strengthen Relationship Between Industry and Academia 

Executives of the Suame Magazine Industrial Development Organisation (SMIDO), have paid a familiarisation visit to the Faculty of Engineering and Technology of the Kumasi Technical University (KsTU). Read more

Mining and Minerals have had Limited Educational Benefits

The story of mineral discoveries and mining in Africa being a social curse for the continent is likely to persist after researchers at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank recently found no conclusive evidence of intergenerational mobility into higher education in most African countries and districts where extractions of mineral resources occur. Read more

Nuclear Power Ghana signs MoU with Ho Technical University to Train Students 

Nuclear Power Ghana has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ho Technical University for the training of students in nuclear power in the improvement of the human resource base in the country. Read more

‘Our Natural Resources Alone Can’t Save Us, Invest in Research’ …

The government has been urged to prioritize research to enhance the development of the country. According to Prof Emmanuel Marfo-Owusu, the natural resources in the country alone are not enough to develop as a nation without support from individuals and institutions involved in research, …Read more

PAC Directs CCTU Director to Collect Outstanding Arrears

The Chairman of the Public Accounts, Mr. James Avedzi has called on the Management of the Cape Coast Technical University (CCTU) to retrieve overdue staff advances totaling GHc71, 475.93 from officers without further delay. Read more

Public Universities Not Ready to be Weaned Off Government Support…

Public universities are not ready to be weaned off government payroll, a former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Ebo Bondzi-Simpson, has said. “Unless a road map is settled on, no one on is ready. Read more

Research on Food Security in Need of More Collaboration

African universities have been conducting most of their agricultural research focused on their home countries, but mostly lacking in a transdisciplinary or multidisciplinary approach. At the same time, collaborations are formed mostly with foreign counterparts rather than with colleagues at home or from elsewhere on the continent. Most of the work is conducted by male researchers. Read more

Stronger HE Networks a Focus of Japan’s US$30 Billion Package

The higher education sector in Africa, in particular in areas of work linked to industrial development and infrastructure-building, will benefit from US$1.8 billion in official Japanese development assistance, which forms part of a total package of US$30 billion in public and private contributions to the continent. Read more

Students Undertaking Unaccredited Programmes at KNUST, UG Will Not be Affected

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has assured students of the University of Ghana (UG) and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) that their interests will be protected in the ongoing saga of unaccredited programmes. … Read more

SVM and Its Partners Train Farmers and Veterinary Staff on Monitoring Tools…

The School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) of the College of Health Sciences at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in collaboration with the Veterinary Services, Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), World Health Organisation (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), and  Read more

Tertiary Institutions Urged to Invest in Technology to Promote Equitable Education 

Tertiary institutions have been urged to invest in technology to promote education in the country.” Equitable access to reliable and cost-effective technology will go a long way to promote teaching and learning in a more sustainable manner and ensure than no one is left behind, … Read more

Testament to African Scientists’ Genomics Surveillance

The rapid expansion of genomics surveillance through a wide-ranging scientific collaborative network has enabled African scientists and public health institutions to illustrate how the SARS-CoV-2 variants reached and spread across the African continent in real time during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in the journal Science. Read more

The Status of Agri-Food Systems in Africa

Both hunger and malnutrition have been worsening over the last few years. The prevalence of hunger has been on the rise in the Africa region since 2017. Read more

Universities and Research Institutions in Ghana Urged to Develop and Operationalise Intellectual Property Policy 

Universities and research institutions across the country are being urged to develop intellectual property policies for their organisations and put in place deliberate strategies and action plans for implementing the policies developed. Read more

University of Ghana Graduate Students Demand Payment of Bursaries

The University of Ghana branch of the Graduate Students’ Association of Ghana has expressed its displeasure with the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat and the government for the delay in paying graduate students’ bursaries since 2019. Read mor

University of Oxford, Ghana Gold Expo to Hold CSR Workshop 

Oxford University’s African Studies Centre will collaborate with the Ghana Gold Expo Foundation to organise a strategic mining workshop on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and community engagement impact in the country. Read more

UTAG Strike Looms 

There are reports of growing agitation among university teachers following the high cost of living and what some describe as worsening conditions of service. Read more

We’ve Retooled Technical Universities Under Akufo-Addo

Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, the Minister of Education, has said the Akufo-Addo government has retooled most of the technical universities to produce students who are cut for the job market. “Our equipment are top of the line,” Adutwum said at the just-ended #PatrioticSpaces on Twitter. Read more

Workshop to Strengthen Collaborations to Advance Climate-Smart Agriculture

As part of the GRA’s continuing commitment to strengthening countries’ scientific capability and institutional capacity to increase productivity, enhance resilience and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, we are pleased to present “Gaining ground” – a workshop to strengthen collaborations to advance climate-smart agriculture (CSA). Read more

Young Scientists Want Machine Learning Revolution in Africa

Cameroon national Loic Elnathan Tiokou Fangang concluded his masters degree in mathematical sciences at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) earlier in 2022 and, as he awaits an opportunity to pursue a PhD in machine learning, he believes the dream of the institute’s founders – of producing the next Einstein – has already been accomplished. Read more

 

31 August 2022

Directorate of Students Affairs Holds Maiden “Disability Awareness and Advocacy” Workshop

The Directorate of Students Affairs (DoSA) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi in collaboration with Debby Bless Ghana Foundation and the Students with Disabilities Association, KNUST (SWDA) have organised the maiden edition of the Disability Awareness and Advocacy workshop… Read more

Dr. Kwadwo Owusu Akuffo Wins the George Britton Early Investigator of the Year Award

Dr. Kwadwo Owusu Akuffo, Senior Lecturer and Head of Department, Optometry and Visual Science, College of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, has been awarded the 2022 George Britton Early Investigator of the Year Award… Read more

Kimathi and Partners Extend Support to University Students with Disability 

Kimathi and Partners in collaboration with the office of students with special needs at the University of Ghana has implemented a programme to support students with a disability. Read more

Knowledge Co-Production a Prerequisite in Climate Change Battle

Universities can help to initiate discussions to strengthen the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and can promote the political accountability needed to attain them. Read more

KNUST Faculty of Law Holds Maiden Open Day for Senior High Students

The Faculty of Law of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi has held its maiden ‘KNUST LL.B Open Day’ for selected Senior High School (SHS) students in Kumasi… Read more

Lack of Data Derails the Planning and Growth of Universities

A lack of reliable data across Africa has weakened policies to improve higher education across the continent, development experts argue. Read more

Let Students Be Relevant to Job Market-Veep

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has called on higher learning institutions in the country to offer innovate and skills related courses to make their students relevant to the job market. Read more

More Hostels on University of Ghana Campus Soon

Students will witness modern state-of-the-art hostel facilities spread out on the University of Ghana (UG) campus in the coming years, the Pro-Vice Chancellor for Academic and Students Affairs, Professor Gordon A. Awandare, has given an assurance. Read more

No Doubt UMaT had Unique Graduates

Professor Richard Kwasi Amankwah, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa, says graduates of the University are unique and play diverse roles in the mining industry across the world. Read more

Pan African University Guns for More Positive Results

The Pan African University Council is showing new commitment to beef up the institutions achievements while expanding its strategic prospects.That much was made clear on Friday 29 July 2022, at the African Union Commission Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during the 7th ordinary session of the Pan African University Council. Read more

Research Collaboration Envisages Major Gains in Health Care

Surgical research to support the work done by hospitals, mainly in rural and remote locations, is benefitting from seven research hubs in Africa, Mexico and India that were established during COVID to reduce the risk of infection during operations. Read more

Riot on Campuses: I’m Shocked Future Leaders are Behaving this Way… 

The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has described as unfortunate the violent clashes that occurred at the University of Ghana and also the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). Read more

Students from Africa May Soon Start to Return to China

China is preparing to welcome back students from Africa who have been unable to return to the country since they left following the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020. Read more

Tertiary TVET Enrolment to Hit 100,000 by 2025 – Education Minister

The Minister for Education has hinted that enrolment into tertiary Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions in the country will soon hit 100,000 by 2025… Read more

Three Universities Receive Presidential Charter

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Tuesday presented presidential charters to the Methodist University College, Presbyterian University College, and Catholic University College, to operate as fully-fledged universities. Read more

UGBS to Roll Out Industry Designed Programmes

One of the major reasons for the high unemployment in the country has to do with the kind of course run by tertiary institutions which has no direct bearing on the job market. Read more

UG Council’s Decision is Fair – Prof Awandare on Suspension of Commonwealth Hall Officials

Chancellor in charge of Academic and Student Affairs, Professor Gordon A. Awandare, has defended the University’s decision to suspend the Hall Master and Senior Tutor of the Commonwealth Hall. Read more

UG, Legon Geology Students Visit Atlantic Lithium Project Site at Ewoyaa

School of Engineering Sciences final year students at the University of Ghana (UG) on Wednesday visited project site of Atlantic Lithium at Ewoyaa to have practical knowledge on their course. Read more

UGMC to Train Students in Life Skills

The Medical Training and Simulation Centre of the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) will from next month train 200 senior high school students from four schools in Accra in Basic Life Support (BLS) and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Read more

University of Bertoua Adopts Budget Worth 2.440 Billion F

The amount was decided during the session of the Board of Directors held on August 23 at the university’s rectorate.The university of Bertoua is one of the universities whose creation was announced by the Head of State during his speech on December 31, 2021. Read more

University of Ghana Launches Project to Advance Women in STEM

The University of Ghana has launched a project dubbed, “TranSforming InSTitutions to Advance women leaders in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM): Lessons from Ghana and Kenya” (SISTARS). Read more

University of Ghana Set to Hold Public Discussions on Academic Freedom

The Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana is set to host a series of high-powered roundtable discussions on academic freedom in August 2022. Read more

University of Ghana Wins $165 Million Judgement Debt Case 

A District Court in the United States of America has turned down a request to compel the University of Ghana (UG) to pay ACE American Insurance Company an amount of $165,000,000. Read more

University VC Cautions Students Against Indecent Dressing and Lawlessness

Professor Elvis Asare-Bediako, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) at the weekend cautioned the university students against indecent dressing and lawlessness. Read more

Varsity Students’ Clashes: Education Minister Wants Lasting Solution

The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has called on university authorities to find a lasting solution to recent students’ disturbances on the university campuses. Read more

Vice-Chancellor Receives Winners Of 2022 Christof Heyns African Human Rights Moot Court Competition

Following their victory at the just ended 31st Christof Heyns African Human Rights Moot Court Competition 2022 which was held in Cairo at The British University in Egypt, the KNUST Faculty of Law Team has presented their awards to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor (Mrs.) Rita Akosua Dickson on Monday, … Read more

Worlasi Lectures at University of Ghana

Ghanaian music performer, Worlasi, on Monday was a guest lecturer at the University of Ghana (Legon), Accra.He was at the premier university’s English Department following an invitation by a lecturer, Dr Kwabena Opoku-Agyemang. Read more

Youths Stuck as HE Fails to Provide Job-Relevant Skills

The journey from school to well-paying jobs is full of challenges to most young people in 22 countries in Western and Central Africa, as universities and other tertiary education institutions in the region have not been responding quickly to the changing nature of work, according to the World Bank. Read more

 

31 July 2022

Act to Create Merger Undermines Academic Freedom, Say Staff

A new parliamentary act that has merged the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), the Ghana Institute of Languages (GIL) and the National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) into the University of Media, Arts and Communications (UMAC), with a new seven-member interim council, has been described as “indirect and blatant interference … Read more

AGI CEO Worried Over Scarcity of Market-Ready Graduates  

Chief Executive of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) is worried over the failure of many Ghanaian educational institutions to churn out investor-ready resources including human capital. Read more

Brexit, COVID, Ukraine War Drive Student Mobility to France

African countries have become key drivers of student mobility to France, according to datasets published by Campus France, the national agency that promotes French higher education internationally and welcomes foreign students and researchers in the country. Read more

Focus on TVET to Address Unemployment Challenges

The unemployment rate in the country can only be minimised if the government and other stakeholders give a serious consideration for the funding of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), … Read more

Ghana Tertiary Education to Review Minimum Entry Requirements into Universities

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) is reviewing the minimum entry requirements for admission into the country’s universities, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, the Minister for Education, said on Wednesday. Read more

Govt Commits U.S.$1 Billion to TVET

The government has committed one billion dollars to revamp Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). This is intended to make it more attractive and capable of equipping the students with the required skills needed in the industrial sector of the economy. Read more

GHS12M Disbursed to No Guarantor Students Loan Applicants 

The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has released a total of 12 million Ghana cedis as loans to students in tertiary institutions across the country.A total of 10,000 students from 148 tertiary institutions in the country benefitted from the scheme… Read more

Graphic Tertiary Business Sense Challenge: University of Ghana shows class

The University of Ghana (UG), Legon, has emerged winner of the SouthEast Zonal championship of the Version 4.0 of the Graphic Tertiary Business Sense Challenge (TBSC). Read more

GRASAG-LEGON Commends Vice-Chancellor for Strides in Reducing Accommodation Deficit

The Graduate Students Association of Ghana, University of Ghana chapter (GRASAG-LEGON) has commended the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo for her continuous effort to bridge the accommodation deficit among graduate students of the University of Ghana. Read more

High Cost of Internet Affecting Effective Teaching in Private Universities

An immediate past Chairman of the Governing Council of the Ghana Baptist University College has expressed worry over what he described as the exorbitant cost of internet services. Read more

Impact of Climate Change on Healthcare Needs More Research

A study that mapped and analysed the available literature on the impact of climate change on the provisioning of emergency care in Africa indicated a lack of research, shortages in emergency care and human resources and weak health infrastructure and technology capabilities, among other things. Read more

Lack of Vibrant TVET Cause of Nation’s Woes

The Vice-Chancellor of the Kumasi Technical University, Professor Osei-Wusu Achaw, has blamed Ghana’s economic woes on the lack of a vibrant technical, vocational education and training (TVET) in the country’s education system. Read more

Over 1,000 UG Students to Benefit from Skill-Up Training Programme

Over 1,000 students at the University of Ghana, Legon, are to benefit from a skill-up training programme designed to train, inspire and equip them with job creation skills. Read more

Reconfigure HE for Employable Graduates, Relevant Research

Higher education systems must be rebalanced to produce the skills and knowledge African countries need for their development, according to Peter Materu, chief programme officer for the Mastercard Foundation. Read more

Senior Staff of Universities Suspend Strike

The National Executives Council of the Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG), has suspended its strike.The group on July 13, 2022, joined other unions to demand the payment of 20% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA). Read more

Sustaining Ghana’s Future Through TVET 

The government is making strides in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) with its policies on free TVET, the TVET voucher project that gives free training and skills upgrade to master craftsmen and women, and the MyTVET campaign, … Read more

Tertiary Education Commission Collating Proposals for New Fees

Professor Mohammed Salifu, Director-General, Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), says the Commission is putting together proposals to be presented to Parliament for the review of fees for tertiary educational institutions for the next academic year. Read more

UG College of Humanities Climax DSRA Celebration

The University of Ghana (UG), Legon, has for the first time, participated in the celebration of the Day of Scientific Renaissance of Africa (DSRA) as strategy to drive the overall growth of the university as the world class research intense university. Read more

University of Ghana, Accra Tech Univ to Compete for Southeast Zonal Champion

Two schools, the University of Ghana (UG) and the Accra Technical University (ATU) have qualified for the final of the Southeast Zonal championship of the Version 4.0 of the Tertiary Business Sense Challenge (TBSC). Read more

Universities of Ghana Declares Intention to Strike Over COLA

The national leadership of the Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana says it is joining forces with other sister unions to demand the 20% Cost-of-Living Allowance (COLA). Read more

University Senior Staff Declare Nationwide Strike

Senior staff of the country’s public universities have declared a strike today. At a news conference at the main entrance of the University of Ghana, members of the Senior Staff Association of the Universities of Ghana were asked by their leadership to “go home. Read more

VC Declares UHAS a Household Brand in Tertiary Enterprise

Professor John Owusu Gyapong, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), has confirmed the maturity of the prime health university as it marks a decade of existence. Read more

 

30 June 2022

7th ACE Impact Regional Workshop Officially Opened…

Professor Mrs. Eléonore Yayi Ladekan, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Republic of Benin officially opened the seventh regional workshop of the Africa Higher Education Centres of Excellence Project (ACE Impact) at Palais des Congre in Cotonou Benin on the 14th June 2022. Read more

36 African Universities Represented on U-Multirank List

A total of 36 universities in Africa were among the 2,202 universities in 96 countries globally that had their performances assessed by U-Multirank, a ranking index that routinely analyses higher education institutions in terms of teaching and learning, research, knowledge transfer, international orientation and regional engagement. Read more

137 Girls Equipped with Technical, Vocational Skills

A total of 137 young women in the Upper East Region have been trained and awarded a certificate of proficiency in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) at the Bolgatanga Technical University (BTU). Read more

African Higher Education Institutions Urged to Create an Enabling Environment for Women to Grow

Universities and other higher education institutions across the continent have been urged to take radical and positive actions to redress the long-standing gender inequalities in their various processes and ecosystem which continue to hamper women’s progress and effective participation in the sector. Read more

AIMS Ghana Holds Industry and Academia Forum 2022

As part of its 10th anniversary, the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Ghana has held a first-of-its-kind industry and academia forum aimed at helping graduates go into industry at the Google office, Accra. Read more

Big Relief for Tertiary Students

Last week, the age-old hustle of students in tertiary institutions finding people to guarantee their forms to access loans came to an end.Henceforth, students in tertiary institutions will not need guarantors before accessing loans from the Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF). Read more

Construction of 32 TVET Centres To Begin 

The Vice-President, Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia, has broken the grounds for work to commence on the first phase of the 32 state-of-the-art Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Centres being constructed across the country. Read more

Develop Good Writing Skills and Sell Your Ground-Breaking Ideas…

The Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor Ellis Owusu-Dabo has charged Early Career Researchers to develop good writing skills and sell their transformative ideas in simple, concise, and appealing titles to attract suitable funding to carry out their research. Read more

Dr. Kofi Koduah Sarpong Inducted as UPSA Chancellor 

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says the Free Senior High School programme has seen an increment in SHS enrollment which has resulted in an increase at the tertiary level. Read more

First Continental Research Integrity Network Launched

The African Research Integrity Network (ARIN), a partnership to promote ethical research practices across the continent, was officially launched on Tuesday after years of operating as an informal body of practitioners. Read mor

GDCL, Make-IT in Africa to launch the Tertiary Digital Innovation Programme

The Ghana Digital Centres Limited (GDCL) is set to launch the Tertiary Digital Innovation Programme (TDIP). The initiative is aimed at equipping tertiary graduates with the knowledge, skills, and tools to transition from school to industry in response to the growing youth unemployment in the country. Read more

Ghana Needs Comprehensive Policy for Open, Distance Education

Professor Goski Alabi, the President of African Council for Distance Education has called on the government to develop a comprehensive national policy framework for open and distance education. Read more

Ghana to Raise Tertiary Education Enrolment

Ghana’s policy reforms to remove the cost barriers to education, especially at the tertiary level, is to achieve rapid socio-economic growth, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice-President, has observed. Read more

GIZ Organises Job fair for TVET Students

Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in collaboration with Don Bosco Technical Institute has organized its annual job fair to facilitate networking and matchmaking opportunities for its students. Read more

Government to cut sod for 32 TVET Centres to Boos Industrialisation-

The government is set to cut sod for the first phase of the construction of 32 state-of-the-art Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) centres across the 16 regions of the country. Read more

Government Waives Guarantors to Access Student Loans

Tertiary education students who apply for student loans will no longer need anyone to serve as a guarantor to qualify for the approval of the facility by the Ghana Students Loan Trust Fund, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia said. Read more

Help Us Expose and Deal with Unaccredited Tertiary Institutions … 

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has called on the media in the country to form a collaboration that will help expose and deal with unaccredited tertiary institutions in the country. Read more

HE Should ‘Urgently’ Train Experts in Climate Change

African universities have a role to play in training graduates with the requisite skills in climate adaptation and mitigation to help entrepreneurs and policy-makers to understand what these involve in climate change. Read more

Islamic University College Elects First Female SRC President

Islamic University College, Ghana (IUCG) has elected for the first time, a female as president of the Students Representative Council (SRC).Asiya Rufai, a Level 300 Communications student specialising in Public Relations, won the election with 52.67% votes to beat the vice president Ibrahim Jaiden Zakari. Read more

KIC Signs Agreement with Five Universities to Develop Youth Entrepreneurs 

Kosmos Innovation Centre (KIC) has signed an agreement with five universities to expand its programme across five regions in Ghana.The five universities; University of Ghana, University for Development Studies, SD Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies, … Read more

KNUST Professor Receives Outstanding Reviewer Award…

The Editor of the Journal of Urban Planning and Development has selected Professor Divine Kwaku Ahadzie of the Centre for Settlement Studies of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) for the outstanding reviewer award for the Journal of Urban Planning and Development, … Read more

Marshalling the Diaspora: Ethiopia’s ‘Unsung Model’

Ethiopia has a unique ‘model’ of deploying its intellectual diaspora – academics, researchers and high-level professionals – by integrating their competence, experience, knowledge and networks to help resolve societal questions in their home countries and advance knowledge-generation. Read more

MTN Foundation launches Bright Scholarship Reloaded to support tertiary students 

MTN Ghana Foundation has launched the second edition of the Bright Scholarship Award dubbed, ‘Bright Scholarship Reloaded’ to support needy and brilliant students in public tertiary institutions and vocational training schools. Read more

MTN Foundation to Support Tertiary Students with Bright Scholarship 

MTN Ghana Foundation has launched the second edition of the Bright Scholarship Award dubbed, “Bright Scholarship Reloaded” to support needy and brilliant students in public tertiary institutions and vocational training schools. Read more

National Ranking System for Tertiary Institutions in the offing

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has started the process to institute a National Ranking System for tertiary educational institutions.The ranking system, which is to serve as a tool for driving excellence, is expected to be operational by next year, … Read more

NSA Signs MoU with KNUST to Aid Sports Development 

The National Sports Authority (NSA) and the Horticulture Department of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have entered into a partnership that will see both NSA and KNUST benefit mutually when it comes to sports. Read more

Perspectives on Advancing Emerging Research Universities

Universities in Africa will benefit from ongoing support to boost their knowledge resources, academic cohorts and finances so that they can meet the massification and differentiation challenges that they face, according to a programme officer at one of the largest philanthropic donors to higher education on the African continent. Read more

Post-Study Work Opportunities Drive Student Mobility

The long-time attraction of international students from Sub-Saharan Africa to quality universities in European Union member states and their counterparts in the United States and Canada includes an appetite for getting jobs in host countries, according to ICEF Monitor, a market intelligence firm for international student recruitment. Read more

Prof. Lydia Aziato is the First Nurse to Attain the Position of Vice Chancellor 

There is good news for the nurses and midwifery community in Ghana as one of their own has just walked into the annals of history in the country by her appointment as the new Vice Chancellor of the University of Health and Allied Sciences at Ho. Read more

Prof Teye Urges Universities To Embark On Multidisciplinary Research 

Professor Joseph Kofi Teye, the Director of the Centre for Migration Studies (CMS), University of Ghana-Legon, has urged African Universities to engage in multidisciplinary research instead working in silos. Read more

Spain Plans to Recruit More Students from Sub-Saharan Africa

Spain has embarked on an ambitious plan to attract international students and highly skilled workers from Africa as part of its new strategy, Focus Africa 2023, which aims to establish stronger academic, economic and diplomatic ties with African countries, especially those in Sub-Saharan Africa. Read more

SLTF Launches “No Guarantor” Student Loan Policy

The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has launched the “No Guarantor” student loan policy.Launching the new initiative at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia said he expects an increase in access to student loans for tertiary students each academic year. Read more

Sumaman SHS Marks 40th Anniversary with Call to See Education Beyond Pouring Knowledge into one’s Head

The Vice-Chancellor of Sunyani Technical University (STU), Ing. Prof. Kwadwo Adinkrah-Appiah, says education should not be seen as only an act of pouring knowledge into one’s head, either consciously or unconsciously. Read more

Transforming the Lives of Smallholder Pig Farmers Through Capacity Building…

The inspiration to make this dream a reality struck me during the TAGDev orientation training for the first cohort in July, 2017 at ARC Hotel, Egerton University, Kenya. The speaker challenged all the new students to turn their talents into entrepreneurial opportunities and expand on them. Read more

TVET Service Orients New Recruits

The Ghana Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Service has held a two-day orientation for its newly recruited staff. The exercise took place at the Headquarters in East Legon, Accra. Read more

TVET Service to Introduce Start-Up Support for Graduates

The Ghana Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Service is to introduce start-up support for fresh graduates to grow their own enterprises in the sector. Read more

University of Ghana Cuts Sod for Construction of PhD Apartment

Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, Vice Chancellor, University of Ghana – Legon, on Wednesday cut the sod for the commencement of work on a Doctorate in Philosophy (PhD) apartment for the University. Read more

University of Ghana Launches 75th Anniversary Logo Competition

The University of Ghana (UG) has launched a competition in search of a commemorative logo for its 75th anniversary celebrations in 2023.Established in 1948, the University has risen to a position of dominance in higher education excellence in the country… Read more

University of Ghana Medical Centre Limited Phase II Commissioned

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned the second phase of the University of Ghana Medical Centre Limited (UGMC), gearing the health facility towards holistic service provision. Read more

Work-Family Conflict Predicts Career Path of Women Academics

Traditional gender norms are the main barrier to women pursuing academic careers, both because they influence what other people think a woman can do or should choose to do, and because women have, in many cases, internalised these gender norms and shared them, … Read more

 

30 May 2022

7th ACE Impact Regional Workshop Officially Opened…

Professor Mrs. Eléonore Yayi Ladekan, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Republic of Benin officially opened the seventh regional workshop of the Africa Higher Education Centres of Excellence Project (ACE Impact) at Palais des Congre in Cotonou Benin on the 14th June 2022. Read more

36 African Universities Represented on U-Multirank List

A total of 36 universities in Africa were among the 2,202 universities in 96 countries globally that had their performances assessed by U-Multirank, a ranking index that routinely analyses higher education institutions in terms of teaching and learning, research, knowledge transfer, international orientation and regional engagement. Read more

137 Girls Equipped with Technical, Vocational Skills

A total of 137 young women in the Upper East Region have been trained and awarded a certificate of proficiency in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) at the Bolgatanga Technical University (BTU). Read more

African Higher Education Institutions Urged to Create an Enabling Environment for Women to Grow

Universities and other higher education institutions across the continent have been urged to take radical and positive actions to redress the long-standing gender inequalities in their various processes and ecosystem which continue to hamper women’s progress and effective participation in the sector. Read more

AIMS Ghana Holds Industry and Academia Forum 2022

As part of its 10th anniversary, the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Ghana has held a first-of-its-kind industry and academia forum aimed at helping graduates go into industry at the Google office, Accra. Read more

Big Relief for Tertiary Students

Last week, the age-old hustle of students in tertiary institutions finding people to guarantee their forms to access loans came to an end.Henceforth, students in tertiary institutions will not need guarantors before accessing loans from the Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF). Read more

Construction of 32 TVET Centres To Begin 

The Vice-President, Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia, has broken the grounds for work to commence on the first phase of the 32 state-of-the-art Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Centres being constructed across the country. Read more

Develop Good Writing Skills and Sell Your Ground-Breaking Ideas…

The Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor Ellis Owusu-Dabo has charged Early Career Researchers to develop good writing skills and sell their transformative ideas in simple, concise, and appealing titles to attract suitable funding to carry out their research. Read more

Dr. Kofi Koduah Sarpong Inducted as UPSA Chancellor 

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says the Free Senior High School programme has seen an increment in SHS enrollment which has resulted in an increase at the tertiary level. Read more

First Continental Research Integrity Network Launched

The African Research Integrity Network (ARIN), a partnership to promote ethical research practices across the continent, was officially launched on Tuesday after years of operating as an informal body of practitioners. Read more

GDCL, Make-IT in Africa to launch the Tertiary Digital Innovation Programme

The Ghana Digital Centres Limited (GDCL) is set to launch the Tertiary Digital Innovation Programme (TDIP). The initiative is aimed at equipping tertiary graduates with the knowledge, skills, and tools to transition from school to industry in response to the growing youth unemployment in the country. Read more

Ghana Needs Comprehensive Policy for Open, Distance Education

Professor Goski Alabi, the President of African Council for Distance Education has called on the government to develop a comprehensive national policy framework for open and distance education. Read more

Ghana to Raise Tertiary Education Enrolment

Ghana’s policy reforms to remove the cost barriers to education, especially at the tertiary level, is to achieve rapid socio-economic growth, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice-President, has observed. Read more

GIZ Organises Job fair for TVET Students

Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in collaboration with Don Bosco Technical Institute has organized its annual job fair to facilitate networking and matchmaking opportunities for its students. Read more

Government to cut sod for 32 TVET Centres to Boost Industrialisation-

The government is set to cut sod for the first phase of the construction of 32 state-of-the-art Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) centres across the 16 regions of the country. Read more

Government Waives Guarantors to Access Student Loans

Tertiary education students who apply for student loans will no longer need anyone to serve as a guarantor to qualify for the approval of the facility by the Ghana Students Loan Trust Fund, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia said. Read more

Help Us Expose and Deal with Unaccredited Tertiary Institutions … 

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has called on the media in the country to form a collaboration that will help expose and deal with unaccredited tertiary institutions in the country. Read more

HE Should ‘Urgently’ Train Experts in Climate Change

African universities have a role to play in training graduates with the requisite skills in climate adaptation and mitigation to help entrepreneurs and policy-makers to understand what these involve in climate change. Read more

Islamic University College Elects First Female SRC President

Islamic University College, Ghana (IUCG) has elected for the first time, a female as president of the Students Representative Council (SRC).Asiya Rufai, a Level 300 Communications student specialising in Public Relations, won the election with 52.67% votes to beat the vice president Ibrahim Jaiden Zakari. Read more

KIC Signs Agreement with Five Universities to Develop Youth Entrepreneurs 

Kosmos Innovation Centre (KIC) has signed an agreement with five universities to expand its programme across five regions in Ghana.The five universities; University of Ghana, University for Development Studies, SD Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies, … Read more

KNUST Professor Receives Outstanding Reviewer Award…

The Editor of the Journal of Urban Planning and Development has selected Professor Divine Kwaku Ahadzie of the Centre for Settlement Studies of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) for the outstanding reviewer award for the Journal of Urban Planning and Development, … Read more

Marshalling the Diaspora: Ethiopia’s ‘Unsung Model’

Ethiopia has a unique ‘model’ of deploying its intellectual diaspora – academics, researchers and high-level professionals – by integrating their competence, experience, knowledge and networks to help resolve societal questions in their home countries and advance knowledge-generation. Read more

MTN Foundation launches Bright Scholarship Reloaded to support tertiary students 

MTN Ghana Foundation has launched the second edition of the Bright Scholarship Award dubbed, ‘Bright Scholarship Reloaded’ to support needy and brilliant students in public tertiary institutions and vocational training schools. Read more

MTN Foundation to Support Tertiary Students with Bright Scholarship 

MTN Ghana Foundation has launched the second edition of the Bright Scholarship Award dubbed, “Bright Scholarship Reloaded” to support needy and brilliant students in public tertiary institutions and vocational training schools. Read more

National Ranking System for Tertiary Institutions in the offing

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has started the process to institute a National Ranking System for tertiary educational institutions.The ranking system, which is to serve as a tool for driving excellence, is expected to be operational by next year, … Read more

NSA Signs MoU with KNUST to Aid Sports Development 

The National Sports Authority (NSA) and the Horticulture Department of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have entered into a partnership that will see both NSA and KNUST benefit mutually when it comes to sports. Read more

Perspectives on Advancing Emerging Research Universities

Universities in Africa will benefit from ongoing support to boost their knowledge resources, academic cohorts and finances so that they can meet the massification and differentiation challenges that they face, according to a programme officer at one of the largest philanthropic donors to higher education on the African continent. Read more

Post-Study Work Opportunities Drive Student Mobility

The long-time attraction of international students from Sub-Saharan Africa to quality universities in European Union member states and their counterparts in the United States and Canada includes an appetite for getting jobs in host countries, according to ICEF Monitor, a market intelligence firm for international student recruitment. Read more

Prof. Lydia Aziato is the First Nurse to Attain the Position of Vice Chancellor 

There is good news for the nurses and midwifery community in Ghana as one of their own has just walked into the annals of history in the country by her appointment as the new Vice Chancellor of the University of Health and Allied Sciences at Ho. Read more

Prof Teye Urges Universities To Embark On Multidisciplinary Research 

Professor Joseph Kofi Teye, the Director of the Centre for Migration Studies (CMS), University of Ghana-Legon, has urged African Universities to engage in multidisciplinary research instead working in silos. Read more

Spain Plans to Recruit More Students from Sub-Saharan Africa

Spain has embarked on an ambitious plan to attract international students and highly skilled workers from Africa as part of its new strategy, Focus Africa 2023, which aims to establish stronger academic, economic and diplomatic ties with African countries, especially those in Sub-Saharan Africa. Read more

SLTF Launches “No Guarantor” Student Loan Policy

The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has launched the “No Guarantor” student loan policy.Launching the new initiative at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia said he expects an increase in access to student loans for tertiary students each academic year. Read more

Sumaman SHS Marks 40th Anniversary with Call to See Education Beyond Pouring Knowledge into one’s Head

The Vice-Chancellor of Sunyani Technical University (STU), Ing. Prof. Kwadwo Adinkrah-Appiah, says education should not be seen as only an act of pouring knowledge into one’s head, either consciously or unconsciously. Read more

Transforming the Lives of Smallholder Pig Farmers Through Capacity Building…

The inspiration to make this dream a reality struck me during the TAGDev orientation training for the first cohort in July, 2017 at ARC Hotel, Egerton University, Kenya. The speaker challenged all the new students to turn their talents into entrepreneurial opportunities and expand on them. Read more

TVET Service Orients New Recruits

The Ghana Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Service has held a two-day orientation for its newly recruited staff. The exercise took place at the Headquarters in East Legon, Accra. Read more

TVET Service to Introduce Start-Up Support for Graduates

The Ghana Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Service is to introduce start-up support for fresh graduates to grow their own enterprises in the sector. Read more

University of Ghana Cuts Sod for Construction of PhD Apartment

Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, Vice Chancellor, University of Ghana – Legon, on Wednesday cut the sod for the commencement of work on a Doctorate in Philosophy (PhD) apartment for the University. Read more

University of Ghana Launches 75th Anniversary Logo Competition

The University of Ghana (UG) has launched a competition in search of a commemorative logo for its 75th anniversary celebrations in 2023.Established in 1948, the University has risen to a position of dominance in higher education excellence in the country… Read more

University of Ghana Medical Centre Limited Phase II Commissioned

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned the second phase of the University of Ghana Medical Centre Limited (UGMC), gearing the health facility towards holistic service provision. Read more

Work-Family Conflict Predicts Career Path of Women Academics

Traditional gender norms are the main barrier to women pursuing academic careers, both because they influence what other people think a woman can do or should choose to do, and because women have, in many cases, internalised these gender norms and shared them, … Read more

 

31 May 2022

Academic City Commits to Diversity and Inclusive Learning for Students

Academic City University College, a premium Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematic tertiary institution, has expressed its commitment to fostering an inclusive learning and working environment for its students and faculty community. Read more

Ashesi Ranks 1st in Ghana, and Among World’s Top 300 Universities …

The 2022 edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings, based on universities’ contributions toward the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), has ranked Ashesi first in Ghana. Ashesi was also ranked seventh in Africa and among the world’s top 300 most impactful universities. Read more

A Sustainable Higher Education Funding Model is a Priority

The 21st century has witnessed enormous challenges when it comes to financing higher education. Read more

ATU Poised to Equip Students with Knowledge, Skills in ICT 

Professor Samuel Nii Odai, the Vice Chancellor of Accra Technical University says the university is poised to equip students with the knowledge and skills in Information Communication and Technology (ICT) to be locally and internationally relevant. Read more

Bawumia Donates 100 Laptops to the University of Ghana Business School 

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has donated one hundred new laptops to the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS), to support teaching and learning. Read more

Chinese Culture Show Staged in Ghana University to Boost Friendly Ties

The Confucius Institute at the University of Ghana on Sunday staged a Chinese culture show to the Ghanaian audience to promote cultural links between the two peoples. Read more

Egypt Leads Research Field for the Second Year Running

For the second year running, researchers and academics in Egypt have published more peer-reviewed journal articles than their peers in other countries in Africa, according to 2021’s datasets from SCImago Journal & Country Rank, an online platform with some of the world’s most comprehensive citation and abstract databases of global journal research output. Read more

Entrepreneurship Programmes at Egyptian Universities Get a Boost 

The success of some university-supported startups is prompting calls for expanding entrepreneurship programmes at Egyptian universities to develop students’ entrepreneurial skills and enable them to launch similar companies. Read more

Female Enrollment in Tertiary Education Seeing Steady Progress at Webster University Ghana Campus

According to the 2021 Population and Housing Census, Ghana’s female population in tertiary institutions is 5.6 million, with a total male population of 15.2 million. Read more

GAUA Disturbed About UEW Confusion; Calls on G-TEC, Education Ministry to Act 

The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) is calling on the Minister of Education and the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission to intervene in the disorderliness at the University of Education, Winneba, in order to protect the peace on campus. Read more

GCTU Unveils 7 New Professors

The Ghana Communication Technology University (GCTU) has made seven new professorial appointments to raise the status of the institution and position it as the most preferred university for the teaching and learning of Information Communications Technology (ICT) and its related fields. Read more

Ghanaian Programme Aims to Boost Interest in Engineering

Ghana’s Ministry of Education aims to boost science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education in the country through a one-year pre-engineering programme for 300 senior high school students without a science background. Read more

Govt to Construct 3-Storey 300 Bed Capacity Hostel Blocks …in all 45 Public Colleges of Education Nationwide

The government will from next month commence with the construction of a 3-storey 300-bed capacity Hostel Block in all the 45 Public Colleges of Education across the country. Read more

Graphic Launches Tertiary Business Challenges 

The fourth edition of the Graphic Tertiary Business Sense Challenge (TBSC) was on Monday launched in Accra with a call on business students to lead the business discourse to help shape the economy. Read more

I’m Excited My Scholars are Making Great Strides – Kufuor 

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has expressed joy about the impact being made by the Kufuor Scholars Program (KSP); following disclosure, a lot of the alumni are making great strides. Read more

KNUST Ranked Best University in Africa and 14th in the World 

The Kwame Nkrumah of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been adjudged the best University in Africa with top-notch delivery of quality education.On the global stage, the revered university was ranked 14th. Read more

Legon, KNUST, UCC and Other Ghanaian Universities Excluded from Schools for new UK visas for graduates 

Ghana’s premier University, the University of Ghana, Legon, has been exempted from the list of universities in the world, whose graduates qualify for new UK visas. Read more

Masterclasses Address Knowledge Gaps in Doctoral Training

Some of the most pertinent challenges young academics may face as they begin to build careers as teachers and scientists were tackled during three masterclasses offered by seasoned academics to 25 handpicked participants from across Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, during 25-29 April. Read more

Most Free SHS graduates performing badly in university – Legon don claims

Dr. Sampson Obed Appiah, a senior lecturer at the Department of Sociology of the University of Ghana, has revealed that Free Senior High School, 1Free SHS, graduates are performing poorly in the university. Read more

Need for Esteem, Safety Drives Disabled to HE – Study

University students with disabilities in Ghana desire to acquire qualifications that would enable them to not only find employment, but also earn their right to be respected and recognised in their communities, according to a study published in the journal Higher Education Research and Development. Read more

President Cuts Sod for University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the commencement of work on the University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences (UEAS) at Bunso in the Eastern Region. Read more

‘SHS Shouldn’t be Free for All, Some Must Pay for it’ – Prof. Ernest Aryeetey 

Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof. Ernest Aryeetey, is suggesting that the Free Senior High School programme should be targeted at persons with genuine need. Read more

Ten (10) RUFORUM Member Universities Ranked Among 1,406 Universities …

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) strives to support its member universities to deliver quality education through cutting edge research, innovation and academic mobility to enable them rank higher globally. Read more

Tertiary Business Sense Challenge Launched

The fourth version of the Tertiary Business Sense Challenge (TBSC), has been launched with a call on business students across the country to make their voices heard in the affairs of the state, particularly on issues of business and economy. Read more

TUTAG Roars at Government to Honour Agreement on Condition of Service 

The Technical University Teacher’s Association of Ghana of Ghana (TUTAG) has asked government to honour the agreement emanating from a ruling of the National Labour Commission reached between the government and the association in 2019. Read more

TVET Records 44,000 Student Enrollment, Highest Since Its Introduction 

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Ghana has received its highest student enrollment since its establishment.TVET schools across the country collectively recorded 44,000 student enrollment, an almost 100 percent increase in previous admissions. Read more

UCC Mathematicians Teach Master’s Students in Senegal

Academics from the School of Mathematical Sciences are educating a new generation of STEM leaders in the African country of Senegal. Read more

UCC Reworks Its Curriculum to Equip Students with Entrepreneurship Skill… 

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has begun reworking its curriculum to enable students that are trained there to acquire entrepreneurial skills before they graduate from the university. Read more

UDS, UCC Senior Staff to Embark on Strike Over Allowances and Promotions 

Senior staff of some public universities have threatened to embark on industrial action over the non-payment of some allowances.They are also unhappy with the delay in the promotion of their colleagues. According to them, they will strike if the concerns raised are not addressed in their entirety. Read more

UG Ranked Highest Tertiary Institution in Ghana 

The University of Ghana (UG) is ranked the highest tertiary institution in Ghana by the Alper-Doger (AD) Scientific Index 2022 Version 2. It also has the first of the top 1,000 scientists in the country with more than 270 scientists appearing in the top 1,000 scientists featured. Read more

UNESCO Calls Upon Stakeholders to Expand Programme Developing Roadmaps to Harness Science to the Sustainable Development Goals

The head of UNESCO’s Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Section, Ezra Clark, has encouraged all stakeholders to join the “Partnership in Action” initiative to expand the STI for the SDGs Roadmap Programme. Read more

University of Energy and Natural Resources Cuts Sod for the Construction of a Sports Complex

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), Prof. Elvis Asare-Bediako, has cut sod for the construction of a sports complex…Read more

University of Ghana Signs US$9 Million ICT Centre Deal with KOICA

Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Ghana has signed a Record of Discussion (RoD) with the University of Ghana to build a Centre of Excellence for ICT- based Start-up and Asian Research Centre. Read more

University of Ghana, Spain-Ghana Chamber of Commerce Partner for Internship Training

The University of Ghana (UG) and the Spain-Ghana Chamber of Commerce (SGCC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for students of the University to undertake internship programmes with companies that are members of the SGCC. Read more

UWC Provides Continental Support for Covid-19 Surveillance 

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), through its Pathogen Genomics Initiative (Africa PGI), has supported African countries during the past two years in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more

 

30 April 2022

3 African Institutions Partner to Use Artificial Intelligence to Tackle Climate Change

The project is intended to create and strengthen the interdisciplinary collaboration among scientists and institutions in helping fulfil the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal 13 on climate action innovation. Read more

45,000 Tertiary Students Awarded Local Scholarships – Gov’t

Forty-five thousand tertiary students and 1600 Training College students have benefitted from local scholarships awarded by the Scholarship Secretariat.The Presidency disclosed this in a tweet on Monday, 11 April 2022. Read more

‘African Universities Should Differentiate Their Missions Clearly’

The notion that there is a single ideal university must be resisted in favour of one that values a plurality of institutional types and promotes intentional differentiation in national higher education systems… Read more

Chinese Language Offers Hope to Ghanaian University Students 

As the economic cooperation between China and Ghana continues to grow, more and more Ghanaian students in remote areas are poised for their future with the Chinese language. Read more

Creative Funding Solutions Needed as HE Expands Globally

Universities in the Global South need to be more creative in making up shortfalls in the financing of higher education as funding per student decreases as enrolments are increasing, a webinar held to launch a new report, World Higher Education: Institutions, students and funding, was told by the vice-chancellor of a leading African university. Read more

Don’t Wean Public Universities from Payroll – Stakeholders in Education to Gov’t

Stakeholders in education have kicked against the Government’s proposal to wean off public tertiary institutions from its payroll. They said the agenda would increase the cost of accessing tertiary education and pose a major economic barrier to accessing education by the poor. Read more

Hollard Ghana and GIJ Sign MoU to Empower Students 

Hollard Ghana, with subsidiaries Hollard Insurance and Hollard Life Assurance, has signed an agreement with the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) to commence its Hollard X Academia initiative with the university to empower students for the future. Read more

ISSER Urged to Strengthen Research Role: Inaugurates GHc10 Million Office Complex

The Minister of Public Enterprises, Joseph Cudjoe, has encouraged the leadership of the Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER), of the University of Ghana, to strengthen its research and human resource development mandate. Read more

KOICA, UG Sign $9m Pact to Improve Research, ICT 

The Korea International Cooperation Agency KOICA and the University of Ghana on Tuesday, signed a $9 million project to improve research, information and communication technology (ICT). Read more

Kumasi Technical University to Introduce Doctorate Programmes in Artificial Intelligence 

The Kumasi Technical University (KTU) has announced plans of introducing three new Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programmes very soon.The programmes are Artificial Intelligence, Architectural Engineering and Chemical Engineering. Read more

MTN Ghana Funds Tertiary Education of 300 Needy Ghanaian Students 

MTN Ghana has spent a total of GH¢3 million on 300 brilliant needy Ghanaian students in the past three years under its ‘Bright Scholarship’ scheme to enable them to acquire tertiary education. Read more

New Strategies, Structures Imperative to Close Gender Gap in HE

Women in research must undergo emancipation and empowerment programmes to strengthen their resilience and ability to make critical decisions, and to address the challenges they face in academia, argues a study published in PLOS One. Read more

Partner with Credible Private Universities to Expand Enrolment in Higher Education

The Vice-chancellor of Central University, Professor Bill Buenar Puplampu has called on the government to partner with credible private universities as an alternative strategy to achieving the President’s desire to achieve 40% gross enrolment ratio in higher education. Read more

Subject Rankings: More Departments in Africa on Top-100 List

African higher education institutions are steadily scaling the academic ladder as 23 university departments in three countries were among the world’s 100 best places to study subjects they offer, according to the 12th edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022. Read more

The Impact Rankings 2022 – 80 African Universities Rate Highly

There are 80 African universities in 10 countries featured in the Impact Rankings 2022 produced by Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. Read more

UENR Vice-Chancellor Advocates Civic Responsibility Lessons at all Levels of Education to Curb Indiscipline 

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) says the level of indiscipline, including lateness and laziness, is affecting the development of the nation.Prof. Elvis Asare-Bediako also said such negative attitudes are affecting the academic success of students… Read more

UG Faces Disconnection from Power Grid Over GHc33M Debt it Owes ECG

The University of Ghana, risks being disconnected from the national power grid if it fails to pay a GHc33 million debt it owes the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) within the next 72 hours. Read more

Weaning Public Tertiary Institutions off Payroll will restrict access – Dr Apaak 

The Deputy Ranking Member on the Education Committee of Parliament, Dr Clement Apaak, has cautioned the government against the proposal to wean public tertiary institutions off public payroll. Read more

Workshop on Technology-enabled Learning Underway at Laweh University College

A three-day workshop on how to improve the use of Technology-Enabled Learning in Single and Dual-mode Open, Distance and eLearning Institutions in Ghana opened at Laweh University College, Accra. Read more

 

31 March 2022

9 Universities Vote to Reject NEC’s Decision to Suspend Strike 

Nine universities have voted to reject the decision of the National Executive Council of University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) to temporarily suspend its industrial action, for negotiations with government to continue. Read more

AAU and Afrobarometer Hold Strategic Dialogue to Explore Areas of Collaboration

The visit was at the invitation of Dr. Asunka for the two organisations to explore possible areas of mutual interest for collaboration. Read more

African Education Trust Fund (AETF) Committee Meets with the AAU Secretary-General

The AETF was set up by the AAU and the Pan African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PACCI) to transform tertiary education in Africa and scale up the skills set of the continent for the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Read more

Africa Education Watch Cautions Government to Abandon Its Intention to Wean Off Public Universities from its Payroll

Education Think Tank, Africa Education Watch has been urged to abandon its intention to wean-off public universities from its payroll as it will spell doom for education affordability. Read more

After a Golden Age of Higher Education Growth, What Next?

The phenomenal growth of universities in the Global South began to shudder to a halt in 2013, new research into world higher education has revealed. Declining spending in China and a collapse in oil prices were primary reasons. Higher education’s halcyon days were over. Read more

Breaking Biases, Harnessing Gender in TVET for Prosperity 

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is the procedural process of instruction that prepares students for skilled work. The skills taught range from various aspects of industrial work to skilled craftsmanship, handicrafts among many others. Read more

Bridging Gender Gap in Skills Development: CTVET Launches Campaign for Women

The drive to encourage more women into the male-dominated Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) trades has become a topical issue in the country. Read more

Bukavu Youth Agripreneurs (BYA)

Bukavu Youth Agripreneurs enterprise was started by graduates from different universities and academic disciplines. The enterprise is located in Bukavu City, South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Read more

Consider Admission for Returnee Students

The Ranking Member on Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has appealed to Ghanaian universities to create a special academic transfer dispensation for Ghanaian students evacuated from Ukraine. Read more

Digitalisation Agenda: Working with Technology Research Institutions Very Critical

An Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Engineering at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Prof. Emmanuel Kofi Akowuah, is calling for greater collaboration with Universities in the implementation of the government’s digitalisation agenda. Read more

Education Minister inaugurates Governing Board of Cape Coast Technical University 

The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has cautioned Governing Board members of institutions to desist from leaking out information on issues discussed or decisions taken at council meetings since it was not only wrong but criminal as well. Read more

Explore opportunities in TVET: Explore opportunities in TVET 

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has encouraged females to explore the numerous opportunities in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector. Read more

EU to Spend €17 Million On TVET in 4 Years 

The European Union (EU) will over the next four years disburse about €17million to support the transformation of Technical, Vocational, Education and Training (TVET) in the country. Read more

Free SHS will Cover 1st Year Students in Public TVET Institutions Starting 2022

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that the government will this year expand the free senior high school programme to cover first year students in public Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions. Read more

Free TVET To Start This Academic Year 

The Education Ministry has announced that the Free Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) initiative introduced by the Government will start this academic year. Read more

Ghanaian Medical Students in Ukraine Transferred to Grenada 

Ghanaians studying Medicine in Ukraine whose education has been truncated due to disturbances in that country can now continue their studies in Grenada. Read more

Ghanaian Students offered University of Lincoln Scholarships 

University of Lincoln, in the United Kingdom has offered a scholarship package worth 5,000 pounds for each Ghanaian and students of Regent University College of Science and Technology, (RUCST) Ghana to pursue post-graduate programmes… Read more

Ghana Learning Best Practices in Research Management… 

The Association of African Universities (AAU) says Ghana is learning best practices in how to manage research grants through the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI).Director of ICT Services, Communications and Knowledge Management at the AAU, Nodumo Dhlamini believes the move will make it possible… Read more

Ghana Puts Measures in Place to Help Students Exit Ukraine

Ghana’s diplomatic offices in various countries surrounding Ukraine are expected to receive about 460 Ghanaian students who have been trying to leave Ukraine following Russia’s attack on the country. Read more

Government’s Investment in TVET Apt to Boost Socio-Economic Development… 

Trade Minister, Alan Kyerematen has said the government’s new education policy with emphasis on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) at the secondary level, is commendable. Read more

Gov’t securing funding for construction of 5 STEM universities

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said government is currently securing funding to construct some five Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) universities across the country. Read more

Humanitarian Studies Programmes in Short Supply in Africa

African universities are lagging behind in their offerings of a general masters in humanitarian studies qualification, which impedes the development of a professionalised workforce to deal with events on the continent requiring humanitarian interventions. Read more

Indian and African Students Plead for Help to Leave Ukraine

Indian and African students studying in Ukraine have appealed for help to get them out of the country and home to safety. Read more

Kasapreko Institutes Leadership Award Scheme For Best Engineering Students…

Kasapreko the leading beverage manufacturer has put in place a ‘Student Leadership Awards’ scheme to honour thriving students in the area of Engineering/ Electrical across various Technical Universities and the Regional Maritime University. Read more

Legon Students Express Mixed Reactions After Indefinite Suspension of UTAG Strike

Some students at the University of Ghana have expressed mixed reactions after the indefinite suspension of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) strike. Read more

MSU Student Honoured at African Youth SDGs Summit in Ethiopia

Midlands State University (MSU) Surveying and Geomatics 4th year student Kumbirai Matingo clinched a Private Sector Youth Inclusive award in the Outstanding Services and Achievements category at the 4th African Youth Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) Summit held from  9 to 11 March 2022 in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. Read more

Phase 2 of UG Medical Centre Complete, Fully Operational 

The Management University of Ghana Medical Centre has today announced the completion of phase II of its Centre.The CEO of the facility Dr. Darius Osei said the UGMC housed three main focal areas; a 1000 bed clinical services section… Read more

Public Tertiary Institutions Can Survive When Taken off Government Payroll… 

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), Professor John Gyapong, says public tertiary institutions will survive if government proceeds with its plan to wean them off the public payroll. Read more

RUFORUM Award Grants to 10 Post-Doctoral Fellows

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), a consortium of 147 Universities in 38 African Countries, is pleased to announce the recipients of the Post-Doctoral Fellowships funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Read more

Savannah Region: NCCE Sensitize Tertiary Students on Violent Extremism & Youth Radicalism 

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has held a sensitization forum with tertiary education students in Damongo in the West Gonja Municipal of Savannah Region on violent extremism and youth radicalism. Read more

SONA22: Three Technical Colleges to be Upgraded to Tertiary Status

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said three technical colleges across the country will soon be upgraded to tertiary institutions.He noted that government will also begin the construction of five technical Universities in various parts of the country soon. Read more

Space Science Capabilities Depend on Quality Education

In December 2019, Ethiopia became the 11th African country to have launched a 72kg remote sensing microsatellite (ETRSS-1) into space, joining the ranks of Algeria, Angola, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa and Sudan. In East Africa, Ethiopia was third after Kenya and Rwanda. Read more

Technology Demands ‘Fundamental Rethink’ of Medical Education

The University of Ghana Medical School (UGMS) has been urged by Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to use available technology to increase access to medical education. Read more

The UNESCO Team in Ghana Holds Talks with The AAU to Deepen and Broaden Collaborations

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), through its representation in Ghana, and the Association of African Universities (AAU) are seeking to enhance and broaden the long-standing relations between the two institutions, for the advancement of their respective goals and the development of Africa. Read more

TVET Major Pillar for Development: Akufo-Addo Declares at St Augustine’s 92nd Anniversary 

The government has placed emphasis on technical and vocational education as a major pillar of national development. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who made the declaration, said empowering vocational and technical educational institutions would help produce market-ready graduates. Read more

University of Ghana Targets Growth in Collaborative Partnerships with African Universities 

Pro-Vice-Chancellor in charge of Student and Academic Affairs at the University of Ghana, Prof. Gordon Awandare has said that the university is taking steps to grow its collaborative partnerships with other universities… Read more

Universities Reach Out to African Students Who Escaped Ukraine

Egyptian students who were studying at Ukrainian universities and have managed to escape the war-torn country will be able to resume their studies in their homeland if they meet the entry requirements of private and national universities. Read more

Universities Should Strengthen Research Output

The Public Enterprise Minister, Joseph Cudjoe has urged tertiary institutions in the country to strengthen their research output. At the commissioning of the Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) office complex, Mr. Cudjoe noted the importance of research in the economic governance of the nation. Read more

Vice-Chancellor: ‘So Many Things that Encumber Us’

Societies expect men to achieve, but women need support to overcome systemic barriers, says the first female vice-chancellor at the University of Ghana. Read more

Vice-Chancellors Tasked to Lobby for Better Internet Access

Vice-chancellors have a vital advocacy role to play in promoting national research and education networks (NRENs), to advance the digital transformation strategies of African universities. Read more

Ukraine: E-platforms Can Help Africa’s Evacuated Students

Several e-platforms have been set up to assist African students who have managed to flee from Ukraine to consider their educational options. Read more

‘Universities Must Grasp the Opportunity to Change’

If African universities are to meet their mandate to support development on the continent, they must change with the times and restructure, said Reitumetse Obakeng Mabokela, the vice provost for international affairs and global strategies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Read more

We Need a Paradigm Shift in SHS Education – UEW Lecturer-

A lecturer at the University of Education Winneba (UEW), Anita Oforiwaa Aduboahene, has called for a paradigm shift in the country’s educational system, particularly at the Senior High School level. Read more

 

28 February 2022

3 Private University Colleges Ready for Charter

Three private university colleges, incidentally all faith-based, have met the criteria of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) to be handed a Presidential Charter. Read more

139 T-VET Schools Across the Country to Benefit from Free SHS Policy

The Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has announced that government’s Free Senior High School (SHS) policy has been extended to cover some 139 Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions across the country.” Read more

Academic Publishing Needs Creative Solutions to Grow

COVID-19 has dampened academic research productivity even though virtual conferences and webinars have become an antidote for visa denials and a shortage of travel funding. Where academic publishing is concerned, there may be solutions to promote development in African countries as well as increase international support. Read more

AAU-PACCI Inaugurates African Education Trust Fund Organising Committee

The Association of African Universities (AAU), the Pan-African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PACCI) and the African Private Sector (APSS) have inaugurated a committee to establish an African Education Trust Fund (AETF). Read more

Africa Needs ‘Pluriversities’ to Respect More Ways of Knowing

Universities on the continent are so dominated by frameworks for understanding that were established in the Global North that they cannot be considered authentically ‘African’ in terms of what they teach and the kinds of knowledge they produce, says South African philosopher Mogobe Ramose. Read more

Court Directs UTAG and NLC to Settle Matter Out of Court Before February 10 

The High Court in Accra has directed the leadership of the National Labour Commission (NLC) and the nationwide strike by the University Teachers Association (UTAG) to settle the matter out of court. Read more

Court Orders UTAG to Suspend Strike 

Students of public universities can heave a temporary sigh of relief because the nearly five-week strike by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has been put on hold by the Accra High Court. Read more

Education Minister Meets Vice-Chancellors Over UTAG Strike 

The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, last Friday met Vice-Chancellors of public universities in the country to discuss the ongoing University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) strike. Read more

Encourage Students to Pursue STEM-Based Courses

The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has urged Headmasters of Senior High, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) schools to encourage students to take a keen interest in the study of STEM-based courses. Read more

Ghana Makes Progress at Achieving Gross Tertiary Enrolment Ratio …

Director for Tertiary Education at the Ministry of Education, Dr Eric Nkansah has disclosed that Ghana’s Gross Tertiary Enrolment Ratio (GTER) has increased from 18.84% to 20%. Read more

HE Quality Haemorrhage as Lecturers Continue Strike Action

The public higher education landscape in Ghana is currently beset by industrial strike action by lecturers. Read more

KNUST Ranked 12th Best in Africa, UG Secures 29th Spot in Latest Rankings 

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been ranked the 12th best in Africa ahead of the University of Ghana, which placed 29th in the 2022 Global Universities Rankings. Read more

Let’s Support STEM, TVET Education

Ghana’s former High Commissioner to South Africa, Dr George Ayisi-Boateng, is rallying the media to help shape and change the negative narratives associated with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and Technical, Vocation Education and Training (TVET) educations. Read more

National Service, Tertiary Institutions Collaborate to Create Employment Opportunities 

The National Service Scheme (NSS) is collaborating with over 250 tertiary institutions to establish employment training programmes at each school to ensure that national service personnel are readily employable or set up their own businesses after service. Read more

Only UG has an Office to Cater for needs of hearing-impaired students

The Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD) has revealed that the University of Ghana (UG) is the only tertiary institution that has designated a special office to cater for the welfare of students with hearing impairment. Read more

Over 73% of Lecturers Vote Against Suspension of UTAG Strike 

Majority of lecturers across some six public universities in the country, have voted against the decision by the National Executive Committee (NEC), of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), to suspend its nationwide strike. Read more

PM Decides Forming Council of Private Universities, Says Higher Education Minister 

Higher Education Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar announced on Friday Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli’s decision no. 691/2022 to form the council of private universities. Read more

Private and Public Universities Should Collaborate in Africa

Private universities became popular and increased exponentially in Africa around the 1990s. Read more

PUC Will Feature in World Universities Rankings During My Tenure… 

The newly inducted President of the Presbyterian University College (PUC), Ghana (PUCG), Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu said the school will feature in reputable rankings of tertiary institutions around the globe during his tenure. Read more

Retooling TVET; 57 Schools Witness Upgrading

The upgrading and retooling of workshops in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions across the country are at advanced stages of completion. Read more

Scholarship Secretariat launches Disability Support Initiative

Mr Kingsley Agyemang, Registrar of the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat says it is time society for students with disabilities to compete on equal level with other colleagues as they achieved academic success. Read more

Space Technology to Measure, Monitor Climate Change Impact

Five African countries are working with Egypt to launch a pan-African satellite project dubbed the African Development Satellite Initiative (AfDev-Sat) to study the impact of climate change across Africa and what space technology can offer in this area. Read more

Students Concerned About coups and Decline of Democracy

The African student community has expressed concern over the negative impact of coups in the West Africa region on the delivery of quality education as well as on the welfare of students, and they have appealed to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to step up its commitments to protect democracy. Read more

Top 10 Best Universities in Africa 

Africa is home to many universities that rank amongst the top universities in the world. Scattered across the continent, they stand tall in educational excellence. Read more

UG to Begin Investigations into Death of Freshman at Pool 

Management of the University of Ghana has declared its intent to conduct investigations into the first-year who died in the school. This comes after the freshman lost his life attempting to swim in the school’s pool on Saturday. Read more

UG UTAG Votes to Reject Strike Suspension 

The University of Ghana branch of the University Teachers Association Ghana (UTAG) has voted to reject the request to call off their continuing strike action.The national executives of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) February 21,2022 agreed to suspend the industrial action which… Read more

Universities Delaying Closure in Order not to Inconvenience Students

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) Prof John Owusu Gyapong says closing down universities across the country will be a last resort for many school heads. Read more

University Sector Contemplates Risk, Recovery and Resilience

It could be safely stated that Africa has survived COVID-19 – miraculously. All the scary predictions at the onset of the pandemic that the continent would be wiped out have come to nought. Read more

University Systems in 45 Countries have Barely Been Studied

Higher education in Africa has become a frequently researched topic from 2000 onwards, but the systems in 45 out of 54 countries on the continent have barely been studied and 20 countries lack internal higher education expertise. This is a matter of concern, states a new study. Read more

Use Scientific, Digital Platforms to Bridge Education Gap at Tertiary Level

A former Vice Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies (UPSA), Professor Joshua Alabi has called on the government to embrace scientific and other forms of digital education platforms such as Open and Distance education to bridge the gaping gap at the country’ tertiary education level. Read more

UTAG NEC Suspends Strike

The National Executive Committee of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) on Monday suspended its six weeks’ industrial action. The suspension is to allow negotiations to commence and be concluded in two weeks. Read more

UTAG Strike: Discussions Positive; Meeting Continues Thursday

Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, the Minister of Education on Tuesday, says Government’s meeting with the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) on their industrial was “fruitful” and scheduled to continue Thursday, February 10.” Read more

UTAG Strike: GAUA Backs Move by lLcturers; Calls for Better Conditions for University Administrators 

The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA), has thrown its weight behind members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), who are currently on strike.In a statement issued by the Association… Read more

UTAG Strike: I’ll Ensure We Come to Some Resolution

Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has assured to work to resolve the issues that resulted in the industrial action by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) to enable them to return to the classroom to teach.” Read more

UTAG Strike: Only a Lazy Man Will Call for the Closure of universities

President of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS), Emmanuel Boakye Yiadom, believes it is a lazy man’s approach to call for the closure of tertiary institutions over the long-standing strike embarked on by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG). Read more

UTAG Strike: Public Universities Face Closure 

The strike, which enters its fourth week from today is likely to affect the university calendar. According to a provision in the regulations governing public universities, it states where there are no teaching activities for 31 days after academic activities are to resume, the school must be closed down. Read more

UTAG Strike: Shutting Down Universities After 21 Days not Backed by Law, but an Economic Decision

Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Academic and Students’ Affairs at the University of Ghana (Pro VC ASA), Prof. Gordon Awandare, says the law does prescribe universities in the country to shut down 21 days after no academic work. Read more

Webometrics Ranks UG Best Tertiary Institution in Ghana, 11th in Africa 

The University of Ghana (UG) has been ranked Ghana’s top tertiary institution in the January 2022 Webometrics Rankings and the World Scientific Index for 2022 by the Alper-Doger (AD) Scientific Index. Read more

We Have Paid Fees and Demand to be Taught – USAG to Government, UTAG

President of the University Students Association of Ghana (USAG), Christian Philip Armah, has demanded that government and the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) resolve the current impasse and ensure teaching and learning for the academic year begin. Read more

 

31 January 2021

Accommodation Crisis Hit University of Ghana Again as School Resumes 

The perennial accommodation crisis at the University of Ghana (UG), Legon, has gotten worse in the wake of the reopening of school this month. Despite fears of the strike action by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), the 2022 academic year for tertiary institutions is going ahead as planned. Read more

Attaining World-Class Status: University of Ghana Outlines Road Map 

The University of Ghana has outlined six key strategic objectives to help the institution attain the status of a 21st century world-class, research-intensive university. Read more

Bolgatanga Technical University Introduces New Masters Programmes 

The Bolgatanga Technical University (BTU) in the Upper East Region is to run Masters of Technology programme in Animal Science, Crop Science, Soil Science, Farm Management, Irrigation and Drainage systems in the 2023/2024 academic year. Read more

Craving for a Cricket? Research on Edible Insects Can Help

The consumption of insects either as human food or as feed for domestic animals has been practised in more than 45 African countries for generations. About 552 insect species are consumed in Africa, comprising moth caterpillars, grasshoppers, locusts, beetles, plant bugs and termites. Read more

CTVET Grants Amnesty to HND Students Unable to Graduate Since 2000 

The Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET) has granted amnesty to HND students who lost their studentship due to their inability to graduate since 2000. Read more

Cuba Pledges to Support Development of Ghana’s Education System 

The Cuban government has pledged to support Ghana in the transformation its economy through education development. This was announced by the Cuban ambassador to Ghana, Anette Chao Garcia, when she paid a courtesy call on the Education Minister on Wednesday, January 5. Read more

Degree Programmes Needed to Boost African Film Industry

African universities lag far behind when it comes to training professionals for the blossoming African film industry that could create more than 20 million jobs and generate US$20 billion in annual revenue, according to UNESCO. Read more

Education Ministry Gives Date to Recruit Graduate Teachers In 2022

The Ministry of Education (MoE) mid-January or late February this year is expected to be given financial clearance for the Ghana Education Service (GES) to recruit graduates teachers, the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Education revealed on his official Facebook page. Read more

Excessive Drinking by University Students on the Rise

It may be hard to know exactly how many students in universities in Sub-Saharan Africa are engaged in the excessive drinking of alcohol, but academic researchers are almost all in agreement that heavy consumption of alcohol among university students in the region is rising rapidly. Read more

Financing and Making University Education Better in Africa

Perhaps to demonstrate the importance of education to human endeavours, academics, founders, donors and all those concerned with higher education in Nigeria and other parts of Africa were assembled for two days from January 6- 7, 2021, Read more

Funding for Research was Prize-Winner’s Biggest Obstacle

Professor Margaret Gyapong is a medical anthropologist by training and is currently the director of the Institute for Health Research and coordinator of the Centre for Health Policy and Implementation Research at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), Ho, in the Volta region of Ghana. Read more

Ghana, Rwanda, Senegal Jointly Establishing COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturing Plant

President Akufo-Addo disclosed this when he opened the 73rd edition of the annual New Year School and Conference at the Great Hall of the University of Ghana… Read more

Governing Councils of 3 Technical Universities Inaugurated 

The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, on Thursday inaugurated the governing councils of three technical universities in the country with a call on them to strive to make their institutions one of competitive choice. Read more

Govt Commences Construction of 12 TVET Institutions 

Government has commenced the construction of 12 Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) institutions across the country, Dr Gideon Boako, the Economic Advisor and Spokesperson to Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, has said. Read more

Govt’s Focus on TVET Unwavering, Growing Even Stronger

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has reiterated Government’s determination to provide enhanced opportunities for the acquisition of technical and vocational Education Training (TVET) and skills acquisition in order to provide decent jobs and opportunities for all, especially the youth. Read more

Gov’t Promises to End Accommodation Issues in Public Universities 

The Government has reiterated its commitment to ending the chronic accommodation challenges students at public universities have had to deal with. Parents and students had to go through torrid times seeking accommodation for fresh students at the University of Ghana… Read more

How to Create Educational Pathways for Ghana’s Youth

A recent video published by BBC News Pidgin Channel of a 17-year-old junior high school graduate who has built an electric motorbike for disabled people from scrap materials attracted much attention as it was shared and liked by those who saw it. Read more

How Place of Birth Shapes Chances of Going to University…

Many newly independent African countries in the 1960s inherited regional and ethnic inequalities in formal educational attainment. These new states bound together sub-national regions of diverse ethnic and religious communities. Read more

Possibilities and Perils of Leading a University in Africa

I was the vice-chancellor of a private university in Kenya, the United States International University-Africa (USIU-Africa), from 2016 to 2021, which offered an incredible opportunity to make my small contribution to the continued development of the university itself, put into practice my scholarly research on African higher education, … Read more 

Private and Public Universities Should Collaborate in Africa

Private universities became popular and increased exponentially in Africa around the 1990s. Before then, however, universities such as the American University in Cairo, founded in 1919, functioned amid the popularity and seeming intimidation of public universities. Read more

Private Universities, Colleges Urged to Specialise 

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has urged private universities and colleges to move towards specialisation.This, according to the Deputy Director General of GTEC, Dr Ahmed Jinapor, would help equip students with the requisite skills needed for the job market. Read more

TUSAAG Calls on Government to Implement Conditions of Service Fairly 

The Technical University Senior Administrators Association of Ghana has called on the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) to stop “selective application” of approved conditions of service for public universities. Read more

UCC Seeks Partnership from Africa Diaspora Investors to… 

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) is seeking partnership with African Diaspora investors to expand the university’s enterprise development agenda. According to the University, the phenomenon where students complete their courses at the various tertiary institutions…Read more

University of Ghana to Expand Sources of Income to Meet Debt Obligations 

The University of Ghana, Legon, says it is strengthening its traditional revenue streams and expanding alternative income sources to meet debt obligations and institutional needs. Read more

University of Legon Graduates Advised Against Joining Corruption Bandwagon 

Mr Ebenezer Twum Asante, the Vice President of MTN Group for West and Central Africa, has advised graduates of the University of Ghana not to join the bandwagon of corruption in their fields of disciplines. Read more

University Teachers’ Nationwide Strike Starts Today 

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has indicated that from today, Monday, January 10, 2022, its members will withdraw teaching and other related activities until further notice. Read more

Universities Witnessing ‘Ever-Increasing Attrition Rate’ of Lecturers – UTAG Warns 

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has decried the rate at which university lecturers are leaving the teaching profession in search of greener pastures in other fields. Read more

UTAG Strike: Students Stranded, NUGS Backs Action 

The strike by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) for better conditions of service yesterday began across various campuses, leaving students especially freshmen in a state of uncertainty. Read more

Window of Opportunity for TVET Students 

The Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET) has opened a window of opportunity for technical and vocational students in various tertiary institutions who could not complete their respective courses to return to their former institutions to continue. Read more

 

31 December 2021

2021 WASSCE: Nearly 50% of Candidates to Miss University Admission

Nearly 50% of all candidates who participated in the 2021 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) failed the two key core subjects required to secure admission to the university. Read more

Collaborate with Researchers in Monitoring, Evaluating Social Protection Policies

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo has called on government agencies to collaborate with researchers at the University in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of social protection policies. Read more

Colleges of Education Teachers to Strike Next Year

The leadership of the public Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) following an unfulfilled promise by the central government has announced to embark on a nationwide industrial action from January 6, 2021. Read more

Creating an Environment for Intellectual Capital Remittance

African diaspora scholars – individuals born, raised and educated in Africa and who now work in foreign universities – have for years established links and worked with institutions in their mother countries as a way of ‘giving back’. Read more

Creating Vibrant and Stronger Research Communities

Diaspora academics have called for the continued and expanded support of a programme that has enabled them to contribute to the strengthening of higher education in Africa through conducting joint research, supervising graduate students, mentoring junior faculty and co-authoring grant proposals and research papers. Read more

Commission for TVET Awards GIZ Ghana for Being Solid Partner

The Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET) has awarded GIZ Ghana for its overall contribution to the accomplishment of the Commission’s mandate as well as the general achievement of the National Strategic Goals of the sector set up by the Government within the period under review. Read more

Government to Establish First-Ever TVET Second Cycle Institute

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has declared the government’s intention to establish the first-ever second cycle TVET Applied Technology High School in the country. Read more

Ghanaian Universities Urged to Develop Courses on Mining at Higher Level 

Government has asked Ghanaian universities to play an instrumental role in building local expertise for the mining industry.They should develop programmes and courses on mining at the higher level of education to harness the capacity of the people to participate effectively in the mining value chain. Read more

Let’s Partner for Quality Tertiary Education – Ghana Baptist University College Urges Government

The Ghana Baptist University College (GBUC) has called for more collaboration between the private sector and the government in the delivery of quality tertiary education in the country. Read more

Maritime University Vice Chancellor Suspended for Alleged Extortion

The Board of Governors of the Regional Maritime University (RMU) has handed an indefinite suspension to the Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Elvis Nyarko, over allegations of extortion. Read more

Presbyterian University College, Ghana holds 15th Congregation ceremony 

The Presbyterian University College, Ghana has graduated successful students who satisfied all other requirements of Departments, Faculty and College Boards and are presented with a four-year Bachelor Degree Certificate on Saturday, November 27, 2021, at the Ramseyer Training Centre Auditorium, Abetifi-Kwahu. Read more

Private Universities Have a Role in Reducing Graduate Unemployment

President of Regent University College of Science and Technology (RUCST) Prof. Ernest Ofori Asamoah has said, private universities have a crucial role to play in the unemployment situation facing Ghana. Read more

Proliferation in Law Schools Triggers Quality Concerns

The proliferation of law faculties at universities across Ghana has created a situation in which the institutions are grappling with how to get the right lecturers to teach the students, Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. Read more

Researchers Failing ‘Relevance Test’, Some HE Ministers Say

African ministers of education, science and technology faulted scientists for doing research that seemed to be producing knowledge for “the sake of it”, without clear benefits for the larger society and its national challenges. Read more

SD Dombo University Management Warns of School Closure Due to Workers Strike 

The management of the SD Dombo University has threatened to recommend the closure of the school if its workers continue their strike.In a letter to the school’s council, the management said the “workers unions have made it impossible to conduct any academic exercise on campus. Read more

Train, Examine, License Lawyers – Central University V-C

The Vice-Chancellor of Central University, Professor Bill Buenar Puplampu, is proposing a system where aspiring lawyers will undergo training, examination and licensing as a means of ensuring not only access but quality. Read more

UCC Vice-Chancellor Urges African Universities to Offer Solutions to Global Challenges 

Professor Johnson Nyarko Boampong, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), has challenged universities across Africa to show strong commitment to offering solutions to the debilitating continental and global challenges. Read more

UG Chancellor Mary Chinery-Hesse Awarded University of London’s Highest Honour 

The University of London on Tuesday, November 23, 2021, decorated four personalities with its highest honour in recognition of their “substantial contributions to public life and the University in different ways.” Read more

UG Vice-Chancellor Inaugurates Committee to Implement ‘One Student One Laptop’ Policy

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, has inaugurated a committee to oversee the implementation of the school’s ‘one student one laptop’ policy.The committee, chaired by the Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER),… Read more

UNESCO Concludes Training of African Judicial Institutions on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists

UNESCO in partnership with the African Court of Human and Peoples Rights conducted a 5-day Training of Trainers (ToT), organized between the 29 November  to 3 December 2021,… Read more

University College of Management Studies Holds 11th Graduation Ceremony 

The University College of Management Studies (UCOMS) on Saturday, held its 11th congregation ceremony. Read more

University Technologists and Technicians Association Holds Inaugural Ceremony 

The University Technologists and Technicians Association (ULTTA), University of Ghana (UG) Legon Chapter, has held its inaugural ceremony at the Great Hall in UG, Legon. Read more

UPSA Threesome: Some Students Describe Management’s Response to Expulsion as PR Stunt 

Some students of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) have described the response of its management regarding the expulsion of two students from a hostel as a mere PR stunt. Read more

Use TVET to Reduce Youth Unemployment – German Ambassador to Government

The German Ambassador to Ghana, His Excellency Daniel Krull has underscored the need for the Government of Ghana to continue to prioritize Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) as the main driver of its educational reforms. Read more

30 November 2021

Accra Business School Enters New Partnership with Two International Universities 

Accra Business School has announced a partnership with the Glyndwr University (Wales) and Institute of Technology Carlow in Ireland.The two international collaborative partnerships will see ABS offer an extended range of degree and post graduate courses in Business and Management. Read more

Ashesi University, Impact Investing Ghana Receive Grants from Catalytic Capital Consortium’s Grantmaking Program 

Ashesi University and Impact Investing Ghana (IIGh) have received a grant from the Catalytic Capital Consortium’s (C3) Grantmaking Program.This is to enable them to research why, where and how catalytic capital has been deployed in Ghana to drive the growth of SMEs, … Read more

Association of Muslim Societies in Tertiary Institutions Inaugurated 

An interim National Executive Association of Muslim Societies in Tertiary Institutions in Ghana (MUSTIG) has been inaugurated.The inauguration took place at the association’s second Strategic Conference held at Lakeside University College in Accra on Friday, November 12, 2021. Read more

Board of UESD Charged to Give Back to Community 

Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, Minister of Education, has charged the University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD) to institute a neighbourhood academic institute to interact with communities on career development. Read more

College of Health Sciences Donates PPEs to 22 Teaching Sites

As part of its yearly corporate social responsibility, the College of Health Sciences (CHS) of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has supplied Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to twenty-two (22) health care institutions that serve as teaching venues for its students. Read more

COP26: Africa’s Perspective Critical at Climate Talks

Coordination to increase cross-border information sharing and collaboration in climate-related crises should be strengthened across Africa. African unity – a collective voice – on climate change is also necessary, says Dr Elizabeth Effah. Read more

Design and Technology Institute Hands Over Workshop to TTU

The Design and Technology Institute (DTI), a privately accredited Technical and Vocational Education and Training Institute (TVET), has handed over a refurbished precision quality demonstration workshop to the Takoradi Technical University (TTU)… Read more

Dominion University Signs MoU with University of Kigali for Exchange Programmes 

President of Dominion University, Professor Nicholas N. N. Nsowah Nuamah, says the newly signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Kigali is meant to share the strength of both private universities. Read more

Ecobank Supports Needy Students at KNUST with 100 Laptops

Ecobank Ghana has donated 100 laptops to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to assist less privileged students in their learning and research on campus. Read more

Education Minister Links Economic Growth to High Enrolment in Tertiary Education 

Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum believes the holistic transformation of the country’s economy is dependent on the gross intake of students into tertiary institutions. Read more

First Phase of Open University Ghana Programme to be Implemented in 2022

The Education Ministry will implement the first phase of a programme aimed at expanding access to tertiary education in the country, the finance minister has announced. Read more

First Woman to Lead University of Ghana Shares Her Vision

“My goal as vice-chancellor will be for the university to train students who are critical thinkers, technologically adept, humane, culturally sensitive and ready to provide leadership for the country and the continent. I will focus on developing 21st-century citizenry skills for our students.” Read more

Ga East MCE Hosts University Students 

The Students Representative Council (SRC) of Wisconsin International University College Ghana (WIUC-G) has paid a courtesy call on the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), of the Ga East Municipal Assembly (GEMA), Hon. Elizabeth Kaakie Mann, at her Office… Read more

Media Development Center Wins 2021 UNESCO-Japan Prize…

Birzeit University’s Media Development Center (MDC) has been awarded the UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development for their project, “Media and Information Literacy for Sustainable Communities,” Read more

Only 10% Students Study TVET – Dr Kyei Asamoah 

Only about 10 per cent of students in the country offer formal technical, vocational education and training (TVET), the Director-General of the Commission for TVET (CTVET), Dr Fred Kyei Asamoah, has disclosed. Read more

Prof Peter Quartey to be Inducted as a Fellow of Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences 

The Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research at the University of Ghana Professor Peter Quartey will on Tuesday be inducted as a fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences. Read more

Restructuring of C.K. University of Technology and Applied Sciences will be My Legacy 

C.K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Scienc­es (CK-UTAS) is located in the Kassena-Nankana Municipal of the Upper East Region. It was formerly Navrongo campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS). Read more

S.D. Dombo University Workers Halt Strike 

The strike workers of S.D. Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies have suspended their industrial action following a meeting with the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission last week. Read more

Top 20 Best Universities in AFRICA – US World News Ranking System (2021)

The rankings are based on, Global research reputation (12.5%), Regional research reputation (12.5%), Publications (10%), Books (2.5%), Conferences (2.5%), Normalized citation impact (10%), Total citations (7.5%), Number of publications that are among the 10% most cited (12.5%), … Read more

Innovation for African Unis Program Launched 

The British Council has launched a program seeking to foster and strengthen universities support for entrepreneurial ecosystems in Sub-Saharan Africa.The Innovation for African Universities program comprises 24 project partnerships with universities… Read more

Innovative Teaching is Happening – Often Unsupported

Digital learning can help open up access, serve learners better and make higher education more resilient. And, in Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria, many faculty members are quietly innovating, often below the radar of their institutions and their colleagues, and frequently unsupported. Read more

KNUST Makes it to the Grand Finale of the Second Edition of the Gas Challenge…

Team “Lean Gas” (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology) has made it to the finals of the second edition of the Gas Challenge with 68 points, joining the University of Ghana at the grand finale. Read more

Make TVET Visible — Teachers Told

Teachers in the area of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) have been urged to promote, be proud of and make the subject area attractive for students to pursue. Read more

More PhD Scholarships in Applied Sciences to be Awarded

The African continent and its universities need more high-quality researchers and innovators not just male, but female scientists, too, said Dr Moses Osiru, manager of the regional coordination unit of the Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund (RSIF), … Read more

MoU with Tertiary Institutions to Deepen Industry-Academia Linkage

The Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Regent University College of Science and Technology to deepen industry-academia linkage. Read more

No Bachelor’s Degree, No job – Health Ministry to Nurses 

The Ministry of Health has said health practitioners in the country will soon be required to provide a degree certificate before getting a job in the health sector. Read more

SDDUBIDS Workers’ Unions Embark on Strike Over Unpaid Salary

Workers’ unions of the Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (SDDUBIDS) have embarked on an industrial strike action. Read more

Teachers Undergo Training in SHS Education Improvement Programme 

The Centre for National Distance Learning and Open Schooling (CENDLOS), the implementing and coordinating agency for Technology-Mediated Learning and ICT development under the Ministry of Education has organised a training programme for over 300 teachers… Read more 

TTU Signs MOU with DTI to Train more Precision Quality Artisans for Industry 

The Design and Technology Institute (DTI), a world class TVET training institute has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Takoradi Technical University (TTU). Read more

UG School of Law, GIZ to Host International Conference on ‘Future of Legal Education …

The University of Ghana School of Law, supported by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), is hosting an International Conference on the “The Future of Legal Education in Ghana/Africa”. Read more

Vaccine Inequity: Countries Fail at ‘Global Solidarity’

Sub-Saharan Africa has no shortage of public health challenges: as a region, it carries the highest burden of disease in the world and boasts some of the lowest allocations of public funding to deal with that burden. Read more

Validation of Ghana’s TVET Report Workshop Held 

The Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET), has held a workshop to validate the first edition of Ghana TVET report at the Accra Technical Training center. Read more

We will Implement Research on Education – Minister 

Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, Minister of Education, says government is committed to the implementation of the recommendations of research in education for national growth. Read more

 

31 October 2021

6th Africa Council for Distance Education Conference Ends Successfully

The 6th African Council for Distance Education (ACDE) conference ended successfully with a call to stakeholders within the education space to consider the enormous potential of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) in changing the face of pedagogy in Africa. Read more

AAU Secretary General Pays Courtesy Call on the Minister of Education of Ghana

The new Secretary General of the Association of African Universities, Professor Olusola Bandele Oyewole, paid a courtesy call to Ghana’s Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei AduTwum on Monday, 25th of October 2021. Read more

Admit the 499 into Law School

The Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch) has asked the the management of the Ghana School of Law to admit the 499 LLB students who were unfairly denied admission. Read more

Almost One in Four Female African Entrepreneurs Have Innovated, According to a UNESCO Survey

At least half of the women entrepreneurs held at least a bachelor’s degree in nine of the ten countries studied. These findings contradict a misconception in Africa that women launch their own business for lack of education or other career options. Read more

Cloth Masks, Less Effective in Protecting People Against COVID-19: KNUST Research Findings Reveals

According to a study undertaken by final-year undergraduate students from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology’s Departments of Medical Diagnostics and Clinical Microbiology, medical masks are more effective than cloth masks in protecting people against microbial pathogen infection. Read more

Government Pumps $1b into TVET – Dr Asamoah

The Acting Director-General of the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET), Dr Fred Kyei Asamoah, has said the current government has invested almost $ 1 billion dollars in TVET infrastructure and training alone between 2017 and 2021. Read more

Holy Child College of Education Holds 13th Congregation 

Holy Child College of Education, at Fijai in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of the Western Region, has held its 13th Congregation, under the theme: “The role of quality assurance in a strengthened tertiary institution.” Read more

Internationalisation – A Step Towards Quality Higher Education

African universities have been urged to internationalise their curricula as a first step towards strengthening and marketing African higher education and graduates in a rapidly changing world. Read more

KNUST Student Named Top Innovator of The Year by The World Economic Forum

A third-year student of the Department of Communication Design, Mathias Charles Yabe has been named the Top Innovator and selected among the 14 winners in the Generation Restoration Challenge by the World Economic Forum. Read more

KNUST Vice-Chancellor Holds Maiden Virtual Interactive Session with Alumni 

As part of activities to commemorate the 70th Anniversary celebrations of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), the Vice-Chancellor, Professor (Mrs.) Rita Akosua Dickson has hosted a virtual interactive session with all KNUST alumni worldwide… Read more

Lakeside University College, Ghana Appoints a New President

The Lakeside University College, Ghana (L.U.C.G), formerly known as the Madina Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) has appointed Dr. Mohammed-Sani Abdulai, an educationist and distinguished IT professional, as the new President of the University. Read more

Lancaster University Ghana Inaugurates New Campus

In a bid to get more students enrolled into the tertiary level, Lancaster University Ghana has inaugurated its new campus in Tantra Hill, Accra. Read more

Lancaster University Unveils Ultra-Modern Campus at Tantra University

Since 2013, the Transactional Academic Group (TAG) in partnership with Lancaster University has brought world-class education to Ghana with the setting up of a Ghana Lancaster University campus. Read more

New Executives of UTAG Sworn in 

New executives of the University Teachers Association (UTAG) have been sworn in during the 20th biennial delegates conference of the association held at the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa in the Western Region. Read more

Study Highlights Tangers of Too Few Medical Students

Ghana needs about US$480.39 million to finance the education of health professions to fill the needs-based gaps and correct mismatches by 2035, without which there will be a 33% shortage of essential health professionals, … Read more

Teaching through COVID-19 Pandemic – Lessons from OLA College of Education 

The world’s unexpected pandemic, COVID-19, grounded many activities worldwide, including education, and Ghana was not spared. Read more

Tertiary Students to be Granted Sabbatical Leave in Support of Entrepreneurship…

Deputy Finance Minister, Dr John Kumah, has disclosed plans by government to partner with tertiary institutions to promote entrepreneurship among young people. Read more

UG-UTAG Calls on National Security Minister to Provide Explanation, Apology for Invasion of Campus 

The University of Ghana’s University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (UG-UTAG) branch has condemned the invasion of the University campus by National Security Operatives during the Students’ Representative Council’s general elections. Read more

Unemployment Conundrum -110,000 Youth Graduate from Universities Every Year…

The government in recent years has initiated some interventionist programmes such as the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO), One District, One Factory (1D1F), Planting for Food and Jobs, and… Read more

Universities Dared to Show Where Their Production Units are Located

A Methodist Minister has challenged the premier universities to show where their production units are located which enable them undertake research and manufacturing activities. Read more

Universities Encouraged to Team up in Research Work 

Professor John Owusu Gyapong, Vice-Chancellor of University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), Ho, has encouraged universities in Ghana to collaborate in their research work. Read more

Universities in Ghana to Participate in the First National Energy Quiz Competition in Ghana

Universities across the country are being invited to participate in a quiz competition slated for 25th November 2021.At the Launch of the quiz competition in Accra, the Chief Executive of The African Global Response Energy Environment (AGREE), Read more

Youngest Medical Student in Africa’s Heart Set on Cardiology

She is arguably Africa’s youngest university student, and she is studying medicine at the University of Malawi College of Medicine. Read more

 

30 September 2021

$68m Project for UHAS Takes Off

The second phase of infrastructure construction for the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) in Ho has started. Read more

ADB Donates ₵50,000 to Akuafo Hall Furniture Project

The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has presented 150 tables and chairs worth ₵50,000 to the Akuafo Hall of the University of Ghana, Legon in support of the renovation of the Hall towards the advancement of its academic activities. Read more

Africa Centers of Excellence Increase Pool of Researchers

The Africa Higher Education Centers of Excellence (ACE), coordinated by the Association of African Universities (AAU) and the Inter-University Council of East Africa, have graduated a total of 8,100 students made up of 1,600 PhD students and 6,500 masters students since the initiative’s inception in 2014,… Read more

AIT Graduates 8th Batch of PhDs, Deepens Africa’s Pool of Tech Scholars

The Accra Institute of Technology, AIT, a leading technology-focused private university has further helped to increase Africa’s rising number of scholars in technology related fields as the university graduated its eighth batch of PhDs… Read more

Akufo-Addo Appoints Immediate-Past UG VC Prof Oduro Owusu to Top Post

President Akufo-Addo has appointed the immediate-past Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana Prof Ebenezer Oduro Owusu to a top position to regulate the Energy sector of Ghana. Read more

Akufo-Addo Cuts Sod for Phase-Two of UHAS Campus Project

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the second phase of construction works on the main University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) Campus in Ho. Read more

A Model of Public Accountability for African Universities

There is a continuing discussion about university autonomy and academic freedom in Africa. Nevertheless, nothing so far has been written or heard about African universities’ public accountability. How can universities have rights without accountability? Read more

Community Activities will Help Prepare Students for Work

University authorities in Africa must find a way of integrating co-curricular activities into the academic curriculum to cultivate soft skills to prepare students for work, the Director-general of the Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA) of Ghana’s University… Read more 

CSIR Mulls Amendment of Law to Incorporate Higher Education 

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has engaged stakeholders on the amendment of CSIR Act 521 (1996) to incorporate higher education and offer clearer mandate to its College of Science and Technology (CCST). Read more

D7 in WASSCE Should Not be a Barrier to Tertiary Education

Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, is charging public tertiary institutions to allow students who obtain grade D7 in WASSCE to have access to tertiary education. Read more

Dep Minister for Education and DG of CTVET Tour TVET Institutions

The Deputy Minister for Education in charge of TVET, Gifty Twum Ampofo, and the Director-General of CTVET, Dr. Fred Kyei Asamoah, have been touring selected technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions that are serving as centres for the ongoing 2021 May/June Certificate II Core Exams. Read more

Education Minister Inaugurates Boards of CTVET, NASIA and Five Others

The Vice-Chancellor believes that all forms of education should focus on students. Read more

Education Minister Orders Universities to Admit D7 Grade 

Ghana’s Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has issued an order to tertiary institutions to start admitting D7 students.In his view, it doesn’t make sense to keep D7 holders out of school when the university can find a way around it. Read more

GETFund Projects Abandoned at Gambaga College of Education

GETFund projects with a total contract sum of GH₵25,177,356.34 which commenced in 2016 at the Gambaga College of Education in the North East Region, have been abandoned. Read more

Joe Ghartey Charges Universities to Make Entrepreneurs Out of Students

Former Railway Minister, Joe Ghartey, is charging universities to explore the environment and make entrepreneurs out of the students they churn out every year. Read more

KNUST 9th Summer School Opens

The Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Prof. (Mrs.) Rita Akosua Dickson, has said it was time for academia to create constructive partnerships with other institutions of higher learnings to implement the use of science, research and innovations… Read more 

Office of Students with Special Needs Host Career Seminar

The Office of Students with Special Needs (OSSN), in partnership with the Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST), Nestlé Central and West Africa (CWA) and the Adenta Mountain View Lions Club, has organised a seminar on the topic “Exploring Career Opportunities” for Students with Special Needs. Read more

President of the Association of African Universities Participates in the Inauguration and Investiture of UNISA’s First Female Vice Chancellor

The President of the Association of African Universities (AAU), Professor Bakri Osman Saeed received a kind invitation from Professor Puleng LenkaBula, the new Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of South Africa (UNISA), to participate in her inauguration ceremony. Read more

Public Universities Urged to Establish Production Units

Very Reverend (rtd) Jubilant Boakye Danquah, former chaplain of the United States of America (USA) military hospital, has called on public universities in the country to be innovative and establish production units to produce basic human necessities for the country. Read more

Rankings: African Universities Have Made Progress Since 2018

African universities at last may be shaking off the longstanding unenviable characterisation of not measuring up to their counterparts in other parts of the world when it comes to providing high-quality teaching, research output, knowledge transfer and international outlook, … Read more

Researchers in Africa Unite to Tackle Challenges (Africa)

Africa’s researchers from the humanities and natural sciences have resolved to combine efforts and implement solutions unearthed from their findings to tackle major challenges that plague the continent. Read more

Sex Education Needed to Boost Sustainable Development

With the high prevalence of first adolescent pregnancy, Sub-Saharan African universities should join the comprehensive sex education movement to equip students with knowledge, skills, attitudes and values relevant to the African context to help achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3… Read more

Some demands of TUTAG Granted – National Labour Commission

The government has granted some of the demands of the lecturers of the Technical Universities in the country. Read more

Targeted, Proactive Efforts Needed to Strengthen Physics

The need for a proactive effort to improve the teaching and researching of physics in Sub-Saharan Africa as a foundation for critically important scientific work has been highlighted in a new report from the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and the UK-based Institute of Physics (IOP). Read more

Tertiary Education Commission Committed to the Sustainability of Private Institutions

Professor Mohammed Salifu, Director General, Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), has assured private tertiary education institutions of the Commission’s support to their growth and sustainability to contribute to national development. Read more

UCC Poised for Greater Heights…

The Director of the Directorate of Research Innovation and Consultancy (DRIC) at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Professor Frederick Ato Armah, says the university would strive to consolidate gains in educational and research excellence. Read more

University of Cape Coast Ranks 1st in Ghana

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has been ranked as the tertiary institution first in Ghana in the 2022 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Read more

UPSA Requests for PHD Collaboration with Sister African Universities

The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Ghana, is keen to exploit the prospects of international educational partnerships and collaborations in PhD studies with sister African Universities across the continent. Read more

Vocational Training Skills is Right Antidote to Unemployment Challenges

The acting Director-General of the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET), Dr Fred Asamoah has urged graduates to contribute to the government’s effort by creating more jobs. Read more

 

31 August 2021

Akufo-Addo’s Claim Ghana is Currently Spending 23% of Budget on Education is FALSE

Ghana is spending 23% of its budget on education Source: President Nana Akufo-Addo – Advertisement – Verdict: FALSE Is Ghana currently spending 23% of its total national budget on education? Read more

Can ARUA Lead Africa on the Path to Research Excellence?

The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), driven by a need to establish a culture of publishing verifiable data about African universities, has launched a report titled Research Profiles of ARUA Universities… Read more

Educating Ethical Citizens is a Priority for Universities

Africa needs a new type of citizen, a dedicated, modest, honest and informed man [citizen]. A man [citizen] who submerges himself in service to the nation and mankind [humankind]. Read more

Equip Colleges of Education for Fully-Fledged Tertiary Institution Status

The Vicar General, Catholic Diocese of Jasikan, Rev Fr Dr. Joseph Kofi Nsiah, has appealed to stakeholders to join forces with the government to develop the country’s colleges of education. Read more

Essay Denounces ‘Pervasive’ Racism and Sexism in Science

Sexist and racist discriminatory practices are widespread and entrenched in scientific processes, including in the indicators of success and impact, and have to change to tackle challenges such as COVID-19 and climate change, which necessitate diverse experiences and perspectives to come up with creative solutions. Read more

FABESS Holds Maiden Edition of The Builder’s Idea Challenge

According to the President of FABESS, Ebenezer Acheampong, the overarching objective for launching the Builder’s Idea Challenge was to provide a platform for students of the faculty to work in partnership with students of related disciplines to better appreciate their skills… Read more

Five-Member Research Team Organises Impact Workshop

A five-member research team undertaking a project entitled “The Early Education for Young Deaf Children and their Caregivers in Ghana” has organised an impact workshop on the research project for stakeholders at the Windy-Bay Guest House in Winneba. Read more

Government Says it Has Provided Free Apprenticeship Training…

Government through the Ministry of Education and the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET) has since 2017 provided free training to over 17,527 apprentices and master craft persons across the country. Read more

Government Urged to Prioritise Tourism Education

A professor of tourism education at the Cape Coast Technical University, Prof. Samuel Benjamin Owusu-Mintah has challenged the government to consider introducing tourism education at the early stages of the development of the child. Read more

Ho Technical University, Japan Motors Operationalises Vehicle Service Centre

The Ho Technical University (HTU) in collaboration with the Japan Motors Trading Company (JMTC) have opened a vehicle service centre at the campus of the University. Read more

Ho Technical University to Demonstrate Solar-Powered Irrigation System

The Ho Technical University will demonstrate the use of an innovative solar-powered irrigation system, becoming the first Technical University in the country to achieve the feat. Read more

Introduce Programme in Maritime Law

The Chancellor and Board Chairman of the Regional Maritime University (RMU), Mr Jean Ernest Bibehe, has asked the university to introduce a programme in maritime law to equip students with legal knowledge towards the fight against maritime crime in the sub region. Read more

Parliament Committee on Education Visits TVET Centers

The Parliamentary Select Committee for Education has commenced a five-day working tour to inspects ongoing Technical and Vocational Educational Training (TVET) projects around the country to assess the progress and report back to the house. Read more

NUGS ‘Begs’ UTAG, Universities’ Senior Staff to Reconsider Nationwide Strike

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has appealed to the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) and Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana to reconsider their nationwide strike. Read more

RACUS Organization Took Part in International Educational Exhibition…

On the 12th and 13th of August 2021 in the city of Accra (Republic of Ghana) the international educational exhibition “Ghana Higher Education Fair” took place.  Read more

Science Festival Promotes Study of Sciences at Tertiary Levels – VC

Science festivals are very significant events that expose students to innovations and experiments to consider the sciences in their pursuit of tertiary education, … Read more

Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana Suspends Industrial Strike

The National Executive Councils of the Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG) and the Federation of Universities Senior Staff Association have suspended the industrial strike action they embarked on with immediate effect. Read more

Technical Universities’ Senior Administrators Association of Ghana Calls on GTEC

The Technical Universities’ Senior Administrators Association of Ghana (TUSAAG) has met with the Director-General of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), Prof. Mohammed Salifu over a number of issues. Read more

Technical, Vocational Hub Vision Taking Shape — CTVET Director- General

The Director-General of the Commission for Technical, Vocational Education and Training (CTVET), Dr. Fred Kyei Asamoah, says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo’s vision of making Ghana a world-class TVET hub is gradually taking shape. Read more

TEIN Members Threaten Demo Against Gov’t Over Unresolved UTAG Strike

Members of the Tertiary Education Institution Network (TEIN) of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), have threatened to demonstrate by next week… Read more

Tokyo Olympics: What is the Role of Universities in Sport?

Africa’s poor performance in the recent Olympic Games in Tokyo highlighted the role that universities on the continent could play to help prepare sports stars for the international sports stage, similar to the work done by institutions in other parts of the world, notably the United States. Read more

Twenty-Five Veterinary Students Ushered into Clinical Years of Their Studies

The School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi has held its 6th White Coat Ceremony for Twenty-five (25) students of the 2023-year group. Read more

University Lecturers’ Strike: UTAG-Govt Meeting Ends in Stalemate

A meeting between the government and the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) to bring an end to the strike by members of the association ended in a stalemate… Read more

University Management Organises Training on Standard Operating Procedures…

Following the development and distribution of Standard Operating Procedures, (SOPs) for security personnel on campus, the Security Services and Human Resources Development Unit of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), have organised a two-day training on the SOPs at the Great Hall. Read more

US Court Hands University US$165 Million Judgment

The University of Ghana has been slapped by the United States Federal Court with US$165 million judgment debt for wrongly terminating the Africa Integras Contract in 2018, reports PeaceFMonline.com. Read more

UTAG Likely to Suspend Strike; Return to Negotiation Table

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) is putting efforts in place to call off its ongoing strike and return to the negotiation table. Read more

Varsity administrators Want UTAG Strike Resolved

The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) has urged the government to expedite efforts at resolving the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) impasse and all other university workers fairly to avoid a total close down of public universities. Read more

We’re Losing PhD Holders to Traditional Universities Due to Disparities…

The Vice-Chancellor for the Koforidua Technical University says Technical Universities in the country will continue to lose a chunk of their PhD holders and faculty members to traditional universities. Read more

 

31 July 2021

15-Member Governing Council Inaugurated for University of Professional Studies

A fifteen-member Governing Council has been inaugurated for the University of Professional Studies, Accra. Read more

Abiodun Renames TASCE Sikiru Adetona College of Science, Education and Technology

Abiodun, who noted education has played important role in the development of the state, stated that his administration would continue to focus on science and technology education, to boost technological development of Ogun. Read more

Alan Kyerematen Supports KNUST in Nurturing Transformational Leaders

The over 80,000 student population and the resultant growing Christian numbers has put pressure on the places of worship on campus. Read more

All Hands-on Deck to Face the COVID-19 Pandemic

It has been more than a year since governments and institutions the world over were called upon to respond to a pandemic which started as a local situation in the Wuhan province of China but, in time, has affected the way we do things on a global level. Read more

College of Engineering Holds Capacity Building Workshop for Administrative Staff

The Deputy Registrar of the College of Engineering at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (CoE-KNUST), Mrs. Ida Saeed has organised a capacity building training workshop for administrative staff of the College of Engineering… Read more 

CTVET Organizes Virtual Conference to Celebrate WYSD 21

The Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET) in partnership with the National Youth Authority (NYA) and the Ghana National Union of Technical Students (GNUTS) organized a virtual conference to mark this year’s World Youth Skills Day (WYSD). Read more

Desist from Strikes, Demonstrations – Tertiary Education Staff Urged

The Deputy Director General of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), Dr. Ahmed Jinapor, has admonished all unions and staff associations within the tertiary education landscape to seize using strikes as a bargaining chip to address their challenges. Read more

Digital Centres in Six Countries to Build Competence

The Association of African Universities (AAU), in partnership with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne) in Switzerland, launched centres of competence in digital education (centres de compétence en éducation numérique), or C-CoDE, at the AAU’s recent general conference. Read more

E-Learning is Getting Stuck in the Digital Divide

With 82% of students in Sub-Saharan Africa stranded without internet access, many African universities’ valiant efforts to embrace online delivery got stuck in the digital divide. COVID-19 has shown that affordable, accessible internet is more necessary than ever. Read more

Government to Establish Girls STEM SHS in Accra

The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, says the government has allocated land for the construction of a girls STEM Senior High School (SHS) in Kpone Katamanso, Accra affiliated with the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS). Read more

GTEC Review Operations of Central University

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) as part of its measures to assure quality in tertiary education has undertaken a review of the programmes and operations of Central University (CU) to ascertain if the institution is operating in line with required standards. Read more

Kaduna College of Education Suspends Academic Activities Indefinitely

Following the recent protest by students over a planned hike in fees, which led to loss of two lives, the Kaduna State College of Education, Gidan Waya, has announced the indefinite suspension of academic activities in the institution. Read more

KCCR, WHO Set Research Agenda to Address Skin Neglected Tropical Diseases…

The Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research for Tropical Medicine of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KCCR-KNUST) has organised a 2-day workshop on setting operational research agenda for skin Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) in Ghana. Read more

KNUST Students Injured, Properties Destroyed as Confusion Hits SRC Vetting

University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have been injured and some school properties destroyed. This follows a misunderstanding between some members of University Hall (Katanga) and Unity Hall, (Conti) on Sunday morning. Read more

Lecturer Advocates Research-Based Nursing Practice

Dr Margaret Wekem Kukeba, a lecturer at the Clement Kubindiwo (CK) Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences at Navrongo in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region, has called for research-based nursing care Practice. Read more

Let’s Educate Students with 21st Century Skills and Essential Moral Values

Deputy Minister for Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour is urging educational stakeholders to help ensure students who go through the academic system are imbibed with 21st-century skills and essential moral values. Read more

NUGS Urges Asenso-Boakye to Address ‘Skyrocketing’ Hostel Fees in Universities

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) is calling on the Ministry of Works and Housing to come up with an intervention to address the high accommodation charges in various tertiary institutions across the country. Read more

Partner Private Universities to Introduce More Entrepreneurial Programs

The President of the Christ Apostolic University College (CAUC), Professor Clement Somuah, has asked the government to partner with private universities to enable them to roll out entrepreneurial training and programs that would fetch graduate’s employment after school. Read more

Political will Needed to Create the Ideal Post-Pandemic University

Digital infrastructure and connectivity, capacity-building for academic staff and students to use digital learning tools, quality assurance in the online study environment and stronger leadership from governments to bring about these changes are some of the measures that are required to create the post-pandemic African university. Read more

Prof. Felix Abagale Calls for Government…

Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the University for Development Studies [UDS], Prof. Felix Kofi Abagale has called on the government to support private tertiary education institutions, in order to help absorb the increasing number of graduates from the second cycle institutions in the country. Read more

Quality Higher Education ‘Indispensable’ for Africa’s Future

Higher education in Africa and around the world is in a moment of rapid transition and transformation, thanks to the massive disruptions of COVID-19 that have accelerated long-term trends and exposed and exacerbated the sector’s systemic deficiencies and inequalities. Read more

Students Loan Beneficiaries to Increase to 60 Per Cent

Currently, only about 10 per cent of eligible students in public and private tertiary institutions benefit from the loans trust fund. Read more

Study Shows Geography is Key Driver to University Access

Ethnicity seems to be making way for geographic location as a primary indicator of unequal access to university education in Sub-Saharan Africa, a recent study suggests. Read more

UG, UHAS Dominate Top 50 Lecturers’ List in Ghana…

Forty-one lecturers of Ghana’s two oldest public universities and a new entrant dominate the list of top 50 lecturers in Ghana. Read more

Universities’ Senior Staff to Meet FWSC Over Conditions of Service

The leadership of the Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana will later today, Monday, July 26, meet officials of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) over its outstanding conditions of service. Read more

Universities’ Senior Staff Run to Parliament Over Conditions of Service

The Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana says it will petition Parliament over government’s failure to address conditions of service concerns it has been complaining about for some time now. Read more

Universities’ Senior Staff Vow to Resume Strike…

The Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana has accused government of not showing enough commitment to addressing concerns raised over their unfavourable conditions of service, which resulted in them declaring a strike in May. Read more

University Management Organises Training on Standard Operating Procedures …

Following the development and distribution of Standard Operating Procedures, (SOPs) for security personnel on campus, the Security Services and Human Resources Development Unit of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), have organised a two-day training on the SOPs… Read more 

University of Ghana Governing Council Inaugurated

The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has inaugurated the Governing Council of the University of Ghana, with a charge on members to look at the global competitiveness, globalisation and its impact on the university. Read more

UTAG Begins Nationwide Strike on August 2 Over Conditions of Service

From Monday, August 2, 2021, all academic activities on the various university campuses will grind to a halt as the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), says it will withdraw services until their conditions of service are duly addressed. Read more

UTAG Threatens Strike

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has threatened a possible strike in all Public Universities should government fail to address the worsening conditions of its members. Read more

 

30 June 2021

3rd Tertiary Business Sense Challenge Kicks off – 6 Schools Start Competition Tomorrow

June 8, student representatives of the Bolgatanga Technical University (BTU) will face off with the University of Cape Coast (UCC), at the Executive Theatre of TV3 Kanda… Read more

Academic Heads Undergo ITS and Accreditation Issues Workshop

The Division of Human Resource (UEW) in collaboration with the Information Technology Services Directorate and the Planning Unit, has held a four-day intensive training workshop for all Deans, Directors, Heads of Department and lecturers in the University. Read more

Ashesi Education Collaborative Holds 2021 Convening to Strengthen Higher Education

Players in the educational sector in Africa have discussed strategies to improve education on the continent. Read more

Centre for African Studies, UEW Celebrates 2021 African Union Day

The Centre for African Studies (CAS), of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), an interdisciplinary research and teaching centre with a focus on building knowledge on Africa, has organised a one-day seminar to deliberate on issues in education as a pathway to Africa integration. Read more

‘Consider Going to Another School’ – Africa Education Watch to Rasta Students

In an interview on Campus Exclusive, Senior Research Fellow with Africa Education Watch, Divine Kpe, stated that no school rules and regulations should be used as an obstruction to one’s quest to accessing education. Read more

Education Minister Addresses the Press on Akufo-Addo’s Education Agenda

Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum is Minister of Education the Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Adutwum, is addressing this week’s Minister’s Press Briefing. Read more

Gambia Wants to Work with Sub-Region on Quality

In its efforts to develop its tertiary education sector, the Gambia is turning to higher education centres in the West Africa sub-region to help build its capacity with quality assurance, the Gambia Minister of Higher Education Badara Joof has said in Accra, Ghana. Read more

Gender Mainstreaming Directorate Organises Conference for UEW Women Leaders

The Gender Mainstreaming Directorate in syndicate with the Local National Union of Ghana Students (L-NUGS) Women’s Commission and GRASAG Gender Commission has organised a day’s colloquium for University of Education, Winneba (UEW) women leaders. Read more

HR Orients 2021 Retirees

The Division of Human Resource (HR), University of Education, Winneba (UEW), in collaboration with the Retirees’ Send-Off Planning Committee, has organised a two-day intensive training workshop for Senior Members, Senior and Junior Staff, who will be retiring from active service in September 2021. Read more 

‘Humanise Online Teaching and Learning’

There is a pressing need to critically evaluate and monitor higher education’s responses to the lockdown in Africa, especially in relation to teaching and learning remotely, says Daniela Gachago, an associate professor in the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Read more

KNUST Establishes Centre to Deal with Global Pandemics

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) with the support of the German Academic Exchange Service has established a centre dedicated to addressing the threat of global pandemics to health. Read more

KNUST’s First Female Vice-Chancellor Promises ‘One Student One Laptop’

Professor Rita Akasua Dickson has officially taken over as the Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). Read more

KTU Develops Traffic Lights with Cameras to Combat Insecurity on Campus

The government of Ghana must, as a matter of urgency, contract the Mechatronics and Cybersecurity Department of Koforidua Technical University to mass manufacture and purchase their new invention, traffic lights with Artificial Intelligence, for installation in every region of the country. Read more

National Policy on Precision Quality to Support the Creation of Work…

A multi-stakeholder dialogue has been organised in Accra by the Design and Technology Institute (DTI) in collaboration with the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) to commence the development of a national policy for precision quality (PQ) training in Ghana. Read more

Petroleum Commission Ghana Awards Scholarship to Female STEM Students

The Petroleum Commission, Ghana has awarded GH¢35,012 worth of scholarship to ten (10) needy female students in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Read more

Private Universities too Deserve ‘Free’ Internet for E-Learning

The government’s provision of free internet connectivity to public universities must be extended to private tertiary institutions as well, to help their e-learning efforts amid the pandemic, the Chancellor of Perez University College (Perez-UC), Dr Bishop Agyinasare has proposed. Read more

Professor Peter Donkor Appointed President of the West African College of Surgeons

Professor Peter Donkor, a Full Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, from the School of Medicine and Dentistry, KNUST has been inducted into office as the 31st President of the West African College of Surgeons (WACS)… Read more

Public Universities Bill will Improve Standards in Tertiary Institutions

Deputy Education Minister-designate, John Ntim Fordjour, has hinted at plans by the sector Ministry to reintroduce the controversial Public Universities’ Bill to Parliament. Read more

Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana Extends Strike

The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana (SSA-UOG) has directed its members to continue with the industrial action until further notice. Read more

Tertiary Business Sense Challenge: KNUST, UCC qualify for finals

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and the University of Cape Coast (UCC) have finally booked their slots for the grand finale of the Graphic Business Tertiary Business Sense Challenge (TBSC). Read more

The Gambian Minister of Higher Education Visits KNUST

The Gambian Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (MoHERST), Honourable Badara A. Joof, together with a delegation from the Gambia Technical Training Institute (GTTI) has paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)… Read more

TUTAG Lay Down Tools, Set to Commence Indefinite Strike from June 14

The Technical University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (TUTAG) are set to commence an indefinite partial strike from Monday, 14 June 2021, over failed attempts to have expired condition of service renewed. Read more

UG-UTAG Requests for Compensation Over ‘Hectic’ First Semester of Modular System

The University of Ghana chapter of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UG-UTAG) has tabled a request to the management of the institution to compensate them with some remunerations for their “whole year cycle teaching without vacation” in both the first and second semester of the modular system… Read more

University of Ghana Anti-Corruption Committee Inaugurated

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, inaugurated the University of Ghana Anti-Corruption Committee, modelled on the National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP)…Read more

University of Ghana Signs MoU with Hungarian University

On behalf of the University of Ghana the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with his counterpart of the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Prof. Csaba Gyurica. Read more

Vice‑Chancellor Receives Gambian Team on Ghana‑Gambia Collaboration in Education

A delegation from the Gambia led by the Gambian Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Honourable Badara A. Joof, called on the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu. The purpose of the visit was to strengthen the existing collaboration between Ghana and the Gambia in Education. Read more

WHO, University of Ghana Tackle Air Pollution

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the University of Ghana (UG) are collaborating to develop a comprehensive national system to track the impact of health and economic policies on tackling air pollution in urban communities. Read more

 

31 May 2021

Academic City Initiates Measures to Promote African Culture Among the Youth

As part of efforts to promote and deepen the understanding of the African culture among the youth, Academic City University College has organized a programme dubbed “The Diversity Day”. Read more

Akufo-Addo Lauds UEW Management Over Judicious use of Internally Generated Funds

President Akufo-Addo has lauded the University of Education, Winneba for using their internally generated funds judiciously for the attainment of quality education delivery. Read more

Central University Ghana Signs MOU with Gordon College USA

As part of the agreement, qualified students from selected programme would complete two years at Central University and matriculate to Gordon College, USA for another two years to obtain a Gordon College degree. Read more

Commercializing Pineapple Processing Through Capacity Building of TVET Students

Most postgraduate students go through a lot of stress and gather many interesting data from farmers, marketers, processors, consumers etc. and keep the results to themselves without giving any feedback to the people they collected the data from. Read more

COVID’s Impact on International Higher Education: A New Model Emerging? …

OSUN warmly welcomes all who are interested to a special roundtable discussion that brings together university leaders from four continents, representing our network of over forty teaching institutions dedicated to building a new model of global higher education and to improving student access. Read more

EIST and KCC Hold Innovative Counselling Skills Short Course for ‘Counsellors’

The Department of Educational Innovations in Science and Technology (EIST) in collaboration with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Counselling Centre (KCC) has organised a five-day Innovative Counselling Short Course for private counsellors, teachers, religious leaders and bankers… Read more

Government Develops a Five-Year Strategic Plan to Boost TVET

A five-year strategic plan to boost Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) has been developed as part of efforts by the Government to develop the industrial skills of young people towards job creation. Read more

Ho Technical Uni Partners DTI to Enhance School’s TVET Curriculum

The Ho Technical University has officially signed an agreement with the Design and Technology Institute (DTI) to support the training of thousands of Ghanaian youth in Technical and Vocational Training and Education (TVET). Read more

HRODD Organizes Training Programme for Senior Staff

The Human Resource and Organizational Development Directorate (HRODD) has organized a day’s training on Records Management and Customer Service for selected Senior Staff of the University at the Great Hall. Read more

IDeL-UEW to Establish Study Centres in Some West African Countrie

The Director of the Institute for Distance Education and e-Learning (IDeL) of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) Prof. Francis Owusu Mensah has hinted that the institute will establish study centres in selected West African countries. Read more

Invasive Alien Species May Cost African Agricultural Sector $3.66 Trillion Per Year

A team of researchers from CABI, in Ghana, Kenya, the UK and Switzerland, estimate that the average cost of invasive alien species to the agricultural sector of each African country is $76.3 billion per year. Read more

Minister Lobbies Korean Scholarship for Ghanaian Students

Mr George Yaw Boakye, the Ahafo Regional Minister, has appealed to South Korea to provide scholarship opportunities for Ghanaian students to study in that country. Read more

Rewarding Research that Helps National Development

A 2018 Elsevier article reports that Africa as a whole spends a negligible amount of 0.4% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on scientific research compared to Europe’s 27%, Asia’s 31% and North America’s 37%. Read more

Science Fund Targets Agriculture Innovations in West Africa

The Partnership for skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (PASET), one of Africa’s biggest science funds, is rolling out €2.7 million (about US$3.3 million) in grants for innovations in agriculture, targeted at universities and research institutions in West Africa. Read more

Senior Staff Association at Universities of Ghana Resume Strike After No-Show Tier II

President of the Senior Staff Association, George Ansong stated that unfortunate as it maybe, the failure of the government to address concerns on their market premium, pensions and other outstanding challenges will be the reason academic activities at the Universities will be disrupted. Read more

Senior Staff of Universities to Decide on Possible Suspension of Strike

The leadership of the Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana, says its National Executive Committee (NEC), will conclude on a decision to possibly call off their strike or continue with it.

Senior Staff on Strike Again Over ‘Unfair’ Labour Practice

Ghanaian public universities have ground to a halt after members of the Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG) embarked on a nationwide strike on 18 May 2021. Read more

UEW Confers Honorary Doctorate Degrees…

These exceptional personalities have contributed significantly to the nation’s education from different perspectives in the functional areas with which they were entrusted. Read more

 

30 April 2021

Access to Education Still Depends on Who Can Pay

Marketisation of university education without bridging historical gaps in access to quality secondary education across Ghana has widened social and economic inequalities between north and south regions, and among rural and urban areas, according to a new study. Read more

Africa’s Largest Inter-University Hackathon Brings Students Together…

UmojaHack Africa 2021 was an unprecedented success, bringing more than 1000 students from 126 universities across Africa to compete on Zindi in a virtual machine learning hackathon on the weekend of 27-28 March. Read more

Ashesi Faculty Member Named one of Four Conveners for Africa Institute Initiative

Senior Lecturer and Director of the Center for African Popular Culture, Dr. Oduro-Frimpong, has been named one of four convenors for an Africa Institute initiative focused on exploring African communities through a range of scholarly and public programs. Read more

Essay Competition to Help Raise Awareness on Standards in Creative Industry

The African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO) has organised a continental essay competition for university students, which will be held at two levels; regional and continental. Read more

Fire Guts Administration Block of Mampong Technical College of Education 

Fire has gutted the main administration block of the Mampong College of Technical Education.This occurred in the early hours of Monday, April 19… Read more

High Level Talks – Innovation in Higher Education

On 15 April 2021, MSM organized the second edition of the High-Level Talks, focusing on Innovation in Higher Education, and bringing together high-level leaders from Higher Education institutes in Ethiopia, Ghana, Jordan, Kenya and Uganda. Read more

Increased Enrolment in Science Part of Growth Strategy

In response to the government’s plan to increase the gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education to 40% within the next 10 years, the Ghana Ministry of Education will place more focus on expanding science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) when the current student figure is hiked from 547,000 to 1.5 million… Read more

KNUST and University of Offenburg have Won a Grant to Promote Safe Food Production…

The combined project funded by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), would grant both institutions a research budget worth 750,000.00 EUR for a period of four years. Read more

KNUST Engineering Students Build Automatic Hand Washing Station

Students of the Innovation Centre of the College of Engineering (CoE) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi have manufactured a solar-powered automatic hand washing station. Read more

KNUST Faculty of Agriculture Holds Seed Sector Forum

The Faculty of Agriculture of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi has held a seed sector forum at the Natural Resources Complex Block (NCB). The maiden edition of the forum was themed ‘Taking Advantage of Advances, Entrepreneurship and Business Opportunities in the Modern seed sector’. Read more

Pro-Vice-Chancellor Receives Korean Team of Experts on Ghana-Korean Impact Project

A Korean team of experts on Tuesday April 20, 2021 called on the Pro Vice-Chancellor (RID), Prof. Felix Ankomah Asante. The purpose of the meeting was to plan a survey and lay down processes needed to commence a Centre of Excellence and Research. Read more

Quality Assurance Directorate Engages Writers of the Teacher Education Reform

The Director of Quality Assurance, Prof. Emmanuel Obed Acquah, has held a meeting with the writers of the Teacher Education Reform from the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), to dialogue on how best to improve academic programmes of UEW to suit contemporary trends.  Read more 

School of Business Concludes Training of Trainers in Entrepreneurship…

The School of Business on Friday 16th April 2021 successfully concluded the ARUA EIMEC training of trainers in entrepreneurship and Innovation program.  The 12 day training brought about participants from universities in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana, Sierra Leone, South Africa, and Nigeria. Read more

UGAANA Donates to Support Brilliant but Needy Students

The Students Financial Aid Office (SFAO) has received a cash donation of Three Thousand Dollars (US$3,000) from the University of Ghana Alumni Association of North America (UGAANA) to support three brilliant but needy students of the University. Read more

University of Ghana Internal Support for Research Activities Hits $2.2m

As part of efforts to become a research-intensive tertiary institution by the year 2024, the University of Ghana, through its internal grant portfolio, has supported research activities and capacity building for faculty and staff with grants valued at US$ 2.2 million. Read more

University of Ghana overtakes Ashesi in 2021 Times Higher Education Impact Ranking

The University of Ghana has been ranked number one in the country in the 2021 Times Higher Education GLobal University Impact Rankings.They overtake Ashesi University, which was ranked number one in the 2019 and 2020 editions. Read more

Vice-Chancellors Call on Education Minister

A delegation from the Vice-Chancellors of Technical Universities of Ghana (VCTU-G) has paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum at his office in Accra to discuss pertinent issues affecting the development of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the country. Read more

 

31 March 2021

Concerned Tertiary Students Raise Funds to Support Colleagues with Financial Challenges

The Concerned Tertiary Students of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) has raised funds to support some colleagues with financial challenges to enable them to register for their first semester courses. Read more

Fight for Withdrawal of Controversial Bill Continues

The government suspended the controversial Public Universities Bill (PUB) in December 2020 after unrelenting pressure from advocacy groups, but the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) is not satisfied. They want the bill scrapped. Read more

First Batch of ATVET Trainees Graduate from UCAES

The first batch of Agricultural Technical and Vocational Education Training (ATVET) learners in oil palm have graduated from the University College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (UCAES) at Bunso in the Eastern Region. Read more

Government Targets 40% Increase in Enrollment in Tertiary Education by 2030

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his administration is targeting a 40 per cent increase in enrollment of students into Tertiary Education. Read more

ITECPD Trains UEW Affiliate Colleges of Education Tutors on Test Item Construction

The Institute for Teacher Education and Continuing Professional Development (ITECPD), University of Education, Winneba (UEW), has organised a week-long test item construction workshop for tutors in the affiliated Colleges of Education. Read more

KNUST Partners University of Leipzig to Implement Africa Centre for Career Enhancement and Skills Support (ACCESS) Programme

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has partnered the University of Leipzig in Germany to implement an Africa Centre for Career Enhancement and Skills Support (ACCESS) program. Read more

KNUST Professor Allays Fears of Ghanaian Citizens on COVID-19 Vaccine

A professor of Biochemistry and Biotechnology of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has revealed that anyone who is not vaccinated to protect against the COVID-19 stands a greater chance of getting infected by the novel Coronavirus. Read more

KNUST Renews Partnership Accord with Madonna University in Nigeria

Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and the Madonna University in Nigeria have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to renew existing collaboration between the two Universities. Read more

GRASAG Pledges to Support Gov’t to Establish an Open University in Ghana

The Graduate Students Association of Ghana (GRASAG) have pledged to support government to establish an Open University in Ghana. Read more

President Set on an Increase in Tertiary Enrolments

Worried about the low level of gross tertiary education enrolment in Ghana, the government is implementing wide-ranging measures to increase enrolment from the current 18.8% to 40% by 2030, including the establishment of an Open University and changes to student loan requirements. Read more

Problem-Solving Should be the Hallmark of Tertiary Education

The Vice-Chancellor of Pentecost University, Prof. Kwabena Agyapong-Kodua has charged tertiary institutions to stimulate problem-solving forms of learning in their institutions. Read more

RUFORUM-Sentinel PhD Students Share Their Progress and Personal Reflections

As part of its capacity strengthening strategy, Sentinel has awarded small research grants to 25 PhD candidates in sub-Saharan Africa to carry out novel, relevant research at the agricultural/environment nexus. These are focused mainly (but not exclusively) on PhD projects in our three focal countries of Ethiopia, Ghana and Zambia. Read more

Two KNUST Scientists Named Among Forty Promising African Early Career Researchers

Dr. Christopher Larbie of the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology and Dr. Anthony Afum-Agyei Awuah of the Department of Molecular Medicine and postdoctoral research fellow with the Global Health and Infectious Disease Research Group… Read more

UEW Renews Partnership with Ten Institutions

Management of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has today, Wednesday, 24th March, 2021, recommenced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ten of its affiliate institutions… Read more

UG Academic Receives International Award

Dr Mary Anti Chama, a Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of Ghana, has received the prestigious Suffrage Science Award in Engineering and Physical Sciences. Read more

UNESCO Convenes Webinar to Reflect on Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education

The main objective of the webinar is to share outcomes of the case studies conducted in 4 SADC countries on the impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education. Read more

Universities Clamp Down on Provocative Student Garb

Students wearing provocative clothing may be thrown out of the classroom, Vice-Chancellor Dr Ben Honyenuga of the Ho Technical University (HTU) in the Volta Region of Ghana warned. Students who wear political apparel face the same fate. Read more

 

28 February 2021

AfCFTA Boss Calls on Institutions of Higher Learning to Help African Union to Achieve the Agenda 2063

The Secretary General of African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) of the Africa Union, His Excellency Wamkele Mene has paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor, Professor (Mrs). Rita Akosua Dickson on Friday, 12th February 2021 at the Council Chamber, KNUST. Read more

C.K T-UTAS Positioned to Pursue Science and Technological Excellence

The C.K Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences (C.K T-UTAS) is well-positioned to become the centre of excellence for Technology and Science in training human resources in Ghana and beyond, Professor Godwin Awandare, Chairman of the Governing Council has said. Read more

Complete Unfinished Infrastructural Projects on Campuses…

The Chairman of the Vice-Chancellors Association of Ghana (VCAG), Professor John Owusu Gyapong, has entreated government to prioritize adequate resources into completing educational infrastructure in the country to meet the demands of the large number of students seeking admission into tertiary institutions in the country. Read more

Covid-19 Cases Recorded at Universities Being Managed Per Safety Protocols 

The Chairman of Vice-Chancellors Ghana (VCG), Professor John Owusu Gyapong has revealed that active Covid-19 cases recorded in some of Ghana’s universities are being managed as per the mandated protocols. Read more

GTEC Meets UEW and AAM-USTED on Separation

The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has engaged the leadership of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) and the newly established Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (AAM-USTED) on how both parties could work harmoniously to enable AAM-USTED… Read more

karaAgro AI & Partners Secure Funding for Machine Learning Project for Crop Diseases

The consortium partners include the Makarere University (Uganda), the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (Tanzania) and Namibia University of Science and Technology – NUST (Namibia). Read more

KNUST to Hold Virtual Matriculation Ceremony for 2020/2021 Fresh Students

Students admitted into the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology this year will be matriculated via an online ceremony. The decision to hold a virtual ceremony is a result of the increasing cases of COVID-19 in the country. Read more

Provide Opportunities for University Graduates to Curb Youth Unemployment

Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, Professor Peter Quartey has called on some labour intensive industries including tourism and agro-processing to provide opportunities for university graduates to nurture their talents. Read more

Reopening Tertiary Institutions was a Good Decision…

Vice-Chancellor for the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) believes the president’s decision to reopen tertiary schools amid a second wave of Covid-19 was a good decision. Read more

Stanbic Bank Ghana Donates 100 Laptops Computers to Aid KNUST SONSOL Project

Stanbic Bank Ghana has donated one hundred (100) laptops to Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to assist brilliant but needy students with their studies. Read more

The Ghanaian Dream: Quality, Accessible Education

My vision of ensuring that Bosomtwe gets 100 engineers within the next ten years is on course as 30 students are already studying at the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) fully funded by me. Read more

Universities’ Senior Staff Ignore Court Order, Intensifies Strike at KNUST

The leadership of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) chapter of the Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana has stepped up its monitoring at departments and faculties to ensure its members comply with the ongoing strike. Read more

University of Ghana Selected to Host Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow

The University of Ghana has been selected by the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Programme (CADFP) to host an African Diaspora Scholar to work on a collaborative project in dietetics for building faculty capacity in teaching, research, postgraduate training, and mentorship. Read more

University of Ghana Students Engage IMF’s Prof. Gita Gopinath in Virtual Conversation

…the International Monetary Fund Chief Economist, Prof. Gita Gopinath, engaged students of the University of Ghana in a virtual conversation on the key findings of the IMF World Economic Outlook update. Read more

University Records Drop in International Student Enrolment

This year, Ghana’s premier tertiary institution, the University of Ghana, recorded a huge drop in the number of international students who enrolled in the institution to pursue various academic programmes… Read more

Vice-Chancellor of Pentecost University Urges Graduates to Embrace Research-led Practices

Reverend Professor Kwabena Agyapong-Kodua, Vice-Chancellor of the Pentecost University (PU), has urged graduates to embrace research-led practices that can be implemented to promote sustainable development. Read more

 

31 January 2021

College of Engineering Receives First Locally Assembled Nissan Pick-Up

The Japan Motors Trading Company Limited, a leading automobile company, has donated the first Nissan pick-up vehicle assembled in Ghana to the Mechanical Engineering Department of the College of Engineering. Read more

Disinfections of Tertiary Institutions Begin

The Zoomlion Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of companies in collaboration with the government of Ghana on, Wednesday, 6th January 2020 embarked on a National disinfection exercise in the various universities. Read more

Engage services of Private Universities to Reduce Overcrowding

The Vice Chancellor of Pentecost University, Rev Prof. Kwabena Agyapong-Kodua says the call to practice social distancing in the country’s universities in the COVID 19 pandemic era can only be achieved if the services of private universities are engaged. Read more

Evaluation Model of the Performance of the Higher Education System in Developing Countries

In this research paper, we analyse the present model of higher education in several countries, and more particularly in developing countries. Our main objective is to identify the misfunctioning of the organisation of distance higher education in countries in which technologies are less accessible… Read more

JOSPONG Group of Companies Institutes Academic Awards to Students

Management of the University at its meeting held on January 25, 2021, considered a letter of intent from Jospong Group of Companies (JGC) to institute an academic award scheme under the name Joseph Siaw Agyepong Award aimed at supporting the University in its quest to achieve academic excellence. Read more

KNUST Alumni Association-USA Chapter Donates ICT Facility to University Library

The North-America Chapter of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Alumni Association has donated 20 computers, monitors and a local server to the University library. Read more

Move 80% of Courses Online, Reduce Data Cost and Fees by 50%

Franklin Cudjoe, president of IMANI Africa has advised authorities of the various tertiary institutions in the country. Read more

Parliament Rejects Motion to Absorb Tertiary Fees

After three postponements, Parliament has taken a decision to reject the motion moved by Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga seeking to absorb fees for tertiary students for the 2021 academic year. Read more

Professor Rita Akosua Dickson Expresses Satisfaction with Compliance to COVID-19 Safety Protocols…

The Management of the KNUST toured the various Colleges and halls of residence on Tuesday, 11th January, 2021. The tour was aimed at monitoring compliance to COVID-19 protocols outlined by the University and to observe how first year students were adjusting to life on campus. Read more 

SIC Supports Brilliant but Needy Students in KNUST

The State Insurance Company (SIC) has donated Fifty (50) Lenovo laptops and laptop bags to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). Read more

Tertiary Students to Return to Lectures Within Days

Tertiary students in Ghana will be returning to classes from 9 January 2021 and, prior to their arrival, the government, through its ministry of education and the Ghana Education Service, will fumigate and disinfect public and private institutions… Read more

The 72nd New Year School Opens

The 72nd Annual New Year School and Conference has opened at the University of Ghana. The opening ceremony, which took place at the Great Hall, was presided over by the Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Mrs. Mary Chinery Hesse. Read more

UGBS Commissions Ultramodern Computer Lab

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, has commissioned an ultramodern computer laboratory at the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) at a brief ceremony at the UGBS, main campus. Read more

University of Ghana and Partners Awarded Grant…

University of Ghana and its partners, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo (Burkina Faso) and McGill University have been awarded a grant by Universities Canada for the Queen Elizabeth II Scholars Programme. Read more

We’ve Been Hit Hard by Coronavirus Pandemic…

Heads of private tertiary institutions in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region have hinted that they have been hard hit by the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, and, therefore, welcome the reopening of schools. Read more

 

31 December 2020

Governor of Bank of Ghana Delivers 2020 Alumni Lecture

The Governor of Bank of Ghana and an alumnus of the University of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison, delivered the 2020 Alumni Lecture on the topic “Pandemic, the Economy and Outlook”… Read more

Passing the Public Universities Bill (PUB) in Just One Week After Elections is a “Political Attack” on Tertiary Education

Even though the Bill currently awaits Presidential assent and some ‘optional’ recommendations from the Parliamentary select committee on education, Counsellor has outlined some of the obvious implications of the Bill when it is fully operationalized. Read more

Saudi Embassy to Award 156 Ghanaians with Scholarships to Study Abroad

The Saudi Arabia government has resolved to offer educational scholarships to Ghanaian students for the 2020/2021 academic year. This was announced by the Saudi Ambassador to Ghana, H.E Meshal Hamdan Al-Rogi. Read more

Students Loan Trust Fund Begins Distribution of Laptops to Beneficiaries

The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF), has begun distribution of laptops to its beneficiaries across the country. The laptop scheme was introduced by the SLTF as an intervention to facilitate student participation in online learning programmes that have been introduced by many tertiary institutions. Read more

University of Ghana School of Law places 2nd in African Moot Court Competition

The University of Ghana School of law has emerged the 1st runners up in the 2020 African Moot Court Competition. In the competition which brought together 31 other Law Faculties on the African continent, the Law School also won the Best Memorial for the competition. Read more

USAG Commends Government for Tertiary Scholarships

The University Students’ Association of Ghana (USAG) has commended the decision by government to award 15,000 scholarship slots to the first batch graduates of the Free Senior High School policy. Read more

 

30 November 2020

All Nations President Bemoans ‘Endless Mentorship’ of Private Universities

President of All Nations University Dr Samuel Donkor says the endless mentorship programme for private universities by chartered public universities “is a pain and demotivates mentee institutions”. Read more

8 ‘A’ s Student from Adieso SHS to Get Presidential Scholarship

A student from the Adeiso Senior High School in the Eastern Region, who obtained grade A1 in all eight subjects in the 2020 WASSCE but comes from a deprived home is to get government scholarship to pursue tertiary education. Read more

Ashesi Faculty Win Global Business School Network 2020 Simulation Design Competition.

A team of Ashesi faculty was named the first-place winner at the Global Business School Network (GBSN) Beyond Conference Capsim Faculty Simulation CompetitionRead more

Education USA to Hold Free, Virtual U.S. College Fair for Interested Ghanaian Students

The U.S. Embassy invites all Ghanaians interested in U.S. higher education to attend a free, virtual U.S. College Fair… Read more

The Gender Mainstreaming Directorate Holds Mentoring Programme for Senior Members

The Gender Mainstreaming Directorate of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) … held a mentoring programme for senior members of the University who were recruited within the last three years. Read more

Government Votes $60m for Skills Development Fund

The government has committed $60 million (about GH₵349 million) as seed funding for the re-packaging of the Skills Development Fund (SDF) into what will be known as the Ghana Skills Development Fund (GSDF). Read more

Govt Will Support Universities to Build Infrastructure

Vice President, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, has said the government would support institutions of higher learning with funding for infrastructural development. Read more

In-Country Genetic Changes of Coronavirus Mapped by Scientists

Scientists in Ghana say they have successfully analysed the complete DNA of the 46 whole viral genomes of the coronavirus from samples of individuals in the country to see how they relate to similar viruses around the world, particularly one of the original viruses from Wuhan, China. Read more

Independent Parliamentary Candidate to Priorities Education in Sunyani West

In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Odumase, he said he was poised to establishing a scholarship scheme for brilliant but needy students to attain higher levels in their education pursuits. Read more

Take Disciplinary Action Against UG Lecturers Behind Fake Election Polls…

The Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) is calling for disciplinary action against University of Ghana lecturers behind what he described as fake election polls purportedly put together by the Political Science Department of the tertiary institution. Read more

University of Ghana Reviews Fees For 2020/2021 Academic Year

In Early October, groups of students including the Concerned Tertiary Students of GIJ (CTSG) protested increase in Academic fees of some Universities. Read more

Universities to Reopen in January 2021 

Since the emergence of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the entire world has been thrown into a complete state of turmoil. Even the developed world, armed with all the sophisticated technological advancement in healthcare, have had a Herculean task containing the pandemic on their shores. Read more

New Teaching and Learning Technologies in Higher Education

New information communications have emerged and this has drastically changed many facets of human life, and is altering existing in ways unprecedented in the history of humanity. Read more

 

31 October 2020

College of Education Holds Webinar Series on the Use of Student Data

Learning analysts and education experts have called on administrators and members of faculty to effectively use students’ data to transform teaching and learning in higher education institutions. Read more

Doing the Right Thing, and Doing the Thing Right

The COVID-19 pandemic is still posing a global challenge for the way forward for educational institutions. As part of the coping mechanisms, higher education institutions are working relentlessly to redefine themselves and re-engineer policies and practices. Read more

‘Homecoming’ Celebrates Vast Potential of Academic Diaspora

Tertiary education institutions across the African continent can benefit by tapping into the vast experience of the African diaspora through various means, including the exchange of teachers, research, public service and mentorship programmes… Read more

IDeL Builds Capacity of Tutors for Quality Online Teaching

The Institute for Distance and e-Learning (IDeL) of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), has started an exercise to equip tutors with the capacity to be able to offer quality online teaching in the Distance Education (DE) programmes. Read more

Public University Bill on Hold Until December Election

Ghanaian lawmakers have listened to public criticism against the Public University Bill 2020 that was tabled in parliament and have decided to put it on hold, because there is the need for further consideration, ranking member on the education committee of the house, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, has said. Read more

Parliament Suspends Controversial Public Universities Bill

Parliament has suspended consideration of the controversial Public Universities Bill due to public outrage, the Minority spokesperson on Education…Read more

Prof. Yankah Warns Public Universities Against Increasing Fees

The Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Prof. Kwesi Yankah, has warned management of the various public universities not to increase school fees for the 2020/2021 academic year. Read more

Stakeholders Hold Workshop on Mainstreaming Climate Information…

The Department of Environmental Science of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi has hosted a day’s workshop on climate/weather information services in Ghana. Read more

Statistical Service Opens Recruitment for University Graduates

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has opened recruitment for university graduates to work as regional trainers in the upcoming nationwide population census. Read more

UNESCO Hosts Global Education Meeting

UNESCO, in partnership with the Governments of Ghana, Norway and the United Kingdom, are convening a virtual Global Education Meeting… Read more

 

30 September 2020

36 Ghanaian Students Benefit from ERASMUS Scholarships …

Thirty-six young Ghanaian students have been awarded scholarships for various master’s degree programmes in universities across Europe under the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree Programme. Read more

First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo Visits University of Ghana Hospital

The First Lady, Her Excellency Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, visited and donated some items to the University of Ghana Hospital. Read more

Ibrahim Mahama Donates Ultra-Modern Handwashing Machines to Universities…

CEO of Engineers & Planners Ltd Ibrahim Mahama on Tuesday donated ultra-modern handwashing machines some institutions within greater Accra and beyond. Read more

Introduce In-In-Out-Out Policy in Colleges of Education to Increase Access

The 46 public Colleges of Education in Ghana as from the 2020/2021 academic year are going to face some infrastructural challenges as a result of the introduction of the new 4-year Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) degree programme which started in the 2018/2019 academic year. Read more

MTN Ghana Presents Scholarships to 100 Beneficiaries

Telecom giant, MTN Ghana has presented 100 scholarships to the 3rd batch of its MTN Bright Scholarship beneficiaries at the MTN House in Accra. Read more

NCTE and Partners Install Wi-Fi Connectivity for Colleges of Education

Twenty-seven public Colleges of Education (CoE) are to benefit from e-learning platforms through the roll-out of connectivity solutions and extension of Wi-Fi services by the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) in partnership with the MasterCard Foundation and UKaid. Read more

Over 80% of SHSs, Teacher Colleges Connected to Free Wi-Fi

Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia has announced that over 80 percent of Senior High Schools and colleges of education across the country have Wi-Fi installed on their campuses free of charge. Read more

Public Universities Stand to Benefit from Payroll Migration

Kwesi Kwaning-Bosompem, the Acting Controller and Accountant-General, on Monday, said Public Universities stand to benefit from their migration onto the Government of Ghana (GoG) Mechanised Payroll. Read more

Strengthening One of Africa’s Universities in a Time of Crisis

As the world grapples with COVID-19’s effects on health and the economy, another crisis is evolving—an education crisis—that threatens the future of young people. Read more

Where are the Disability Offices in Colleges of Education?

As part of their affiliation with public universities, Ghana’s colleges of education have adapted some of the policies and structures of their mentor institutions, but many have overlooked the importance of the disability services offices. Read more

 

30 August 2020

Academic Freedom Under Threat at Public Universities

Ghana’s public universities, which have enjoyed a relatively high level of respect for academic freedom in Africa, are on the brink of losing this credential following the decision of the current administration to enact a new law to regulate all 24 public universities under a single act of parliament. Read more

Ashesi University Benefits from 2nd Disinfection

Ashesi University, a private university located in Berekuso in the Eastern Region, on Monday benefited from the second phase of the on-going national disinfection exercise in tertiary institutions across the country. Read more

Capacity of Africa’s Science Granting Councils in Research Management

Africa faces some of the world’s greatest development challenges and its research capacity is not yet sufficient to meet them. Improving research management within institutions is crucial, if research and innovation is to underpin social and economic development in Africa. Read more

Chancellor Elected to the African Academy of Sciences Fellowship as Honorary Fellow

An Honorary Fellow of the Academy is elected from among persons of eminence who have made significant contribution to the objectives of the Academy and to the vision of the AAS to ‘transform lives through science’. Read more

COVID-19: African Youth Get into Action for Innovation and Resilience

As we celebrate International Youth Day (IYD), we look to young people that have led the charge in responding to COVID-19 through their innovations. The global education community can support them through strong education systems… Read more

COVID-19: Tertiary Institutions in Ghana to Re-Open August 24 for Continuing Students

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo​ has directed that tertiary institutions should re-open on August 24, 2020 for continuing students who have not been able to complete their academic work for the year to do so. Read more

NPP to Cancel Guarantor System for Students Loan

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has revealed that tertiary students will be able to access students’ loans without the need for a guarantor if the Akufo-Addo led government is given another four-year mandate in the upcoming December elections. Read more

Preparation for Universities’ Reopening Under Way

Ghana’s Ministry of Education, in collaboration with Zoomlion Ghana Limited, has begun the second phase of disinfection of all tertiary institutions in the country… read more

Tertiary Institutions in the Country Have Started the Process to Admit Fresh Students for the 2020-2021 Academic Year

Adjusting to the disruptions caused to the academic year by COVID-19, many of the institutions have extended their application deadline from June-July to the end of September to provide windows of opportunity for applicants who missed out initially. Read more

University of Ghana Exchanges MOU with Global Entrepreneurship Network-Ghana

The Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST), University of Ghana, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Global Entrepreneurship Network, Ghana (GENG). Read more

Upper East Tertiary Intuitions Readied for Reopening

Tertiary / in the Upper East Region have indicated their readiness to receive continuing students back to school to enable them complete the academic calendar. Read more

 

31 July 2020

70 University of Ghana Students Benefit from Huawei’s Free Online 5G Course

Huawei Technologies has opened a free online 5G training course to some Engineering and Computer Science students at the University of Ghana. Read more

African Development Bank-Funded Training Builds Skills for the Economy of the Future

The project achieved significant results. Over the period, 2,010 students enrolled in two technical universities and 10 technical institutes (40.7 percent of whom were women) were aided by scholarships, with the goal of increasing the participation of disadvantaged groups. Read more

Former VC to Contest Elections as First Female Vice-President

Former vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, the first woman to hold that position, has been nominated to partner former president John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as a vice-president… Read more

In Africa, An Open Internet Standards Course for Universities

Seventy university students from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Kenya, and Ghana gained insights into open Internet standards. Read more

KNUST and ASU Awarded $15 Million Grant…

The Centre will have the objective of training, generating, and translating Supply Chain Management (SCM) research and innovations… Read more

Politics and the Obsession with University Proliferation

Governments of African countries have taken a more active role in establishing universities. This phenomenon is most common in Ghana and Nigeria where every incoming political administration establishes a university or universities to add to the existing stock of public universities. Read more

 

30 June 2020

Ashesi University Completes Second Semester Online

Management of Ashesi University has disclosed that the Institution will not resume physical academic activities despite the President’s directive to reopen schools for final year students. Read more

Chinese Embassy Donates to the University of Ghana Medical Centre

The Chinese Embassy in Ghana has donated a large quantity of PPE’s and food items worth Four Hundred and Eighty Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH₵480,000) to the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC). Read more

COVID-19 and Universities’ Commercial Appetites

Even before COVID-19, universities were facing dwindling governmental financial support and corporate donor fatigue. The combination of these two forces was leading to a situation in which universities were compelled to adopt more entrepreneurial and market-focused approaches to develop products…Read more

KNUST Authorities to Meet Over Implementation of Government Directives to Reopen Schools

This follows the easing of Covid-19 restrictions to enable educational institutions to re-open for final year students on June 15. Read more

Lecturers Issue Public Warning Over New Voters’ Register

A group of 100 lecturers drawn from public universities across Ghana has expressed concerns about the heightened political tension in the country as a result of the Electoral Commission’s insistence on preparing a new voters’ register ahead of elections in December 2020. Read more

Minister Commends UEW Management for Proactive Measures to Receiving Final Year Students

The Minister of State in Charge of Tertiary Education, Prof. Kwesi Yankah has lauded the Management of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) for its proactive steps to receiving final year students back on campus, after an unusual break occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more

Universities to Reopen in Mid-June to Final-Year Students

Ghana’s universities and schools are to reopen on 15 June to allow for final-year university, senior high and junior high school learners to resume classes which will lead to their respective exit examinations… Read more

University of Ghana Receives Grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation…

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a grant of US$800,000 to the University of Ghana, to support the establishment of a Centre for Teaching and Learning Innovation in the Humanities. Read more

 

31 May 2020

Academy Adds Voice to Concerns Over Universities Bill

The Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS) this week added its voice to criticism of the Public Universities Bill 2020 currently before Ghana’s parliament, calling it “dangerous and uncalled for” and “a recipe for total chaos in our tertiary education system”. Read more

Alumna Broadens Access to Career Preparation for Grads Across Ghana

From her very first job with a petroleum firm to her current role at Ashesi, one thing has remained constant for Akua Ampah ’13 — helping others build skills to excel in their careers. Read more

Ashesi ranks 1st in Ghana in 2020 Times Higher Education Impact Ranking

Ashesi was ranked first in Ghana, ninth in Africa, and among the world’s top 400, in the 2020 Global Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings. Read more

Barriers to Online Learning Adoption in Higher Education

E-learning involves electronic applications and processes to learn. It comprises web-based learning, a virtual classroom and digital collaboration. However, online learning is typically delivered via the internet and a content or learning management system (CMS/LMS). Read more

Centre for Ageing Studies Presents Relief Items to Elderly Groups with…

Centre for Ageing Studies, College of Humanities, University of Ghana comprises an interdisciplinary group of faculty with teaching and research interest in issues related to ageing. Read more

CEO of KNAPO Construction Ltd. Donates to KNUST

According to Mr. Owusu, the gesture forms part of the company’s efforts to helping critical sectors within the institution to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more

KNUST Management, ISA and SRC Donate Food Items to International Students

Donating the items to the leader of the International Students, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Obiri-Danso explained that, Management, ISA and SRC recognise the enormous difficulties faced by the international students. Read more

Ongoing Closures Threaten Viability of Private Universities

The future of the private universities in Ghana looks gloomy and their existence will be jeopardised if the closures of the institutions to contain the COVID-19 pandemic continue beyond June this year…Read more

President Visits Advanced Research Medical Laboratories at Noguchi

President Akufo Addo on Sunday May 10, 2020 visited the University of Ghana’s Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research and was conducted around the Advanced Research Laboratories to familiarise himself with the work currently going on especially with respect to the COVID-19 testing. Read more

 

30 April 2020

GIPC Donates to University Hospital

The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has donated One Thousand (1000) Reusable Coveralls to the University of Ghana Hospital, Legon. Read more

Gov’t has no Plan to Support Tertiary Students with Data for Learning – Minister

A Deputy Minister for Education, Gifty Twum Ampofo, has disclosed that the Akufo-Addo government has “no plans to solve data issues” for tertiary students in the country. Read more

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research Receives Donation…

Zoomlion Ghana Limited, a leading waste management company and a subsidiary of Jospong Group of Companies (JGC) has presented a cheque of US$20,000 to Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) to promote research on COVID-19. Read more

Online Orientation (Webshop) for Lecturers…

As part of the arrangements to ensure effective and efficient use of the Moodle in teaching and learning, ULMEC will, from 20th – 24th April, 2020 conduct self-instructional online tutorials (Webshop) for Lecturers. Read more

Senior Staff Association of KNUST Donates to the University Hospital

The Senior Staff Association of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi is the latest to join in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic in the country. Read more

Student Bodies Say e-learning is Unaffordable and Elitist

The adoption of e-learning as an innovative means to continue teaching and learning during the national lockdowns affecting many African countries has been rejected by a number of student organisations, which argue it is unaffordable, impractical and elitist. Read more

What COVID-19 Reveals About Educational Inequality in Ghana

Kwabena Opoku-Agyemang, a lecturer at the University of Ghana, is looking for new ways to carry on teaching his students. Read more

 

31 March 2020

Ashesi University Suspends Lectures Indefinitely, Moves to Online Teaching

News reaching UniversNews indicates that management of the Ashesi University has indefinitely suspended lectures. It says that all of its teachings will now be online for students, effective Monday, March 16, 2020. Read more

Coronavirus: Ashesi University Provides Students with Free 10GB Data for Online Classes

Ashesi University has announced a free 10 gigabyte monthly data bundles to students for online academic activities. The university is among the many tertiary institutions that have suspended lecture hall activities following a directive for schools and universities to shut down over the coronavirus outbreak. Read more

Ghana, Senegal Close All Universities

Both Ghana and Senegal have closed universities and schools in a bid to contain the outbreak of COVID-19. Read more

IDeL Co-ordinator Administrators Urged to Support UEW Become Best in DE Delivery in West Africa

The Institute for Distance and e-Learning (IDeL) of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has held a four-day review workshop for its Study Centre Coordinators and Administrators in Kumasi with a call on participants to demonstrate devotion… Read more

KNUST Research Scientist Opposes GMA’s Lockdown Call

A Research Scientist at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Department of Medical Diagnostic, disagrees with Ghana Medical Association’s (GMA) call for a national lockdown amidst the coronavirus outbreak. Read more

KNUST Students to Evacuate School Premises Before March 21, 2020

Students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology have been asked to leave the school premises by Saturday 21st March 2020. Read more

KNUST to Fumigate Facilities

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) will from March 30-April 13, this year, embark on a massive fumigation exercise to sanitize facilities on the campus. Read more

Mak Graduate Students and Others from RUFORUM Partnering Universities Undergo Training at Cape Coast University

Makerere University Graduate students have participated in the training organized by  the  Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) and University of Cape Coast (UCC)  Ghana. Read more

Ministry of Education Implements Virtual Learning – To Engage Students at Home

The Ministry of Education has started the implementation of virtual learning programmes to enable students have access to learning resources while at home in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more

 

29 February 2020

Ashesi Team Launches Student Research Journal for Science, Engineering…

A team of students supported by faculty at Ashesi has launched a new Science, Engineering, Entrepreneurship and Design (SEED) Research Journal. Read more

Delegation from Millennium Challenge Corporation Visits University of Ghana

A delegation from Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has paid a working visit to the University of Ghana. Read more

IFC Case Highlights Ashesi’s Evolution into Higher Education Leader

How can private players help shape higher education in Africa and set an example for raising the quality of teaching and learning? Read more

Legon Lions Club Donates to Visually Impaired Students

Members of the Legon Lions Club have presented an amount of One Thousand five hundred dollars (US$1,500) to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu towards the education of visually-impaired students of the University. Read more

Reform the Student Loan System to Relieve Crushing Debt

More and more students are enrolling in higher education and graduating in Ghana. Both enrolment growth and the rise in graduation rates are linked to the phenomenal increases in the number of higher education institutions in the country over the past two decades. Read more

Stakeholders in Agriculture, Education, Science, Technology and Innovation Discuss Universities’ Contribution to Continental Agenda 2063

The meeting that attracted 155 participants met at the School of Medical Sciences University of Cape Coast, Ghana and discussed avenues for “enhancing delivery of Africa’s Universities’ Agenda for Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (AHESTI)”…Read more

The African Diaspora Scholar – Living in a ‘Third Space’

Professor Joseph Mensah, a Ghanaian-born scholar currently at York University in Toronto, Canada, has played a leading role in a number of African academic diasporan programmes aimed at tapping into the expertise of African academics living and working around the world. Read more

UEW Floors AUCC To Stage Two of Tertiary Business Sense Challenge

The University of Education, Winneba, (UEW) lived up to its mantra of “show them” in the second edition of the Tertiary Business Sense Challenge as it whipped the Africa University College of Communications (AUCC) to progress to stage two of the contest. Read more

University Suspends ‘Sex-for-Grades’ Staff for 4, 6 Months

Two University of Ghana lecturers who featured last year in a BBC sex-for-grades documentary on sexual misconduct in Nigerian and Ghanaian universities are to be temporarily suspended and have been ordered to undergo “appropriate” training on sexual harassment and misconduct… Read more

 

31 January 2020

Academic Quality Assurance Unit (AQAU) Collaborates with Ghana School of Law

The Academic Quality Assurance Unit (AQAU) of the University of Ghana is to collaborate with the Ghana School of Law (GSL) on academic quality assurance issues. Read more

Free SHS Is Our Most Successful Programme – Education Minister   

Ghana’s education ministry is undergoing reforms in all of its five sectors: Basic education, senior high, tertiary, teacher reforms and, technical and vocational education and training. Read more

Gov’t Not to Blame for No TEWU Rep on KNUST Governing Council… 

The Ministry of Education has rejected claims that it is obstructing the swearing-in of a representative of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) branch of the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) onto the University’s Governing Council. Read more

RUFORUM Admits 20 New Universities to Join the Network

At its 15th Annual General Meeting held 6th December 2019 at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, RUFORUM formally approved further expansion of its membership and ratified the admission of 20 Universities as full member Universities of RUFORUM Network  from a total of twelve (12) countries in Africa. Read more

Social Work Education Needs to be Culturally Relevant

An undergraduate degree in social work is offered by two public universities in Ghana. In one case, the social work department is part of the school of social sciences. In the other case, social work and sociology are joined together as one department. Read more

Towards Inclusive Education at Komenda College of Education

Globally, there is heightened concern around widening access for persons with disabilities in higher education. Read more

31 December 2019

Achieving the SDGs – Tertiary Students Must be Involved

In September 2015, world leaders at the United Nations unanimously adopted “Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” to end extreme poverty, fight inequality and tackle climate change. Read more

Africa Women Vice Chancellors’ Forum Opens at the 15th RUFORUM AGM

The 3rd annual Forum for Women Vice Chancellors in Africa (FAWoVC) kicked off yesterday at the University of Cape Coast, with official opening remarks made by Hon. Shirly Ayorkor Botchway, Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration. Read more

COPCEF Launched to Provide Access to Quality Tertiary Education

The Church of Pentecost has launched the Chairman Education Foundation (COPCEF) at a ceremony in Kumasi to raise one million dollars in the next 10 years for expansion of facilities at the Pentecost University College. Read more

Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship Holds PhD VIVA

The Department of Marketing & Entrepreneurship organised a PhD viva for its final year PhD candidate, Mr. Francis Fonyee Nutsugah on the 12th December 2019, under the auspices of the School of Graduate Studies. Read more

Growing Female STEM Academics Starts in Schools

The challenge of increasing the participation of African women in tertiary education jobs and courses in science, technology and innovation (STI) could be addressed at primary and secondary school levels… Read more

KNUST Medical School Debate Team Wins 2019 Annual Inter-Medical Schools Public Speaking Competition.

KNUST School of Medicine and Dentistry (KSDM) students’ debate team on Friday, 29th November 2019 beat five Universities in Ghana to grab the 2019 annual inter-medical schools public speaking competition trophy. Read more

KNUST to Establish a Science, Technology and Engineering University in The Gambia

The Gambian Government and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have signed an agreement for the latter to establish a Science, Technology and Engineering University in The Gambia. Read more

New Africa-China Masters for Agricultural Education

China is implementing an educational model that aims to revolutionise the agriculture extension system in Africa through the Science and Technology Backyard (STB) masters programme… Read more

Pan-African Universities Debates: Covenant Rules to The Glory of God!

Covenant University has emerged winners of the 2019 Pan-African Universities Debating Championship (PAUDC) in the Public Speaking category of the annual championship, held in the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), in Kumasi, Ghana. Read more

Restructure University Curriculum to Include Entrepreneurship – Rev. Prof. J.O.Y Mante

he Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rev. Professor Joseph Obiri Yeboah Mante, has called for the restructuring of the curriculum of Ghanaian universities to ensure that students use their initiative to create jobs for themselves on completion of their respective courses of study. Read more

The Many Faces of Academic Dishonesty

Research on academically dishonest practices in Ghanaian institutions of higher learning found that over 53% of students believe that the leading classroom-related corrupt practice by lecturers in Ghana is the failure… Read more

Full Speech by the Minister of Higher Education at RUFORUM AGM In Cape Coast, Ghana…

Minister of Higher Education Eng Dr Brian Mushimba has commend the Regional Universities For Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) for creating a perfect platform for sharing perspectives and expectations on the role of Africa’s universities in development and generation of technology and innovation. Read more

UCC Awards 17 Hardworking Staff

Seventeen dedicated and hardworking staff of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) have been rewarded for their significant contributions towards the growth of the institution. Read more

UEW Research Team Visits Europe on a Collaborative Project

As part of a 3-year research project on ‘Exploring Visual Cultures’, an eight-member team of researchers and lecturers from the University of Education, Winneba visited Germany and Italy… Read more

UEW Withholds Certificates of 300 Students – They Breached Congregation Rules

About 300 graduating students of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) have had their certificates withheld for three months because they disregarded the rules of congregation of the university. Read more

Unity in Africa – Focus of Luthuli Lecture

…‘Have we forgotten so soon that we stood together as one to defeat colonialism and apartheid colonialism? We are one people with a common heritage and a common destiny.’… Read more

University of Ghana Launches 20 for ‘20 Campaign

Prof. Andrews Anthony Adjei, Coordinator, Vice-Chancellor’s Strategic Teams, has on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor and Senior Management, launched the University of Ghana’s 20 for ’20 Fundraising campaign, an initiative which seeks to mobilize funds in support of four (4) major projects… Read more

UPSA Partners University of Johannesburg

The University of Professional Studies, Accra has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for academic collaboration with the University of Johannesburg (UJ). Read more

30 November 2019

A Chat with Academic Advisor Emmanuel Ntow

Emmanuel Ntow’s office is easily one of the busiest on campus. It’s fairly common to have students either waiting outside the office or catching him off-guard on his way to lunch or a meeting — perhaps unsurprisingly so. Read more

Ashesi Hosts Data Science Africa 2019 Conference

Ashesi hosted the 2019 Data Science Africa (DSA) workshop and conference, welcoming nearly 200 participants to campus. Read more

Delegation from Maastricht University pays Courtesy Call on Vice-Chancellor

A delegation from Maastricht University, the Netherlands, has paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu.  Read more

Health Professions Education Unit Organises Seminar

The Health Professions Education Unit of the College of Health Sciences in collaboration with the Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship, University of Ghana Business School has organised the 1st Health Professions Seminar Series… Read more

Leadership Through Service: Students Volunteer in Communities Around Ghana

Afriyie Attafuah ‘21’s mid-semester break wasn’t the typical one. Unlike other breaks, she didn’t make plans for a road trip or time at home getting rest from school work. Read more

Professor Gyampo, Dr. Butakor to Go Before University of Ghana Disciplinary Committee

A fact-finding committee set up to investigate two University of Ghana lecturers – Professor Ransford Gyampo and Dr. Paul Butakor –  following a BBC documentary titled ‘Sex for Grades’… Read more 

Sex for Grades: University of Ghana Committee say Gyampo, Butakor be Guilty of “misconduct”

University of Ghana fact-finding committee wey dey investigate two Ghanaian lecturers wey appear inside BBC Africa Eye investigation on ‘sex for grades’ say dem find evidence of “misconduct.” Read more

Should all Lecturers Have to Have a Teaching Certificate?

As part of its tertiary education reform, the government of Ghana has proposed a policy that mandates that all tertiary education institution lecturers must possess a postgraduate teaching certificate before they are eligible to teach. Read more

31 October 2019

Crop Breeding Centre Celebrates Growing Number of PhDs

The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) has graduated 81 PhDs – of which 31 are women – drawn from 12 countries since its inception in 2008. Read more

Ghana Students Protest Against ‘Elitism’ in Law

Students have taken to the streets of Ghana’s capital, Accra, to protest against mass failures and “elitism” in the law profession. Read more

Ghana to Host African Plant Breeders Association Maiden Conference

The Conference which is expected to bring together over 300 scientists, researchers, national agriculture policy makers, students and professionals from both public and private sectors in the fields of plant breeding and seed science will be hosted by the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) at the Auditorium of the Department of Economics, University of Ghana. Read more

Government Urged to Stop Interfering in Universities

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and former Ghanaian president, John Mahama, said the NDC will continue to promote greater academic freedom in Ghana’s universities. Read more

Her Ladyship Chief Justice Sophia A.B. Akuffo Delivers 2019 Alumni Lecture

Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Sophia A. B.  Akuffo has urged Ghanaians to strive for excellence in nation building, arguing that in a nation where excellence is rewarded, mediocrity would be shrunk and greatness would thrive. Read more

KNUST Admits Over 22,000 students for 2019/2020 Academic Year

The University received a total of fifty-six thousand five hundred and forty-eight (56,548) applications from all over the world but forty-three thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven students (43,877) qualified. The University was, however, able to offer admission to twenty-two thousand and eleven students (22,011) out of the total qualified applicants. Read more

Laweh Open University, the First Accredited Open University in Ghana…

The Laweh Open University College is the first authorized Open University College in Ghana established in 2014 as an open supported learning institution offering certificates, diplomas, degrees and postgraduate courses.  Read more

Lecturers in BBC Sex-for-Grades Documentary Face Probe

Two lecturers of the University of Ghana have been interdicted by the Business and Executive Committee of the university after they were featured in a BBC documentary that implicated them in an alleged sex-for-grades scandal, a statement issued by the institution’s public affairs directorate has said. Read more

MP Pledges Support for UGBS Innovation Hub

The Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West–Wuogon, Honourable Lydia Alhassan pledged her assistance for the establishment of a Business Innovation Hub at the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS). Read more

Prof. Flolu Advocates for Further Discourse on Global Trends in Educational Reforms

Prof. Emmanuel James Flolu has called on the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) to use the 25th Anniversary celebration to engage in further discourse on major government educational reforms within the context of global trends. Read more

Quality Doctoral Programmes are Vital for Development

Ghana’s National Accreditation Board was established in 1993 by the government of Ghana for four primary purposes. Read more

Resolve the Concerns of TUTAG-TEWU

The Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) of Trades Union Congress has called on government to address the concerns of staff of Technical Universities in the implementation of the migration processes. Read more

Sex for Grades’: Undercover in West African Universities

Academic institutions in West Africa have increasingly been facing allegations of sexual harassment by lecturers. This type of abuse is said to be endemic, but it’s almost never proven. Read more

Towards a United National Students’ Front

The overarching body for all students in Ghana, the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS), will soon hold a unity congress to elect a single, united set of officers to steer the activities of the union for the 2019-20 academic year. Read more

UGBS Receives Delegates from University of Botswana

The University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) on 2nd October 2019, received a delegation from the University of Botswana (UB), through the Consulate of Botswana. Read more

UGBS Staff Trained On “How to Be Globally Competitive as Professionals

Speaking on the theme, “How to be Globally Competitive as Professionals”, Mr. Evans Kwesi Mensah, a Global Business Strategy Consultant, took Staff of the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) through a training session.

University of Ghana Signs MoU with Bui Power Authority

The University of Ghana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bui Power Authority to conduct feasibility studies for the construction of a 2.5 megawatt of solar farm for the University of Ghana. Read more

30 September 2019

Alumni, Students Arrested Over Plans to Protest Conversion of Katanga, Unity Halls

Five alumni and students of University Hall popularly called Katanga Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have been arrested by the Ashanti regional police command. Read more

Basic Education New Curriculum to Take Effect September

The Minister for Education, Dr Mathew Opoku-Prempeh, disclosed this when he took his turn at the Meet-the- Press series in Accra to update the media on the status of pre-tertiary and tertiary education in the country. Read more

COLTEK Hosts Ashanti Region’s Maiden International Youth Day Celebration

International Youth Day is celebrated to promote better awareness of the World Programme of Action for Youth, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1996 (resolution 50/81) to bring youth issues to the attention of the international community… Read more

HRODD Holds Orientation for UG 2019 National Service Persons

The Human Resource and Organisational Development Directorate (HRODD) has held an orientation session for the University of Ghana’s 2019 National Service Persons. Read more

KNUST Campus Declared a Security Zone

The campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been declared a security zone. Read more

Orientation and Mobility Training for 2019/2020 Level 100 Students with Visual Impairment Commences on Legon Campus

The annual Orientation and Mobility training for fresh men and women with visual impairment began last weekend on the Legon campus. The training forms part of support services offered by the Office of Students with Special Needs (OSSN). Read more

Study Highlights Need for More Faculty Capacity Investment

Researchers of a study in Ghana has called for increased investment in faculty capacity, suggesting that such investment will boost jobs for PhD graduates, support increasing student numbers and contribute to national development. Read more

Tools to Transform the Teaching and Learning Experience

The need for university lecturers to possess the pedagogical skills that can empower students to acquire 21st century skills and take responsibility for their learning in a process of co-construction of knowledge was highlighted … Read more

UEW Undergoes Institutional Accreditation Review

The University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has undergone a four-day cyclical institutional review undertaken by the National Accreditation Board (NAB). Read more

University of Cape Coast PhD Student Uses Drone Technology to Improve Livelihoods of Smallholder Farmers

Modern technology is making it possible for the youth to find agriculture attractive and it provides opportunities for them to engage in the service industry involving small farmers. Read more 

University of Edinburgh Signs MOU with the University of Ghana

The meeting which took place at the Fiesta Royale Hotel, Accra, was to explore and benchmark best practices from different African health systems in tackling infectious diseases and to improve the management and treatment of endemic and epidemic infectious diseases. Read more

University of Ghana Receives Delegation from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Elizabeth Alexander, President and Mariët Westermann, Executive Vice President for Programs and Research of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, have paid a working visit to the University of Ghana. Read more

31 August 2019

CABE Holds its Maiden Awards and Dinner

The College of Art and Built Environment (CABE) of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has held its maiden College Awards at the Senior Staff Club House to celebrate the College’s excellence and honour its hardworking staff. Read more

Can Libraries Meet the New Mandate of Colleges of Education?

Ghana’s quest to have quality teachers at the pre-tertiary level has led to various reforms in the teacher education sector. Read more 

College of Health Sciences and CoBReG Holds Joint Scientific Conference

The College of Health Sciences (CHS) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in conjunction with the Convention of Biomedical Research Ghana (CoBReG) have held the 8th College of Health Sciences and 12th Convention of Biomedical Research Ghana, Joint Research Conference at KNUST. Read more

Female Students Encouraged to Pursue STEM

The Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (WiSTEM) has organised a mentorship and career guidance program for female students of second cycle institutions in Ghana. Read more

How Ashesi Lecturer Dr Sena Agyepong is Helping Create Employment…

This July, over 100 youth from Bia West and Asunafo North, both rural towns within Ghana’s cocoa belt, completed an entrepreneurship boot camp, forming the fourth and fifth cohorts of the MASO Business Academy. Read more

KNUST Tops Presidential Pitch Season II Competition

Two female students from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have emerged winners of the Second edition of the Presidential Pitch Competition. Read more

Roll-Out of the New Teacher Education Programme

Forty-six public Colleges of Education will from October 2019 collaborate with five public universities in the country to roll out the new B.Ed programme approved by the National Accreditation Board. Read more 

University of Ghana and Jagenollian University Sign MOU

The University of Ghana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Jagenollian University, Poland to provide scholarship opportunities to students and promote research collaboration among faculty. Read more

University of Ghana Continues to Soar on World Rankings

With the recent release of the Webometrics Ranking, University of Ghana is ranked 16th in Africa, placing it ahead of all universities in Ghana and in West Africa. Read more

31 July 2019

Ashesi, ASU and KNUST Share Knowledge in Research, Teaching & Learning

Ashesi welcomed faculty and staff from Arizona State University (ASU) and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to campus in June as part of efforts to deepen ties amongst the three institutions. Read more

Ashesi Faculty Lead Organisation of Computing and Sustainable Societies Conference in Ghana

Ashesi’s Engineering and Computer Science departments led local organisation for a computer research conference that convened over 150 global stakeholders and experts in Accra in July. Read more

Department of Animal Science and GPP Trains Poultry Farmers

The Department of Animal Science of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in collaboration with the Ghana Poultry Project (GPP) has organised a training workshop for stakeholders in the poultry industry. Read more

Disability Centre Holds Workshop on Intellectual Disability

Investigators from the Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation with support from the Office of Grants and Research has organised a one-day workshop on intellectual disability under the theme ‘Intellectual Disability, Healthcare and Technology’. Read more

Fulbright Scholar Supports SPED

A Fulbright Scholar and Co-Director of University of North Carolina (UNC) Asheville’s 2019 Discover Ghana Study Abroad Program, Prof. Tiece Ruffin has supported the Department of Special Education (SPED) of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) with learning materials. Read more

Science and Technology Seminar Series for Females in First Cycle Institutions Opens at KNUST

The Provost of the College of Science (CoS), Professor Mrs. Ibok Oduro, has officially opened the Science and Technology Seminar for Females in First Cycle Institutions. Read more

University of Ghana and Ghana Air Force Signs Memorandum of Understanding

The University of Ghana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ghana Air Force to build capacity in the engineering sectors of both institutions. Read more

University of Ghana Launches Maiden Alumni Homecoming Weekend

The University of Ghana as part of its 70th Anniversary Celebrations has launched its maiden Alumni Homecoming Weekend at the Great Hall of the University of Ghana. Read more

University of Ghana, School of Public Health Assumes Role as GEMNet-Health Secretariat

Effective March 2019, University of Ghana, School of Public Health (UGSPH), a founding member of the Global Evaluation and Monitoring Network for Health (GEMNet-Health), has assumed the role of GEMNet-Health Secretariat. Read more

30 June 2019

20 Institutions Bring Lessons and Experiences to Education Collaborative 2019

The Education Collaborative at Ashesi launched in 2017 to serve as a platform for African universities to collaborate and share best practices. Read more

ASUU Decries Sacking of UNILAG’s Professor in Ghana

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) University of Lagos (UNILAG) chapter has decried the sacking of Professor Austin Nwagbara, a Nigerian professor, by the University of Education (UEW), Ghana, saying: ‘No African intellectual shall in any way be persecuted, harassed or intimidated for reasons only of his or her intellectual work, opinions, gender, nationality or ethnicity.’ Read more
College of Health Sciences Receives Recognition at World Blood Donor Day

The College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana has been recognised by the National Blood Bank, Ghana at a ceremony to commemorate the 2019 World Blood Donor Day. Read more

Entrepreneurial Skills Take Centre Stage at 2019 MasterCard Scholars Convening at Ashesi

Accra, Ghana’s capital city, generates over 2500 tonnes of plastic waste daily, yet only 2% of this is recycled. Read more

Human Resources Division Organises Workshop for Retiring Staff

The Human Resources Division (HRD) of the Registrar’s Offices of KNUST has organised a three-day workshop for staff retiring from 2024-2026 on the theme: ‘Retiring Gracefully’. Read more

Professor Augustine Uzoma Nwagbara Dismissed from UEW

The University is highly disturbed by the huge embarrassment his unguarded statement has brought to the institution, the Ministry of Education, and, indeed, Ghana as a whole. Read more

Science and Technology Seminar Series for Females in First Cycle Institutions Opens at KNUST

The Provost of the College of Science (CoS), Professor Mrs. Ibok Oduro, has officially opened the Science and Technology Seminar for Females in First Cycle Institutions. Read more

Universities as a Direct Partner in Local Development

The University for Development Studies was founded in 1993 by the government of Ghana. Its main purpose is for the university to collaborate with communities to find solutions to the environmental, social and economic problems plaguing the northern regions of Ghana. Read more

Universities Must not be Limited to Campuses

Dr Archibald Letsa, Volta Regional Minister, has called on universities to extend teaching and learning beyond their campuses and make communities integral parts of tertiary education. Read more

University of Ghana and California State University organise Faculty Seminar – “Ghana Calls”

The faculty and a very vibrant cross-section of participants presented and discussed topics as diverse as: How to Educate Africans with African Examples; How to Teach History in Africa; … Read more

University of Ghana Commiserates with the La Traditional Council

A delegation from the University has called on the La Traditional Council to commiserate with them on the passing of the La Mantse, Nii Kpobi Tsuru III. Read more

University of Ghana Partners with the National Institute of Genetics to Strengthen its Genetics Programmes

A University of Ghana (UG) delegation led by the Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu has completed a visit to the National Institute of Genetics (NIG) in Japan to boost the university’s emerging programmes in genetics research and training. Read more

31 May 2019

A Way to Bypass Cuts in Specialist Medical Training

Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons (GCPS) was established on 9 December 2003 by an act of parliament to provide medical doctors in Ghana with postgraduate specialist training in medicine, surgery and other related disciplines. It also offers a pallet of professional development courses to medical doctors for continuous professional development. Read more

College of Health Sciences Raises Funds for Development Projects

College of Health Sciences has organised a fundraising event at the Kempinski Hotel to raise funds to undertake development projects in the College. Read more

Congratulatory Message 

The journey that began like a dream has become a reality; and we at the University of Ghana, proudly join your families, friends and well-wishers to celebrate this significant milestone of your lives. For all the times of late-night studies, the sleepless nights and sacrifices you have made, your reward is finally here. Hearty congratulations to you. Read more

KNUST Bans Sports Betting on Campus

Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has banned gambling and sports betting on campus. Read more

KNUST Develops First Local Grain Moisture Tester

The Department of Agriculture Engineering of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has developed the first locally-made grain moisture tester. Read more

Launch of “Yes to the SDGs” Raffle on UG Campus

The Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST), University of Ghana is partnering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advisory Unit of the Office of the President to sensitise the general public on the SDGs. Read more

Meet Ghanaian Math-Goddess Angela Tabiri Pursuing PhD in Mathematics

Until recent times, most women hardly pursued courses that would eventually lead to careers in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). In light of dis, a young woman has won many hearts for her PhD work in Mathematics. Read more

The Statue of Gandhi and the University of Ghana

In December 2018, a statue of Mahatma Gandhi was removed from the University of Ghana’s campus in response to protests from students and staff. Read more

University of Ghana Celebrates 2019 World Intellectual Property Day

The University of Ghana, joined the rest of the world in celebrating the World Intellectual Property Day. Read more

UG Delegation Meets Minister of State, Tertiary Education

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu has led a delegation from the University of Ghana to meet the Minister of State in Charge of Tertiary Education, Prof. Kwesi Yankah. Read more

University of Ghana Launches Bachelor of Education Curriculum

A four-year Bachelor of Education Curriculum to be rolled out in October 2019 has been launched by the School of Education and Leadership, College of Education. Read more

30 April 2019

Ashesi Recognised in Global Ranking of Universities Driving UN Sustainable Development Goals

A new Times Higher Education (THE) global ranking of universities, based on an assessment of their impact on the world, has listed Ashesi as one of the world’s best. Ashesi is the only private university in Ghana on the list, ranking in the world’s top 301+ universities alongside the University of Ghana and the University of Professional Studies, Accra. Read more

C3SS Interacts with University of Ghana Basic Schools Pupils

The Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Studies (C3SS) has held its first engagement with pupils of the University of Ghana Basic Schools (UBS) at the UBS campus, Legon, on Friday April 5, 2019. Read more

Cooperation Project Between H_DA & Amp; KNUST Officially Launched

The Department of Sociology and Social Work has officially launched a new cooperation with the Social Work Department of Hoshschule Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (H_Da), Germany, dubbed ‘Educational Partnership in socio-pedagogical methods in social work towards improving the lives of Ghanaian children’. Read more

Engineering Community and Resources Strengthen Problem-Solving Culture Across Campus

When Ghana announced intentions to establish a partnership with a U.S drone delivery service, aimed at health supplies, it generated a lot of skepticism across the country. But on campus, Engineering student Robert Boateng-Duah considered it an exciting opportunity. Read more

It is Time for Universities to Take Mental Health Seriously

While managers of Ghanaian higher education institutions aspire to see their institutions join the enviable club of research-intensive universities and secure favourable positions in global rankings, in order to achieve this they have had to deal with a range of problems including inadequate funding, increased student enrolment and proportionally fewer staff. Read more

Japanese Car Maker Invests in University Engineering Programme

The University of Ghana and the local subsidiary of the Japanese car maker, Toyota Ghana Limited, last month signed a project partnership agreement under which a total of US$3 million, to be disbursed over a 10-year period, will be used to finance the construction of workshops and training facilities at the university to benefit both engineering students and the company’s technicians. Read more

KNUST And NMT To Promote Science and Technology

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT), has collaborated with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop areas in Science and Technology. Read more

Level 300 Students of COLTEK Prepare for Industrial Attachment

A day’s orientation has been organised for level 300 students at the College of Technology Education, Kumasi (COLTEK) of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) as part of preparations to embark on compulsory industrial attachment upon completion of the second semester examinations in June 2019. Read more

LISA Organises Workshop on Building Capacity of Female Scientists

The KNUST-Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis (KNUST-LISA) has organised a workshop on ‘Building Capacity of Female Scientists in Data Analysis for Decision Making and Strategic Planning’. Read more

New Bill Prompts Warnings Over Loss of Academic Freedom

Concerns have been raised over a new Public Universities Bill yet to be put before parliament in Ghana, with the former vice-chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Ernest Aryeetey, warning it is likely to take away “every facet of academic freedom”. Read more

Prof. Gyampo Delivers Inter-College Lecture on the 1992 Constitution and Constitutionalism in Ghana

Professor Samuel Agyei-Mensah indicated that Ghana had practiced the hybrid constitution for a long time now and he believed the time has come to interrogate the system to find out the challenges and make recommendations for review. Read more

Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo Delivers Inaugural Lecture

Prof. Amfo explained that linguistic structures like words, phrases, sentences and longer utterances, whether spoken or written are carefully chosen by speakers to reflect their intent and to direct the addressee in such a way that misinterpretation is minimised. She also indicated that language is inextricably linked to culture and thought. Read more

UEW Launches 2019-2023 Corporate Strategic Plan at COLTEK

The University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has launched its fourth 5-year (2019-2023) Corporate Strategic Plan (CSP) that would facilitate the successful execution of its core mandate as the foremost teacher training university in Ghana. Read more

University of Ghana Hult Team calls on Vice Chancellor

The University of Ghana Hult team, winners of the 2019 Hult Prize Regional competition in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia has presented awards to the Vice-Chancellor. The team which is also known as Team Agrilab are represented by Nana Akua Afriyie Busia (Team Leader), Isaac Kojo Aboah, Henry Duah and Daniel Kwame Afriyie. Read more

Vice-Chancellor Receives Deputy Rector of University of Luiss

Prof. Raffaele Marchetti, Deputy Rector for Internationalization, University of Luiss, Rome, has paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu. The visit was to explore ways of collaborations between the two universities. Read more

31 March 2019

Dr. Priscilla Mante Wins L’Oreal-UNESCO Award

Dr Priscilla Kolibea Mante of the Department of Pharmacology has won the L’Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Rising Talent Award in Paris, France. The award ceremony which took place at the UNESCO headquarters, recognized her for exploring the anticonvulsant activity of the plant alkaloid cryptolepine and its solid-lipid nanoparticles in the management of neurocysticercosis-induced epilepsy. Read more

FSE to Promote STEM Education in Ghana

The Faculty of Science Education (FSE) as part of its week-long celebration has outlined strategies to promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education in Ghana. This is to support the government to be on target with its policy to achieve a ratio of 60:40 sciences to humanities in the nation’s tertiary institutions. Read more

Lebanese Embassy in Ghana to Widen Scope of Scholarship Scheme in KNUST

The Embassy of Lebanon in Ghana has promised to extend the scope of its existing scholarship scheme beyond the Faculty of Law in the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to other Faculties in the University. Read more

University Librarians Charged to Embrace Open Access

African Universities have been encouraged to embrace Open Access as the new order of making research accessible, visible and cost effective, in order to facilitate the academic mandate of teaching and research. Read more

28 February 2019

3-year University Education: It’s Dangerous for Ghana – KNUST Vice Dean of Students

The Vice Dean of Students (DOS) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Otchere Addai Mensah has advised the government to not give consideration to the debate on cutting undergraduate education to 3 years instead of the current 4 years, MyNewsGh.com reports. Read more

3-year University Education Possible – Educational Consultant

Dr Prince Armah insists the cost per head in training an individual at the university is higher than that incurred at the Secondary level and will make economic sense to reduce the number of years at the tertiary level. Read more

GAUA President Encourages Members to Embrace Change

Mr. Kwame Yeboah Jr., President of the Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has admonished members of the Association to embrace the new criteria for promotion for Senior Members Non-Academic (Administrative and Professional). Read more

Graduate College of IOWA State University of Science and Technology to Increase its Ghanaian Enrolment

The Dean of Graduate College of IOWA State University of Science and Technology, Professor William R. Graves has revealed that his institution is committed to increasing the enrolment of Ghanaian students. Read more

University of Ghana Receives Delegation from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU)

The University of Ghana has received a delegation from the Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Japan, and called at the Offices of the Dean of the International Programmes. Members of the delegation comprised faculty, undergraduate and graduate students from the Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU). Read more

31 January 2019

KNUST-Affiliated University Not Reopened for Almost 2 Years; No Explanation to Students

The African Institute of Sanitation and Waste Management, a Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology affiliate, at Adjiringanor in the Greater Accra Region, has abruptly halted all its programmes and proceeded on a break, which has lasted for two year now. Read more

Noguchi Hosts West Africa Network for TB, Aids and Malaria

The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), a constituent of College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana and Ghana’s leading biomedical research institute, has hosted the West African Network for TB, AIDS and Malaria (WANETAM) year 2 retreat to provide a platform for the assessment of the year 1 project activities as well as in-depth discussions with fellows and visiting scientists from its network of research centres and reprograming of future plans. Read more

No PhD, No Tenure Policy – Is it the best way forward?

The importance of higher education in the development of any nation cannot be overemphasised. It has become a major driver of development for most countries. Read more

Vice Chancellor Presented with Leadership Award

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu has been presented with a Companion of Global Public Excellence Award for his leadership and vision to humanity by the Global Companion of leadership. Read more

31 December 2018

Department of Earth Science Organises Workshop on Earth Science Awareness

The Department of Earth Science in collaboration with the Canadian High Commission has held a workshop on Earth Science Awareness Creation for High School teachers. The workshop which is the first of its kind organised by the department was under the theme “Science and The Earth We live in”. Read more

How Affirmative Is 25%… Think This Through.

Affirmative action is “intended to end and correct the effects of a specific form of discrimination” that is action favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination and thus positive discrimination. But have we tackled our own case from the roots to find a lasting solution? Read more

Mr. Kelvin Sah Spearheading Yet Another Revolution at the Student Front

In the aftermath of the impasse period, the President of the KNUST SRC made a call on all forms of student activism to be channeled formally through his office. Read more

Students propose solution for e-waste in Ghana at the 2018 Global Retail Challenge

A student team from Ashesi’s Design lab along with 27 other student teams across the world, participated in the 2018 Global Retail Challenge held by Retail Industry Leaders Association and the Bensadoun school of Retail Management at McGill University in Montreal. Read more

UEW Commissions First Ever Graduate Lounge in Ghana

The University of Education, Winneba (UEW) on Tuesday, 18th December, 2018 commissioned the first ever Graduate lounge in any public University in Ghana at the Faculty of Social Sciences Education Block Room 405, North Campus, Winneba. Read more

University Removes Gandhi Statue at Centre of Protests

The University of Ghana has pulled down a statue of Mahatma Gandhi on its campus, campus-based news outlet Radio Univers reported on 12 December. This comes more than two years after professors and students called for the statue’s removal, reports Scroll.in. Read more

30 November 2018

Centre for European Studies (CES) Holds 5th Lecture Series

The Centre for European Studies (CES) of the College of Humanities, University of Ghana held its 5thLecture Series for the year 2018 on the theme Probing the Relevance of European Studies in Africa”. Read more

Homecoming 2018: Returning Home to Ashesi

November 24, 2018 – Unlike most Saturday mornings on campus, there was a palpable buzz on the Archer Cornfield Courtyard this particular morning. Read more

KNUST Crisis Must be a Lesson to All Managers of Higher Education – UPSA Pro-Vice Chancellor

The Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies (UPSA), Prof. Charles Barnor has blamed the recent impasse at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) on the neglect of student leadership from the management of the affairs of the institution. Read more

Pashington Obeng, Head of Humanities & Social Sciences Department, Shares His Journey into Academia and Priesthood

“My father was in the military and got transferred very often,” he shared. “So both my parents felt it would be best to reduce interruptions to my academic growth by sending me off to boarding school, and at the time, Presec had garnered quite the academic reputation. So that’s where I went.” Read more

UEW Increases Funding for Staff Development

The Vice-Chancellor, Rev. Fr. Prof. Anthony Afful-Broni has said that the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) continues to face challenges in securing high quality and experienced doctoral degree holders for its rigorous academic work. Read more

31 October 2018

Chinese Students Arrive in COLTEK for Internship

The second batch of students from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), have arrived at the Kumasi Campus of the University of Education Winneba (UEW) to begin a two-week internship programme. Read more

Public Universities will Soon Collapse – UG Vice Chancellor

There is eminent close down of most of the country’s public universities due to poor remuneration lecturers and other teaching staff are receiving, Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana (UG), Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu has predicted. Read more

Universities Directed to Remove Lecturers above 65yrs from Payroll

Public universities across the country have been directed to remove all staff who are aged above 65 years from the government payroll. This was contained in a letter addressed to all the public universities by the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE).  Read more

“We Need Transformative Changes in Laws ….” – Rev. Dr. Comfort Asare

The Director, Department of Gender in the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection of Ghana, Rev. Dr. Comfort Asare has asserted that the nation needs transformative changes in laws, social norms, social institutions and public policies to achieve gender equality. Read more 

30 September 2018

KNUST Is Unsanitary Let’s Talk About It-Nii Mantse

In the last few days, a picture of the dump site behind hall 7 has become an item of discussion and many narratives have arisen from all angles possible. Read more

UG Holds Evening of Remembrance in Honour of the Late Kofi Annan, Former Chancellor (2008 – 2018)

An Evening of Remembrance was held in honour of Mr. Kofi Annan, former Chancellor of the University of Ghana (2008-2018) at the Great Hall on Friday, September 7, 2018. Read more 

UG UTAG Donates to UG@70 Endowment Fund

The University of Ghana Chapter of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has presented a cheque donation of One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢120,000) to the UG@70 Endowment fund. Read more

31 August 2018

Ghana School of Law Reverts to 2-year Curriculum Next Year

The Ghana School of Law is set to revert to its original two-year programme length, school authorities have announced. Read more

No More Lip Service To Technical, Vocational Education — Prez Akufo-Addo

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured Ghanaians that the government will not engage in lip service in its quest to transform technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in the country as it works tirelessly to expand technical and vocational opportunities for its industrialisation agenda. Read more

Professor Dorothy Yeboah-Manu Receives Royal Society Africa Prize

Professor Dorothy Yeboah-Manu has received the Royal Society Africa Prize 2018 for her contributions and innovative approaches to understanding Mycobacterium ulcerans and Mycobacterium africanum, combining microbiology, genetic studies and epidemiology in the areas of her work. Read more

Professor Oren Harman Delivers Lecture on Altruism

The current Chair of the Graduate Program in Science, Technology and Society at Bar-Ilan University of Israel, Professor Oren Harman has delivered a lecture on the topic, “The Evolution of Altruism” at the conference room of the International House. Read more

University of Ghana School of Law Hosts 27th African Human Rights Moot Court Competition

The 27th edition of the prestigious African Human Rights Moot Court Competition, hosted by the School of Law, University of Ghana, came to an end on Saturday August 11, 2018 with the final round being held at the auditorium of the Law Courts Complex in Accra. Read more

30 June 2018

Defaulters of Student Loan Fund to be Dragged to Court

The Chief Executive of the fund Kweku Adjei Yeboah said beneficiaries of the fund who have defaulted must pay their loans or be prosecuted in court. Read more

Energy Commission Selects University of Energy as Solar Energy Training Centre

The Energy Commission has recognised the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) as a leader in the area of solar energy. Read more

TTU Signs MoU with Manufacturer

The Takoradi Technical University (TTU), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kay Furniture Industries, to enhance technology and practical learning at the educational institution. Read more

Ghana’s First Female Software Engineer, Farida Bedwei

Defying all odds, Ghana’s first female software engineer, Farida Bedwei, remains resolute on making a difference despite her disability. Read more

University-level upgrade for teacher-training colleges

All Colleges of Education are to be upgraded to University Colleges and will offer a four-year Bachelor of Education degree with effect from the 2018-19 academic year, as part of efforts to improve the quality of teacher training in the country, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced. Read more

31 May 2018

We will not be pushed into opening University of Ghana Hospital – Health Ministry

The Ministry of Health has clearly indicated that it would not be pushed into opening the Unniversity of the Ghana Medical Center. Read more

Re-Naming Of University Of Ghana: Is The Debate Over J. B. Danquah’s Role Necessary

J’ai la nostalgie du lycee. Sure, I miss my University days. As President of the Legon Debating Society, we were once hosting the University of Ibadan in a debate. Read more

College of Health Sciences Organises 2018 Educational Summit

The College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, in collaboration with the Ghana National Exchange Programme School has launched the 2018 Educational Summit at the R.S. Amegashie Hall, University of Ghana Business School under the theme: “UG @ 70 – Bridging the Gap between Secondary and University Education in Ghana: the Role of Stakeholders”. Read more

Educating Ethical, Entrepreneurial Leaders in Africa

The mission of Ashesi University is to educate ethical, entrepreneurial leaders in Africa. The University was started its first class in 2002 with a pioneer class of 30 students and Bachelor Degree programmes in Business and Computer Science. Today, the institution has … Read more

30 April 2018

Minister Challenges African Universities to Enhance Quality of Research

Minister in charge of Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah has challenged universities in Africa to invest more of their resources to enhance the quality of the research they undertake in attracting more international students into the sub-region. Read more

Minister Calls for ‘Rethink’ on Higher Education Funding

The way in which tertiary education is funded across Africa needs a rethink because the present model, which was introduced in the colonial era, can no longer be sustained, according to Ghana’s Minister of State in charge of tertiary education Kwesi Yankah. Concerns around the sustainability of higher education in Ghana are growing in anticipation of increased enrolment in the wake of a recently introduced free senior high school policy. Read more

Energy Commission Selects University of Energy as Solar Energy Training Center

The Energy Commission has recognized the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) as a leader in the area of solar energy. The Commission has, in this regard, selected the University as the training center for Solar PV Installers in the design, installation and maintenance of Off-grid and Grid-tied Solar PV Systems. Read more

College of Education Hosts Seminar on Sexual Harassment and Misconduct

The College of Education has hosted a seminar to educate students of the College on the University’s Sexual Harassment and Misconduct Policy. The seminar, which was facilitated by the chairperson and members of the Anti-Sexual Harassment Committee, was to sensitize students on what constitutes sexual harassment, reporting procedures for sexual harassment and misconduct, rights of the complainant, grievance procedures, and counselling and confidentiality in cases that have been reported. Read more

Management of Ghana Publishing Company Calls on Vice-Chancellor

The Management of Ghana Publishing Company Limited has called on the Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The purpose of the visit was to discuss possible ways of collaborating with management of the University and some departments of the University. Read more

30 October 2017

25% Private University Tax to Go

The government will soon scrap the 25 per cent corporate tax imposed on private universities. Read more

47 Alleged Unaccredited Tertiary Institutions in Ghana

The Ghana National Accreditations Board (NAB) has released a list of 47 tertiary schools that are currently operating illegally in the country. Read more

Agribusiness Students Association of Ghana (ABSAG) holds Entrepreneurship Clinic

The Agribusiness Students Association of Ghana (ABSAG) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has held the second edition of its Entrepreneurship Clinic for the 2017/2018 academic year at the Faculty of Natural Resources on the theme: “Cultivating the Entrepreneurial Spirit in Agribusiness Students”. Read more

Algeria awards 40 tertiary level scholarships to Ghanaians

The Algerian Government has awarded a quota of 40 undergraduate scholarships in various disciplines to Ghanaian students to study in selected Algerian Universities for the 2017/2018 Academic year. Read more

Government to Abolish 25% Corporate Tax on Private Universities

The Vice President of Ghana, has disclosed that government is working hard towards the abolishment of the 25% corporate tax on Private Universities as part of government’s support to the private Tertiary Institutions in the country. Read more

Investigate Our Ban from Admitting Law Students

The Mountcrest University College has appealed to government to investigate circumstances under which it was banned from admitting new students into its law faculty. Read more

Preventive Health Clinic Organises Free Breast Cancer Screening for University Community

The Preventive Health Clinic (PHC) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)   Hospital, with support from Roche, a Swiss multinational healthcare company, has screened members of the University community for breast cancer. Read more

15 October 2017

2017 UEW National Service Personnel Shown Path For Self Employment

The Division of Human Resource held an orientation for the 2017/2018 National Service Personnel as part of its duty to orient newly service personnel posted into the University. Read more

COLTEK Holds International Conference On Cbtr

The College of Technology Education, Kumasi (COLTEK) of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) broke grounds in academia as it successfully organised the maiden International Conference on Competency-Based Training and Research (ICCBTR). Read more

COLTEK Hosts 10 Chinese Students For Internship Programme

The first batch of 10 University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) students have just rounded up a two-week internship at the College of Technology Education, Kumasi (COLTEK) of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) thanks to the agreement on International Students Internship between the UESTC and UEW. Read more

Females Urged To Advance In Their Careers Despite The Odds

The Gender Mainstreaming Directorate of the University of Education, Winneba has organised a 2-day retreat under the theme “Publishing in High Impact Journals” for Female Senior Members in the University to discuss issues affecting career, publication and progression. Read more

France Alumni Ghana Platform Launched In Accra

The France Alumni Ghana Platform, an online social and professional network that will bring together all Ghanaians who have previously studied in France in any discipline, has been officially launched in Accra. Read more

Motives For Pursuing Teaching As A Profession By Student-Teachers In The Uew

The Institute for Educational Research and Innovations Studies (IERIS) of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) took the initiative to conduct a study on the motives of student-teachers in UEW who pursue courses leading to the award of bachelor degrees in Education. Read more

Russian Ambassador to Revamp the Russian Section of the Department of Modern Languages in the University of Ghana

His Excellency Dmitry Suslov, Russian Ambassador to Ghana has paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu. Read more

UEW Wins Maiden Inter-University Constitution Quiz Competition

The University of Education, Winneba (UEW), emerged as winners of the Western Zone maiden Inter-University electronic Constitution quiz competition organised by the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in Cape CoasT. Read more

30 September 2017

Ghanaians Require Proper Education On Gmos

Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, has urged the National Biosafety Authority (NBA) Board, to educate the public on biotechnology and biosafety issues. Read more

The Lost Dignity Of UTAG Has Now Returned Home To Roost!

In attempting to establish the legal basis upon which Mr. Supi Kwayera (the claimant in the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) suit), derived his rights from, the 1992 Constitution is the first point of call. Article 41 (f), of the 1992 Constitution confers on the citizens of Ghana the right to expose and combat misuse and waste of public funds and property.  Read more

Top 10 ‘Useless’ Degrees That People Acquire

Many people around the world aim to earn graduate degrees before they get into a job or occupation. This is because there is a notion that people with graduate degrees tend to earn more than those with lower qualifications. Read more
Wa, Bolga Polytechnics To Get University Status – Government

The National Council for Tertiary Education will be undertaking a reassessment of the conversion-readiness of Wa and Bolgatanga polytechnics into technical universities in December 2017. Read more

Young Women To Be Empowered Through Technology – YWIP

A training programme that seeks to empower young women through the use of technology such as App development for Android, website and Web development has been launched in Accra. Read more

15 September 2017

Book Review: Prof Goski’s ‘Managing for Excellence in the Twenty First Century’

Over the years, students in Africa have been made to accept that doing well in school and reaching the level of higher education will qualify them for the best vacant positions in the best jobs in town. Read more

Chiefs Asked To Seek Higher Education

Chiefs have been advised to seek higher education and leadership skills to help accelerate development in their communities. Read more

Education Is Best Legacy of Oil Companies

Investing in education is the best legacy that oil and gas companies operating in the Ghana will leave behind, Dr Kofi Koduah Sarpong, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), has said. Read more

Employing Fresh Graduates by Corporate Ghana – HR or Finance Decision or Both?

Data from the Institute of Statistics, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) of the University of Ghana shows that only 10 per cent of graduates find jobs after their first year of completing school due to varied challenges that ranged from the lack of employable skills, unavailability of funding capital for entrepreneurship, poor attitudes of graduates towards job opportunities, as well as the low capacities of industry to absorb the huge numbers. Read more

GIMPA Inducts Professor Philip Ebow Bondzi-Simpson as Rector

The Governing Council of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration has inaugurated Professor Philip Ebow Bondzi-Simpson as its new Rector. Read more

Legal Practitioner Calls for Dedication to Science and Technology

A private legal practitioner has called on government to pay attention to science and technology by funding and motivating teachers in the Upper East Region. Read more

Minister Inaugurates Governing Councils of Six Technical Universities

The Ministry of Education has charged technical universities in the country to deliver practical-oriented teaching and learning different from the traditional universities. Read more

Tamale Technical University Kicks Against ‘Polytechnic’ Council

Various unions and the Alumni of the Tamale Technical University have served notice of resisting the inauguration of the Governing Council with Polytechnic status. Read more

Technical University Council Members Urged to Operate Within Their Mandate

The Minister of Education, has charged the new Takoradi Technical University Council to ensure that the University stayed within its mandate of producing highly skilled manpower for the industrial needs of the country. Read more

University of Ghana Embarks on Initiative to Eradicate Poverty in Ghana

The Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST), University of Ghana, has launched the Economic Inclusion and Poverty Eradication Project (EIPEP) workshop to discuss, plan and implement strategies to achieve a total poverty free country. Read more

31 August 2017

Add Value to Nation’s Research on Planning

The Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah, has expressed concern over the paucity of research data for development planning in many African countries, including Ghana. Read more

Are We Getting Obsessed with Certificates?

Most Ghanaian organizations are missing the point by solely and largely putting so much weight on “certificates” as a predominant pathway to employment engagement and/or promotion. Read more

Chiefs Advised to Seek Higher Education and Leadership Skills

The President of the Africa Chieftaincy Transformational Leadership Institute (ACTLI), who gave the advice noted that the structure and system of development now would gradually fade out unproductive chiefs. Read more

Common Mistakes Students Make in Online Courses

An area in education that is currently thriving is undertaking courses online. Many learners today rush into online courses but few finish and get certification due to some mistakes students make while signing up for online courses. Read more

Ghanaian Diplomats and Public Servants Undergo Training

Forty public servants and some security personnel who undertook the Colombia Spanish language course have been presented with certificates of completion and charged to promote the ideals of both countries. Read more

GIMPA Alumni to Establish Needy Fund

The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) Alumni Association is establishing an endowment fund to cater for the needs of brilliant needy students who gain admission to the institution. Read more

Government Is ‘Killing’ Technical Universities – Union

The Technical Universities Teachers Association of Ghana has issued an ultimatum to government to constitute the governing councils for the various technical universities or risk triggering serious labour unrest in that sector. Read more

Occupational Licensing: Does Highly Qualified Mean Highly Effective?

Around the globe, occupational licensing is extensive and growing. In some jurisdictions, practitioners have lobbied and pushed for licensing of their occupation. And in other cases, governments have imposed regulations on some occupations to reconcile special interest of practitioners and those of society. Read more

Scientists Confer on Research Works on Climate Change, Water Insecurity

Climate change and sanitation experts and early career scientists working in Africa are meeting in Accra to discuss their research works with the aim of coming up with antidotes to water insecurity, climate change, flooding and sanitation issues confronting Ghana and other parts of the continent. Read more

The Job Creation Agenda Must Be Pursued

Unemployment has been the bane of Ghana’s development, particularly graduate unemployment. Read more

The Royal Plea

The rich cultural and traditional values of the Ashantis, government’s financial commitment to public universities to enhance capacity building and research work, as well as the need for the government to recruit more lecturers for universities to enhance quality teaching and learning, were among the highlights that climaxed the 51st congregation of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi. Read more

Upgrade Competence of Employees through Training

Employers have been asked to focus priority on upgrading of the skills and competence of their employees through regular in-service training. Read more

15 August 2017

Ajumako Community Pledges Support for Developmental Projects at the College

The Chiefs and people of the Ajumako traditional area have pledged their support towards the development of the College of Languages Education of the University of Education, Winneba located in their Community. Read more

Can Open University Help Widen Access to Education for the Needy?

We have either been told in mournful tones of or come across, on countless occasions, students who could not access university education because they were unable to obtain the requisite qualification or afford the required fees. Read more

College of Languages Education Hold Stakeholder Conference

The College of Languages Education, Ajumako Campus of the University of Education, Winneba has held its first in the series of stakeholder consultations conference with chiefs and opinion leaders in Ajumako. Read more

GAUA Holds Southern Sector CPD Workshop

The National Executive Council of GAUA, recognizing the importance of updating the knowledge and skills of its members put together the workshop to ensure members are able to meet current and emerging challenges of University administration and management. Read more

Ghanaian Universities Charged to Collaborate

The Registrar of the University of Ghana, Legon (UG), Mrs. Mercy Haizel-Ashia, has called for effective collaboration and partnership among universities in Ghana. Read more

Give Us Governing Council to Enable Us Graduate

Students who pursued various masters’ programmes at the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) and completed in 2016 have petitioned government over their inability to graduate due to absence of a governing council for the institute. Read more

Govt to Address Free SHS Challenges Facing Tertiary Institutions

The Vice-President, has said that the government will roll out a number of initiatives to address challenges that will arise at the universities and other tertiary institutions from the implementation of the free Senior high School (SHS) policy. Read more

Japanese Ambassador Visits WACCI

The Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, Mr. Kaoru Yoshimura, has visited the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), University of Ghana. He was received by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, faculty and staff of WACCI. Read more

Sunyani Technical University Partners Fachhochschule Dortmund to Build Electric Car

The Brong Ahafo Region is gradually becoming a tertiary education hub with most of the universities concentrated within the regional capital, Sunyani. Read more

Training Camp for Girls Begins In Accra

College for Ama (CoFA), a non-governmental organisation committed to girl-child education, has organized a training camp for young girls in two deprived communities in the country. Read more

University of Energy and Natural Resources Council Inaugurated

The Minister of Education, has inaugurated a 15-member Council of the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) in Accra. Read more

15 July 2017

CJ urged to investigate Winneba High Court for “bastardising” Winneba varsity

The university had been “bastardised” as a result of the court orders, adding that “academic and administrative activities are disabled”. Read more

Engineering Solutions for Agriculture: First Year Students Employ Smart Irrigation

For their final project for the year, members of the freshmen engineering class designed and built solar powered smart irrigation systems. Read more

Govt Secretarial School Gets Hostel

The commissioning of a 52 bed capacity hostel for the Government Secretarial School (GSS) will take place today to offer relief to the students of the school. Read more

LUCAS College Brings a Refreshing Approach to Education

LUCAS College hosted its maiden Press Conference to announce its presence in Ghana’s educational sector. Read more

Professor Owusu Challenges Graduates to Raise Bar of Excellence

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, has challenged graduates to raise the bar of excellence and be team players wherever they find themselves. Read more

Research and Innovation will be the Heart of Education in Ghana

The president of the Republic of Ghana, has reverberated the government’s commitment to provide quality education to Ghanaians by making research and innovation the heart of education in Ghana. Read more

Students Advised Against Yielding To Peer Pressure

Principal of the Jackson College of Education (JCE), a subsidiary of the Jackson Educational Complex in Kumasi, has cautioned students not to yield to peer pressure to jeopardize their future. Read more

The President of Oduduwa University Pays a Courtesy Call On The Ag. Vice-Chancellor of UEW

The President of the Oduduwa University, Chief Dr. Ramon Adegoke Adedoyin, paid a courtesy call on the Ag. Vice-Chancellor and the Deans of Faculty of the University of Education Winneba to develop a framework of cooperation between the two universities. Read more

UG Students Petition Speaker over ‘Astronomic’ Hike in Fees

Some students of the University of Ghana have petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye to intervene in what they describe as an ‘exorbitant’ increase in the proposed 2017/2018 academic and residential facility user fees of students. Read more

30 June 2017

2nd Delta Africa Grantees Conference to be Held in Accra

The West African Center for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), University of Ghana will from 3rd – 5th July 2017 be hosting the 2nd DELTAS Africa Grantees Annual meeting at the Fiesta Royale Hotel in Accra. Read more

Academic Qualifications Do Not Guarantee Successful Marriage

It is the dream of most people to tie the knot when they feel it is their time. It becomes unbearable and painful when you are told when to marry and to whom. Read more

Association for the Development of Education in Africa Lauds Ghana

The Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), has lauded Ghana for having developed adequate data on its tertiary educational institutions. Read more

GTUC Holds maiden Education, Technology and Entrepreneurship Conference

The Ghana Technology University College (GTUC) in collaboration with Coventry University, United Kingdom, has organised the “International Conference on Education, Technology and Entrepreneurship (ICETE) 2017” in Accra. Read more

Involve Private Universities in Policy Discussions

The President of the African University College of Communications, Dr Koryoe Anim-Wright, has asked for private universities to be involved in policy discussions, dialogue and fora impacting higher education in the country, organised by the Ministry of Education. Read more

Puplampu is New Vice Chancellor of Central University

The University Council of Central University has appointed Professor Bill Buenar Puplampu as Vice-Chancellor of the University for a five-year term. Read more

15 June 2017

A Rough but Rewarding Road to Educating Ethical Leaders

At a private liberal arts college in Ghana’s eastern region, where engagement with ethics is embedded into the curriculum, a ‘new normal’ for the region’s businesses and universities is being forged. Read more

Africa Hall KNUST Launches Golden Jubilee Anniversary

The only female hall at KNUST, Africa Hall, has launched its 50th Anniversary Celebration on the theme “50 Years of Women’s Education and Empowerment in Nation Building.” The launch which was held at the Great Hall Conference Room brought together alumni and students of the Hall. Read more

Agric Faculty Hosts World Milk Day Celebration

The Faculty of Agriculture has held its first World Milk Day celebration at KNUST. The aim of the event was to draw attention to the importance of milk and dairy products. Read more

Clarification on the Matter: University of Education Shut Down

We never said in the Press Release of 13th June, 2017 that the Winneba High Court had ordered the closure of the University. The decision to temporarily shut down the University was based on instructions given to the stand-in legal counsel for the University that until Friday June 16, 2017 when the case is called, the University should ensure that it observed all the reliefs being sought in the injunction application and that the consequences were dire if these were not followed. Read more

Faculty of Foreign Languages Education and Communication Holds Annual Seminar

A seminar has been organized for the academic staff of the Faculty to enhance efficiency and collaboration in line with the 2017 Operational Plan of Faculty of Foreign Languages Education and Communication. Read more

Female Senior Members Asked to Climb High on the Academic Ladder

The Dean of the School of Creative Arts, has urged Female Senior Members of the University of Education, Winneba to strive for excellence in Academia. She asked that they aspire to climb high on the academic ladder to make females visible at the top. Read more

Government Orders Reduction of Number of Course Books

The government on Wednesday ordered a reduction in course books, with the aim of dismantling cartels profiting illegally from learning materials. Read more

Professor Ehile Calls for Collaboration between Industry and Educational Institutions

Professor Etienne E. Ehile, the Secretary General of the Association of African Universities (AAU), has called for deeper collaboration between industry and educational institutions. Read more

Twelve Tertiary Institutions Participate in Inaugural Education Collaborative At Ashesi

Staff, faculty and administrators from 12 tertiary institutions in and beyond Africa participated in the inaugural Education Collaborative – an idea sharing platform for education leaders and stakeholders in Africa led by Ashesi. Read more

Vodafone Foundation Supports KNUST

The Vodafone Ghana Foundation, the Charity arm of Vodafone Ghana, has donated an amount of fifty thousand cedis (¢50,000) to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Foundation. Read more

Workshop on Installation of Solar Lighting System.

A day’s training on Light Emitting Diode (LED) Solar Street Lighting System has been held for all Electricians and Air Conditioning Tradesmen on 30th May, 2017 at the University of Education, Winneba. Read more

15 May 2017

Assembly, Education Directorate to Institute Endowment Fund

The Amansie West District Assembly, in collaboration with the District Education Directorate, is to establish an educational endowment fund to sponsor the education of 100 girls in the district to higher educational levels. Read more

Graduate from St. Monica’s College of Education

A total of 358 students have graduated from St. Monica’s College of Education, Mrs. Christina Sobotie, Principal of the College, announced at the 9th Graduation ceremony of the institute. Read more

Teachers Asked to be Committed to their Profession

Deputy Volta Regional Minister has emphasised the role teachers play in national development and asked them to show commitment to the profession. He described teachers as “seed sowers” and said it was regrettable the profession was being used as a stepping stone to other jobs. Read more

Technical Education is Not for Academically Weak Students

Deputy Minister of Education has bemoaned the negative mindset of the public, particularly parents who regard technical education as the preserve of academically weak students. Read more

30 April 2017

Association of African Universities Launches 14th General Confab

The fourteenth general conference and golden jubilee celebration of the association of African universities has been launched in Accra. Read more

Curriculum Reforms Can Reduce Unemployment

The National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) has called for a multi-pronged approach to tackle the complex issue of unemployment in the country. Read more

Galaxy International Soars higher at Golden Climate Olympiad

Galaxy international school in Accra has swept several awards at Golden climate Olympiad in Kenya beating several other schools from over 22 countries across the globe. Read more

International Literacy Association Launched at UEW

In a speech read on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor, the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, Professor J.O. Ammah, indicated that the Association was created in 1956 to improve reading instruction, facilitate dialogue about research on reading, and encourage the habit of reading. Read more

Prof Opoku-Amankwa Appointed Acting Director General of GES

The Dean of the International Programmes Office (IPO) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, has been appointed as Acting Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES). Read more

 PTA Urged To Encourage Students Develop Interest in Science and Mathematics

The Principal, Gbewaa College of Education, Pusiga, urged the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) to encourage students to develop interest in studying science and mathematics. Read more

Seminar on Tertiary Education and Job Opportunities

As part of the Departmental week celebration, the Students Association of the Department of Political Science Education organised a seminar on the topic “Tertiary Education and Job Opportunities” Read more

Vice Chancellor Calls on Asantehene

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mawutor Avoke paid a courtesy call on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to officially introduce himself as the new head of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW). Read more

Vodafone Foundation Awards Ten Scholarships to Promote Science Education

The Vodafone Ghana Foundation in partnership with the Gender Mainstreaming Directorate of the University of Education, Winneba has awarded scholarships to 10 Female Students pursuing various Science, Mathematics and Technology related programmes in UEW. Read more

15 March 2017

Endeavour To Embark On Research – Professor Dodoo

A visiting Professor to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Prof. Alex Dodoo, has urged institutions of higher education, particularly the universities in the country, to create and share knowledge in support of national development. Read more

Ghana Higher Education Fair Is Ten Years

The tenth Ghana Higher Education Fair (GHEF), an educational exposé programme, has opened in Takorodi with a call on stakeholders particularly students to do proper course content and cost analysis before selecting any tertiary institution. Read more

Government Urged To Increase Research Funding To 1% of GDP

The former Rector of Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) wants the government to increase research funding to stimulate economic growth. Read more

SOS Children’s Villages Ghana Exposes Children to Higher Education

The project seeks to, among other things; promote higher education in the slum community, particularly girl child education. Read more

Train University Lecturers on How to Impart Knowledge

A research on teaching methods at the higher education level has shown that although many lecturers have adequate knowledge and content, they, however applied poor teaching practices due to the lack of professional teaching training and qualification. Read more

15 February 2017

KNUST Student Didn’t Fail Her Exams

Authorities of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have dispelled reports that an 18 year old first year student of the school committed suicide because she trailed some papers. Read more

Lecturers in Short Supply in Public Universities

All the major public universities in the country are now reeling under the shortage of teaching staff as they compete for a shrinking pool of young talent, at a time when policymakers have tightened qualification requirements into the teaching field. Read more

Open Letter to Education Minister

We wish to congratulate you on your appointment as the Minister of Education for the Republic of Ghana. We hope your appointment infuses new perspectives and strategies into the administration of education in Ghana, especially in higher education. Read more

Professor Amoako-Baah Should Appeal to President Akufo-Addo

The politically vocal and well-known sympathizer of the presently ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Richard Amoako-Baah, who is also former Chairman of the Department of History at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, has been reported to have bitterly complained about being given a raw deal upon his official retirement from KNUST recently. Read more

Tullow Expands Scholarship Scheme in Local Universities

Tullow Oil Ghana, an oil exploration and production company, has expanded its annual scholarship scheme to include more Ghanaians who study in the country’s universities. Read more

31 January 2017

Ghana Higher Education Fair Held in Wa

The annual Ghana Higher Education Fair was held with a call on second cycle institutions to pay attention to carrier guidance and counselling for the youth. Read more

15 November 2016

Agribusiness, Key to Wealth Creation

The best sector of the economy today through which one can easily become a millionaire is the agribusiness sector. This is because there is no sector of the economy better positioned for sustainability, food security, employment and wealth creation since human beings will continue to eat. Read more

Graduates Geared For Low-Skill Public Service Jobs

Universities in Ghana have failed to grow the skills required for high productivity jobs in the private sector and have continued in the traditional mode of producing graduates tailored for public service, according to a World Bank study on employment opportunities in the country. Read more

KDC Donates To KNUST Foundation

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Dairy Company (KDC) has donated GH¢20,000 to the KNUST Foundation, which supports educational advancement in Ghana. Read more

Quality Higher Education for 21st Century Ghana

In his day, Aggrey admonished the intellectual elite, “Don’t tell me what you know; show me what you can do.” For Aggrey, experiential education offered the youth the lasting skills and the opportunity to be more responsive, more resilient and more capable in transforming the nation’s fortunes. Read more

Tertiary Educ. Summit Begins

A three-day national summit aimed at drafting a National Vision and Plan for Tertiary Education begins today in Accra. Read more

Women Farmers Introduced To New Technology

The Department of Food Science and Technology of the College of Science in collaboration with Turkson Foundation, as part of the Clean Cooking programme, has organized a training workshop for women farmers on improved cook stoves and the processing of agricultural products. Read more

31 October 2016

Cape Coast University Develops Breast Cancer Detection Device

The Department of Chemical Pathology of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has developed a breast cancer detection device for women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Read more

CPP Makes a Case on Education

A government of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) would introduce an international distance learning scheme that would allow Ghanaian lecturers abroad to teach some classes in Ghana by the internet or satellite. Read more

Research Fund Critical to Higher Education

The Deputy Minister in-charge of Tertiary Education, says the establishment of the Tertiary Education Research Fund is to provide a more sustainable funding of research to drive national growth and development. Read more

Ghana Has 300,000 Students in Tertiary Institutions

More than 300,000 students are studying in Ghana, with 10,398 of them being international students, a Deputy Minister of Education, has said. Read more

We Must Create Jobs

It is worrying that after investing life-long savings in educating our young ones, the dividends of our investments are allowed to waste without any plan or policy to put the talents of these resource-rich young ones to useful economic ventures. Read more

30 September 2016

CIB to Upgrade Capabilities of Professionals

The Chief Executive of Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIB), Mr Anthony Yaw Oppong, has announced plans to develop the academic and professional potentials of practitioners in the financial services sector. Read more

DVLA Rolls Out Driver Licence Project in Tertiary Institutions

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has launched a tertiary driving licence project to allow students in tertiary institutions obtain driving licences before they graduate from school. Read more

Ho Technical University Admits First Batch of Graduate Students

The technical university has thus become the first polytechnic to begin a Master in Technology degree programme in the country after being the first to begin bachelor degree programmes. Read more

Kumasi Poly SRC Launches Competition

The Student Representative Council (SRC) of the Kumasi Polytechnic (soon to be Kumasi Technical University), in collaboration with Kumasi Hive, an innovation and technology company, has launched a competition aimed at developing the innovative skills of students to solve societal problems. Read more

Neglect of Science Education Problematic

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, has advised government to make Science education a priority, as it plays a vital role in the development of a nation. Read more

Prioritise Spending on Education, Research

The government has been called upon to prioritise spending on education and research if it wants to address the social, political, environmental and economic problems currently facing the country. Read more

UCC Gets New Hostel Facility

A Three-wing multi-storey hostel complex has been inaugurated at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) to help resolve the accommodation challenges facing students of the university. Read more

UEW Signs Mou with Mampong College of Technical Education

As part of processes to ensure a smooth transition of colleges of education to tertiary status, the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ashanti Mampong College of Technical Education. Read more

University Of Energy and Natural Resources Inducts New VC

The new Vice-Chancellor of the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR was sworn into office by the Chairman of the Council of the university. Read more

15 September 2016

Decriminalise Suicide — Chief Psychiatrist

The higher the level of education, the higher the risk of committing suicide because they feel the pain of failure more. Read more

New Kinds of Councils Needed For Evolving Universities

About a decade ago, Clifford Tagoe was just weeks into his new position as vice-chancellor of the University of Ghana when he made a radical proposal. Read more

New Hospital and Excellence Centres Boost Research

A 617-bed teaching hospital facility constructed with a US$217 million Israeli government loan is being handed over to the University of Ghana. Read more

31 August 2016

COMEU Cry over 4-Year Unpaid Grants

The Conference of Managers of Education Units (COMEU) are crying over government’s failure to disburse statutory quarterly grants due them for about four years now. Read more

Conversion of Polytechnics to Technical Unis Populist

The Vice Chancellor of the Central University, has described the conversion of polytechnics into technical universities as a populist move by the government. Read more

EC to Recruit Electoral Officers with Higher Education

Starting this year, anyone desiring to serve the Electoral Commission (EC) in the capacity of an electoral officer must have a higher educational background. Read more

Gold Fields Awards Gh¢81k Scholarships To 65 Students

Gold Fields Ghana’s Damang Mine through the Gold Fields Ghana Foundation (GFGF) has awarded scholarships and bursaries worth Gh¢ 81,250 to 65 students from the mine’s nine host communities. Read more

Government Establishes T-TEL Funded By Ukaid

More than two years since the Teacher Training Colleges became Colleges of Education, they have received insufficient technical and funding support to deliver results and make the transition to autonomous tertiary institutions easier. Read more

Irate UCC Students Lock up Ola College Principal

Irate sandwich students of the University of Cape Coast stationed at the Ola College of Education in Cape Coast in the Central region reportedly locked up their supervising principal. Read more

KNUST Medical Doctor Grabs 12 Awards

The School of Medical Sciences (SMS) of the College of Health Science (CHS) in Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST,) witnessed a historic moment since its inception. Read more

Lift Ban on Recruitment in Two Weeks Else… – UTAG to Gov’t

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has given the government a two-week ultimatum to lift its ban on the recruitment of lecturers. Read more

Tertiary Education Sector Growing…But

The latest list of accredited tertiary institutions from the National Accreditation Board (NAB) has revealed that the country’s higher education sector is growing, with about 195 institutions operating currently with accreditation. Read more

Umat Graduates Are Competitive

University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) graduates have become very competitive, giving them the edge in the academic programmes they engage in with peers from other institutions of higher learning. Read more

University Administrators Hold National Biennial Congress

The national biennial congress of the Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) has taken place at the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) at Tarkwa in the Western Region on the theme: ‘‘Accessible Quality Tertiary Education for all; a Pre-requisite for National Development. Read more

Why Ghana needs an Open University

The concept of Open universities is spreading fast across the world. Today, many countries have universities operating with this system from the United Kingdom to the Philippines, India to Malaysia. Read more

31 July 2016

By Hook or By Crook – Corruption in Universities

Lecturers exchanging grades for sex or money, manipulation of grades, lecturers forcing students to buy textbooks and handouts from them, leakage of exam papers, students being admitted through ‘protocol’– and the list goes on. Read more

Conversion of Polytechnics into Technical Universities Is Catalyst for Unemployment

Education is nothing but indoctrination. We are indoctrinated on theoretical and grammar-based education and we are now aware that an intransigent failure of Ghanaian educational policy-makers to deconstruct teaching and learning from its colonial framework has not yielded any dividends. Read more

Equal Attention Be Given To Health, Education and Agriculture

Minister of Food and Agriculture, has called on Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives to desist from prioritizing education and health to neglect of agriculture. Read more

Fishermen Children to Enjoy Scholarship Scheme

The Minister of Fisheries and Acquah Culture, says government has commenced moves to institute a scholarship scheme for the children of fishermen. Read more

Government to Employ Over 1,000 Teachers, Others into Public Service

Government has given financial clearance to employ qualified people, including more than 1,000 teachers, into the public sector. Read more

Graduate Students Cry over Bursary Delay

The delay in the payment of bursary and thesis grants to graduate students in Ghana by the Government has brought untold hardship on the students, the Graduate Students Association of Ghana (GRASAG) has noted. Read more

Include Skills Training In Tertiary Education

Educationist has called for the inclusion of more skills training in the curricula of Ghana’s tertiary education. Read more

Kofi Annan Urges Varsities to Tackle Global Peace Challenges

The Chancellor of University of Ghana, and former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, has underscored the importance of higher educational institutions to solve the challenges facing global peace and security. Read more

Lecturers Warned Against ‘Academic Galamsey’

Professor in the Department of Food Process Engineering, School of Engineering Sciences, University of Ghana has called for an end to “Academic galamsey”. Read more

Madina Institute of Science and Technology to open in September

The National Accreditation Board (NAB) has given the go-ahead to the Madina Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) to run science and technology courses based on Islamic principles. Read more

NAGRAT ‘Worried’ Over Non-Payment of SHS Subsidies

GNAT hinted that, they might declare a nationwide strike in September 2016, if the subsidy arrears of the various second-cycle institutions are not paid. Read more

Research Fund ‘Useless’ Without Researchers

The Outgoing Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, has stated that the new Research Fund will be rendered useless if those appointed to manage it have no background in research themselves.