Basic schools: Education Ministry isn’t changing uniforms across the country – Kwasi Kwarteng clarifies

Kwasi Kwarteng, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) at the Ministry of Education, has clarified that the Ministry is not introducing new uniforms for all basic junior high schools in Ghana.

He said the initiative will target some selected model junior high schools.

According to the Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, the government, as part of efforts to give basic education in Ghana a facelift, intends to repaint basic schools in blue and white and provide them with new uniforms.

Addressing students at a symposium dubbed ‘The Free SHS Story’ in Accra…..READ MORE

Bridging The Gender Gap In STEM Education Is Now Crucial – District Director of Education

Mrs. Celestine-Agordo, the District Director of Education for South Tongu has said, bridging the gender gap in the study of Science, Technology Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) is no longer a matter of simply ensuring equality, as it is a crucial necessity for nation building.

Mrs. Kosi-Agordo told an assembly of over 600 students and teachers from public and Private schools across the South Tongu District attending the Girls Tech World Conference, that it is now critical that the gender gap is bridged because the country finds itself in a world in which technology is the driver and backbone of innovation.  

“So, it is not just a matter of equality but of necessity. The perspectives, ….READ MORE