Education

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is demanding a full-scale investigation after a headteacher and three others were allegedly assaulted by military personnel from the 2nd Battalion, Apremdo-Takoradi, during an operation in Adiewoso on April 30, 2026. According to GNAT, the incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday, April 30, when soldiers allegedly besieged the town and beat …

2026 BECE candidates in Wassa Saa in the Wassa Amanfi East municipal,Western region, had to be transported to their exam centre at Nkonya on motorbikes after the vehicle carrying them got stuck on a muddy section of the Ntwetwena-Wassa Saa road. The vehicle conveying the candidates became stuck on the deteriorated road link between Ntwetwena and Wassa Saa during the …

  Dr. Michael Kofi Adusei, a renowned neurologist based in the USA and native of Agogo, has said _”If not education, I wouldn’t be what I am today”_ as he supported 1,200 BECE candidates in Asante Akyem North. Dr. Adusei visited examination centres across the municipality and provided materials to all candidates. Speaking on his behalf, his Personal Assistant Mr. …

The District Chief Executive for Sekyere Afram Plains, Hon. Abubakar Issaka, has assured BECE candidates who began their exams that the E-Block Drobonso Community Day Senior High School will admit its first students in the 2026 academic year. The NDC government led by President John Mahama cut the sod for the Drobonso Community Day SHS in 2015, but work stalled …

The Member of Parliament for Sekyere Afram Plains, Hon. Hajia Nasira Gyekye Afrah, has renewed her commitment to promoting quality education for young people in the constituency. In her first year in office, the MP awarded scholarship packages to more than 30 brilliant but needy students who performed well in the BECE. The scholarships will support them to pursue STEM …

A total of 620,141 candidates from 20,395 schools are expected to sit for the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination in Ghana. Breakdown: 304,349 boys and 315,792 girls. The examination is scheduled to start from Monday may 4 to Friday 8. Engineer Kwaku Amponash, a native of Bankame in the Asante Akim South municipality, Ashanti region has supported Form 3 Junior …

  Stanbic Bank Ghana has donated 50 brand-new laptops to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology to support digital equity, with 40 of the devices earmarked for brilliant but needy female students pursuing STEM programmes. The donation supports KNUST’s “Support One Needy Student with One Laptop” (SONSOL) initiative, introduced by Vice-Chancellor Prof. Rita Akosua Dickson. A Stanbic Bank …

Miss Manso 2025 winner Madam Ophelia Nyarko, popularly known as Queen Nyarko, has donated 180 mathematical sets to BECE candidates in five Junior High Schools within the Manso Adubia Electoral Area. The beneficiary schools, all located in Dadease in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region, received the math sets as candidates prepare for the 2026 Basic Education Certificate …

The journalist of Wontumi multimedia and NPP Youth Organizer hopeful in Bosome Freho constituency of the Ashanti Region, Mr. Francis Adjei, aka( Nana Adjei) has encouraged BECE candidates to study hard. Speaking to the candidates, He admonished them to desist from any kind of malpractice during the examinations. They were cautioned against taking foreign materials into the examination hall and …

    Nhyira Charity Foundation, in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service, has organized a one-day career guidance and fair for BECE candidates in the Asante Mampong Municipality. The 2026 fair aimed to prepare students for life after Junior High School and reduce examination malpractice ahead of the BECE, scheduled for June 4. Nhyira Adjei Peprah, Founder of Nhyira Charity …