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Covid-19 and challenges to teacher education in rural Ghana

Ghana recorded its first case of the coronavirus on March 12. By March 16, President Nana Akufo-Addo’s government had put in place a series of...

Sierra Leone: TED fellow Sengeh gets ministerial post

Musician and TED Senior Fellow, Dr. Moinina David Sengeh has been appointed as head of Sierra Leone's Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education...

Ghana’s sexuality lesson for pupils sparks controversy

Ghana's decision to introduce Comprehensive Sexuality Education in public schools has sparked controversy. Education service officials have said that beginning next year, pupils in all...

Ghana: 51-year-old trader sits same exam with own child

A 51-year old trader's quest to further her education in Ghana means she had to sit same basic school exam alongside her own child. Comfort...

Outrage over Kenya’s muddy classrooms

Many Kenyans have been angered by a disturbing photo of some pupils sitting and studding on bricks in a flooded classroom. The pupils of Mangororo...

World to lose $30 trillion for failing to educate girls

Failing to let girls finish their education could cost the world as much as $30 trillion in lost earnings and productivity, yet more than...

Why Algeria turned off internet for high school exams

Algeria has switched off internet services across the country. The country’s authorities say it is to help fight cheating during exams in high schools. The restriction...

New report shows education is failing in Africa

The World Bank has said that millions of young students in low and middle-income countries mostly from Africa are not getting the best of education, a trend which could mean that they would lose on succeeding later in life.

UN says 3.5 million refugee children don’t attend school

More than half the world’s refugee children — some 3.5 million altogether — do not attend school, the UN refugee agency said Tuesday, urging greater and steadier funding for their education.

Ghana’s free high school program takes off

Ghana on Monday rolled out it's free senior high school (SHS) policy in public schools across the West African nation with over 400,000 students expected to benefit.

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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