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Ministry rubbishes reports on double-track cancelation

The Ministry of Education has dismissed media reports that it has cancelled the double track policy in some schools in the Northern Region due to poor infrastructure. The Ministry has in a statement said that the reports are false and should be disregarded. “The Ministry wishes to state that these stories are untrue and that for the avoidance of doubt, ...

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The Double Track System will not be scraped – Ministry of Education

The Ministry of Education has debunked reports on the cancellation of the Double Track System under the Free SHS policy in some schools in the Northern region. Some reports filed last week indicated that, the Deputy Director General of the Ghana Education Service after a meeting with Head teachers of Second Cycle Schools in Tamale, asked some schools to withdraw ...

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Government halts Double Track System in Tatale SHS

The government appears to be quietly cancelling the Double Track System under the Free Senior High School (SHS) in schools in the Northern Region following lack of basic teaching and learning structure. The two Deputy Director Generals of the ministry of education after a meeting with head teachers of second cycle schools on Tuesday, in Tamale, asked some schools to ...

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I’ll descend on Multimedia soon! – Rawlings replies Judges’ murder documentary

As part of Multimedia’s attempt to unravel circumstances surrounding the killings of some three judges of the superior court in Ghana, a full documentary dubbed “Who killed the judges” was aired on October 2, which has regenerated a discussion on the matter after so many years. But MyNewsGH.com accosted Mr Rawlings at the United Nations Youth summit held in Accra ...

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Blows in NDC over 2016 election results

Nearly two years after the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was humiliated at the polls, the opposition party is still fighting over the 2016 election results. They are at each other’s throat over the collated results as the campaign to elect new national executives intensifies. The ‘fight’ has ensued between Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, a national chairman aspirant who was the NDC’s ...

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Government releases GHS 35million to pay arrears of Trainee nurses allowances – Hadzide

Government has released an amount of GHC35 million to pay arears owed trainee nurses across the country according to the Deputy Minister of Information, Pius Enam Hadzide. This comes on the back of mounting pressure on the Ministry of Health to pay arrears of nursing trainee allowances. Speaking in an interview, the Deputy Minister of Information Pius Enam Hadzide confirmed ...

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Indiscipline affecting quality of work by Ghanaian professionals – Auditor General

The Auditor General, Daniel Domelevo has bemoaned what he calls the decline in the quality of work undertaken by all kinds of Ghanaian professionals. According to him, the standards in professions such as accounting, auditing, engineering and vocations such as tailoring and dressmaking have fallen low to the extent that Ghanaians prefer the services of expatriate professional workers. Speaking at ...

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Ban governors of Bank of Ghana from establishing banks – Otumfuo

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has called for the enactment of a new law that will prevent present and former governors of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) from establishing their banks in the country. According to a report sighted YEN.com.gh sighted in the Daily Guide, the Asantehene, is of the opinion the current system whereby former and present governors ...

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‘Agric minister will never ask for COCOBOD bungalow’ – Deputy dismisses

Deputy Food and Agriculture minister has rubbished reports, the minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, wants a bungalow owned by a parastatal, Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod). “My minister will never go for that house”, Kennedy Osei Nyarko gave a fiery response to Minority in Parliament which has alleged ¢1 million has been used to renovate the one-storey bungalow at Ridge in ...

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