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National service teacher training programme starts September

National service teacher training programme starts September

Africa News, Ghana News
The National Service Scheme (NSS) and the National Teaching Council (NTC) will, from September this year, roll out a programme that will allow national service persons posted to the classrooms without teaching certificates but who are willing to teach after their service to obtain professional teaching certificates. On completion of the one-year online professional teacher training programme, the service persons will be issued with postgraduate certificates in education and registered for the teacher licensure examination to become professional teachers, after which they will be considered for employment by the Ghana Education Service (GES). This followed a memorandum of understating (MoU) signed between the two institutions which aims at improving teaching and learning in the classr...
Accra Floods: We can’t continue to have this situation every year; it’s unacceptable – Bagbin

Accra Floods: We can’t continue to have this situation every year; it’s unacceptable – Bagbin

Africa News, Ghana News
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has bemoaned the perennial flooding in Accra and called on MPs to rally together to address the issue. According to him, the annual flooding situation in the capital is “unacceptable”. Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Thursday, he disclosed that Parliament has taken note of the issue, and is determined to deal decisively with the matter On that note, he proposed a dialogue between the House and the respective sector ministers to generate viable solutions to resolve the annual crisis. “This day is a rainy day. We those who are representatives of the residents of Accra, are as you know completely worried about the rain and its effect on the lives of people. Actually a number of MPs are around their constituencies trying to do what th...
Man: Greedy Or Hardworking?

Man: Greedy Or Hardworking?

Ghana News, Pentecost News
To ensure human survival and coexistence with nature and the ecosystem, God created humankind to be responsible and embrace hard work. God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it (Genesis 2:15). So, even before the fall, “God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground” (Genesis 1:29). The need for humankind to imbibe a positive attitude towards work became even critical after the fall. As a punishment to man, God said, “…Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil, you will eat food from it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat ...
WHO to convene on June 23 to decide if monkeypox presents health emergency

WHO to convene on June 23 to decide if monkeypox presents health emergency

Ghana News, International, Science & Technology
The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has announced he would convene an emergency committee meeting on Thursday, June 23 to assess the implication of the outbreak of the monkeypox virus. He says the committee will be tasked to determine “whether this outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern.” Mr. Ghebreyesus explained that the decision to convene the committee is also due to a recent “unusual” behaviour shown by the virus as it keeps spreading in countries beyond Africa. https://youtu.be/cWK-rYCkGOU “We believe that it needs also some coordinated response because of the geographic spread.” In a press briefing on Tuesday, June 14, he added that the Organisation is working with experts to offici...
Education Ministry investigates Kumasi Islamic SHS chaos

Education Ministry investigates Kumasi Islamic SHS chaos

Ghana News
The Ministry of Education has launched investigations into Monday’s chaos on the campus of Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi. At least 30 students of the school were hospitalised following a clash between irate students and crowd-control police there. The students were protesting against pedestrian knockdowns involving some students and teachers of the school. Deputy Education Minister, John Ntim Fordjuor says the ministry will investigate the clash and institute appropriate measures. “ Every incident that occurs in every institution under the Ministry and GES, however minor it is, deserve attention; deserves looking into perhaps if there are some lessons going forward.” “And so on that premise, we are interested to know and to ascertain the facts beyond what we have ...
AstraZeneca supports agroforestry, forest restoration : To plant 4.5 million trees by 2025

AstraZeneca supports agroforestry, forest restoration : To plant 4.5 million trees by 2025

Ghana News, International
AstraZeneca has partnered the Circular Bioeconomy Alliance (CBA) to support farmers in the Bono East Region through the Living Lab project to improve soil fertility in the region and to also support the farmers to plant cash crops such as cashew. This is to help the farmers to improve and diversify their incomes. The five-year project also seeks to restore the forest landscape of the Atebubu and Wiase forests, and will see the planting of 4.5 million trees by 2025. In an interview after a field trip to the project sites, a Director of the New Generation Plantations Technical Assistance (NGPTA) providing technical assistance for the project, Andrew Heald, said: “What we are trying to do with this project is to find a balance among forest restoration, agro forestry development and g...
‘80% of trees planted in 2021 survived’ – Akufo-Addo

‘80% of trees planted in 2021 survived’ – Akufo-Addo

Ghana News
President Akufo-Addo says many of the seedlings planted last year under the Green Ghana Day initiative survived despite the harsh weather conditions. “In fact, in the end, we planted some seven million trees; 80% of which have survived and are doing very well,” he said at a ceremony held at the Efua Sutherland Children’s Park on Friday, June 10 to mark the 2022 Green Ghana Day. Government set a target of planting five million trees as an intervention to help restore the country’s degraded landscape and mitigate the impact of climate change. President Akufo-Addo says many of the seedlings planted last year under the Green Ghana Day initiative survived despite the harsh weather conditions. “In fact, in the end, we planted some seven million trees; 80% of which have survived and a...
The Church Of Pentecost Chairman Joins President Akufo-Addo To Plant 20 Million Trees

The Church Of Pentecost Chairman Joins President Akufo-Addo To Plant 20 Million Trees

Ghana News, Pentecost News
The Chairman of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, on Friday, June 10, 2022, joined the President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and other high-profile personalities to mark the ‘Green Ghana Day,’ which is targeted at planting 20 million trees across the country. At a ceremony held at the Efua Sutherland Children’s Park in Accra to mark the day, the President, some Ministers of State, Apostle Nyamekye, and the Ga Mantse, among others planted ceremonial trees to initiate this year’s project. In an address, President Akufo-Addo called all Ghanaians to participate in the exercise to ensure a resounding success. According to the President, the ‘Green Ghana Day’ has no political coloration as “we all agree that we must leave generatio...
Dortmund begins historic Ghana visit

Dortmund begins historic Ghana visit

Ghana News, Sports, World News
German Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund today started the first leg of a historic five-day tour of the country with a coaching clinic at the Achimota School Park in Accra. The clinic which was the second event on Dortmund's schedule after their arrival on Wednesday, saw youth coaches and legends of the German club put the youngsters from Shooting Stars FC through their paces. The youngsters were taken through the basics of the sport including passing, shooting and dribbling drills by legends including Victor Ikpeba. Other events scheduled for the tour include: • A Youth Development Coaching Clinic, a visit to Chance for Children’s home and a Gala Dinner on Thursday, June 9 • A visit to the Omanhene in Akropong at the Okuapeman Palace for a Legends Durbar on Friday, th...
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