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Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS) has appealed to private schools in the Western Region to improve their facilities. This was a call made at the 2011 GNAPS celebration at Takoradi. The Deputy Regional GNAPS Chairman, Mr Thomas Essien, said there should be a holistic restructuring of facilities in terms of infrastructure, ethics and …

The Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS) has cut the sod for the construction of the association’s national headquarters at Awutu Bereku in the Awutu Senya District of the Central Region. The occasion also marked the launching of  the 2011 GNAPS Week Celebration which begins from February 21 to 25, 2011 on the theme: …

THE Ghana Education Service (GES) has rescheduled the opening date for all Senior High Schools (SHS) from September 11 to September 27, 2010. By this directive all continuing students of Senior High Schools are to report for school on September 27, 2010. Initially, boarding students were supposed to report for school on September 11 with …

The Minister of Education, Mr Alex Tetteh-Enyo, has assured private basic and second cycle schools of the government’s support through the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund). Additionally, they would benefit from the supply of textbooks and other teaching materials to enhance their academic operations. The Minister said this at the opening of a three-day annual …

The 2010 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations, WASSCE in Ghana has started across the country for private candidates. In the Ashanti region alone, a total of 32,724 candidates have registered for the examination. Speaking to Radio Ghana in Kumasi, the Controller of the West African Examinations Council of the West African Examinations Council, Edgah …

Panest Ghana NGO operates and supports schools, sports clubs and is an advocate in the youth development sector. Most Reverend Peter Kwasi Sarpong, Catholic Archbishop of Kumasi, Emeritus, has appealed to the government to give some push to the private educational institutions to enhance their operations. He said it would not be out of place …

The disclosure by the Minister of Education, Mr Alex Tettey-Enyo, that the Ghana Education Service (GES) can provide only 8,625 teachers out of the 33,185 vacancies that have been declared for 2010 is really worrying, to say the least. The minister, who was answering a question in Parliament concerning the measures his ministry was putting …

The  Brong-Ahafo Regional Director of the Department of Children, Mr. Hammond Kwarteng has expressed concern about the maltreatment of children with disabilities by some parents. He noted with regret that reports gathered by the Department indicated that the situation had become common in the region and added some parents even considered such children as a curse and denied them …

In this day and age, it is indeed a great disservice for one to force their child into marriage, especially when they are supposed to be in education. Panest calls on parents to desist from such a practice to safeguard a better future for their children and society in general. Stop forcing young girls into …

Panest Education recognizes the importance of religion in the social and spiritual development of children and our educational framework provides for it as such. Panest therefore agrees to the call on religious leader to do more in inculcating discipline in the young. Muslim Councils urged to set up counselling sections – Chief Imam Accra, July …