1 week ago Ghana hasn’t mustered courage to enforce compulsory basic education – Kofi Asare

The Executive Secretary of Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), Kofi Asare, has criticised Ghana’s failure to fully enforce compulsory basic education, arguing that persistent policy hesitation is contributing to rising truancy and school dropouts, particularly in parts of northern Ghana.

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2 w. ago Ghana Education crisis deepens as WASSCE Results expose systemic gaps

The provisional 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results, released by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), confront Ghana with a deepening crisis in secondary education. The catastrophic decline in core subjects, especially Core Mathematics and Social Studies, signals a failure to equip nearly half a million candidates with foundational knowledge. Only 48.73% of candidates achieved the minimum A1-C6 passes in Core Mathematics. These results confirm one of the poorest national performances recorded recently.

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3 w. ago GNAT President attributes rising exam failures to politicisation and capitation delays

The President of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Rev. Isaac Owusu, has attributed the rising rate of exam failures among basic school pupils to excessive politicisation of education and chronic delays in the release of the capitation grant.

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4 w. ago WASSCE 2025 Failure Surge Reflects Systemic Education Crisis

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/wassce-2025-failure-surge-reflects-systemic-education-crisis/The dramatic increase in failure rates recorded in the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) stems from deep institutional failures within Ghana’s education system, according to Dr. Peter Attafuah, Senior Education Advisor at Africa Education Watch. Speaking on the Asaase Breakfast Show on Monday, Dr. Attafuah identified poor student preparation, inadequate teaching capacity, […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/wassce-2025-failure-surge-reflects-systemic-education-crisis/

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4 w. ago Rising WASSCE Failures Reflect Deep Education System Problems

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/rising-wassce-failures-reflect-deep-education-system-problems/The sharp increase in outright failures recorded in the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) stems from deep rooted structural challenges in Ghana’s education system rather than representing an isolated incident, according to an assessment expert. Professor Eric Anane, Director of Education at the University of Cape Coast’s Centre for Psychometric and Cognition, […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/rising-wassce-failures-reflect-deep-education-system-problems/

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4 w. ago Ghana Faces Severe Oncologist Shortage Amid Rising Cancer Cases

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-faces-severe-oncologist-shortage-amid-rising-cancer-cases/Ghana’s breast cancer patients confront a healthcare system stretched thin by an acute shortage of oncologists, with fewer than 30 specialists serving a population exceeding 33 million people, according to healthcare professionals at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. The country records approximately 24,000 new cancer cases annually, yet the limited number of oncologists creates a demanding […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-faces-severe-oncologist-shortage-amid-rising-cancer-cases/

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4 w. ago Ablakwa Challenges Ghana to Confront Education System Failures

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ablakwa-challenges-ghana-to-confront-education-system-failures/Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has urged stakeholders to redirect national attention from superficial debates about hair length and religious enforcement toward addressing systemic failures producing graduates who lack ethical leadership and national consciousness. The North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP) delivered these remarks at Presbyterian Boys Secondary School (PRESEC) Legon’s 87th Speech and […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ablakwa-challenges-ghana-to-confront-education-system-failures/

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