30 m. ago Ghana champions youth skills with national dialogue and launch of TVET Week 2025

The Ghana TVET Service, under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, today hosted a high-level national dialogue to mark World Youth Skills Day 2025 at the Accra Technical Training Institute (ATTI) Dome in Kokomlemle. The celebration was held under the theme: “Youth Empowerment Through AI and Digitalisation – The Role of Technology in Hands-On […]

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12 h. ago Education Ministry secures additional $117.1m to expand GALOP interventions

The Ministry of Education has announced the allocation of an additional $117.1 million under the Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcomes Project (GALOP) and its second additional financing (AF2), aimed at expanding targeted interventions in basic schools across the country.

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12 h. ago Prison Service to produce furniture, uniform for schools – Interior Minister 

The Interior Ministry is in talks with the Education Ministry to enable the Ghana Prison Service to produce 30 per cent of all school furniture and 30 per cent of all school uniforms. 

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66 h. ago Embrace rural postings to address shortage – Dr Apaak urges teachers

Deputy Minister for Education, Dr. Clement Abas Apaak, has made a passionate appeal to newly qualified teachers to accept postings to rural and underserved communities, emphasising that their commitment is crucial to bridging the nation's persistent educational disparities.

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5 d. ago TVET no longer the preserve of the less academically inclined – Education Minister

Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has said technical and vocational education is no longer a second option for students but a key driver of national growth and job creation.

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5 d. ago Newly inaugurated Board of GSA charged to clampdown on substandard products flooding the market

The Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare has charged a newly constituted Board of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) to clamp-down on the flooding of sub-standard products on the market. Addressing the 12-member board chaired by Hudu Mogtari, the minister urged the Board to improve monitoring and ensure that sub-standard goods such as […]

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5 d. ago Trade Minister inaugurates GIPC, Exim Bank GSA boards to accelerate Ghana’s investment and national growth

The Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, inaugurated three key governing boards under her Ministry, the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), and the Ghana Export-Import Bank (Exim Bank), to strengthen Ghana’s investment, industrialization, and export agenda.

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5 d. ago Trade Minister inaugurates new GIPC board, tasks it to bolster investment drive

Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, has inaugurated a new 10-member Governing Board of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), charging it to enhance Ghana’s competitiveness as a prime destination for foreign direct investment (FDI).

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6 d. ago Finance Minister congratulates new CBG board, reaffirms support for bank recapitalisation

Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has extended his warm congratulations to the newly inaugurated Board of Directors of Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited (CBG), while reaffirming government’s commitment to recapitalise the bank in the coming year. In a social media post on Wednesday, July 9, Dr Forson said, “I extend my warm congratulations to the […]

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6 d. ago Finance Minister Ato Forson inaugurates new ADB board, tasks members to focus on agriculture

Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has inaugurated a new Board of Directors for the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), charging them to remain focused on the bank’s core mandate of supporting Ghana’s agricultural sector.

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6 d. ago Finance Minister Ato Forson inaugurates reconstituted NIB board

Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has inaugurated a newly reconstituted nine-member Board of Directors for the National Investment Bank (NIB), signalling a new phase of reform and revitalisation for the state-owned bank. 

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6 d. ago NIB will operate with independence and professionalism under new board – Finance Minister

Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has assured that the National Investment Bank (NIB) will be repositioned to function with the independence and professionalism it deserves, following the inauguration of a new nine-member Board of Directors. 

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7 d. ago Scholarships Authority Bill goes before Parliament, targets eliminating cronyism and nepotism

Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has laid before Parliament the Ghana Scholarships Authority Bill—a legislative proposal aimed at transforming the country’s scholarship system and eliminating what he described as widespread cronyism and nepotism in the current regime. Presenting the bill to the House, Mr Iddrisu conceded that the existing structure for awarding government scholarships lacks […]

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7 d. ago GoldBod Security Task Force to restore integrity in gold sector – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has described the newly inaugurated Gold Board Security Task Force as a strategic instrument in Ghana’s broader economic transformation agenda.

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8 d. ago LIST: See the members of the new DVLA and National Road Safety Authority Boards

The Minister for Transport, Mr Joseph Bukari Nikpe, has inaugurated new boards for the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) and the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), charging them to prioritise road safety compliance and technological innovation in transport regulation.

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8 d. ago Deputy Finance Minister tasks new GSS Board to strengthen national data systems

The Deputy Minister for Finance, Thomas Ampem Nyarko (MP), has inaugurated a seven-member Board for the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) with the task of ensuring an accurate and reliable data system for the country’s development.

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8 d. ago Education Minister to lay Scholarship Authority Bill before Parliament

The Government will next week place before Parliament the Scholarship Authority Bill, as part of efforts to deal with nepotism and cronyism in the award of scholarships. 

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9 d. ago Education Minister promises increase in Students Loan Trust Fund allocation from GH¢70m to GH¢150m

Ghanaian tertiary students are set to receive a significant injection of financial support, as Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu announced a more than doubling of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFUND) allocation to the Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF). This major boost, increasing the allocation from GH¢70 million to GH¢150 million, aims to alleviate the financial […]

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1 week ago Steadfast FC bankroller Haruna Iddrisu facilitates AC Milan trials for five U

Ghana’s Education Minister and football investor, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, has once again demonstrated his commitment to youth development in sports by facilitating trials for five young footballers at Italian giants AC Milan.

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2 w. ago CTVET warns unaccredited TVET institutions: Regularise or risk learners’ future

The Deputy Director of the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET), Mr. Kwame Zu, has admonished all TVET institutions in Ghana to operate within the national regulatory framework to safeguard learners’ future and uphold the credibility of the country’s skills development system.

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