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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has called on the government of Ghana to provide updates on the investigations conducted so far into the death of investigative journalist Ahmed Suale. The call was made during the Ashanti Regional Consultative Meeting held in Kumasi on Monday, 21 December 2020. The meeting was organised by the National Media Commission. ...

The government has pulled the brakes on the controversial Public Universities Bill, 2020. Parliament has consequently suspended consideration of the bill which went through the second reading yesterday. The move follows a meeting with the stakeholders by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and Chairman of the Education Committee this morning. UTAG, GRASAG, Vice-Chancellors, and other members of academia have kicked ...

The Executive Director of Africa Education Watch, Kofi Asare has asked the government to depoliticize the scholarship scheme. He claimed that most deserving students are unable to access the scheme due to politicisation of the programme. In a statement, Mr Asante explained that the minimum cost of scholarship for a needy but brilliant tertiary students is GH¢4,000/year: 2,500 for academic ...

Ghana is in the process of developing the Diaspora Engagement Policy to harness the human and material resources of the diaspora for socio-economic transformation. The Policy, when adopted, will provide for the leveraging of investment benefits and privileges through strategies that promote foreign direct investment to Ghana from the diaspora. Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and ...

The Ghana Science Olympiad (GSO), is a competition which is held annually for schools under the Secondary Education Improved Project (SEIP). The Olympiad seeks to help students to develop the habits of critical thinking and problem solving skills; and approaches to real life situations of inter-disciplinary relevant content. The 2020 GSO was put together by the Ghana Education Service (GES) ...

Public Agenda can report that Martin Alamisi Amidu has resigned from his position as Special Prosecutor. Mr Amidu resigned because he does not feel that President Nana Akufo-Addo has done enough to safeguard the independence of his office. Amidu is said to have in a letter addressed to President Nana Akufo-Addo, charged the president to find a suitable replacement for ...

The Ashanti Regional Youth Network, with support from Foundation for Security and Development in Africa (FOSDA) and OXFAM in Ghana has launched a campaign to ensure an incident-free general election in December 2020. The project aims at educating young people to exercise their civic responsibility in the upcoming elections without allowing themselves to be agents of violence. To this end, ...

Independent power producers in the country have threatened to shut down their operations over unpaid debts by the government. In a ‘notice of shutdown’ letter to the CEO of the Ghana Grid Company, the power producers noted “we would like to inform you about our firm resolve to withdraw our services in the coming days’ ad Infinitum. ” The letter ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings is dead, Public Agenda can confirm.The former president passed on, today, November 12, 2020, after a brief illness.According to state-owned Daily Graphic, the former President had been on admission at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital for about a week for an undisclosed ailment. He was 73.It will be recalled that Mr Rawlings recently lost and ...

The controversial Public Universities Bill, which is under consideration in Parliament, has been put on hold. According to a Citi News report, Ranking Member on the Education Committee of Parliament, Peter Nortsu Kotoe, made the revelation during an interview. “The Akatsi North MP said the Bill is not part of the Bills being considered before Parliament goes on recess in ...