Information reaching The New Trust Newspaper Online indicates that the National Service Secretariat(NSS) , Ashanti regional branch has announced the release of allowance for November and December 2022 for all Personnel.

The Communication to that effect reads “Ashanti Regional Secretariat of NSS is happy to announce to it clients(NSPs) on the payment of their stipends for November and December 2022/2023 service year
We are grateful for their patience and cooperation… We take this opportunity to remind our adorable clients(NSPs) the core values of NSS
Thank you”
Our source says plans were far advance for the payment of January,2023 allowance as well.

A final-year Higher National Diploma (HND) student of the Sunyani Technical University (STU), Henry Gyamfi, has donated four projectors and two giant screens to the Faculty of Business Management Studies of the university.

He was accompanied by five of his colleagues namely; Emmanuel Duah, Ebenezer Owusu, Addae Bernard, Emma Dumaschie and Juliana Adoma Attaa.

Mr. Henry Gyamfi, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of Saveok Company Limited, one of the contractors working with Newmont Ahafo mine, explained that the donation formed part of the corporate social responsibility of his company.

He expressed the hope that the items donated will go a long way to boost academic activities in the faculty and the university in general.

The Vice-Chancellor of STU, Ing. Prof. Kwadwo Adinkrah-Appiah, thanked Mr. Gyamfi for his kind gesture and appealed to both present and past students to emulate this example.

Present at the presentation ceremony were the Pro-Vice Chancellor, Prof. Justice Solomon Korantwi-Barimah; the Dean of the Faculty of Business Management Studies, Dr. Christian Kyeremeh; the Head of Department of Secretaryship and Management Studies, Alex Ofori and the Head of the Department of Procurement and Supply Chain Management, Dr. Kwadwo Prempeh.

The Inspector General of Police, Dr George Akufo-Dampare, has described the ongoing education reforms in the country as apt and urged the government to continue with the transformation which stands the chance of moving the nation forward.

He also commended the Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum for his innovation and the transformation he has brought into the sector towards making the country a citadel of science education in Africa.

The IGP made the observation on Tuesday when the Education Minister paid a courtesy call at the IGP in Accra.

The meeting was to help deepen the existing relationship between the Ghana Police Service and the Education Ministry which have been collaborating on many issues in the past.

Mr Dampare called on the Education Ministry to help find a lasting solution to the violence and vandalism at the various universities in the country which affect the smooth operations of the affected institutions.

He again urged the Education Ministry to consider absorbing basic police schools for the GES to run to help promote effective teaching and learning in such schools.

The IGP appealed to the Education Minister to help establish a Model Police Senior High School at a strategic location in the country for the service.

“It is time for the nation’s education to consider security awareness as part of the curriculum right from basic to the tertiary level and hoped it shall help students and the citizens to let their security issues be a topmost priority in their daily activities”. He said.

This, he said would help the populace to be well informed and oriented on issues relating to security right from childhood till becoming an adult so that they would be able to protect themselves from certain issues bothering security.

Mr Dampare pledged to continue collaborating with the Education Ministry in the provision of security at the campuses of the various educational institutions across the country to ensure peace for students to

The Education Minister, Dr Adutwum was grateful to the Ghana Police Service for its support towards the development of education in the areas of protection of students and the supervision of various final examinations across the country.

He spent time enumerating the various interventions being rolled out by his Ministry toward the development of the country through education.

Dr Adutwum announced that the good relationship between his Ministry and the GPS would be strengthened to do more to help bring about the transformation of the country.

The Director-General of Ghana Education Service, Dr Eric Nkansah, has donated one hundred (100) life jackets and learning materials to the Atigagorme community at Wayokope in the Sene East District of the Bono East Region.

The Director General made the donation over the weekend when he led a government delegation to the community after eight schoolchildren got drawn whiles going to school a couple of days ago.
His visit to the community was aimed at sympathising with the bereaved family as well as assuring them of the government’s preparedness to support them to prevent such future incidents.

The Director General used the occasion to inspect a piece of land donated by the community for the construction of a new school.
Dr Nkansah said the Government would start the construction of a school in the island community within the shortest possible time, explaining that the donation of the life jackets was an interim safety and security measure for the school children.
“We are deeply saddened by the occurrence and as leaders, it is our duty to ensure that such bad news never befalls our children again. To address the challenge, the Government is constructing a school here in Atigagorme within the shortest possible time.

As we wait for the completion of the school, I plead with all parents and teachers to ensure that our children wear the life jackets we have donated today.”
The Director General said that to help address the challenges of inadequate teachers in the island community he was in talks with the DCE of the area to recruit and post some teachers to the community.
Dr Nkansah consoled the surviving children who were on the boat when the incident occurred and assured them of the continuous support of GES to ensure they are safe and secure.

To address the challenge of inadequate teachers in the island community, the Director-General disclosed that he was in talks with the DCE of the area to recruit and post some teachers to the community.
Dr Nkansah consoled the surviving children who were on the boat when the incident occurred and assured them of the continuous support of GES to ensure they are safe and secure.

On behalf of the chiefs and people of Nkomi Traditional area, Okyeame of Nkomi Traditional Area, Okyeame Kofi Amponi, eulogised the Director-General of GES for his pragmatic leadership which will go a long way to enhance the development of education in the country.

He also lauded the Director General for the jackets donated which would go a long way to protect the children whiles waiting for the construction of the school building in the community.

He pledged the support of the people towards the development of education in the area.

The DCE for Sene East, Hon. Kofi Gyimah applauded the Director-General for being a man of his word and donating the life jackets to curb drowning in the island community.

The Director-General was accompanied by the Financial Controller of GES, Dr Chris Koramoah; the Regional Director of Bono East, Madam Effua Amual; the DCE of Sene East, Mr Kofi Gyimah; the Sene East District Director of Education, Mr Nassir Ibrahim and other staff from GES.

Dr Nkansah and the delegation visited the bereaved families of the eight (8) pupils who met their untimely death while crossing from Atigagorme to attend school at Wayokope in the Sene East District in the Bono East Region.

Background

On Tuesday 24th January, eight (8) school children who were among twenty (20) school children travelling to school from Atigagorme to Wayokope drowned when the boat capsized.

The Government, therefore, sent the GES Director General and other dignitaries to commiserate with the bereaved family, donate life jackets and also announced plans for the government to construct a new school for them so they would not travel across the lake again.

1. Visit visit cssps website (www.cssps.gov.gh)
2. Select check placement module (click on the check placement button on the cssps website)
3. Enter your index number and evoucher pin
4. You will be redirected to the self placement module (you will be provided with a number of schools to select based on your aggregate. Select your boarding status and click submit)

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The Ghana Education Service and the Ghana TVET Service on Wednesday released this year’s Computerized School Placement exercise with a total of 372,780 representing 69.24 per cent successfully placed out of the 538,399 candidates who qualified to be placed.

However, 165, 619 qualified candidates representing 30.76 per cent who could not be matched with any of their choices are expected to do Self–Placement to select from available schools.

Collaboration announcement

Addressing the media at a press conference organized by the Ghana Education Service and the Ghana TVET Service, Dr Eric Nkansah, said everything possible was being done to ensure that those who could not be placed would get the opportunity to do self-placement.

The Director General urged candidates who were not successful with the automatic placement to follow due process that has been put in place to ensure that they get placed in the available schools so they could get placed in any available school.
He urged parents to take a keen interest in the placement of their children and should not leave it in the hands of internet café operators who might end up placing them at schools they may not like.
Compliance

Dr Nkansah stated that there was a need to candidates and their parents to ensure that those who are going to do self-placement would comply with the instructions made available for their self-placement to ensure that they get admitted to the next available school of choice.

The GES Director General explained that the self-placement portal has made provision for candidates who could not get placed can change as many times as possible on the portal until they enroll in a school.

Reporting date

Dr Nkansah indicated that per the 2023 Academic Calendar, the first-year students are expected to report to school on February 20, 2023, so from February 20, 2023, students can report to the schools for registration and possible orientation for academic work to commence on February 27, 2023.
Advice to parents
The Deputy Director General of the GTVET Service, Mr David Prah, cautioned parents to be on the alert for unscrupulous individuals who may approach them to pay any amount of money for their wards’ Placement and advised parents to report such persons to be arrested immediately by the Police or GES.
He also advised heads of all the schools to stick to the approved prospectus and urged parents also to cooperate with the school authorities during and after the admission process.
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) released the BECE results on January 25, 2023 and as has been the norm preparation of the placement has been done leading to today’s announcement.
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Placement for 2022 graduates of the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) into Senior High Schools and Technical, Vocational, Education and Training (TVET) has been released.

It was released on Wednesday, February 15, by the Ghana Education Service(GES).

According to the Service, candidates can now log onto the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) to check their schools.

The Director General of the Ghana Education Service, Dr. Eric Nkansah made this known at a press conference.

According to him, “Out of the 547,329 candidates who sat for the examination, 538,399 qualified for school placement.”

He added that “372,780 candidates have automatically been placed into various schools.”

However, 165,601 candidates will have to do self-placement because they could not be matched to their school of choice,” he also said.

Meanwhile, Dr Nkansah insisted that first-year students are expected to report to school on February 20 for their admission processes to begin. Source: Ernest Arhinful

Some aggrieved students have clashed with police at the forecourt of the Commonwealth Hall at the University of Ghana as they tried to access the facility.

The former residents of the hall are protesting to register their displeasure over what they see as management’s silence on the accommodation crisis.

Students clash with police at UG while protesting management’s ‘silence’ on accommodation crisis
This was after the court placed an injunction on the implementation of the residential policy.

Students clash with police at UG while protesting management’s ‘silence’ on accommodation crisis
On January 6, the aggrieved students secured an interim injunction against the implementation of the new policy revoking the residential status of continuing students of both Mensah Sarbah and Commonwealth Halls.

Students clash with police at UG while protesting management’s ‘silence’ on accommodation crisis
But the said students remain sacked.

The agitated students claim that the management’s reluctance to comply with the court’s injunction is contemptuous.

Students clash with police at UG while protesting management’s ‘silence’ on accommodation crisis
Their agitation led to a stand-off with the police who had been deployed to prevent them from making their way into the Commonwealth Hall.

One of them says a private hostel that he was assigned due to the directive requires that he pays GHs4,000 which he could not foot.

“I am one of the people who couldn’t pay… as we speak today, we have been sacked from those halls,” he told JoyNews.

Meanwhile, police have arrested 18 people for their involvement in a scuffle on campus today.
Source: Myjoyonline.com