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Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission to the NEW FOUR YEAR BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (B.Ed) DEGREE PROGRAMME in the Forty-Six (46) Public Colleges of Education in Ghana for the 2022/2023 academic year. Admission Requirements: WASSCE /SSSCE Qualification Applicants The general requirement for admission to the Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) Programme is as follows: WASSCE Holders : CREDIT PASSES (A1-C6) in Six (6)subjects comprising Three (3) Core subjects, including English Language and Core Mathematics, and Three (3) Elective subjects relevant to the course of study. SSSCE Holders: PASSES (A-D) in Six (6) subjects comprising Three (3) Core subjects, including English Language and Core Mathematics, and Three (3) Elective subjects relevant to the course of study Candidates who are yet to write either the 2022 WASSCE or NABPTEX examinations can also apply General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advance Level Applicants Applicants must: have passes in three (3)...

On Thursday, January 13, 2022, the 2019/2020 Student Representative Council (SRC) led by the President, Bismark Sarfo, of the Seventh-day Adventist College of Education, Agona-Ashanti handed over one of their major projects to the college. The project is a 250,000KVA power plant to support the energy issues of the college. Due to prominent power outages that the locality of the college experiences from time to time, the SRC saw it as a need to embark on such a project.  On the occasion of the handover, the principal of the college, Dr. Peter Ofori Atakorah accepted the project on behalf of the college management who also made the realization of this project a fruitful one. The power plant he said, was one of the many projects the SRC executives brought before him, that was going to be beneficial to the college community at large and therefore, supported the student leadership on the project. He also iterated that, this project should serve as a benchmark for the current SRC preside...

To prevent the spread of the COVID-19 on campus, the guidelines below must be strictly adhered to by all student teachers. 1.       Upon arrival on 22 nd June, 2020, all students must report at the administration block and register. Arrival should be between 10am to 4pm. However, student(s) who cannot reach campus within the stipulated time should stay home and come the next day. 2.       The temperature of all student teachers shall be checked. Upon this, a chit, 3 face mask and one hand sanitizer shall be provided for all students before departure for the halls of residence to ensure safety. 3.       All student teachers shall be allocated to a particular hall of residence. No student teacher will be allowed to stay outside campus. 4.       To ensure safety, all students must stick to their assigned hall of residence without moving from one hall/room to another. 5.      ...

                                                          Photo Credit: all-digital.org Another election year has come and politicians will bombard us with manifesto promises.  In my opinion, not a dictionary definition; a manifesto can be a document that contains an identified pressing needs and aspirations of the people, and the means of satisfying these pressing needs and aspirations My proposed PRO-POOR POLICIES hinges on only three pillars, namely: (A) SOCIAL SATISFACTION (B) EDUCATION & SPORTS (C) FOOD FOR ENERGY, INCOME AND JOB This document only gives the highlights, bearing in mind that The proof of the pudding is in the eating😃 (A) SOCIAL SATISFACTION Under this pillar are societal inter-related needs and aspirations including peace, security, health,employment, standard of living, tourism, economy, energy,etc.  Propose...

Hidden Treasure may refer to any valuable item which is covered up. In the Bible, Jesus Christ spoke in  parables about some of these hidden treasures. In this short article, the writer intends to talk about what voluntary work is about, why the youth should get involved in volunteerism, advantages and disadvantages of it. In short, volunteer as a noun refers to a person who offers services free of charge to people in need, community or organizations without pay. Volunteerism is the involvement of voluntary labour whilst volunteering is the act of offering a work or service for free. Voluntary work involves work that is done by the aid of volunteers. In the year 2014, I was offered Commonwealth Shared Scholarship to study in England, UK. During the application, I was shocked to find out that Voluntary Work was part of the scholarship requirements. I was asked to list all the voluntary work I'd done, with dates, organizations and specific work or activity. Then when I got the sch...

(Article by Sir Charles Freeman) Countries, governments, parents, and other stakeholders in education are thinking about how to re-open schools globally so that children can go to school. Ghana's circumstances is not different. As COVID-19 has put human beings, ideas, resources, and almost all things at abnormal position; out of  try and error method, we can move from this abnormal situation to the normal if all ideas and suggestions are critically looked at regardless of where it is coming from.  In this article, I intend to draw attention to some challenges of school re-open and use leading questions which can compel us to think further to arrive at possible solutions. The fact that we are in dilemma and not in normal times does not mean country like Ghana should rush and take decisions or copy from other countries blindly without assessing its own perculiar situation, ability, capability, material and human resources, environment and culture. Do we have to re-open our scho...