Spokesperson for former Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has accused the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service (GES) of engaging in a “turf war” that he claims is affecting the implementation of the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) programme. …
Spokesperson for former Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has criticised the reported sale of Senior High School (SHS) prospectus items through Prospectus Ghana Limited, describing the arrangement as a potential burden on parents. …
… Addressing former Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum’s suggestion that the current administration could seek his advice on resolving placement challenges, Mr Iddrisu said the figures from the 2026 placement exercise demonstrated the scale of the problem. …
Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has questioned what advice he could seek from his predecessor, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, on addressing Ghana’s education challenges, arguing that the Mahama administration inherited a system burdened by significant problems. …
… Yaw Osei Adutwum Former Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has called for the continuous retraining of teachers to enable them to deal with the growing influence of social media language on students’ academic work. …
Former Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has clarified that the introduction of the double-track system in Senior High Schools (SHSs) was primarily intended to address high demand for places in popular schools, rather than a shortage of physical infrastructure. …
Former Education Minister and Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has called for reforms to Ghana’s education system to allow students who fail individual subjects to resit them or, where necessary, repeat a class. …
Former Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has called for increased teacher professional development following concerns over the use of social media language and jargon in the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). …
The spokesperson for former Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has alleged that a disagreement between the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service over admission numbers of about 60,000 students is delaying fund releases to schools and forcing some to operate on credit. According to the statement, previously free items such as uniforms and housedresses are no longer being supplied to students by some schools.
The spokesperson for former Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has alleged that a disagreement between the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service over admission numbers of about 60,000 students is delaying fund releases to schools and forcing some to operate on credit. According to the statement, previously free items such as uniforms and housedresses are no longer being supplied to students by some schools.
The spokesperson for former Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has criticised the sale of Senior High School prospectus items through Prospectus Ghana Limited at packages costing about GH¢1,700, saying the arrangement defeats the purpose of the Free SHS policy. The National Council of Parents-Teachers Associations has also urged parents not to pay and alleged the company lacks authorisation from the Ghana Education Service.
Adutwum's spokesperson challenges Education Minister Iddrisu's assertion that he inherited the CSSPS, contending that the current application (COLDSIS) was introduced under the Mahama administration in 2025, not inherited, and that the government must therefore own both its successes and failures.
The Education Minister has announced that government plans to recruit an additional 10,000 teachers next year to address staffing shortages in basic and secondary schools. The recruitment is expected to be included in the 2027 Budget alongside plans to expand education infrastructure and allocate between US$250 million and US$300 million through the GETFund formula to upgrade school facilities.
Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has questioned what advice he could seek from predecessor Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum on Ghana's education challenges, saying the current administration inherited an education sector facing infrastructure deficits, food shortages under Free SHS, and the burden of the double-track system introduced under Adutwum's tenure.
Former Education Minister Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has called for continuous teacher retraining to help students distinguish between informal social media language and academic writing, citing the use of social media jargon observed in the 2026 WASSCE examinations. He framed the issue as an opportunity for professional development rather than a crisis, advocating for stronger classroom supervision, academic counselling, and professional learning communities where teachers can share experiences and discuss emerging challenges.
Former Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum clarified that Ghana's double-track system in Senior High Schools was designed to address high demand for places in popular schools rather than a shortage of physical space. He noted that not all schools were placed on the system because many were single-track schools that did not face the same level of demand.
Former Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has proposed reforms allowing secondary school students to resit individual subjects they fail or repeat a class, and to have their academic performance recorded throughout their time in school rather than relying mainly on final examination results. He suggests the system should be linked to West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to provide a clearer picture of student performance over time, similar to university-level resit opportunities.
Former Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has called for increased teacher professional development to address the use of social media language and jargon in students' 2026 WASSCE examination scripts, framing it as an opportunity to strengthen teacher training and academic counselling rather than a crisis.
Former Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum argued that the Computerised School Selection and Placement System should not be blamed for placement challenges; instead, the policies and algorithms behind the system should be reviewed, as the computer only executes the instructions programmed into it.
The Education Ministry's former spokesperson has rejected the Finance Ministry's assertion that 6,300 GES staff were recruited in 2024 without financial clearance, stating that official records show clearance was granted for the recruitment. The Finance Ministry had said Cabinet approval and financial clearance were issued in tranches after recruitment to address salary concerns.
The former Education Minister's spokesperson rejected claims that the withdrawal of Our World Our People from Ghana's primary curriculum was politically motivated, saying instead it was based on a curriculum review that identified duplication and redundancy with Religious and Moral Education.
Yaw Opoku Mensah, spokesperson for former Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, disputed the current Education Minister's spokesperson's claim that no textbooks were developed for Ghana's new curriculum, citing official records showing 4,363,484 core-subject textbooks distributed to Junior High Schools and 9,559,367 to primary schools nationwide.
An opinion piece argues that ordinary Ghanaians who supplied food items under the Free Senior High School Policy in Q4 2024 are waiting for payment, citing a norm that government pays for fourth-quarter services in the first quarter of the following year. The writer calls for President Mahama to ensure justice for these suppliers.
Former Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has urged the government to prioritise investments in Artificial Intelligence, STEM, and robotics education, arguing that such interventions are crucial to Ghana's transformation agenda and economic competitiveness. He noted that KNUST's integration of AI into education, particularly in biomedical sciences, has potential to position Ghana among Africa's most innovative countries.
The author responds to Prof. Kwaku Asare's defence of university degrees, arguing that Dr. Osei Adutwum's critique targets intellectual rigour rather than specific programmes. The writer contends that degrees lacking critical thought and cognitive independence are useless to human development, regardless of employment prospects.
The University Teachers Association of Ghana has suspended its planned July 6 nationwide strike following renewed talks with the government, citing concrete commitments and written assurances to address members' conditions of service. UTAG warned it would reinstate the strike if the government fails to fulfill its commitments.
The Executive Director of Africa Education Watch has defended university education's value, arguing that degree programmes should be evaluated on the skills and competencies they impart to graduates, rather than whether they lead directly to specific jobs. His comments follow criticism of former Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum over remarks describing some university programmes as "useless" and "degrees to nowhere".
Africa Education Watch's executive director argues that university education's relevance should be measured by the practical skills graduates acquire rather than whether a programme leads directly to a specific job, following a debate over whether some university programmes are "useless."
Prof. Kwaku Asare has disputed suggestions that certain university programmes are irrelevant, arguing that Ghana's graduate unemployment is driven primarily by economic weakness rather than academic disciplines. He said that while universities must ensure programmes remain responsive to demand, employment opportunities are largely determined by the strength of the economy and industry's ability to create jobs.
Former Minister of Education Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum recently called certain university programmes in Ghana, including Development Studies at the University for Development Studies, "university degree to nowhere" that fail to prepare graduates for the job market. An opinion piece argues this critique contradicts Adutwum's own emphasis on development and nation-building, and suggests development education expertise could have strengthened his ministry's work.
Former Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has called for a comprehensive review of university programmes in Ghana, arguing that many lack alignment with labour market needs and contribute to graduate unemployment. He criticised programmes such as Development Studies and BA Education (Non-Teaching), contending that universities should base admissions and programme offerings on national labour market assessments rather than simply increasing enrolment.
Members of Ghana's Parliamentary Select Committee on Education have expressed concern about exorbitant fees charged by universities for distance education programmes, asking the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission to investigate. The committee noted the fees are unusually expensive compared to regular programmes and argued the trend was allowing universities to exploit the opportunity under the guise of expanding access to adults.
Ghana's Parliamentary Select Committee on Education has endorsed the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission's efforts to protect academic integrity, citing concerns over the commercialisation of tertiary education certificates, including PhDs and degrees, and cases where universities arranged for people to write students' theses.
An opinion piece argues that the Ghana Education Service should stop using outdated paper-based administrative processes and instead fully activate GESIMS, the digital information management system launched in 2024, to eliminate unnecessary manual document submissions for teachers and administrators.
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the NPP's presidential flagbearer, has assured Members of Parliament that he will not support efforts to remove MPs who did not back his bid during the party's presidential primaries. He called for party unity and dismissed suggestions of divisions within the NPP, stating the party must move forward as one united family.
NPP flagbearer Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has called for party unity, insisting there are no factions within the NPP despite internal political discussions following the party's 2024 election defeat. He assured party members that he will not support the removal of MPs based on perceived political alignments or lack of support during internal contests.
NPP Flagbearer Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has called on party members and Minority MPs to avoid internal divisions and attempts to remove legislators based on factional loyalties, assuring the caucus he will not support removing MPs who did not back him in internal contests. He stressed the party must remain united as it repositions itself as a credible government-in-waiting after the 2024 electoral defeat.
Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, MP for Bosomtwe and former Education Minister, has recounted how an encounter with former President Nana Akufo-Addo in the United States, where Adutwum was building schools and leading Ghanaian community organizations, led to his decision to return to Ghana to help transform the education system.
Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, former Education Minister, attributes the 2025 WASSCE results decline to the absence of a clear and structured education formula, arguing that sustained improvement requires a deliberate approach supported by data and consistent execution. He notes that during his tenure, WAEC reports were reviewed annually to identify learning gaps and guide targeted teacher training.