Ghana Education Service has reformed the school selection process for the 2026 BECE, requiring candidates to choose two Category A Senior High Schools—one boarding and one day—within their locality, and increasing total school selections to eight from seven, while placing placements to begin after BECE ends rather than after results release.
30 April 2026 · Joy Online →
The Ghana Education Service has barred all teachers and supervisors implicated in examination malpractice during the 2025 BECE from participating in this year's exercise. The Director-General stressed that individuals being processed for sanctions over last year's irregularities are banned from examination centres, with formal directives communicated to all regional directors and strict compliance to be enforced.
30 April 2026 · Joy Online →
The Member of Parliament for Bole-Bamboi, Yussif Sulemana, has acknowledged churches' partnering roles in education, noting that some have volunteered their structures for classrooms. He urged his parliamentary colleagues to be innovative and think outside the box, suggesting they engage churches and community teachers to support education in areas without schools, then apply to the Ghana Education Service to adopt those schools.
30 April 2026 · Joy Online →
The Teachers and Educational Workers' Union has urged government and stakeholders to uphold the dignity of Ghanaian workers and ensure smooth implementation of agreed conditions of service across the education sector and allied institutions. TEWU noted it has successfully concluded Conditions of Service agreements for the Ghana Education Service, Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, Ghana Library Authority, and public and technical universities, and is demanding full and timely implementation of these agreements.
30 April 2026 · Joy Online →
Alhassan Tampuli, Member of Parliament for Gushegu, has donated five motorbikes each to the Ghana Education Service and Ghana Health Service Municipal Directorates, along with 1,225 mathematical sets for BECE candidates. The MP said the donation was intended to support the institutions' monitoring and supervision efforts across the constituency's vast land area.
30 April 2026 · Joy Online →
The Teachers and Educational Workers' Union has urged stakeholders to protect workers' dignity and ensure smooth implementation of recently negotiated conditions of service across public institutions including the Ghana Education Service, Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, Ghana Library Authority, and public and technical universities. The union warned that attempts to frustrate the implementation of agreed provisions would not be tolerated and stressed the need for timely provision of resources by authorities.
30 April 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
Ghana's Supreme Court has dismissed the Board of Governors of Wesley Girls' Senior High School's application to be struck from a suit over alleged religious discrimination against Muslim students. The suit, filed in December 2024, challenges restrictions on Muslim students wearing hijabs, observing Ramadan fasting, and practising other aspects of their faith, claiming these violate constitutional guarantees of religious freedom; the Attorney-General's Department argues the school's Methodist identity permits such regulations.
30 April 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →