Also known as: GES · Ghana Education Service Directorate
Ghana Education Service — government agency overseeing senior high school placement, teacher professional development, and education administration nationwide.
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Joy Online
… Beyond social assistance, Dr Lartey said 272 graduates with disabilities were being formalised into the Ghana Education Service. …
19,760 persons with disabilities benefit from Disability Common Fund – MinisterThe Chronicle
… From abandoned landmark to active community asset The Minister observed that, apart from occasional athletics-related activities, including programmes organised by the Ghana Education Service, the stadium has largely remained inactive. …
Sekondi Stadium Rises AgainJoy Online
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced the release of outstanding 2023 Capitation Grant arrears to District Education Directorates for onward disbursement to basic schools nationwide. …
GES releases outstanding 2023 Capitation Grant arrears to basic schoolsJoy Online
… But Mr Ansah Opoku said the GH¢96.3 million figure related to a specific Ghana Education Service activity and was captured in the report. …
Auditor-General must explain missing Local Gov’t, Transport ministries Covid spending – Davis Ansah OpokuJoy Online
… I mean, the GH¢96.3 million was for a specific Ghana Education Service activity, and it was captured under the report.” He acknowledged that the audit report did not provide extensive details on some areas of expenditure. …
COVID Audit: PAC Vice Chair says ‘no arrests’ yet over alleged missing fumigation spendingJoy Online
… Under the safety net programme, pregnant adolescents are also supported to return to school through collaboration with the Ghana Education Service (GES), where their health and circumstances permit. …
GHS records more than 53,000 adolescent pregnancies in seven monthsJoy Online
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has declared Friday, September 25, as National Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Day as part of efforts to promote the continuous professional development of education staff. …
GES declares September 25 National Continuous Professional Development DayJoy Online
… cipants were drawn from institutions including the Department of Social Welfare, the National Commission for Civic Education, the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU), the Department of Gender, the Ghana AIDS Commission, Pro-Actif Ghana, the Ghana Education Service …
UNFPA and PPAG train service providers on gender-based violence and human rights in KumasiJoy Online
The Kit Up Ghana Foundation, in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service (GES), has donated branded sports jerseys to Achimota Basic School. …
Kit Up Ghana Foundation donates jerseys to Achimota Basic SchoolThe Ghanaian Times
… It urged any parent or guardian with credible evidence that an official of the Ministry of Education, Ghana Education Service, CSSPS Secretariat, Ghana Technical Vocational Education and Training or any third party is demanding money for placement services to report the matter to …
Education Ministry to review CSSPS after current placement exerciseThe Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection reports that 19,760 persons with disabilities have benefited directly from the Disability Common Fund across 208 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies. The government is also formalising 272 graduates with disabilities into the Ghana Education Service and strengthening legal frameworks for disability inclusion.
4 hours ago · Joy Online →
The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection reports that 19,760 persons with disabilities have benefited directly from the Disability Common Fund across 208 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies. The government is also formalising 272 graduates with disabilities into the Ghana Education Service and strengthening legal frameworks for disability inclusion.
4 hours ago · Joy Online →
Sekondi Sports Stadium has undergone rehabilitation and is showing visible improvements after years of neglect and deterioration. Western Regional Minister Joseph Nelson cautioned that maintaining the facility through proper utilisation plans will be critical to prevent it from falling back into disrepair.
7 hours ago · The Chronicle →
The Ghana Education Service has transferred outstanding 2023 Capitation Grant arrears to District Education Directorates for disbursement to basic schools nationwide, with funds to reach schools before the reopening of the first term of the 2026/2027 academic year. The transfer includes Sports and Culture components for district and regional offices, and GES has announced plans to send a monitoring team to assess the fund distribution.
10 hours ago · Joy Online →
Ghana's Senior High School placement process has again caused widespread worry and delays, with parents and students queuing at resolution centres in Accra and elsewhere seeking assistance with placements into secondary and vocational institutions.
11 hours ago · Joy Online →
Parliament's Public Accounts Committee vice chair Davis Ansah Opoku has called on the Auditor-General to explain why COVID-19 expenditure by the Ministries of Local Government and Transport was not clearly captured in its audit report. An investigation found that the Local Government Ministry spent GH¢299 million on fumigation, while the Auditor-General's special audit reported GH¢96.3 million as total fumigation expenditure.
11 hours ago · Joy Online →
Parliament's Public Accounts Committee vice-chair Davis Ansah Opoku says there is no basis for arrests over alleged omission of COVID-19 fumigation expenditure from the Auditor-General's special audit, calling instead for the Audit Service to explain why spending by the Ministries of Local Government and Transport was not captured. An investigation found the Auditor-General reported GH¢96.3 million in COVID-19 fumigation expenditure while ministry documents pointed to at least GH¢780 million spent on fumigation.
11 hours ago · Joy Online →
The Ghana Health Service recorded 53,415 adolescent pregnancies between January and July 2026, including 1,501 cases involving girls aged 10 to 14 years, averaging about 7,000 pregnancies monthly among girls aged 15 to 19 years at health facilities nationwide. The Program Manager for Adolescent Health noted the figure approaches the annual national burden of over 100,000 adolescent pregnancies and highlighted that adolescent pregnancies are significantly higher among girls out of school than those remaining in school.
19 hours ago · Joy Online →
Ghana Education Service has declared Friday, September 25, as National Continuous Professional Development Day, themed "Assessment in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Empowering Teachers to Assess Learning," as part of efforts to promote continuous professional development of education staff and strengthen teacher capacity in light of emerging developments like AI in teaching.
23 hours ago · Joy Online →
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG) trained service providers in Kumasi on gender-based violence (GBV) and human rights-responsive services as part of a joint Scale-Up Project running from 2024 to December 2026. The project aims to strengthen access to GBV and human rights-responsive services for survivors and marginalised groups.
23 hours ago · Joy Online →
The Kit Up Ghana Foundation has donated branded sports jerseys to Achimota Basic School in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service, aiming to promote sports, teamwork and holistic student development. The Foundation says sports is a tool for building unity and confidence among young people.
15 September 2026 · Joy Online →
The Ministry of Education will establish a Technical Working Committee to conduct a comprehensive review of the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) after the current placement exercise, following a call by the Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference for greater transparency and accountability. The review will examine various components of the system, identify areas for improvement, and recommend measures to make it more transparent and accountable.
15 September 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
The Ministry of Education has called on parents, guardians, and the public to report anyone demanding money for school placements through the Computerised School Selection and Placement System, reiterating that placement is based on merit and requires no payments to officials.
15 September 2026 · Joy Online →
The Ghana Education Service says there is no shortage of senior high school spaces, with approximately 800,000 places available for just over 600,000 students seeking admission. The GES noted an improvement in automatic placements this year, with about 527,000 students automatically placed compared to 483,000 in 2025.
15 September 2026 · Joy Online →
The Ghana Education Service says pressure over this year's Senior High School placement is concentrated in Accra and Ashanti and does not reflect a nationwide crisis. According to the GES, 527,000 automatic placements and 53,000 self-placements combined represent 93–95% of students placed, with the remaining 5% constituting the margin of error rather than evidence of systemic failure.
15 September 2026 · Joy Online →
The Ghana Education Service says about 95% of students seeking senior high school admission have been placed, with 527,000 automatically placed compared to 483,000 last year. The GES head of public relations attributed the improvement to a significant rise in automatic placements and a drop in self-placements from 107,000 to 53,000.
14 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Dr Prince Hamid Armah, a former head of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, challenged President Mahama's claim that no policy existed to introduce Arabic and Chinese as foreign languages in Ghanaian schools, citing public announcements by Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu, curriculum development involving 160 writers and reviewers, and formal presentation to the Ghana Education Service.
14 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Parents in Kumasi whose children lack senior high school placement say they will accept placement in any school, including Category C or D options, as the September 18 reporting deadline approaches and academic activities have begun in some institutions. They are urging authorities to consider boarding status for students given long-distance placements and transportation costs.
14 September 2026 · Joy Online →
All 11 young offenders at the Senior Correctional Centre in Accra passed the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination, with several securing passes in all nine subjects. The Deputy Director of Prisons attributed the achievement to the Ghana Prisons Service's focus on reformation, rehabilitation and reintegration of inmates.
14 September 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
The Ghana Education Service has opened applications for suitably qualified serving non-teaching staff seeking promotion to various upper grades across accounting, audit, administration, catering, technical, library, supply, laboratory, secretarial, and driver classes. Applicants must have been promoted to specified grades by 2022 and remained continuously at post, with satisfactory work history and conduct; Master's and PhD holders may enter interviews out of turn if their qualification was obtained from an approved GES course after their previous promotion.
14 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Gold Fields Ghana Limited awarded scholarships to 150 tertiary students from its host communities, with 86 female beneficiaries and 50 who completed basic education in host community schools. Since the scholarship programme's establishment, 3,092 students have benefited.
14 September 2026 · Daily Guide →
A primary school teacher in Ampabame No. 1, Atwima Kwanwoma District, was found dead early Saturday after stepping out of his home; the circumstances are unclear, though the incident is suspected to be suicide, and police are investigating.
14 September 2026 · Daily Guide →
Former Deputy Housing Minister Dr. Prince Hamid Armah has challenged President Mahama's claim that there was never a policy to introduce Arabic and Chinese into Ghana's schools, asserting that Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu publicly announced the languages as compulsory foreign languages at secondary level and that NaCCA developed and presented a curriculum including them in July 2026.
14 September 2026 · Daily Guide →
Eleven young offenders at the Senior Correctional Centre in Accra achieved a 100 per cent pass rate in the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination, with several securing passes in all nine subjects. The Ghana Prisons Service highlighted the achievement as demonstrating the value of education in reforming and rehabilitating inmates.
14 September 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
Dr Kwabena Bempah Tandoh, a former GES deputy director-general and NPP education spokesperson, has urged the government to keep discussions open during Ghana's constitutional review and conduct extensive consultations to secure broad public acceptance and ownership of the process.
12 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Former Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service Dr Kwabena Bempah Tandoh attributed difficulties in the 2026 SHS placement exercise to changes made to the established placement model, including alterations to student selection, eligibility requirements, and the number of Category A schools candidates could choose. The placement controversy involves approximately 55,000 candidates.
12 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Former GES Deputy Director-General Dr Kwabena Bempah Tandoh criticised the decision to allow students to select two Category A schools in the 2026 SHS placement exercise, arguing that the policy significantly increased demand for schools with already limited places, contributing to placement difficulties.
12 September 2026 · Joy Online →
A parent whose daughter obtained an aggregate 9 in the Basic Education Certificate Examination remains without Senior High School placement through the computerised system and says the uncertainty pushed him to consider paying GH¢10,000 to secure admission privately, though he was allegedly asked for GH¢15,000 instead.
11 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Member of Parliament Charles Asiedu has provided 300 Senior High School students in Tano South Municipality with educational supplies including mattresses, calculators, exercise books, and financial assistance for transport costs.
11 September 2026 · Joy Online →
The Ghana Education Service is rolling out EduPack packages to Senior High Schools and Senior High Technical Schools from August to September 2026, aiming to reduce personal items students bring to school and limit bedbug infestations in boarding facilities.
11 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's three main teacher unions (GNAT, NAGRAT, PRETAG) have condemned remarks by Interior Minister Muntaka linking forged WASSCE results to the teaching profession, describing the comments as offensive and derogatory and calling for an apology.
10 September 2026 · Joy Online →