Prempeh College’s quest to defend their title as the reigning champions of the Luv FM Kel-Charcoal Toothpaste High School Debate has been truncated after suffering a painful defeat to the Church of Christ SHS. …
… They are Nana Kwaku Boateng M/A Basic “A” School in Koforidua; Church of Christ Senior High School; Prempeh College; Kumasi Academy Senior High School; Amakom SDA JHS; KNUST Senior High School, all in Kumasi; Sacred Heart Senior High School; and Sunyani Senior High School in Suny …
… Mr Mohammed noted that some Category A schools, including highly sought-after institutions such as Presbyterian Boys’ Senior High School, Prempeh College, and KNUST Senior High School, continue to face pressure due to limited infrastructure capacity and high demand from prospecti …
… He is a Fellow of the Ghana College of Pharmacists and the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana, a distinguished alumnus of Prempeh College, a practising pharmacist and a member of the Kwadaso Methodist Church. …
… According to the minister, schools including Prempeh College and St Peter’s Senior High School have already begun making progress towards phasing out the double-track system. …
… The participating schools were Adventist Senior High School, Islamic Senior High School, Kumasi Anglican Senior High School, Yaa Asantewaa Girls’ Senior High School, Prempeh College, KNUST Senior High School, Kumasi Technical Institute, St. …
… Although he eventually reunited with his biological father and moved to London before his Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) results were released, Abaitey said the foundation laid by his stepfather remained with him. “At the time, I wanted to attend Prempeh College, …
… He, therefore, proposed that there should be a national stakeholder meeting whereby the policy’s implementation can be reviewed. “In my view, the schools should be graded so that if you enrol in the elite schools like Prempeh College, Achimota and other grade A schools, then you …
Prempeh Elite Academy and Brong Ahafo have each won both opening matches to top Groups A and B respectively in the 2026 KGL Foundation Inter-Regional U17 Colts Championship after Matchday Two.
Prempeh Elite Academy and Brong Ahafo have each won both opening matches to top Groups A and B respectively in the 2026 KGL Foundation Inter-Regional U17 Colts Championship after Matchday Two.
The Ghana Football Association and KGL Foundation have launched the sixth edition of the U-17 Inter-Regional Colts Championship, with 12 teams competing at the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence in Prampram from September through October 11. The KGL Foundation is committing $200,000 over two years to support juvenile football development and will provide scholarships to standout players.
St Augustine's College has won the National Investment Quiz in both 2025 and 2026, successfully defending its title. The 2026 grand finale featured St Augustine's College, Mfantsipim School, Prempeh College, and Corpus Christi Senior High School.
St Augustine's College successfully defended its National Investment Quiz title, defeating Mfantsipim School, Prempeh College and Corpus Christi Senior High School in a closely contested grand finale that remained competitive throughout all four rounds and a riddle round.
St Augustine's College successfully defended its National Investment Quiz title at the 2026 grand finale, defeating Prempeh College, Corpus Christi Senior High School and Mfantsipim School. The college received GH¢50,000 as the championship prize.
St Augustine's College, Prempeh College, Corpus Christi SHS and Mfantsipim School advanced to the grand finale of the 2026 National Investment Quiz, a competition organised by the Young Investors Network in partnership with the Ghana Stock Exchange, designed to give Senior High School students practical exposure to financial and investment concepts.
Prempeh College, Corpus Christi, Mfantsipim and St Augustine's College have advanced to the final of the 2026 National Investment Quiz after semi-final contests held at the University of Ghana on Wednesday, September 30.
Henry Nana Boakye, contesting the New Patriotic Party's National Vice-Chairperson position among 13 aspirants, says his relatively young age belies 26 years of uninterrupted service to the NPP across polling station, constituency, regional, and national levels, including founding TESCON at the School of Mines.
St. Augustine's College and Prempeh College qualified for the semi-finals of the 2026 National Investment Quiz after finishing first and second in quarter-final contest two, with 56 and 46 points respectively. The schools join Wesley Girls' High School and Corpus Christi School in the semi-final stage.
Six Senior High Schools—Our Lady of Mercy, Aggrey Memorial A.M.E. Zion, Mfantsipim, Wesley Girls', Apam, and St. John's Grammar—qualified for the quarter-final stage of the 2026 National Investment Quiz after competing in preliminary rounds testing knowledge of investment, savings, and financial concepts.
Accra Academy beat PRESEC 4-0 in the final to successfully defend their ODADEƐ '90 5-a-side tournament title. Seven schools participated in the competition, which brought together old students for football and reunion activities.
Ashanti Regional Minister Dr. Frank Amoakohene held talks with former President John Agyekum Kufuor to discuss development priorities in Kumasi and Ashanti Region, focusing on educational and road construction works including the Sofoline Interchange project and infrastructure improvements at Prempeh College and Osei Tutu Senior High School.
KNUST Senior High School, Opoku Ware Senior High School and Yaa Asantewaa Senior High School won the Ashanti Region preliminary contests in the 7th National Public Speaking Competition, themed "Stolen Futures: Drug and Substance Abuse Among Adolescent," and have progressed to the national stage.
Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has acknowledged shortcomings in this year's Computerised School Selection and Placement System but disputed characterising the process as a failure, attributing the crisis to infrastructure that failed to keep pace with Free SHS expansion. According to the minister, roughly 604,000 students are in the placement system, of which 527,000 (about 87 per cent) have been placed.
Ghana's Education Minister has requested that the Ghana Education Trust Fund allocate GH¢250 million this year to expand infrastructure in Category A senior high schools, citing rising student numbers under the Free SHS programme. The funds will support facilities expansion at schools including Achimota, Wesley Girls', Wesley College, PRESEC, and Prempeh College.
The Headmaster of Mansoman Senior High School says the school initially had more than 600 students placed but numbers are dropping as students and parents change placements to other schools, leaving some institutions with vacancies despite adequate facilities and teachers.
St. Augustine's College defeated Prempeh College and Pope John SHS & Minor Seminary in the first semifinal to secure a place in the NSMQ 2026 Grand Finale on September 10 at the University of Ghana. This is the school's third consecutive appearance in the national final since 2024.
KNUST SHS and Osei Adutwum SHS progressed to the grand finale of the Luv FM Kel-Charcoal High School Debate after triumphing in dramatic semi-final contests at the Christian Service University auditorium.
St. Augustine's College defeated Aburi Girls' SHS and St. John's Grammar School in the quarterfinals, finishing on 47 points to secure a place in the NSMQ semifinals for the third consecutive year.
Prempeh College finished the first quarter-final on 44 points to secure the first semi-final spot, with Keta SHTS finishing second on 39 points and Ghana National College third on 30 points.
Reigning champions Prempeh College lost their title defence in the Luv FM Kel-Charcoal Toothpaste High School Debate when Church of Christ SHS defeated them on the motion "Adding towing services to insurance premium is disingenious", winning by unanimous judge decision 242–221.
Student ambassadors under the VIA Safe Mobility for All Young People Programme, an initiative of the TotalEnergies Foundation implemented by Oli Best Road Safety Organisation, conducted a "Discovery Walk" to identify road safety hazards threatening pupils and students. The exercise across schools in the Eastern, Ashanti and Bono regions exposed unsafe school surroundings, reckless driving, inadequate road infrastructure and signage, and poorly organised traffic and pedestrian environments, with participating schools now expected to develop action plans to address these hazards.
The Luv FM Kel-Charcoal High School Debate competition has advanced to its Round of 16 stage, with seeded schools including defending champions Prempeh College, Kumasi High School, St. Louis SHS and KNUST SHS competing. Judges have noted improved performance from debaters in recent years.
Afigyaman SHS and Osei Kyeretwie SHS (OKESS) have secured places in the Round of 16 of the 2026 LUV FM Kel Charcoal Toothpaste High School Debate. Afigyaman edged fellow debutants New Edubiase SHS by four points, while OKESS recorded a commanding victory over Oppon Memorial SHS.
The Ministry of Education has acknowledged that Senior High School placement remains challenging due to infrastructure constraints; while the Free SHS policy has significantly increased enrollment, infrastructure development has not kept pace with demand, and the ministry is introducing the STaR-J Project to address deficits associated with SHS reforms.
Professor Christian Agyare has officially become KNUST's 13th Vice-Chancellor, succeeding Professor Rita Akosua Dickson. An accomplished pharmaceutical microbiology researcher with over two decades of academic experience, he was previously Provost of KNUST's College of Health Sciences.
Ghana's government has pledged to eliminate the double-track secondary education system within 24 months, supported by a $300 million World Bank facility for infrastructure expansion. The initiative includes GH¢3.4 billion allocated through GETFund in 2026 for student feeding under the Free SHS programme, alongside reforms to strengthen teacher professionalism and curriculum review.
The Ashanti Regional Command of the Narcotics Control Commission organized a poetry competition on drug abuse for Drug Free Clubs in nine senior high schools as part of 2026 World Drug Day activities, with Kumasi Anglican SHS winning the event held under the theme "Drug Abuse, Causes and Effects."
Entrepreneur Derrick Abaitey, raised in Akyem Soabe by his mother, grandmother and stepfather while his biological father lived abroad, says he would choose a stepfather again, crediting him as one of the greatest influences in his life.
Kumasi Mayor Richard Ofori Agyeman Boadi has argued that Ghana's Free Senior High School programme should be reformed to benefit only poor students rather than all students, citing examples of wealthy parents gifting expensive vehicles to graduates. He has proposed a national stakeholder meeting to review the policy and suggested grading schools so that elite institutions would charge fees.