Monthly Archives: July 2015

I’ve been around in this industry long enough to observe plenty of interesting trends. And one of the most important trends of this decade if not earlier has been how cybersecurity has gone mainstream. As well as regularly featuring in top tier media (no longer languishing just in tiny tech sections toward the back of… Read More »

It has been widely reported that U.S. employers have a hard time finding skilled talent to fill critical jobs. Rapid developments in digital technology, as well as innovations in science and engineering, have created a gap between need and availability of the skills required across these industries. Though not limited to any specific age group,… Read More »

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet pushed through the biggest tax increases in almost half a century to raise teachers’ wages and eliminate education fees. Many students could be forgiven for wishing she had never bothered. Bachelet’s vision of lifting Chile toward developed-nation status through improved education has collided with the interests of the teachers’ union, mirroring… Read More »

The Volta Regional Minister, Helen Adjoa Ntoso, says government’s efforts at providing library facilities for community schools and students are meant to improve education in the country. Madam Ntoso said this in a speech at Nkonya-Tepo in the Biakoye District of the Volta Region during the inauguration of a community library for local primary and… Read More »

Ghana will soon boast of an ultra-modern sports and education facility for the physically challenged. The 11-million cedi project is to be sited on a 40 acre land provided by the chiefs and people of Dominase in the Central Region. A fundraising for six million cedis for the construction of the initial physical facilities has… Read More »

DEVELOPMENT | July 18, 2015, 10:37 a.m. By Nana Appiah Acquaye, Accra, Ghana Tigo Ghana has unveiled its new flagship Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme dubbed Shelter 4 Education with a donation of a brand new six unit classroom school to the chief and people of Obeng Yaw village, a farming community situated in the… Read More »

The Minister of Education, Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang has called for an immediate end to the sale of handouts by lecturers to students in the country’s tertiary institutions. The Minister said the practice does not only place further financial burden on parents, but also stifled research, originality and independent work by students. In an address… Read More »